The E3 trailer for Beenox's time-shifting Spider-game shows the present and future Spider-men uniting to prevent terrible tragedy, using the powerful persuasive technique of punching faces very hard. Read more

Who on Earth would launch a game during E3? Quite a few people, it seems, as next week will bring inFamous 2, Operation Flashpoint: Red River, Red Faction: Armageddon, and the first round of Nintendo 3DS eShop releases. Read more

Activision announced Wappy Dog today, a toy/game hybrid developed in conjunction with Sega Toys. Commanding the pet through your DS gets robot responses, and you can choose "Travel Mode" to take the game sans robot. Read more

Nintendo announced an impending price drop for the DS Lite. Starting June 5, it will be sold at $99.99 MSRP, and Nintendo is introducing a new red-box line of best-selling Mario DS titles. However, they won't be discounted. Read more

Next week is relatively quiet for new releases, but we will see inXile's fantasy bloodbath Hunted: The Demon's Forge and portable fighter BlazBlue: Continuum Shift 2. Then there's whatever the heck The Rockin' Dead is. Read more

EA plans to once again reduce the number of titles it releases over the coming year so it can focus on "hit" games. Read more

This week's Nintendo downloads include Overflow, Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, 3D Twist & Match, and 99Bullets. Read more