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The embargo from Capcom's 2008 gamer's day (Captivate 08) as ended and game media is starting to flood the internet from the event. This includes a couple of Street Fighter IV trailers which show off some new characters, along with plenty of in game footage and some more of that gorgeous ink-and-watercolor style concept art. Check after the break for another video which shows off some more of the incredible art style. Enjoy!

There's not much to say about this newly released developer walkthrough for Condemned 2: Bloodshot that the video doesn't tell you, with the exception that this game is going to kick much more ass than the previous game. Condemned 2's lead game designer, Frank Rook explains how the game's chain attacks work and shows the more in-depth forensic system.

Despite the fact that all the video is in the pre-beta stage, the game is already looking great, and we can't wait to see more.

Despite the fact that Yakuza 3 appears to have little to do with the series' previous installments, we're more excited than ever at the thought of finally being able to play it. And with the game's release getting closer by the day, Sega has released its first commercial for the popular franchise.

While it doesn't showcase the massive amounts of blood and limb chopping that other videos have, it appears to introduce its audience to the game's cast, which we guess is okay. Yakuza 3 is set to hit Japan in March, and we expect an announcement to confirm the game is coming our way in the coming months.

Fresh off the release of a couple extremely awesome commercials featuring the 40GB PS3 and a slew of other great features that make us love our PlayStation 3, we were starting to regain some of our lost confidence in the Sony hype machine. However, all that may have grinded to a halt with this bizarre commercial recently released in Europe.

Although we've always thought the European's taste in just about everything is rather odd, this commercial raises that bar to an entirely new and utterly disturbing level. However, while most Sony commercials have always retained their oddity, they haven't always been bad. Anyone remember I am the Wolfman?

[Thanks for the tip, Tom!]

After watching the first level of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, it's hard not to be blown away by the sheer graphical beauty Naughty Dog has been able to capture. At times, it really feels like you're watching a movie as Nathan shoots, punches, climbs and jumps his way throughout the level.

Andrew noted the game has come a long way since its E3 showing, and we can certainly tell. The most exciting part is Naughty Dog still has nearly two months for some fine tuning before it's set to ship.

It's been awhile since we last heard anything about Sony's spelling-challenged safari romp, Afrika. When it was first unveiled, the consensus was, graphically, the title looked great, but no one really knew what the point of the game was.

This video will do nothing to better explain the game's gameplay, unless it involves taking voyeuristic photos of meercats and giraffes mating in their natural habitat or trying to run over endangered animals.

Who knows, though, we're sure there's a huge market for that kinda thing somewhere.

So far in Valkyrie of the Battlefield's short life, we've only seen the occasional screen or magazine scan, but now Sega has finally taken the wraps of its newest PS3-exclusive RPG.

Sega kicked off the cel-shading revolution with Jet Set Radio, but now the company is pushing the technology even further by using it to create gorgeous watercolor-theme graphics, which its calling Canvas. It really does look like a painting has come to life.

While we would have loved to see some actual gameplay, there's no denying the game looks great. Let's just cross our fingers that Sega decides to ship this baby worldwide.

The E3 videos are up, but that's not all. We got a full fledged update today - and a day early, too. We're sure you're itchy to hear everything that's available, so check below for the full list.

• The Simpsons Movie trailer [SD/720p/1080p] (free)
• Transformers trailer [SD/1080p] (free)
• 8 minute excerpt from Die Hard 4 [SD/720p/1080p] (free)
• Die Hard 4 trailer [SD/720p/1080p] (free)
• Uncharted: Drake's Fortune trailer (free)
• PSN Event Trailer (free)
• E3 2007 footage:
• Feel Ski trailer (free)
• Folklore trailer (free)
• High Velocity Bowling trailer (free)
• Killzone 2 trailer (free)
• LittleBigPlanet trailer (free)
• Pain trailer (free)
• Uncharted: Drake's Fortune trailer (free)
• WipEout HD trailer (free)
• Metal Gear Solid 4 trailer (free)
• Nucleus starter pack (free)
• Nucleus full game (£4.99)

So there you have it. A true mother-load of content dropped directly onto our PSN store front. We love you Sony. We're curious to see what happens to the US PSN store today too. It's usually that which updates on Thursdays, not the EU store. We'll let you know if/when it gets updated. In the meantime, enjoy your videos. And Nucleus. If it plays better than the Japanese demo did, that is.

Seven developer interviews, shown at the Sony E3 Press Conference, have been hidden around the PlayStation Network Store. This is on top of all the other content that we told you about. Here's a list of all the secret vids and where to find them:

• LittleBigPlanet interview: Games > Downloadable Games > Super Rub a Dub
• Ratchet and Clank interview: Featured Items > Ridge Racer 7 > Ufra Special Events > Page 3
• NBA 08 interview: Featured Items > Go! Puzzle Game Packs
• Uncharted: Drake's Fortune interview: View All > M-Q > Nancy Drew
• Singstar interview: Videos > Blu Ray discs > Bruce Springsteen Live in Dublin
• Heavenly Sword interview: Games > Classics > Page 2
• FolkLore interview: View All > H-L > Lucky You

Get downloading and enjoy seeing that game footage in full screen.

[Thanks Dave and all official PlayStation forumers who found and collated the locations]

When Neversoft took over the Guitar Hero franchise from Harmonix there were worries that the gameplay would change unrecognisably. While the interface of the game has remained largely the same (surely lumped into the "if it aint broke, don't fix it" category), there seem to be a couple of new features shown in this newest batch of Guitar Hero III vids.

The video above, showing Living Colour's "Cult of Personality", gives us some insight into the new additions to the battle mode. It's fairly widely accepted that the multiplayer mode in Guitar Hero I was pretty bad, but Guitar Hero II more than made up for it with its co-op and battle modes. Even then the battle mode could at times feel like little more than comparing scores. With the inclusion of power-ups in Guitar Hero III we will be able to directly affect our opponent's guitar playing abilites by making their markers blink, their fret board tremble or even increasing the difficulty level temporarily.

Sounds like a great update to us. Once all the songs are unlocked, multiplayer really is where it's at with the Guitar Hero series, so it's good to see Neversoft are doing their best to improve on it. As for the single player, there's not much there to improve. Unless, maybe, you included a couple of other instruments? Maybe a singer? Oh wait, nevermind. Be sure to watch the rest of the vids after the jump.

• Release date: Confirmed for the 25th of June
• Demos: No cover discs. Expect to see a downloadable demo on the PLAYSTATION Store three weeks before release.
• Videos: Three in the works. One is ready and is working on being approved. Apparently we'll LOVE it. Two other videos, showing off multiplayer and 'supernatural elements' of the game, have started being produced.
  
• Pre-order: Doing so at EB or Gamestop will net you an in-game 2K Sports Darkling.
  

Sounds great to me. It should be a couple of months filled with The Darkness, all the way up to release. Give in. The Darkness is coming, and it's bringing friends.

[Thanks, Ben Furneaux]

Stills and screenshots can only do so much to convey how good a game looks. Here's an off-screen video presentation of Lair recorded from GDC, showing off the Factor 5 game in action (or, should we say, motion).

You might recognize some of the animation from videos seen elsewhere, but it was nice to catch the newer footage of a dragon wireframe model meticulously rendered with layers of musculature and skin, too.

If that's not enough for ya, you can always just listen in to the audio, which features a young lady from Washington asking questions of a developer with the hope of getting hired. Consider this a lesson in networking.

[Via GameBrink]