The game of baseball was brought to video game consoles long ago. The total experience - the Pastime - represents the next frontier of simulation, for a public delighted by every stat and detail, no matter how small.

On his blog, David Jaffe writes that similarities between Microsoft's upcoming Scrap Metal and Sony's Twisted Metal, as well as the film title "War of the Gods," should both rate "a sternly worded legal letter," from Sony's lawyer-mans.

All the screenshots and box art in the world can't match the sizzle of having the actual game resting in your hand. Look for our review on Monday at 10 a.m.

Last week, Chiaki Kuriyama, best known in the West as Gogo Yubari in Kill Bill, released her first CD single "Ryusei no Namida", the theme for Gundam Unicorn.

While Gran Turismo often deals with the more refined aspects of car racing, you won't find any of that in this trailer. All you'll find here are giant cars going round and around and around.

Sony has patented a new form of trial or demo for video games that, rather than presenting us with a small piece of a title, gives us the whole thing, then takes bits away as time goes on.

SOCOM 4 was announced earlier today courtesy of some info and screenshots. To go with them, here's a debut trailer.

In case you missed it, today was the PlayStation 2's tenth birthday. Happy birthday, PS2! To mark the occasion, we've whipped up a little timeline charting the good times, and better times, of the world's most successful games platform.

Here's a hint: you'll need to click the above image to see it at full resolution

The PlayStation 2 is 10-years-old today, and just saying happy birthday and talking about our PS2 experiences isn't enough! Take a picture of your PS2 and share it with the class.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Sony will release a new smart phone "capable of downloading and playing PlayStation games" later this year, as well as a competitor to Apple's iPad that may also play PSone titles.