Today at 10:00am Pacific, Trion's RIFT will open up its headstart for pre-orders. After multiple successful betas, the new MMO has gained the attention of most hardcore players of the genre, and many prominent guilds are planning to stake a claim in the world of Telara. Trion has also announced that the... more.

Bethesda nearly crashed the internet earlier this morning (or at least blew up their own website) when they posted a countdown to the first trailer for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Bethesda's long-running open-world RPG series is among the best you could ever play, and the fifth game in the series is by far one of the most anticipated releases this fall. If you haven't played an Elder Scrolls game... more.

Paul may already be out in the UK, but those of us Yanks have to wait until the middle of March to see Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's latest science fiction comedy. Early word out of the UK is that the movie is absolutely hilarious, and that Seth Rogan's title character can be extremely raunchy. To show off more of the true tone of the movie, IGN has posted the R-rated "Red Band" trailer for it, whic... more.

Recently Square announced that they would be porting Final Fantasy 3 to iOS devices. As the original 2D Final Fantasy 3 never saw a completed remake (the Wonderswan version was cancelled), people wondered if Square would be porting the recent Nintendo DS remake to Apple's mobile OS. Well, according to these screens at Famitsu; that's e... more.

Witness the death of Call of Duty. Back when EA released the amazing Battlefield: Bad Company 2, they stated that their long-term goal was to regain the FPS top spot away from Call of Duty. Back in the day, DICE's Battlefield 1943 and Battlefield 2 where the ultimate team-based first-person-shooters, but the rise of consoles and Activision's capitalizing on that with the Call of Duty franchise cha... more.

If you're a comic reader, today marks the end of a book that would have celebrated its 50th Anniversary this coming November. No matter how you look at it, ending a series that has lasted that long is sad. Today Marvel releases Fantastic Four #588, which is the final issue of the first comic book Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created. The issue directly follows the death of Johnny Storm and serves o... more.

While Florida's Star Tours II will open on May 20th to coincide with the start of this year's Star Wars Weekends, the Disneyland version of the ride still doesn't have an official open date. Al Lutz of Miceage has posted one of his eagerly awaited park updates, and due to all of the things happening in Anaheim in May (Pirates of the Ca... more.

If you're planning to hit Disneyland this summer to ride Star Tours II, the lines will naturally be pretty long. Star Tours has always been one of the most popular rides at the park and with it going through a massive refurbishment to add all-new destinations for the Starspeeder with the ride being in 3D, you can expect very long lines throughout the summer as people swarm to park to check it out.... more.

Starwars.com has posted the sixth book in The Lost Tribe of the Sith e-book series, which you can download in PDF form from their site right here. This is an on-going series set in the Old Republic era that's only released as e-books. If you missed any of the p... more.

We're not sure where this piece of artwork originated, but it's pretty cool. This week marks the 25th Anniversary of the Legend of Zelda, and some Zelda fan did a huge banner combining the last quarter-century of Zelda games into one huge piece of artwork. Nintendo should allow this guy to produce it as a giant poster, as that would look pretty cool on a wall or door to a game room. Edit: Thank... more.