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A lot of games from the past are being remade in HD. This brings back some of those timeless classics which most of you would have played while growing up. Classic games when remade in HD bring back life into these titles and meet today’s visual standards. Even though a lot of games have already have been remade in HD there are still a few out there which could do with a HD makeover on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 console or the PC platform. Here are the top 5…

iPad and tablet gaming is on the rise. Most games for tablets are normally under $10 in cost, but as tablet games become more robust like console games for the Xbox 360 system, the apps will cost more to develop, so game makers would want more money in return to cover those higher costs, according to the video game news website IndustryGamers.

image courtesy of Famitsu.com Last month, Japanese video game develop Konami announced a brand-new PSP title from Nudemaker, Terror of the Stratus, that should give SJRPG lovers plenty of incentive to finally take their PSP 3000s out of their carrying case. Although not much has been revealed yet at this time, including whether or not it will ever see a release in the U.S., the Japanese video game magazine Famitsu has provided gamers with an update on the story. Set in Imperial Tokyo in the year 2058, humanity is approaching…

Read what each of the three big game platforms had in store for this year’s E3.

Gamehoot takes a look at the plans announced for E3 2011.

Sony will lose approximately $171 million due to the PlayStation Network hack, the company said yesterday.

Although the PlayStation Network is mostly back, the PlayStation Store remains dormant. While Sony continues to work on restoring the PlayStation Store, Sony created a program to gain back the trust from its user base with free stuff.

CyberConnect2′s latest Naruto game to get localized overseas.

Sony Computer Entertainment’s PlayStation Network online service has been down for almost seven days now. As frustrating as it’s been for PlayStation 3 users, it’s possibly even more maddening for the entire community of independent developers who’ve made games for PSN and rely on download revenues as part of their business model. Video game website IndustryGamers spoke with Dylan Cuthbert of Q-Games where he told the website he’s already taken a financial hit in the past few days.

The Clone Wars animated series were quite popular among the Star Wars faithful so much so that Traveller’s Tales developed Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars. For those of you who don’t know, Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars is a 2011 Lego game based on The Clone Wars animated series. This game has come out for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Windows and Nintendo 3DS. Yeah, it just came out on every possible gaming platform.

Will this newest Parasite Eve installment be worth the hype?

The NFL may be in labor disputes, but that isn’t stopping EA Sports from announcing today a bracket-style voting campaign, akin to the on-going NCAA March Madness, to determine the next cover athlete for its NFL video game series next rendition, “Madden NFL 12”. EA Sports partnered with ESPN’s SportsNation to present this voting campaign starting today with the first round and running through next Sunday. The field is divided into two ranked sides of 16 with a star player from each team representing their respective franchise. Some noteworthy representatives…