Kaz Hiari's favorite racing series is getting another handheld iteration. This time Namco Bandai is bringing the successful Ridge Racer series to the Apple iPhone via a new game called Ridge Racer Accelerated.

Just in case you missed out on the Capcom E Tank giveaway, here's a little something to let you guys in on what happened. xkiraisgodx, I know you wanted to go, but for you and the rest of us who didn't make it, this is as close as we get.

Viva Media and bitcomposer today laid out plans for the North American release of GSC Game World's S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat. Come February, PC gamers will once again put on their stalking suits to march across the blasted Zone for more post-meltdown shenanigans.

Nintendo was spotted filing another trademark recently, and the new name does invite a little more curiosity than the usual filing. That name is "Zii" and its reminiscence of the current Nintendo console makes things interesting. Care to play a little guessing game again?

When Namco Bandai announced that they were releasing a PS3 version of Tales of Vesperia, they threw in a bunch of additional content to sweeten the deal. Square Enix is also going down that route with Star Ocean: The Last Hope International.

For Japan, this Thursday is the big day. December 17th is the day when Final Fantasy XIII comes out in Japan, and the rest of the world looks on with envy (and more in-game footage). For that red letter day, Square Enix has shipped a million copies of the game to the land of the rising sun.

Bioware's upcoming action role-playing game, Mass Effect 2 is going to be huge. With the games release date just nearly a month away, the developer's has recently started rolling out  some media footage of the game.Check out this brand new walktrough video of the Sentinel class and get to know why they are called the most versatile class of the game.

A reboot of the "true Hong Kong action flick" was announced and unveiled by Activision at the recent Video Game Awards 2009 last weekend. Today, the publisher releases some more information about this hot new action game. Details and video after the jump.

Homebrew coder Royale is back to release a new version of PSP-Maps, a homebrew app that allows you to view Google Maps on your PlayStation Portable. The latest  update has added some new features and minor changes.

Download: PSP-Maps v2.2

Another M-Rated game is coming over to the Wii. FPS title SABRE Team aims to fill in that modern FPS void on the Wii, taking players "behind enemy lines in a number of Middle Eastern-style locations" and letting them "navigate tight alleyways and corridors, secure buildings, and kill enemy forces."