All of you old-school gamers who are just dying to see the next-generation rebirth of Sega's classic Golden Axe franchise will be happy to know that your prayers have been answered. Developer Secret Level is treating you to Golden Axe: Beast Rider's (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) first trailer and it's looking pretty wild. Watch the video after the jump.

It looks like everyone's dishing out there own version of "Gamer's Day." Sega's own rendition, however, may be the one to stand out from the rest, since its multi-genre, multi-platform, and multi-franchise collection is studded with highly-anticipated hopefuls. So aside from Iron Man and upcoming game adaptation of The Incredible Hulk, Sega laid out teasers for fans of Aliens, Total War and the stealthy action title, Alpha Protocol.

Ready for another round on the rumor mill? Word over at the PlayStation forums is that somebody's managed to get an official launch list of the PS3's games for this year. Titles included in the list include MGS4, GTA4, and Fallout 3. More details are available in the full article.

If you belong to that generation of gamers who were lucky enough to have experienced the good old days of 2D gaming, there's a good chance that you like Sega's Golden Axe franchise. A lot of us were delighted when Golden Axe: Beast Rider was announced for the Sony  PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360, and now we're even happier that its official site gas opened to create a rally point for updates. See the detailed version for more.

According to video game news website PSU, Sega's Danny Chiu has reaffirmed that developer Secret Level has not dropped the PlayStation 3 version of Golden Axe: Beast Rider (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360).

In response to the Xbox 360 exclusivity rumors, Chiu stated, "Not true, it's coming to PS3 as well." Rumors of the game becoming exclusive to the Microsoft console surfaced earlier this week.

Golden Axe: Beast Rider is the latest installment in Sega's venerable Golden Axe series. The game will feature the return of Tyris Flare, the female amazon from the first few games in the series, and will be a more mature title thanks to the presence of dismemberments, decapitations, and nudity.

Secret Level and Sega are currently prepping Golden Axe: Beast Rider for a 2008 release.

The latest issue of Play Magazine sports two pages featuring upcoming video game Golden Axe: Beast Rider. If you guys could recall, this video game was announced back in May of 2006 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms, however, it is now being reported as Microsoft-exclusive.

Beast Rider is a part of the glorious Golden Axe franchise that began in 1989 and dominated the early and mid 90s. It was a side-scrolling hack 'n slash arcade video game that features the story of three warriors and their vows of revenge against the tyrannical Death Adder.

The latest scans show that eye-candy Tyrus Flare will play a heavy role in the next-gen iteration of the franchise. Furthermore, it was also said that Golden Axe: Beast Rider will target mature audiences as it will feature levels of nudity and heavy violence.

Golden Axe: Beast Rider is being developed Secret Level and will be published by Sega. The two video gaming companies have yet to comment regarding the Xbox 360 exclusivity rumor.

 

Sega has just released an updated list of games they plane to release for the PAL (Europe) regions. And while it's pretty much the same line up of titles that were featured in our post from (almost exactly) last month, this new list brings with it updates. For the the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 folks, expect SEGA Rally to hit retail come September 28.

The PSP and Wii crowds also receive an update for Alien Syndrome, which is now expected to launch this July 9 for both consoles. And come November, there's The Golden Compass readying up for a multiplatform release on the consoles mentioned earlier, along with the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS.

• Xbox 360
• SEGA Rally (28/09/2007)
• Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm (Autumn 2007)
• Virtua Fighter 5 (Autumn 2007)
• The Golden Compass (30/11/2007)
• PSU: Ambition of the Illuminus (Winter 2007/2008)
• The Club (Winter 2007/2008)
• Golden Axe (Spring 2008)
• Condemned 2: Bloodshot (Spring 2008)
• Universe At War: Angriffsziel Erde (Spring 2008)
• PSP
• Alien Syndrome (07/09/2007)
• Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars (07/09/2007)
• SEGA Rally (28/09/2007)
• Sonic Rivals 2 (Autumn 2007)
• The Golden Compass (30/11/2007)
• PlayStation 3
• SEGA Rally (28/09/2007)
• The Golden Compass (30/11/2007)
• The Club (Winter 2007/2008)
• Condemned 2: Bloodshot (Spring 2008)
• Golden Axe (Spring 2008)
  

The complete date list is available in the Full Article

First, we gotta thank IGN. Their dudes just came up with this compilation of launch titles expected to hit the retails stores this month onwards, and it'll be covering the US, UK, Japan, and Japan launches. The bad news is that it looks like some of our favorite titles like Rainbow Six Vegas and FEAR won't be celebrating the new year with us - they'll be hitting the stores a month or so after.

This is just a partial list for the US release until March, and we recommend that you click on the link below if you want to view the full list.

The list awaits after the jump!

Sega has just posted their list of games to be released in Europe from September to December this year for different consoles. Also included are some of the titles to be released early next year. The titles marked with an * are Sega’s new budget games. This is great news for our fellas in Europe, now how about a full list for US titles as well, huh Sega?*winks*

September 2006:
1st: Virtua Tennis: World Tour Platinum* (PSP)
1st: Virtua Pro Football (PS2)
15th: Yakuza (PS2)
15th: OutRun 2: Coast to Coast* (PSP, PS2)
15th: Sonic Riders* (PS2, NGC)
15th: Shadow the Hedgehog* (PS2, NGC)
15th: Spartan: Total Warrior* (NGC)

November 2006:
17th: Sonic the Hedgehog (PS3, Xbox 360)
17th: Full Auto 2: Battlelines (PS3)
Wii Launch: Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Wii)
??th: Football Manager 2007 (Xbox 360)
??th: Phantasy Star Universe (PS2, Xbox 360)
??th: Football Manager Portable 2007 (PSP)
??th: SEGA Mega Drive Collection (PS2, PSP)
??th: Sonic Rivals (PSP)

Unknown or in 2007:
Winter 06/07 World Snooker Championship 2007 (Xbox 360, PSP, PS3, PS2)
February 2007 Charlotte’s Web (GBA, NDS)
Spring 2007 Virtua Tennis 3 (Xbox 360, PS3)
Spring 2007 SEGA Rally (Xbox 360, PS3)
Spring 2007 Virtua Fighter 5 (PS3)
Spring 2007 Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii)
2007: The Club working title (Xbox 360, PS3)
2007: Golden Axe (Xbox 360, PS3)