Konami has sent out an official announcement for their Rocket Knight remake. After 15 years, Sparkster put on his rocket pack once again to save a kingdom in shambles.

Comic Jumper is the latest offering of Twister Pixel, the same group behind 'Splosion Man and The Maw. The hero, needless to say, is a pinhead, with a grumpy star-shaped character on his chest. Another odd duo, might I add. That means double the fun! More details and video after the jump.

Earlier today, Konami and Kojima productions revealed the games that they'll be taking to GamesCom. Apart from showing off what these games have to offer, the publishers also promise special presentations of the games, and maybe they'll be sitting down for interviews as well.

Speaking to Destructoid about Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, producer Craig Derrick from LucasArts explained the motivation behind updating the game. He goes on about the main reasons for the decision, but citing digital distribution as an important factor in making the Special Edition possible, the producer adds that digital distribution itself increases interest in retro gaming.

EenVandaag, a Dutch current affairs TV program, recently conducted a survey on their youth's downloading habits. What the survey found was that a whopping 93% of the youngsters download content in a manner that most laws would consider illegal, citing the use of BitTorrent among other popular download programs.

Total recall for Terminator Salvation on PC as Evolved Games received numerous complaints of error messages when installing the game. The publisher has now pulled out all retail copies of the game to fix the defect that "occurred during replication".

It was a very pre-mature knock out for Britain's Ricky Hatton in his "fight" against the Pacman, Manny Pacquiao, and I say that's a darned good way to end this week in gaming news (the astounding fight, I mean, not Hatton's shocking cuddle time with the floor), which, in itself also saw an intense fight in and out of the ring. From big games' updates to last-minute reveals, this edition of the QuickJump QuickPeek is a definite winner. And we've got it all stored here for you. Quick as a flash, like the Pacman's deciding left hook.

The first-ever gameplay footage for Watchmen: The End is Nigh was revealed during the VGA event. The game is set for an episodic release starting March of next year on PSN, XBLA, and Steam. Yes, it's a downloadable game; and for a downloadable game, this is pretty kick-ass. Who watches the Watchmen, they ask? You, that's who. Or at least, about to in the full article.

Here's a cool fact about Smart Bomb Interactive's brand new Snoopy game, Snoopy WWI Flying Ace, it owes more to McGuyver, The A-Team and the Lego series than it does to Warhawk. Could this hint at some sort of vehicle or weapon creation and customisation aspect to the game? Are there plans for DLC? Who would win in a knock down, drag out fight to the finish between Snoopy and Lucy?

Find out after the jump!

We scored an interview with Clark Stacey, Vice President of Smart Bomb Interactive, the folks who brought us Snoopy vs. the Red Baron on PS2, PSP and PC. Clark was nice enough to answer our questions and divulge the first details of Snoopy's brand new adventure, DLC, multiplayer, gameplay mechanics, and brand spanking new screens lie just a click away!