The gaming drought is coming to an end and soon will come a flood of triple A video games all expecting to cash in on the Holidays. But you don’t have money for them all, so I’ve narrowed it down to the top five games coming this September.

While the Wii has already been hit by a slew of on-rail shooters, Capcom is hoping there’s still room for Darkside Chronicles which will be infecting stores shelves November 17th.  If you pre-order at GameStop you can get your very own Zombie T-shirt, which allows you to pull the bottom over your head to give you a zombie face, absolutely free.

You can also grab the T-shirt over at Capcom’s Store.

(Souce: GoNintendo)

It was quietly announced back in June that China Town Wars would come to the PSP but little details were revealed about the game. Today Rockstar tweeted that it would be released on October 20^th.

What’s going to be interesting is how they transform a game that relied so heavily on an additional touch screen that is non existent on the PSP.  On the other hand, they’ll have boost in graphical capability and a wide screen to work with now.

You will be able to buy China Town Wars through digital download or UMD.

Puzzlers and iPhone users rejoice, Lumines will be available for the iPhone mid-late September as part of a marketing push. Included in the push are Lumines Supernova and Lumines Live  price drops and a re-release for Supernova’s Holiday Pack. Also getting re-releases are the Heavenly Star and Breeze Skins featuring the Genki Rockets.

Little details are known about the iPhone version except for the inclusion of brand new skins and music.

Source: Q Entertainment Bringing Lumines To The Iphone

This week is arguably the best of the summer in terms of game releases. I put together a list of the most highly anticipated games for the week of Aug 24th.

All of the games listed are available today in the U.S excluding NBA2k10.

After Sony constantly stated that no price drop was in the works for their PS3, it came as a surprise last week at GamesCom when they announced the $299 “PS3Slim” available on Sept 1, and an immediate price cut for the 80 gb models matching the Slim’s price. Not so shocking was the announcement of the PS3 Slim itself which has had leaked retail orders, mockups and all other sorts of info flooding in for months.

In the 3 days since the price cut, Sony has seen a 30% rise in Ps3 hardware sales according to Vg.chartz. Also, Vg.chartz says that in those same 3 days, pre orders for the PS3 slim have been greater than the PS3’s actual sales.

The Stars Wars re releases continues this week on VC with Super Empire Strikes Back (Snes) for 800 wii points.

An update of  Namco Bandai’s arcade puzzler Mr. Driller, Mr. Driller W, heads to wiiware for 800 wii points.

If that doesn’t wet your puzzle appetite, you can download Pop+Solo, a puzzle shooter for 500 wii points on DSiware.

It’s the night before the first day of class for many of us. Away from our gaming setups we must go into the halls of our schools. No more long summer afternoons of playing games for hours on in. Our raid schedules will take a hit until our next lengthy holiday. Just because you’re away at class during the day doesn’t mean you can’t get some quality gaming in. Here’s my list of top 5 games to play while away at school.

Sorry our gaming blog hadn’t started a week earlier, then we could have given you guys up to the minute updates on what went down at BlizzCon. Oh well, I’ll wrap it up and put a bow on it for you.

To no ones surprise, the Worgen (Alliance) and Goblin (Horde) races were announced for World of Warcraft’s third expansion Cataclysm.

Some of the new features of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm include: Taken straight from the official FAQ for the expansion

• Level Cap Increased to 85: Earn new abilities, tap into new talents, and progress through the path system, a new way for players to improve characters.
• Classic Zones Remade: Familiar zones across the original continents of Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms have been altered forever and updated with new content, from the devastated Badlands to the broken Barrens, which has been sundered in two.
• New High-Level Zones: Explore newly opened parts of the world, including Uldum, Grim Batol, and the great Sunken City of Vashj’ir beneath the sea.
• More Raid Content than Ever Before: Enjoy more high-level raid content than previous expansions, with optional more challenging versions of all encounters.
• New Race and Class Combinations: Explore Azeroth as a gnome priest, blood elf warrior, or one of the other never-before-available race and class combinations.
• Guild Advancement: Progress as a guild to earn guild levels and guild achievements.
• New PvP Zone & Rated Battlegrounds: Take on PvP objectives and daily quests on Tol Barad Island, a new Wintergrasp-like zone, and wage war in all-new rated Battlegrounds.
• Archaeology: Master a new secondary profession to unearth valuable artifacts and earn unique rewards.
• Flying Mounts in Azeroth: Explore Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms like never before.