After a rather tame period of releases from Nintendo (Wii Music failed to rock my world), things may finally be looking up for 2009. They have a lot of games lined-up, including Pokemon Platinum and Chinatown Wars for the DS, while the Wii gets MadWorld and some retro action with GameCube upgrades.

Konami Digital's announced that it will be present at this year's upcoming Games Convention event in Leipzig, Germany. The company will be showcasing some of their higher profile titles for this year, including Silent Hill: Homecoming for the PS3 and Xbox 360, and Pro Evolution Soccer 2009. Details on what else will be featured are available in the full article.

Yes, we know Konami Gamer's Night 08 is long and done with, but only lately have video coverage spewed out for the recently concluded event. And one of the goodies we've managed to snag from Konami's gaming bash is a video interview with Associate Producer Keith Matejk, who was happy to provide input on what Rock Revolution (DS, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360) had to offer for us. The video follows at the full story.

Konami Digital Entertainment, or rather its division in America, rocked San Francisco with their blow-by-blow game lineup revelation kicking off from 2008 onwards. Of course, there were the all-time favorites: Metal Gear Solid, Castlevania, Dance Dance Revolution, and Silent Hill. However, these weren't all the games that the publisher highlighted at the event. Find out the rest that wouldn't fit in our title at the full story.

Keeping tabs on the prospect of another Castlevania game in the works? Then here's another tidbit that Konami Digital may have thrown our way: another registered trademark in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been found to be bearing the title Castlevania on it. Castlevania Judgment, to be exact. All the details in the full article, so you'd better hurry.

What's to be gained when you cheat against other players in Pro Evoution Soccer 2008 (PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, DS)? A lot, apparently. There's cash, bragging rights, and other sick pleasures to boot. Fortunately, Konami Digital Entertainment and Play.com are doing something to keep the rats off online matches. Read all about it in the full article up next.

After teaming up with veteran gaming company Konami Digital, game publisher and developer Hudson Soft is gearing to conquer  Europe with plans to create a new line up of games for the coming year. After the success of their past games in Europe from the Bomberman series and Metal Gear Solid series, gamers the world over expect nothing but the best from the Konami-Hudson Soft deal.

Eager to know what goodies await you next year? Read on!

Wondering if you favorite country will be included in Konami Digital Entertainment's latest Pro Evolution Soccer release? Erik Hansson over at the Level7 site has just picked up what appears to be a complete listing of the national teams making it to PES 2008 (Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, DS, PC).

That's all the details we've got on this news, which ties in nicely with the celebrities expected to make an appearance in the game. Stay tuned in case we receive more update - or if some lucky gamer confirms this lineup based on PES 2008's upcoming demo release. For now, here's the list (translated by the Winning Eleven blog):

• Austria
• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• England
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Israel

The complete list is available in the Full Article

In an official announcement made not later than today, Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH revealed that the company's Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 will be featuring none other than Michael Owen, English striker and one of Newcastle United's pride and glory, on both the packaging (UK specific) and the promotional materials for the game.

Together with Cristiano Ronaldo, Owen will be combining image and skill on the UK packshots of Pro Evolution Soccer's latest installment. Barring any critical opinion of his choice for Newcastle over Liverpool, Owen still keeps a reputation level with his 178 league goals, 37 of which were for England.

"Securing Michael Owen is a real coup for Konami. Since he burst on to the scene, he has proven himself an incredible goal-scorer, netting at every level both domestic and international," said Jon Murphy, Team Leader for Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 at Konami.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 will be heading to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows PC over DVD, PS2, PSP and Nintendo DS by fall of 2007, featuring Konami's new Teamvision artificial intelligence system for dynamic and real-time play.

Konami has announced the details for the 2007 Yu-Gi-Oh! video game tournament that will be held at the Comic-Con International Consumer Expo in San Diego, Calif. on July 28th. If you're a fan of the cartoon series, card game, or video game and live within the area, you won't want to miss this.

So far, eight players have been selected from a nationwide online contest will be compete in this event for the US championship. However, no word yet whether it will be Swiss-style or simple single elimination matches.

The top four will be advancing to the world championship on the 29th at the same venue where they will get a chance to win the world title. The competitors will be using the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2007 video game for the Nintendo DS in the competition. Associate Product Manager at Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. Wyman Yung shared his thoughts on this.

Yu-Gi-Oh! is one of Konami’s most recognized properties, and we are giving back to the game’s dedicated community with a tournament that lets players test their skills and meet other duelists from around the country.The Comic-Con Expo in San Diego is the perfect venue for us to crown our U.S. and World finalists, letting them compete and take part in the Yu-Gi-Oh! festivities with duelists from all around the world.

What decks will we see dominating in the competition? Hopefully, we'll be seeing more original decks than the more common beatdown rush builds or the direct damage control that have been consistently winning games. It would also be pretty cool if some of the players cos-played for the tournament, but that might be a bit awkward.