Epic Games have released the official boxart for Gears of War 3 and it looks nothing short of epic.

The game will be releasing on September 20 exclusively for Xbox 360.

A beta is planned to kicc off in mid-April and would feature the multiplayer side of things of the game.

Anyone who’s bought a limited edition copy of Bulletstorm would get access to it.

View the boxart below

Rockstar’s released the first gameplay trailer for their crime-thriller, L.A Noire.

The gameplay consists of hand-to-hand combat scenes and much more.

L.A Noire, releases on May 17 in US and May 20 in UK for PS3 and Xbox 360.

Watch the video below:

From Software’s upcoming game, Dark Souls, which they cite as being the spritual successor of Demon’s Souls has got its first ever official trailer.

The trailer has a uncanny similarity to Demon’s Souls but looks very exciting nonetheless.

We can’t wait to see what new challenges this game will bring with it. But what we can see is this awesome new trailer and so can YOU!

What’re you waiting for? Trailer’s below (Thanks, Eurogamer):

SCE has reportedly kicked off plans to launch the PS3 officially in China and has begun opening facilities in the city of Guangzho.

The console is not sold in China right now and can be bought only through export.

The China Daily reports that Sony has filed a letter of intent for opening R&D and training centres in the city.

These new centres are to focus on new game developments, localization of existing titles specially for the Chinese market.

SCE Asia is all set to support the new Chinese facilities by supplying equipment and experts, aswell as helping with the localization process of its games.

Sony representatives didn’t give any dates yet as to when the PS3 would get a official launch in the country.

Good move by Sony.

PlanetaDeJuego has got the first official pictures of the new Gran Turismo 5 Thrustmaster t500 RS Steering wheel.

The wheel comes with a “reversible” pedal mount, which can be used in either a top or bottom-hinger configuration.

You can view all the pics over here.

Square’s released the official boxart for their upcoming TPS, Mindhack.

The game taking place in year 2031 releases for PS3 and Xbox 360 in Jan next year.

Good looking shit that.

Sony has announced the official release date for Gran Turismo 5 and this time it’s final.

The German PS Blog announced that the game will be releasing on TBA in US, November 24 in EU and other PAL territories and TBA in Japan.

Gran Turismo 5 is one of the most anticipated games to have ever been in development and fans of racing sims can finally experience it come XYZ.

It is being developed by Polyphony Digital under the watchful eyes of Kazunori Yamuachi for the PS3.

We will keep you updated when more on this emerges.

Activision announced that gamers can purchase the official soundtrack of Call of Duty: Black Ops from iTunes and other music outlets from November 9 onwards.

You can buy the whole thing for $11.99 or pick up individual tracks for $0.99 a piece.

Nice, this would set the mood right for some long mp sessions since Black Ops releases the same day for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC and Wii.

Turn10 has released the first trailer of Forza Motorsport 3 Ultimate Collection.

This edition is a sweet deal for anyone who’s not bought the game yet.

The Forza Motorsport 3 Ultimate Collection is scheduled for a Nov 11 release in Japan and early 2011 internationally.

Microsoft has launched the official website for their upcoming Kinect only game, Kinectimals.

The website has the cute/ugly as hell Tiger looking down at you and comes with the regular fare that you expect such websites to have.

However, the media page is quite interesting, with lots of pics which shows different animals indulging in cuddly activities. Looks cool.

Kinectimals is part of Kinect’s launch line-up.