In Zen Studios's (Pinball FX2) new fighter, KickBeat, you must find that rhythm to succeed.  That's because KickBeat is the the Guitar Hero of face punching.  KickBeat is an experimental rhythm game with fully 3-D fighters that combines beat-matching with martial arts to become a brand new kind of fighting game.

To learn more, watch the video, then follow the jump.  KickBeat is set for release on the PS Vita this summer.

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One of the very best parts of Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham City is the fully explorable Gotham City.  Unfortunately, that has now been rendered irrelevant as long as you don't care too much that LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes's fully explorable city is, well, made from Legos.

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (or the ridiculously shortened-but-still-too-long LB2: DCSH) also features the full pantheon of DC super heroes (aka, the super heroes whose movies' bomb - except for you, Batman), vehicles, quests, and, of course, collectible LEGO blocks.  The kid inside of all of us just vomited with excitement.  Gross.  

Have you picked up a copy of Mortal Kombat for the PlayStation Vita? Is the Vita-exclusive Challenge Tower giving you problems? There are a variety of new challenges that focus on the Vita’s exclusive features such as the touch screens and gyroscopic capabilities.

The NetherRealm staff has checked in with a new trailer for the recently released game which gives players a little big of insight on how to complete some of the more challenging levels. Check out the video below to see how to get passed some levels that may be holding back your progress:

Anyone who was lucky enough to watch Manchester City's stunning last second victory to secure their first Premier League championship in 44 years knows just how exciting soccer can be.  I'll even dare to say that you'd be hard pressed to find any American sporting event this year that could match it.  

At its very best, the FIFA series can be almost as exciting to play, and EA Sports has unveiled today a set of game-changing innovations that hopefully can make FIFA 13 that exciting more often.

The first big one is a revamped dribbling system inspired by the miniature magician himself, Lionel Messi.  Complete Dribbling will enable players to break down defenders with full 360 degree control over your movements with the ball.

The second big one is a new sophisticated artificial intelligence that should allow AI players to respond to ever changing game conditions more realistically.  

So hopefully that means the days where your teammate ignores the defender that just stole the ball and makes a run down the wing like he didn't see it are over.  Actually, that's not nearly as big an issue as AI players that won't mark, challenge, and have the awful tendency to run away from the player with the ball when he enters the box.  If they fix that, I'll be happy.  Oh, also, they need to fix the fact that defenders read your button inputs to execute perfect offside traps, can challenge with impunity since the ref never calls fouls on them, and attackers can psychically dodge any challenge.  

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Fans around the world have been anxiously waiting to see what Keiji Inafune had up his sleeve since departing Capcom back in 2010. Well, wait no more; the veil has been lifted on Inafune’s project and it is Soul Sacrifice for Sony’s Playstation Vita! The game was recently revealed in Japan via Famitsu magazine.

Soul Sacrifice is the result of a collaboration between sony Studio Japan, Marvelous, and Inafune. The game pits players inside of a book that is actually a demon; throughout the game you will relive the various battles and events that transpire within the pages of the book, all in an attempt to free yourself. As a magical being, the book will grant you additional abilities and powers... but only for a price. If you want something, you are going to have to give something, and by “something” we means parts of your body. You will need to sacrifice physical parts of your own being in order to acquire greater power and abilities.

The game will also feature cooperative multiplayer for up to 4 players. These details are a bit sketchy at the moment, as they are all coming from a variety of translations from the recent Japanese reveal. Knowing Inafune-san’s vision of gaming and his beliefs, it is a no-brainer that the game should be heading stateside some time in the future, as he would have it no other way. In the mean time, check out a variety of art, images and the reveal trailer for the game below and see just how twisted the world of Soul Sacrifice can be:

Composers Jason Graves and Kevin Riepl joined forces to create an original score for the upcoming PlayStation Vita game, Resistance: Burning Skies. The game, which is being developed by Nihilistic Software, will be the first appearance of a first-person-shooter on the new handheld system. The narrative of Burning Skies takes place between the events of Resistance 2 and Resistance 3, with protagonist Tom Riley battling through waves of Chimeran.

Previous experience for the composers include Jason Graves scoring music for Dead Space and Dead Space 2 and Kevin Riepl providing music for Gears of War. Resistance: Burning Skies for PlayStation Vita will be available on May 29. [READ MORE]

Sonic the Hedgehog and his various Sega-friends are heading back to the karting circuit later this year in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed! The game, which will be released on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Vita, 3DS and other platforms this coming Fall, was revealed this week by Sega.

The game is a direct sequel to the previous All-Stars Racing game and takes things to a new level thanks to vehicle transformations. No longer will your characters be confined to the track; all of the game’s vehicles can now transform into other modes including planes and boats. There will be a ton of new tracks and characters brought to the game.

You can check out the official announcement trailer for the game below courtesy of SEGAbits.

One of the most beloved franchise from the 16-bit era is back offering a brand new set gameplay features that take full advantage of the touch controls unique to the PS Vita.  

Mortal Kombat for the PS Vita makes its debut today for $39.99.  It will bring all the fatalities and X-ray moves you love plus 150 brand new Challenge Tower missions.  On top of that, you'll get touchscreen fatalities, Test Your Slice, and Test Your Balance.  And, of course, Mortal Kombat will feature local ad-hoc connectivity along with standard Wi-Fi capabilities. 

Still not sold on the idea of Mortal Kombat on the Vita?  Well then, you should check out our own review of Mortal Kombat on the PS Vita by Gamingnexus.com's resident old-school game expert, Cyril Lachel.

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Earlier this week we posted a video from Mortal Kombat of some Klassic Kombat skins.  Today, a new video has been released that allows gamers to bear witness to some of the iconic female kombatants in their own klassic skins.  Thankfully, MK fans won't have to wait long to get their hands on the portable version as Mortal Kombat releases on the PS Vita next week on May 1st.

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Atlus has announced  that they have acquired the North American publishing rights for Dragon's Crown, a co-op action RPG for the PS3 and PS Vita.  While the press release doesn't say much about the game in general, it does state that Vanillaware will still be developing the game and it will be launched sometime in 2013. [READ MORE]

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• Trials Evolution for Xbox Live Arcade