If you’re strongly of the opinion that the world of video game racing is sorely lacking in the lasers department, then head over to the Blazing Lazers demo site for the aptly-titled Super Laser Racers.

Fusing top-down race action with the type of blast-and-move business that made Geometry Wars such a frenzied affair, the title keeps things perky with Survivor and Eliminator modes, plus online leagues and a track editor to boot.

A must for all speed demons with dreams of causing destruction with a plasma cannon or laser mine, you can cop the full game for less than ten bucks this Friday by clicking here.

Taking Guitar Hero obsession to a new high, 14-year-old Danny ‘Phenom’ Johnson recently burst his way into the Guinness Book Of World Records not once but three times, setting new standards with the Longest Note Streak On Guitar Hero (with a score of 3,722 and 100% on the track ‘Through The Fire And The Flames’), the Highest Score For A Single Track (the just-shy-of-a-million 985,206 on the same ditty), and the Highest Score On Guitar Hero: Metallica with a rockin’ 1,009,056 on ‘Mercyful Fate’.

“I don’t think there is anything that can stop this kid, his talents are infinite,” said his father of the feat, possibly confusing ‘ability at a video game’ with ‘world domination’.

Check out Dan The Young Man in action here.

Adding the word ‘ninja’ before something is a guaranteed way to transform the mundane into the badass, and we’re pleased to see that the good folks over at Wolfire Games agree with us, being all set to launch the ninja-rabbit fighting game, Overgrowth. Also adding known-martial-arts-experts wolves, rats, cats and dogs to the bloody mix, they’ve just upped the first episode of an online comic to help stoke hype for the title – check it out here.

With Messi’s Barcelona besting Ronaldo’s Manchester United to claim club soccer’s most prized title in the 2009 European Champion’s League final, we’re on a serious soccer binge here at COED. So to keep the party going, here are five old school soccer titles that can most definitely kick it… (more…)

Think you can burn rubber and slide into a slipstream just as speedily as any reckless professional racing car driver? Head over to Real-Time Racing where they’ve just opened a registration – ahem – drive to find the 5,000 top video game speed demons in the world. (more…)

Too hot and bothered to get up off the couch but sick of sitting there with drops of sweat slowly dripping down your back? Check out five classic video games that’ll take you a world away from the sticky heat… (more…)

Hankering after some cool new content for your new Nintendo DSi but can’t be bothered to deal with the unsanitary oiks who man the register down at your local video game store? Get hooked up to the new DSi Shop and start downloading exclusive titles now.

Available from the NintendoDSi site, launch titles on offer include the elastic tongue antics of Bird & Beans, the magic-tastic Master Of Illusion, the underwater puzzler Art Style: AQUIA, the micro-game shenanigans of WarioWare: Snapped!, and the cerebral pretensions of Brain Age Express: Math.

Now, go get to spending those DSi Points…

Reckon that time you stayed up bleary-eyed until 4am playing Halo ranks you as a hardcore gamer? Think again, as a group of dedicated souls are out to set a new Guinness World Record by playing Burnout Paradise for 24 straight hours.

Attempting the feat on April 18th, six of the staff of Ready Up will be plugged into Xbox Live for an entire day of rubber burnin’ action, with only “short bathroom and eating” breaks officially allowed as they bid to add Longest Marathon Playing A Driving Game to their resumes.  (more…)

Girls. In bikinis. Fighting. What could be better? Well, how about watching the said sexy combo from the comfort of your couch? Which is just what volume three of the Knockout Queens DVD franchise promises, letting you view ladies like Kreamy and Sequenta pummel each other while wearing over-sized gloves and very little in the way of formal clothing.

Click here for the teaser (and skip to the minute mark for some ‘unique’ card girl action.)

Not just the minx from Charmed, Alyssa Milano has now added video game voice-over acting to her resume by agreeing to play the role of Dr Ilyssa Selwyn in the upcoming Ghostbusters video game release.

Ear-marked as the love interest in the game’s plot, the sassy archaeologist will be fending off the smooth moves of Bill Murray’s Dr Peter Venkman character while showing off her expertise in, er, pre-Sumerian culture.

Click here for more info on the classic ’80s movie’s new digital life.