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I’m well aware that this is actually not news, in fact you might even go as far as to say it is anti-news. If this post and a real news post touched the world might end. However, every Sunday at the Razak domicile is Hammer Time and when it’s Hammer Time all information about MC Hammer, baggy pants or Hammer’s Saturday morning cartoon, Hammerman, shall be posted. What info do we have for you today on MC Hammer?

Looks like he will be making an Achievement appearance in Zombie Apocalypse, the upcoming downloadable Smash TV/Left 4 Dead hybrid for the 360. The Achievement, entitled "Can’t Touch This," features a silhouette of Hammer in his trademark baggy pants and can be obtained by racking up a 100x multiplier in any game mode. Does this instantly make the game a must have? Yes, yes it does. Now, just for a minute, let’s all do the bump.

Hey, you remember those really annoying Risky Business commercials that Activision was overusing for Guitar Hero World Tour? Well, they’re back for Guitar Hero 5! This time, they feature not one, not two, not three, but ten Playboy Playmates as well as the king himself, Hugh Hefner.

Man, what the hell are these girls doing? They’re not even looking at a TV while playing. The two girls at the end aren’t even hitting the strum button! Watch for yourself after the break.

On a related note, I wonder how much ass Hugh has gotten in his life. It’s got to be in the thousands.

[Via GoNintendo]

Look, I’ve told you just about everything I know about Demon’s Souls, the upcoming PS3 action role-playing game. The next step from here is having us spend some quality time with the title so we can tell you what we think. That’s happening soon, as review code is headed to our office as we speak. So for now, enjoy some screenshots.

Demon’s Souls is one of those games that can pull off darkness, but still be visually stunning. As you’ll see in our gallery below, there’s almost always a source of light in the darkness, and that usually comes from someone kicking someone else’s ass. And then there’s that one picture that looks like a pile of wrongness, seen above. Nasty. What is that? Let me guess: it’s something you’ll have to fight.

October 6th. I’m ready. Look for our preview and review soon.

I’m a sucker for anything Platinum Games makes, so Infinite Space is on my do want list, but even so I’m not sure if I am going to love it or not. What you’ll find after the break is the third in a series of four animated webisodes promoting the game (you can see the previous ones here and here). There’s nothing wrong with them (well, except the fact that the English voice acting is dubious in quality), but I really want to see more of the actual gameplay.

Anyway, Infinite Space comes out next spring. There’s no English language website just yet, but you can go poke around the Japanese one if you’re in the mood. Major anime studios GONZO and Studio I.G. are behind the production of these webisodes, and I usually love what they do, so I’m not sure why I’m feeling less than excited about them. Are they psyching you up for this RPG, or do you want to see gameplay like I do?

Bethesda is going to have a ton of awesome stuff at PAX this year. The biggest game they’ll have at the show, in my opinion, is the much talked about Brink. There’s going to be a demonstration of Brink to the public at the top of every hour throughout the weekend.

Bethesda will also have WET, Rogue Warrior, Doom II and Quake Arena for people to get their hands on. Plus, they’ll be giving away some sweet swag such as shirts, posters and more.

I’ve been really interested in seeing Brink ever since E3. The controls for the game are really interesting and I just need to see with my own eyes how exactly it’s going to work. Also, I am so getting a WET poster.

Capcom just released some new footage of its Wii-exclusive, Spyborgs, and now I’m afraid to go near any kind of dock area.

Living in Baltimore, I’m near some water and a fair number of "dock" areas. If this gameplay footage is any indication, docks are a breeding ground for mechanized warfare and explosions. I dig the Cheesecake Factory and Discovery Zone in Baltimore’s "Inner Harbor" area, but not at the expense of my well-being, thank you very much. 

Spyborgs drops in September. This new footage is after the jump; watch it if you want your future dock experiences ruined.

Remember F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn? It’s the first single-player expansion for the super spooky shooter with too much punctuation, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin. We got a small taste of what the content will offer — mech action, stealth segments, etc., — through the smooth words of game producer Lucas Meyers earlier this month. But now you don’t need to lean on text to make your purchase decision: a demo for the expansion is available on both Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network.

The demo — a hearty 670 MBs on Xbox LIVE — is a short romp. The full content will feature four levels as well as a new perspective of the events after Alma goes nuts.  (Sorry, we don’t want to give away any significant plot stuff here.)

We haven’t had a chance to check this out quite yet, so we’re leaning on you guys to convince others to check this out (or not). How is it?

Sega has been scouring Japan to find real-life girls to become virtual hostesses in the upcoming PS3 game Ryu ga Gotoku 4, better known here as Yakuza 4. Over a thousand girls originally entered, and Sega eventually narrowed down the selection to a few dozen, and finally 16 girls. The public then was allowed to vote on their favorites, and today we finally have the announcements. 

Here’s the lovely ladies (pictured above) that will appear in the game that will probably never come out here. If you go to the official webpage and click on each of their images, you can watch video of their likenesses being scanned in for use in the upcoming game. The top seven will appear in the game, but the one on the bottom, Maiko Shirosaki, will be more of a promotional cheerleader, says Andria Sang.

My favorite is Noa Mizutani. Fist-bitingly cute, that one. I also like Rio. She works in the idol industry, so we may see more of her pop up. Who do you like?

There have been rumblings as of late, regarding something called "Okamiden," which Siliconera first discovered upon poking through some of Capcom’s trademarks. The company was found to own the rights to the word, and the popular belief and/or hope is that it could be an Okami sequel. "OMG what else could it be!?" you might ask.

Well, thanks to 7-Eleven (of all places) we’re about to find out next week. Andriasang reports that the company’s e-commerce site shows a listing for the upcoming September 17th issue of Famitsu, (which hits newsstands on September 3rd), with the contents of said issue marked only as "Okamiden."

With Clover studios sadly out of the picture, it’s hard to jump right on this and declare that it absolutely must be a new Okami title, especially since the word "Okami" itself is not altogether uncommon. It sure would be nice though, wouldn’t it? Looks like we’ll find out for sure on Septmber 3rd, and we’ll let you know regardless.