We just recently learned that a game based on the Saw series was actually in the works and slated for a Fall release. Shortly after that announcement Zombie Studios released the first teaser trailer featuring the game.

You will recognize Jigsaw in the teaser if you watched any of the Saw movies with his mockingly quiet voice and uncanny knack for playing games that involves potentially killing someone. The teaser does a good job showcasing the game’s graphics and gives a general lowdown on what you can expect in terms of gameplay.

However, Jigsaw finishes off the trailer inviting you to “join him at Konami’s Gamer’s Night” which goes down April 9th.

As hard as it might be to believe, this is not a late April Fools joke: Twisted Pixel Games, makers of The Maw, have announced ‘Splosion Man, an action platformer starring the titular hero.

The game is due out on Xbox Live Arcade and will offer the ability to. well, ‘splode yourself at will.

"Any scientist he catches is ‘sploded into chunks of ham and ribeyes, the smell of their destruction terrifying, but also a little succulent," wrote a twisted mind from Twisted Pixel.

It will support up to four co-op players (both on and offline) and online leaderboards. The game is set to explode “shortly before the world is incinerated.”

Valve has finally confirmed that the Sniper will be the next Team Fortress 2 class to receive unlockable items and class-specific achievements. There will also be new maps and gameplay tweaks.

However, there will be another update before the Sniper class is updated; it will include new content for all classes.

Meanwhile, Xbox 360 gamers are left in the dark on these updates. Greg Charlin of Valve addressed the issue, noting that they are still working to bring that content to consoles. Here’s what he had to say for the delay:

The original version of TF2 in the Orange Box was very close to the Xbox’s memory limit, and all the additional TF2 content we’ve produced has pushed well beyond it. We’ve found a couple of nifty ways to get back a bunch of that memory, but it’s turned out to be a lot of work, and that’s what most of our time is being spent on. In the meantime, we’re going to get a code update out to address the server cheating that’s going on.

And yet another firmware update for the PS3 has been released by Sony, upgrading it to 2.70.

The highlight of the update comes in the form of the long-overdue text chat. Users can now chat in three chat rooms at once, with up to sixteen people per room. There’s also a new copy and paste feature that works in both the browser and chat rooms.

Gamers can now also backup videos from the PlayStation Store to external devices and also play videos purchased for a PSP on the PS3. There’s also a dynamic normalizer that can keep music volume consistent across songs, and an “internet search” option that will pull up information about an installed or inserted game.

Remember the almost-cancelled Saw video game? That game now lives on, courtesy of Konami, who has signed the project and plans to release it this fall.

Developed by Zombie Studios, the game is now set for release alongside the theatrical release of Saw VI. Gameplay will revolve around players finding themselves in an asylum filled with devious traps by series antagonist Jigsaw. It is up to the players to solve puzzles and save folks, or leave them to the tortuous devices.

The fate of the game had become murky last year after former publisher Brash imploded. But now the game is safe and sound at Konami. It will be released on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

D3 today announced that Puzzle Quest: Galactrix will hit Xbox Live Arcade next Wednesday, April 8.

The sequel to the addictive puzzle-RPG takes the block-matching series to the sci-fi realm, offering spaceship battles, space pirates and more. The game is already available on PC and DS since late February. It is due out on PS3, too, though no release date is known at the moment.

The game will cost 1600 Microsoft points ($20) upon release.

During THQ’s annual investor presentation in February, a slide revealed several planned games for the next few years, which include sequels for Red Faction, Saints Row and Darkside, and an MMO based on the Warhammer: 40.000 universe. Developer Relic (known for the Dawn of War series) is also revealed to be working on an action game that will be announced later this year. Obviously, no details were revealed, but we can always hope for more information at this year’s E3.

The real time strategy game, Empire: Total War is topping the PC sales charts once again, beating out Wrath of The Lich king and Dawn of War 2 for the second straight week. NPD’s complete PC sales chart for March 15-21:

1. Empire: Total War
2. Wrath of the Lich King
3. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe
4. Dawn of War II
5. WoW Battle Chest
6. World Of Warcraft
7. The Sims 2 Apartment Life
8. Spore
9. Civilization IV
10. Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst

A few weeks ago, we reported that FileFront was shutting its doors in this tough economic climate. Thankfully though, last minute negotiations made sure that FileFront actually stayed online.

The original founders of the site were able to buy it back from Ziff Davis, the struggling media house. While this announcement was made on April 1st, leading many to believe it was a hoax, the founders of FileFront reassured everyone that the news was in fact real. Perhaps they should have waited for April 2nd to make the announcement.

Insomniac Games has released a teaser trailer for the upcoming Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time.  The game will take place after Quest for Booty, the series’ previous installment. So far, only speculation is as much as we’ll get as for who the character in the trailer is.

The game’s developer is also offering fans a contest to submit their own ideas for weapons that could be added into the game.You can enter into the Weapon Design Contest here. The winner will not only get their weapon included in the actual game, but he or she will also land a trip to the San Diego Comic-Con International.

A Crack in Time will be hitting stores sometime this fall on the PlayStation 3.