FIFA 13 producer David Rutter has said the development team is always “worried” over a possible comeback from Pro Evolution Soccer by Konami. Pro Evo was FIFA’s dominent competitor in the early noughties, but strong performances in the past seven years has seen FIFA come back and overtake PES, which has been in a slump ... Read More»

Blizzard’s announced the US Diablo III servers will go down for a two hour maintenance period from 5am PST (1pm BST) until 7am PST (3pm BST). The downtime follows a return of Error 37 overnight. ... Read More»

Free-to-play is the “only sustainable option” out there in the MMO space, Turbine has said in an interview. Turbine introduced F2P into Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online, the latter the more recent of the two. But the introduction of F2P in DDO has had a bigger impact than LOTRO, according ... Read More»

2K Games has announced the obligatory Borderlands 2 special editions. Yep, two of them! Both a Limited and a Collector's edition will be waiting for your wallets on September 18. Let's find out what you'll get for your coin.  ... Read More»

Portal creator Kim Swift has said Valve does indeed have a hierarchy of sorts in contrary to the free-flowing company that was painted out in the recently published company employee handbook. Swift, now at Airtight Games and working on Quantum Conundrum for Square Enix, told Eurogamer it was a more free-flowing developer than most places, ... Read More»

French company Absoloo is offering free sex toys to those widowed by the just-released Diablo III. To claim, you need to post a picture of yourself on Absoloo’s Facebook page holding a copy of the game. You’ll then be sent a code with which to “adopt your new friend” from the Absoloo site. It’s not ... Read More»

Rick Blalock, the creator of Skyrim iOS app Dragon Shout, has said he’s been sent a copyright infringement notice by Bethesda over the program. The app provides maps and a journal for those playing Skyrim. Bethesda already has an official mapp app on the App Store. But in a Facebook note, Blalock didn’t quite get ... Read More»

Rockstar’s released the first DLC pack for Max Payne 3 for free, known as the Gorilla Warfare pack. The pack will come with a gorilla mask that’ll come with extra adrenaline for melee kills from behind, the lucky coin that gives players extra goods when looting dead bodies and the booby trap, which has dead ... Read More»

Siliconera‘s posted new screens of Project X Zone, the collaboration between Namco Bandai, Capcom and Sega. It’ll come to 3DS in Japan later this year, and has now been confirmed to be in development at Xenoblade Chronicles developer Monoli... Read More»

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Sorry all you bored PlayStation Vita owners! While Cave Interactive announced its support for Sony's new portable at TGS last year that's not happening anymore. The latest issue of Famitsu magazine listed both titles amidst a list o... Read More»

Welcome to the UNSC Infinity. Multiplayer action in Halo 4 will center around the largest starship in the UNSC fleet, and will be collectively referred to as Halo Infinity Multiplayer. The UNSC Infinity will act as the hub for both War Games, the competitive multiplayer suite in Halo 4, and Spartan Ops the new co-op, story driven mode that follows the crew of Infinity.   The new Spartan Ops co-op mode will tell the story of the Infinity and her crew through a series of weekly episodes that tell the story of the leadership of the UNSC Infinity as well as a new team of Spartans called Majestic Squad. Majestic will be exploring the Forerunner world of Requiem and the story of Spartan Ops will tie in with the main campaign of Halo 4. Spartan Ops missions will be available as single player or co-op with up to three of your friends and it’s all free. That’s right, this is not a paid DLC plan. 343 Industries describe Spartan Ops as: Spartan Ops. The story of the UNSC Infinity intersects with the “Halo 4” campaign, then continues on in a brand-new, story-driven experience known as Spartan Ops. A first of its kind and an exciting new addition to the “Halo” franchise, Spartan Ops is an episodic adventure that blends immersive storytelling, high-quality cinematics, and action-packed gameplay to deliver an unprecedented serialised experience. War Games will house Halo 4′s competitive multiplayer modes and will fit into the story by taking place on Infinity’s combat deck as simulations. New modes haven’t been revealed yet but you can be sure some of your old favorites will make a return. Each player’s Spartan earns not just aesthetic upgrades as you progress but actual battle skills and options to customize your loadout. War Games. The competitive multiplayer modes of “Halo 4,” known as War Games, take place on the combat deck of the UNSC Infinity and revive the visceral and immersive experiences that “Halo” multiplayer is famous for. “Halo 4” introduces fresh, immersive new game modes and strategies to help you progress your Spartan-IV career, while also delivering an experience that’s still distinctly and uniquely “Halo.” More details on all the modes of War Games will be released at a later time. Total Combat Freedom and Player Progression. “Halo 4” features a vastly expanded suite of new multiplayer modes, weapons, vehicles, armour abilities, a new loadout and player progression system, and a new armour modification system that introduces gameplay-enhancing customisations for the first time in a “Halo” game. These advancements can be used in both Spartan Ops and certain War Games matchmaking playlists, empowering player choice, vastly expanding their creative options, and make the experience deeper for core fans and more approachable for newcomers. If this info wasn’t enough of a tease you can check out an animated version of the Halo 4 artwork that was released earlier in the week below:   &#... Read More»

And more news on release date. If you really wanted a better look at SideQuest Studio’s upcoming RPG for the Playstation Network, Rainbow Moon, there’s no better time than now. We have been sent a huge pile of screenshots that are all from the final version of the game.   Rainbow Moon, we can see from these images, features boats, crazy spell effects, swords and more boats! Speaking of final versions, Rainbow Moon is currently finished and with Sony for final testing before being released to the Playstation Network so SideQuest and eastasiasoft are expecting the game to release in late June or early July. Rejoice at the retro style, but modern quality RPG images in the gallery below... Read More»

Blizzard has apologised to frustrated Diablo III players struggling to log-in to the game, and outlined the steps and preparations it has made to correct the problems – including a delay to the game’s Auction House. In a statement addressed to players, Blizzard displayed a sense of humour about the embarrassing situation, thanking fans for ... Read More»

Although it’s still in alpha, open-world zombie survival mode Day Z has done wonders for sales of military simulator ArmA 2. “There’s no doubt that the thrilling Day Z mod currently drives Arma 2 Combined Operations sales on Steam,” Bohemia Interactive’s Marek Španěl told Kotaku. “Sales have increased almost fivefold from how they were before ... Read More»

If you backed Wasteland 2′s Kickstarter, keep an eye on your inbox, including the spam folder. InXile has sent out surveys to eligible backers collecting personal information required for rewards to be sent out – shipping details, and how you’d like your name to appear in the credits, for example. The RPG is expected to ... Read More»

Former Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux will be part of Spike TV’s E3 commentary team this year, and has warned that platform holders will have to push to impress this year. In an email published by Kotaku, the Fable creator didn’t seem very impressed by what hardware manufacturers will show this time around. “Sony and Microsoft ... Read More»

This Game of Thrones Game walkthrough will guide you through the beginning to ending moments of gameplay with strategy tips for this Role-Playing Game on the PC, Xbox 360 & PS3. The award-winning international book and TV phenomenon…. Now a h... Read More»

While you wait to get into Diablo III, check out the magical Whimsyland. After a few hours in which it was possible to use Twitter without hearing about Diablo III, the game’s servers are once more experiencing difficulties, with the notorious Error 37 back in the limelight. Visit the game’s server status page to see ... Read More»

With Kickstarter gaining steam, partly thanks to the enormous success of Tim Schafer’s adventure game, prospective Kickstarters have wondered how certain projects are handling distribution on closed platforms, such as Apple’s iOS. The company only gives out a limited number of promo copies and on top of that, a forced password gate for ‘free’ apps ... Read More»