E3: About that Wii U …
All eyes will be on the Wii U at this year's E3. While Sony and Microsoft will most likely have some exciting news, it seems the thing people are the most interested in learning more about is Nintendo's upcoming console.
What will t... Read More»
Tomb Raider Reboot Falls to 2013
Perhaps this delay was made to ensure they got Lara's excruciating grunts of pain juuuuust right.Let the mass exodus to the first quarter of 2013 begin! Well, maybe it's not as dramatic as all that, but we now have our second major title in a week's ti... Read More»
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier — Coco Joins the Celebrity All-Star Team
Nicole Austin, or Coco, might be best known as the wife of Ice-T, but she's trying to make her name for herself by joining Team Ghost, which is Ghost Recon: Future Soldier's celebrity crew.
In a newly released video by Ubisoft, Coco talks a... Read More»
Diablo III installation servers go live
It’s go time, baby: Blizzard’s gone live with the installation servers for Diablo III, meaning you can now install the game right now. The game’s launcher will tell the backstory of previous games as you install it. The gameplay servers won’t go live until 11pm BST tonight though, apparently. Watch for more on Diablo III ... Read More»
DiRT Showdown’s New Trailer Showcases Environments
A brand new trailer of DiRT Showdown has surfaced, showing off the game's locales as cars speed through the snow, smash through the city streets and burn rubber out in the desert.
The trailer, titled "Race Hard, Party Hard" capture... Read More»
The Secret World: second beta weekend kicks off this weekend with Kingsmouth Calling, Part Two
Funcom’s announced the second beta weekend for The Secret World will begin this Friday, May 18 with Kingsmouth Calling, Part Two. It’ll kick off at 9am PST (4pm BST/12pm EST). Those who’ve already pre-ordered the MMO will get access. Those who haven’t pre-ordered yet can still get access through codes given away to various sites. ... Read More»
Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown Gets a Release Date
SEGA announced today the release date and price of Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown. The standalone title is set for release on the PlayStation Network on June 5 and the Xbox Live Arcade a day later on June 6 for $14.99 or 1200MS Points.
The figh... Read More»
Bloggers Wanted: Hype
[When we're looking for blogs on a specific topic, we'll put out a Bloggers Wanted call. Check out the blog prompt, write your own response in the Community Blogs and tag ... Read More»
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Puts Square Enix Back in the Green
Square Enix has just disclosed that two of the games it released last year, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Final Fantasy XIII-2, made a tremendous profit for the company and brought it back into the green.
Last year, Square Enix lost $150 million... Read More»
Hitman: Sniper Challenge – 8 minutes of 47 sniping action
Square’s scrapped an embargo on gameplay footage for Hitman: Sniper Challenge ahead of its general availability for Hitman Absolution pre-orders tomorrow. Watch Clay snipe snipe below the break and see how pathetic my high score is compared to his. Show-off. Sniper Challenge launches for pre-orders on PSN and XBL tomorrow, with it coming to Steam ... Read More»
Gears Creator Cliff Bleszinski Criticizes Japanese Game Devs for Ignoring Multiplayer
Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski had a few words of advice to share with his Japanese game developer counterparts in a recent interview.
Speaking to Gamasutra, Bleszinski criticized the Japanese game industry for failing to give multiplaye... Read More»
A Look at Civilization V: Gods & Kings
Generally speaking, preview builds of games are not meant to be played for long stretches of time. They're unfinished code, and often don't have all the pieces in place, meaning it can be difficult to even progress, let alone have much fun. Normally, m... Read More»
Jimquisition: Videogames Are A Luxury
The Escapist : Jimquisition : Videogames Are A Luxury
A common argument used to defend the videogame industry from accusation of anti-consumerism is that games are a luxury, therefore nobody is entitled to them. A fair enough sugg... Read More»
DiRT Showdown trailer encourages us to race hard and party hard
I’m not going to debate that creedo for a second. Good advice, that. Watch the trailer below.
The racer’s out on May 29 for PS3, 360 and PC.
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Summer Stars 2012 Trailer
Deep Silver and 49Games today released a trailer for Summer Stars 2012, their upcoming sports game for the Xbox 360 (compatible with Kinect), when it is released on 1st June 2012. Think of this possibly as the summer equivalent to Winter Stars? Summer Stars 2012 lets players experience a large variety of events, special challenges ... Read More»
Dreadline Announced; an action RPG/RTS hybrid by former System Shock 2 and Bioshock developers
Eerie Canal Entertainment has announced a new action RPG/RTS hybrid that is being created by former System Shock 2, Bioshock, Titan Quest, Guitar Hero 2 and Freedom Force 2 developers. Dreadline will be a fast paced action RPG/RTS hybrid where you … Continue reading →... Read More»
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown launching on June 5
Sega’s announce Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown will launch on PSN on June 5 in the US and June 6 on XBLA and EU PSN for £9.99/$14.99/1200 MS points. The game, the latest build from the arcade version, will feature two new characters that didn’t appear in the original version of VF5, as well as ... Read More»
Watch the first episode of the Double Fine Adventure doc
Those of you who regret not contributing to the Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter can still help the project, and better yet, get a few rewards in the process. Double Fine has opened up a page to accept PayPal payments.
$15 gets yo... Read More»
Rumour: DICE planning Battlefield Premium, Close Quarters launching June 12
DICE is set to introduce its equivalent of CoD Elite, called Battlefield Premium, at E3, according to a Battlefieldo rumour. According to the site, Battlefield Premium will debut on June 4 – that’s the day of EA’s E3 press conference, chief – featuring “a number of content drops with unique in-game items not available anywhere ... Read More»


