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Game Developer Beatshapers on PSN Outage: ‘This Outage Makes Us Worried’

Game Developer Beatshapers on PSN Outage: ‘This Outage Makes Us Worried’

There are no doubts that PS3 owners worldwide have been affected by the PSN outage. But some of the well known developers are too. We recently had a quick chat with Alexey Menshikov, Founder and CEO... Read More

Red Faction: Armageddon demo out on May 3rd

Red Faction: Armageddon demo out on May 3rd

If you're looking forward to the upcoming Red Faction: Armageddon, then you'll be pleased to know that a demo is soon forthcoming. The demo will hit the PS3 and Xbox 360 on May 3rd. Accordin... Read More

A few Capcom games unplayable due to PSN outage

A few Capcom games unplayable due to PSN outage

The Playstation Network was taken offline by Sony last Wednesday, and it appears it's not only the online experience which has suffered as a result of this. Several Capcom games are unplayable, even... Read More

Nintendo giving away copies of Excitebike for 3DS

Nintendo giving away copies of Excitebike for 3DS

Did you know that you can update the firmware on the 3DS? Me neither. Nintendo plans to add an incentive for 3DS owners to update their systems next month, by distributing a 3D version of Exc... Read More

Soul Calibur 5 details coming next month

Soul Calibur 5 details coming next month

Namco Bandai has started teasing the next Soul Calibur game on Twitter, promising more details next month. Game director Daishi Odashima wrote: "Hopefully I will be able to announce something mid... Read More

New Brink trailer shows SMART system

New Brink trailer shows SMART system

[HTML1] A new trailer for Bethesda's upcoming FPS, Brink, shows off the game's new SMART movement system. It's looking pretty sweet so far and, with only a few weeks left till its May 10th (US) ... Read More

A Little Info On Mario Kart 3DS And Star Fox 64 3D

A Little Info On Mario Kart 3DS And Star Fox 64 3D

For those of you looking forward to either the Star Fox 64 remake or the next installment in the Mario Kart series then a recent piece of info coming from one  Shigeru Miyamoto, at a French press e... Read More

Hunted: The Demon’s Forge – Dungeon Creation Tool ‘The Crucible’ Video

Hunted: The Demon’s Forge – Dungeon Creation Tool ‘The Crucible’ Video

The Dungeon Creation Tool lets you create custom dungeons to play with friends in online co-op, split screen or by yourself. You can change nearly everything about the dungeon down to how big it is ... Read More

inFamous 2 Beta Extended Following PSN Downtime

inFamous 2 Beta Extended Following PSN Downtime

inFamous 2 fans ought to be whiling away the wee hours over the game's user generated content beta right now. Sadly, the PSN is not at its healthiest right now and many dedicated gamers have been wa... Read More

Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 3DS Intro

Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 3DS Intro

[HTML1] Ride Epona! The iconic intro to Ocarina of Time has been respectfully revamped without changing too much. If you grew up with an N64; feel the nostalgia, if not; pretend you do.Read More

Exclusive Bison Figure For Super Street Fighter IV 3D

Exclusive Bison Figure For Super Street Fighter IV 3D

In the Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition for the Nintendo 3DS there is a street pass battle mode.  In this mode you will battle other players in the background once you've filled a roster of fig... Read More

Is This The Real Reason Behind PSN’s Outage?

Is This The Real Reason Behind PSN’s Outage?

A member at reddit who claims to be a mod at psx-scene.com claims that he knows the real reason why the PSN was out. Ok, I've seen a bunch of speculation of why people think PSN is down, and I th... Read More

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Gameplay Footage Leaked

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Gameplay Footage Leaked

[HTML1] At the Bethesda’s BFG event in Utah gameplay footage of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was apparently leaked. The video does not show a lot but for the thirsty "skyrim" eyes this should be the vi... Read More

Gatling Gears release date confirmed

Gatling Gears release date confirmed

[HTML1] Vanguard’s Gatling Gears will be released for XBLA on May 11th and on PSN a week later on May 18th, according to a new video released for the game. It’s a twin-stick shooter created b... Read More

Japanese trailer for No More Heroes: Red Zone shows new features

Japanese trailer for No More Heroes: Red Zone shows new features

[HTML1] Marvelous entertainment have released a trailer for the next No More Heroes game, Red Zone, showing off gameplay features. The trailer is in japanese with a translation of the key features ... Read More

Anonymous denies link to PSN downtime in new video

Anonymous denies link to PSN downtime in new video

[HTML1] Hacktivist group Anonymous has released a video message to PSN users, denying that it was behind the recent "issues" that the online service has been experiencing. Sony have claimed that... Read More

Gears of War 3 Beta Rolls Out For Everyone Now and Yesterday Had Its Gears Easter, Plus All Beta Carry Overs

Gears of War 3 Beta Rolls Out For Everyone Now and Yesterday Had Its Gears Easter, Plus All Beta Carry Overs

[HTML2] Today anyone that pre-order Gears of War 3 at Gamestop or other participating retailers can enter their code to play the Gears of War 3 beta, so let the onslaught begin.  If you played the b... Read More

Portal 2 “probably” Valve’s last game with an isolated single-player experience

Portal 2 “probably” Valve’s last game with an isolated single-player experience

Portal 2 is one of the strongest game of the year contenders and if you have doubts about that, then you should read our review of the PC version.  Now according to respected journalist  Geoff... Read More

New Pokémon game announcement next month?

New Pokémon game announcement next month?

A new Pokémon game will be revealed in the next issue of Japan's Dengeki Nintendo DS magazine, according to a recent rumour. According to an unverified report, the magazine is teasing the new r... Read More

Crysis 2 editor, CryEngine 3 SDK coming this summer

Crysis 2 editor, CryEngine 3 SDK coming this summer

Crytek has big plans for modders. Editing tools for Crysis 2 and the CryEngine 3 platform will be released for free this summer. The tools will be released in two parts. The first to arrive wi... Read More