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Tesco slash 20% off games and hardware

Tesco slash 20% off games and hardware

UK gamers rejoice. Tesco have reduced its prices on games such as Dead Space 2 and Black Ops, along with hardware by 20% as part of VAT free promotion. You can nab the deals from the supermarket's e... Read More

THQ fancy Guillermo Del Toro as a “great game director”

THQ fancy Guillermo Del Toro as a “great game director”

Guillermo Del Toro of Pan's Lanyrinth and Hellboy fame is supposedly “completely engaged” with the development of THQ's upcoming InSane trilogy, and isn't quite the name drop that many had spe... Read More

New Dance Central DLC

New Dance Central DLC

New DLC tracks have landed today for Harmonix's Dance Central. Each new track costs 240 Microsoft points and will feature new dance routines for all difficulties. The full list is: Chic - Le Frea... Read More

Call of Duty will not end like Guitar Hero

Call of Duty will not end like Guitar Hero

Having seen Activision axe the popular guitar hero franchise last week, industry analysts seem confident that a similar fate will not befall the Call of Duty series. A number of analysts have told I... Read More

XMB dropped for NGP

XMB dropped for NGP

The xross media bar (XMB) used as the main user interface in the PSP and PS3 will not be used on the upcoming NGP due to a “social networking factor.” Sony president Shuhei Yoshida revealed t... Read More

Marvel vs Capcom 3 Is Here and DLC Is On The Way – New Tips & Trailers

Marvel vs Capcom 3 Is Here and DLC Is On The Way – New Tips & Trailers

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="505" caption="Thor, Captain America and Ironman in Costume Pack 1 Cominf March 1st."][/caption] It might not be out in the UK until Friday, but here in the... Read More

New Crysis 2 Story Trailer Shows Some Epic, Explosive Graphics

New Crysis 2 Story Trailer Shows Some Epic, Explosive Graphics

Crytek has released the latest trailer for Crysis 2 featuring the story. The trailer actually goes into the plot of Crysis 2 as well as explaining some of the story and of course the all mighty Nano... Read More

“The analogue sticks are the best ever implemented in a portable device,” says Edge for NGP

“The analogue sticks are the best ever implemented in a portable device,” says Edge for NGP

Respected gaming magazine Edge recently got a chance to try out Sony's new handheld, currently titled NGP- we, and everyone else, like to call it PSP2. Anyway, Edge praised the system a lot, saying... Read More

New Bulletstorm trailer- go green, use cacti to kill

New Bulletstorm trailer- go green, use cacti to kill

The new comedy line of Bulletstorm trailers shows Cliffy B giving you tips on how to kill monsters in the game. The latest trailer teaches you that you should "go green" and just kick your enemies ... Read More

Sqaure announces two new map packs for Mindjack

Sqaure announces two new map packs for Mindjack

Sqaure Enix has announced two new map packs for their newly released game Mindjack (which we did not like much). Both the DLCs consist of three new maps for the multiplayer mode, and both of them wi... Read More

Future DiRT games may support Kinect and Move

Future DiRT games may support Kinect and Move

We recently got a chance to ask Paul Coleman of Codemasters, Senior Game Designer of DiRT 3 some questions about the game, and in the interview, he revealed that the studio is looking at the latest ... Read More

Alice: Madness Returns gets new teaser

Alice: Madness Returns gets new teaser

[HTML1] American McGee's posted a new teaser trailer for his upcoming title, Alice: Madness Returns. He used twitter to to reveal the trailer, which he posted over at his personal site. The gam... Read More

Ensemble: Age of Empires III was a big mistake

Ensemble: Age of Empires III was a big mistake

Ensemble Studios founder, Bruce Shelly doesn't really hold Age of Empires III in high regard. During an interview with Kotaku, Shelly said that AoE III “just wasn’t an Age game” and describ... Read More

Report: THQ set to revive Voltron franchise

Report: THQ set to revive Voltron franchise

A Variety report points out that THQ has partnered with Voltron rights holders, World Events Production and licensing representatives, Classic Media. The game's going to release in northern fall ... Read More

THQ: Huge announcement coming in March

THQ: Huge announcement coming in March

THQ's boss, Danny Bilson's confirmed that the company will be making a "huge announcement" next month. He said that the announcement will come in the second week of March along with plenty of con... Read More

Duke Nukem Forever campaign lasts 16-18 hours- “that’s like three or four Call of Duties,” says Gearbox boss

Duke Nukem Forever campaign lasts 16-18 hours- “that’s like three or four Call of Duties,” says Gearbox boss

Duke Nukem truly is back with a bang- and Gearbox have gone all out to promote this game. Randy Pitchford, boss of Gearbox, has revealed that the game will be around 16-18 hours long. Not just that... Read More

“We will have an Assassin’s Creed this year,” says Ubi; more details in May

“We will have an Assassin’s Creed this year,” says Ubi; more details in May

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has just confirmed (thanks CVG!) in an investor call that the next Assassin's Creed game will be announced in May, and will be releasing next fiscal year. which means afte... Read More

DreamCatcher announces ArcaniA- Fall of Setarrif

DreamCatcher announces ArcaniA- Fall of Setarrif

DreamCatcher Games, JoWooD Entertainment and Spellbound Entertainment have announced that and add-on for ArcaniA: Gothic 4 will be launched on March 25th 2011. Called Fall of Setarrif, it brings a... Read More

Portal 2 Available for Pre-Order

Portal 2 Available for Pre-Order

Valve today announced that retailers and Steam are now accepting pre-order reservations for Portal 2, the epic sequel named the "Most Anticipated Game of 2011" at the Spike TV Video Game Awards. ... Read More

Capcom excited about 3DS launch

Capcom excited about 3DS launch

According to Street Fighter head Yoshinori Ono, the 3DS launch will be “as exciting as the Dreamcast launch.” (which is a good thing for all you nay sayers.) When asked why he chose the Ninte... Read More