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No Star Trek Online for consoles

No Star Trek Online for consoles

Star Trek Online has been officially canned for the consoles. Developer Cryptic confirmed to VideoGamer that there will be no STO for Xbox 360 or PS3. This news comes only a week after Cryptic Stud... Read More

Shattered Horizon: “Firepower” Weapons Pack Announced

Shattered Horizon: “Firepower” Weapons Pack Announced

Futuremark Games Studio today revealed plans for a second content pack for Shattered Horizon. The "Firepower" pack will add new weapons and grenades encouraging different styles of play and providing ... Read More

Australian writer rumored to have been fired after pressure from Rockstar

Australian writer rumored to have been fired after pressure from Rockstar

An editor for Australian magazine Zoo Weekly, Toby McCasker, has reportedly been sacked after writing a less than favourable article on Rockstar's upcoming game Red Dead Redemption. According to th... Read More

NCSoft trademarks City of Heroes 2

NCSoft trademarks City of Heroes 2

NCSoft have just registered a trademark for City of Heroes 2, as discovered by Superannuation. The filing was made on Sunday, April 4. It can be viewed here. The game is now being handled by the fi... Read More

Koei-Tecmo confirms summer release for Quantum Theory

Koei-Tecmo confirms summer release for Quantum Theory

VG247 states that Koei-Tecmo have just confirmed with them that Quantum Theory releases this summer. KT Europe say that the game was always planned for a summer release since it's delay in February... Read More

Natal will sell ‘millions’ says Greenberg

Natal will sell ‘millions’ says Greenberg

Microsoft product director Aaron Greenberg has predicted that MS's upcoming new peripheral for the Xbox 360 will sell 'millions and millions' this holiday season. This claim will likely excite many... Read More

Final Fantasy XIV factions detailed

Final Fantasy XIV factions detailed

Square Enix has drip fed us some more details on the various races we can expect to encounter in Final Fantasy XIV. According to the Final Fantasy XIV Online website, there will be 5 main races, wh... Read More

Hideo Kojima promises a big announcement for Peace Walker for Wedensday

Hideo Kojima promises a big announcement for Peace Walker for Wedensday

Konami are gonna have a big ceremony for the completion of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker this Wednesday And according to a tweeted message by Kojima, there will be announcements regarding the game... Read More

Resident Evil: Afterlife Movie Trailer

Resident Evil: Afterlife Movie Trailer

The next Resident Evil movie is due to hit theaters this September 10th.  Resident Evil: Afterlife stars Milla Jovovich, Allie Larter and Paul Anderson.  The trailer gives us a glimpse of Wesker as ... Read More

Killzone 2, Gran Turismo 5 going 3D

Killzone 2, Gran Turismo 5 going 3D

If you are a subscriber to Qore you should already know this, but if you're not, then this episode of Qore had some announcements in it, announcements related to 3D. Even though Sony confirmed at G... Read More

Next Half-Life won’t change Gordon Freeman

Next Half-Life won’t change Gordon Freeman

Gabe Newell, the Boss of Valve, has recently said that he wants Gordon Freeman to stay the way he is in any future Half Life title, perhaps Episode 3 or even Half Life 3. After an interview done by... Read More

Indian games firms take stake in Codemasters

Indian games firms take stake in Codemasters

MCV today reported that Zapak Digital Entertainment, the largest gaming company in India, has bought a 50% stake in the firm alongside existing investor Balderton Capital. Zapak Digital Entertainm... Read More

Mass Effect 1+2 for 50$ at Amazon

Mass Effect 1+2 for 50$ at Amazon

QJ.net reports that the famous online retailer, Amazon, is currently selling both Mass Effect 1 and 2 at a very good price. Gamers who haven't experienced Mass Effect yet can now benefit from t... Read More

Duke Nukem Forever: Leaked Images and Video

Duke Nukem Forever: Leaked Images and Video

Duke Nukem: Forever is one of the most awaited games this generation. The game has been under development for a long time. Finally some leaked images and videos of the game have made it across the i... Read More

“PS3 3D will be limited” according to a Heavenly Sword dev

“PS3 3D will be limited” according to a Heavenly Sword dev

2009 and 2010 is when all the 3D buzz started, with movie releases like Avatar, and new 3D TV's by companies like Sony, which also announced that the Playstation 3 will support 3D with games like Gran... Read More

New Just Cause 2 DLC coming April 7th

New Just Cause 2 DLC coming April 7th

Avalanche already claimed that they are planning DLC for their recently released sand box Just Cause 2, and now an email that was sent by Microsoft confirms that the Chevalier Ice Breaker DLC will be ... Read More

Super Street Fighter IV Arcade release confirmed

Super Street Fighter IV Arcade release confirmed

Fighting games were always and probably will always be a hit on Arcade machines, with games like Tekken and Street Fighter.  Though Street Fighter IV can be played on Arcade, Super Street Fighter IV ... Read More

Free Realms now has 10 million player

Free Realms now has 10 million player

SOE has revealed that Free Realms has surpassed 10 million players! “Reaching 10 million registered players on the eve of Free Realms’ first birthday is an incredibly exciting event for SOE and... Read More

Peter Dille: ‘PlayStation Move will change gamer perception of motion gaming’

Peter Dille: ‘PlayStation Move will change gamer perception of motion gaming’

According to a recent interview with Peter Dille, head of marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America, 'PlayStation Move will change gamer perception of motion gaming'. He said: "We’ve s... Read More

Assassins Creed 2 leads MI6 Awards with seven Gold

Assassins Creed 2 leads MI6 Awards with seven Gold

MI6, the association dedicated to supporting marketing, promotion and advertising professionals in the video game and interactive entertainment community, hosted a festive awards show to honor the bes... Read More