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StarCraft II Multiplayer Beta Available Now

StarCraft II Multiplayer Beta Available Now

The StarCraft II multiplayer Beta is officially available now.  But it is a private beta, so only invited players will be able to play the game. You can download the client directly from FileShac... Read More

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – Your Specials/Weapons Unlock Guide

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – Your Specials/Weapons Unlock Guide

Here is a breakdown of how get some of the weapons and special weapons unlocked in Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The following weapons and perks can all be unlocked upon ranking up in the game, but c... Read More

Crysis 2 faced ‘creative constraints’

Crysis 2 faced ‘creative constraints’

Nathan Camarillo, Crytek's executive producer, admits that Crysis 2 is a more focused gameplay experience thanks to the challenges put in front of the developer by consoles. Answering to the qu... Read More

Assassin’s Creed II – ‘Bonfire of the Vanities’ DLC Now Available

Assassin’s Creed II – ‘Bonfire of the Vanities’ DLC Now Available

Now available on Xbox Live and the Playstation Network is the second DLC bundle for Assassin's Creed II.  The DLC is entitled 'Bonfire of the Vanities'. Sequence 13: Bonfire of the Vanities continues... Read More

Ninety-Nine Nights II Trailer

Ninety-Nine Nights II Trailer

Here is a new trailer for the sequel to Ninety-Nine Nights.  The game comes out exclusively for the Xbox 360 this May. [HTML1]Read More

$1.5m fine for illegal game upload

$1.5m fine for illegal game upload

A man who recieved an early copy of Super Mario Bros. Wii and uploaded it to a website has been hit with a $1.5m fine plus $100,000 to cover court costs. James Burt, 24, copied and uploaded the gam... Read More

Epic Mickey could come to the PS3 or 360

Epic Mickey could come to the PS3 or 360

During DICE 2010, Graham Hopper, Disney game executive said that Epic Mickey's stroke centric gameplay was suited perfectly by the Wii. Now though, he has let slip that the game could eventually ma... Read More

Jaffe’s next game ‘somewhere between God of War and Calling All Cars’

Jaffe’s next game ‘somewhere between God of War and Calling All Cars’

DICE's David Jaffe has said that the developer's next project is a game based 'somewhere between God of War and Calling All Cars'. The company's next project was expected to be a HD makeover of... Read More

Cruel and unusual Assassins Creed II DRM for PC

Cruel and unusual Assassins Creed II DRM for PC

If you happen to be one of the ever dwindling numbers of people looking to buy Assassins Creed II, be warned- this game features some of the most draconian DRM seen in any game. [caption id="attach... Read More

EU PS store update Feb 18th

EU PS store update Feb 18th

This week's PS store update includes new Assassin's Creed II DLC and the Yakuza 3 demo. In addition to the highly anticipated Y3 demo and the Bonfire of Vanities AC2 DLC, you also get some new Resi... Read More

Microsoft Game Room Details & Release Date

Microsoft Game Room Details & Release Date

The Microsoft Game Room is much like an old style arcade, only it’s a virtual place to play arcade games with you and your friends Avatars.  It is free to download but you will have to pay to play ... Read More

Bungie aiming to raise the bar visually with Halo Reach

Bungie aiming to raise the bar visually with Halo Reach

Giving an interview to Eurogamer, Marcus Lehto, Creative Director behind Halo Reach admits that Halo 3 wasn't a huge leap visually compared to the competition but they are now trying hard to fix t... Read More

Shattered Horizon Gets Free Weekend on Steam 19th–-21st February

Shattered Horizon Gets Free Weekend on Steam 19th–-21st February

Futuremark Games Studio today announced that Shattered Horizon™, their PC exclusive multiplayer first-person shooter, will be free to play and 50 percent off to buy on Steam this weekend. Shattered H... Read More

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands shipping with PoP: Classic

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands shipping with PoP: Classic

No matter what version of The Forgotten Sands you are planning on picking up, you will get your hands on PoP: Classic, an XBLA and PSN game released in 2007. Classic is a remake of the 1989 ori... Read More

Time for another Wii price drop say analysts

Time for another Wii price drop say analysts

Last year, when market analysts asked for a price drop, the Wii did indeed drop to $200. Now it's happening again. Mike Hickey, and analyst from Janco Partners has stated that unless the price is d... Read More

Molyneux speaks out against lack of UK tax breaks for industry

Molyneux speaks out against lack of UK tax breaks for industry

Peter Molyneux has spoken out against the UK government's refusal to grant tax breaks to the video game industry. “I’ve been saying this for years; it is just crazy that the British government do... Read More

Final Fantasy Versus XIII may not be shown at E3

Final Fantasy Versus XIII may not be shown at E3

Due to changes in the games development, Final Fantasy Versus XIII may not be shown at E3 this year. Play style, character movement and the world map are all looking to change up a bit, and may not... Read More

Metro 2033 shipping with Nvidia 3D support, new screenshots

Metro 2033 shipping with Nvidia 3D support, new screenshots

THQ has announced that the upcoming game Metro 2033 will be shipping with out-of-the-box 3D vision support for PC upon release next month. The game will also support DirectX 11. THQ has promised th... Read More

MAG and Bayonetta new entries in Top 20

MAG and Bayonetta new entries in Top 20

MAG and Bayonetta have made it into the top 20 selling games for the month of January, according to NPD. Darksiders and Army of Two: The 40th Day also made it into the Top 20. Noticably absent were... Read More

Final Fantasy developers hit back at criticism

Final Fantasy developers hit back at criticism

The senior development team behind Final Fantasy XIII have hit back at western critical reviews. We try not to listen to the critics too much. Most of the criticisms have come because the first half ... Read More