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PES 11 Free DLC On October 12th

PES 11 Free DLC On October 12th

Konami have announced tha DLC for their soccer sim, Pro Evolution Soccer 11, will be out on October 12th, and it will be free. Clubs that have qualified for the UEFA Champions League will be added... Read More

The Force Unleashed II Launch Trailer

The Force Unleashed II Launch Trailer

[HTML1] Check out the launch trailer for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2.  It.. is.. EPIC.  It also just makes me want to play the game more now, I can't wait for this one.  Let's just hope Lucas... Read More

Yuji Naka has “no intention to go back to Sega or be involved with Sega projects in the future”

Yuji Naka has “no intention to go back to Sega or be involved with Sega projects in the future”

Yuji Naka, father of Sonic, ex-Sega member, has cut all ties with Sega and his blue hedgehog creation, Sonic. Recently, while speaking to CVG, he said he has "no intention to go back to Sega or be i... Read More

“Really expensive” THQ Move and Kinect coming by “the end of March”

“Really expensive” THQ Move and Kinect coming by “the end of March”

Danny Bilson, THQ core head, has revealed his studio is working on a "really expensive" title for Move and Kinect. He said it will be "coming out sooner then later" and also mention an end of March ... Read More

Black Ops Breaks Pre-Order Records

Black Ops Breaks Pre-Order Records

GameStop, US game retailers, say they have taken an "all time" record number of pre-orders for Activision's upcoming first person shooter, Call of Duty: Black Ops. "GameStop is tracking to all-time... Read More

3DS will require “more frequent recharging than Nintendo DS”

3DS will require “more frequent recharging than Nintendo DS”

The Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo's (duh) upcoming 3D handheld (duh), the successor to the DS (duh), will have shorter battery life than its predecessor. "As for the battery, it is inevitable that Nintendo... Read More

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Multiplayer Beta Available to US PS Plus Members

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Multiplayer Beta Available to US PS Plus Members

Ubisoft has announced that the multiplayer beta for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is now available to all US PlayStation Network Plus members. We recently got our hands on the beta ourselves, and p... Read More

StarCraft II Expansion Not Until 2012?

StarCraft II Expansion Not Until 2012?

Greg Canessa, project director of Battle.net has hinted that Heart of Swarm, the first expansion of Blizzard's extremely successful RTS, StarCraft II, may not release until 2012. Discussing fut... Read More

Kirby’s Epic Yarn Was Originally Fluff’s Yarn

Kirby’s Epic Yarn Was Originally Fluff’s Yarn

Kriby's Epic Yarn which was revealed during Nintendo's E3 2010 press conference, was actually first called Fluff's Yarn. Fluff's Yarn had nothing to do with Kirby, and featured a different charac... Read More

Activision Announces X-Men: Destiny

Activision Announces X-Men: Destiny

Activision has just announced X-Men: Destiny in their press release. You will be able to play as "new mutant recruits" in a "branching storyline" that has a "deep" amount of choice and will offer... Read More

World of Warcraft Hits 12 Million Subscribers

World of Warcraft Hits 12 Million Subscribers

Over 12 million players have subscribed to World of Warcraft ever since its release in 2004. Blizzard has announced that the number was reached due to the release of Wrath of the Lich King in Chi... Read More

Gears of War 3 Video Preview Roundup!

Gears of War 3 Video Preview Roundup!

[HTML1] Here are the latest preview videos of Gears of War 3.  One from IGN and the other from Gamespot which is narrated by Cliffy B. (yeah I called him that) and other EPIC Staff.  Gears of War 3... Read More

Kratos’s brother and mother revealed in new trailer

Kratos’s brother and mother revealed in new trailer

It is a well know fact that the bad ass Kratos does actually have a brother. But in the new trailer more information is revealed about Kratos's family. He actually had a mother too (well obviously... Read More

Killzone 3 New Trailer and Beta Info

Killzone 3 New Trailer and Beta Info

[HTML1] There will be a Killzone 3 Beta starting on October 25th. The beta will only be for Playstation Plus subscribers, and will be limited to 10,000 people. The Beta will have the 'Operations' g... Read More

Fallout: New Vegas Fourth Dev Diary.. Factions

Fallout: New Vegas Fourth Dev Diary.. Factions

[HTML1] Here is the fourth developer diary for Fallout: New Vegas that talks about the different factions.  How you deal with the different factions will effect your outcome of the game heavily in t... Read More

Gear of War 3 Will Have Dedicated Servers and a Beta, Plus New HD Screens

Gear of War 3 Will Have Dedicated Servers and a Beta, Plus New HD Screens

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="505" caption="Clayton Carmine.. A Little Tougher Then His Brothers"][/caption] Thank the heavens.  EPIC Games finally has broken down and realized how muc... Read More

Ninja Theory Would Like To Work With Alex Garland Again

Ninja Theory Would Like To Work With Alex Garland Again

Tameem Antoniades, the boss of Ninja Theory, has said that he would like to work with the Enslaved writer, Alex Garland, once again. “It goes without saying that Alex is a very talented writer,... Read More

GoldenEye 007 Dev Diary

GoldenEye 007 Dev Diary

[HTML1] Activision have released a developer diary for their upcoming Wii and DS First Person Bond Shooter, GoldenEye 007. Producers Julian Widdows and David Wilson talk about the boss battles of th... Read More

Cuts for western release of Yakuza 4 “nothing like Yakuza 3”

Cuts for western release of Yakuza 4 “nothing like Yakuza 3”

Sega of America says only minimal cuts will be made for the Western release of Yakuza 4, unlike Yakuza 3, which lacked a lot of features in the Europe and US versions of the games that were there in... Read More

The 3DS is “below our minimum specifications,” says Epic

The 3DS is “below our minimum specifications,” says Epic

Mark Rein of Epic Games believes Nintendo's upcoming handheld system, the 3DS, is below their "minimum specifications" for the Unreal Engine and that visuals as good as seen in the iPhone's Epic Cit... Read More