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Epic working on “a new unannounced IP”

Epic working on “a new unannounced IP”

Epic Games' main studio based in North Carolina is looking to hire people to work on Gears of War 3 and a "new unannounced IP". "Epic Games is looking for Gameplay Programmers to join the team work... Read More

Calibur11 Gears of War 3 Vault is Sick!

Calibur11 Gears of War 3 Vault is Sick!

For those of you who are unaware, Calibur11 is a company that makes console cases or vaults for the Xbox 360 and they have been working closely with Epic Games to bring this Gears of War 3 Masterp... Read More

Atari Release Warlords “How-to-Play Trailer #2”

Atari Release Warlords “How-to-Play Trailer #2”

[HTML1] Atari has released a second "How-To-Play" video for their game, Warlords. The video shows some gameplay footage, and well, it tells you how to play the game. Stay tuned for more info.Read More

Need for Speed World – Free to Play Online Game Porsche 959 Prize

Need for Speed World – Free to Play Online Game Porsche 959 Prize

EA now has over 1 million users in their online free to play PC version of Need for Speed called Need for Speed World.  From now until August 6th, which is tomorrow, you will be granted access to t... Read More

Bastion Announced for PC, Releases August 16th

Bastion Announced for PC, Releases August 16th

Warner Bros and Supergiant Games have announced that Bastion is coming to Windows PC this month on August 16th.The game will be available for £14.99 on Steam. The PC version of Bastion w... Read More

Sega and THQ join GAMEfest 2011 lineup

Sega and THQ join GAMEfest 2011 lineup

UK games retailer GAME has announced that Sega and THQ will also be included in the lineup for GAMEfest 2011. “With these key publishers adding to our already impressive lineup we are getting rea... Read More

Sony “risks failiure”; “under major pressure” to cut Vita’s price- Japanese analyst

Sony “risks failiure”; “under major pressure” to cut Vita’s price- Japanese analyst

Tokyo-based Ace Securities analyst Hideki Yasuda said, while talking to Bloomberg, that Sony was under a lot of pressure to cut PS Vita's price after the recent price cut announcement of the 3DS, an... Read More

BioWare now one of EA’s four publishing labels

BioWare now one of EA’s four publishing labels

Just like EA Games, EA Sports and EA Play are under EA, yet publish their games under their own names, BioWare will also do the same, and has been declared by EA as one of their only four publishin... Read More

Treyarch will develop Modern Warfare 3 for the Wii

Treyarch will develop Modern Warfare 3 for the Wii

It was recently announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will also be making its way to Nintendo's tiny little home console, the Wii, despite Activision's initial reluctance to do so. It has n... Read More

PlayStation Vita release date to be announced at TGS

PlayStation Vita release date to be announced at TGS

Sony has announced that the release date for PlayStation Vita, their upcoming handheld system, will be announced at the Tokyo Game Show. Sony recently announced that PS Vita will be released in Jap... Read More

Criterion working on a new game; seeking new staff

Criterion working on a new game; seeking new staff

Criterion is rumored to be working on a new game and is seeking staff for the project. The listing was spotted by Videogamer, which states that, "an AI programmer required." The game could be Hot Pu... Read More

Final Fantasy XIII-2 to be released in Europe “early 2012”

Final Fantasy XIII-2 to be released in Europe “early 2012”

Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy XIII-2 will be released in Europe in "early 2012". In Square's latest release schedule, it says that Final Fantasy XIII-2 will still release in US in Jan... Read More

Blizzard – ‘Persistent online connection for Diablo 3 is not DRM’

Blizzard – ‘Persistent online connection for Diablo 3 is not DRM’

In case you are late to this whole affair. Diablo 3 requires a persistent online connection, which resulted in a massive outrage in the online communities. It was believed that this move was made to... Read More

Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure trailer

Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure trailer

[HTML1] Check out the trailer for Skylanders Spyro's Adventure. Skylanders Spyro's Adventure lets kids take on the role of a powerful Portal Master who can control over 30 different characters, in... Read More

Darksiders $5 on GamersGate

Darksiders $5 on GamersGate

GamersGate has put up a 24 hour limited offer where you can get Darksiders for just $5. The list price of the title is $19, so it is a terrific deal. It has to be noted that it is Steamworks enabled... Read More

Holiday 2011 crush good for the Industry – Hines

Holiday 2011 crush good for the Industry – Hines

It seems that the intense competition between so many high profile game releases will benefit the industry according to Bethesda Softworks vice president, Pete Hines . He mentions that although, i... Read More

New Bungie Vidoc – A Brave New World

New Bungie Vidoc – A Brave New World

[HTML1] This amazing new vidoc takes you on a journey through the Bungie's eyes through Halo 1, 2, 3, ODST and Reach development. The studio states its experiences during development of Halo games ... Read More

Driver: San Francisco Multiplayer Trailer

Driver: San Francisco Multiplayer Trailer

[HTML1] Check out footage from the variety of multiplayer modes on offer in the upcoming Driver reboot.Read More

Cave Story 3DS Will Feature Expanded Levels And Possibly A Prinny

Cave Story 3DS Will Feature Expanded Levels And Possibly A Prinny

We are still waiting for the 3DS release of Cave Story, a game which was billed as a launch title and is already available as a PC, Wii and DSi title. What is so special about this long awaited remake... Read More

Torchlight 2 File Size Too Big For XBLA

Torchlight 2 File Size Too Big For XBLA

Microsoft has a filesize limit for XBLA games, which has been set to 2GB now. Of course some games can bypass it with permission from Microsoft but can Torchlight 2? Developer Runic Games have menti... Read More