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THQ sacks 240 employees and CEO’s pay cut by 50%

THQ sacks 240 employees and CEO’s pay cut by 50%

We have reported how THQ is in deep trouble over here, and that they have finally confirmed that all these reports are true. They have sacked 240 employees and and the CEO of THQ, Brian Farrell a... Read More

Shank 2- two new trailers show combat and multiplayer

Shank 2- two new trailers show combat and multiplayer

EA has released a video detailing the multiplayer component of their upcoming beat em up, Shank 2. This multiplayer mode called Survival is the game's own unique take on the massively used Horde mode ... Read More

Trials Evolution screenshots and trailer

Trials Evolution screenshots and trailer

[HTML1] We have the first trailer from Trials Evolution and it is looking awesome. The game features a powerful editor and a multiplayer mode. The graphics are much better, and there seem to be ... Read More

Soulcalibur V- Behind the scenes video

Soulcalibur V- Behind the scenes video

Namco has released a behind-the-scenes dev diary for Soulcalibur V, in which Daishi Odashima- Director, Project Soul- and Hisaharu Tago- Producer, Project Soul- explain their choices regarding the ne... Read More

Mass Effect 3 demo comes with free Xbox Live Gold membership

Mass Effect 3 demo comes with free Xbox Live Gold membership

BioWare has confirmed via their forums that everyone who downloads the Mass Effect 3 demo will be getting free Xbox Live Gold membership. On the Xbox 360 (duh). “Many people have asked whether ... Read More

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning launch trailer is here

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning launch trailer is here

EA has released the launch trailer for their Big Huge Games developed  megaton RPG, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, a few days ahead of its release. There's been a lot of hype for Reckoning lately. T... Read More

Epic wants “dramatic leap” with next gen consoles

Epic wants “dramatic leap” with next gen consoles

Epic's Tim Sweeny has said that he wants to see a "dramatic leap" with PS4 and Xbox 720 over their predecessors, when it comes to graphics. It is obvious that most of these guys know what the specs ... Read More

EA’s Origin has 9.3 million registered users

EA’s Origin has 9.3 million registered users

EA has just revealed some stats about Origin, and you will be surprised to know that it has 9.3 million registered users. No doubt plenty of them must have registered due to Battlefield 3 and Mas... Read More

Twisted Metal delayed to March in Europe

Twisted Metal delayed to March in Europe

Twisted Metal was supposed to release in Europe on February 17, just two days after its February 15 US release date. However, David Jaffe confirms that the game has been delayed to March in Europe n... Read More

Handheld/Mobile Mass Effect announcement coming soon

Handheld/Mobile Mass Effect announcement coming soon

EA has been mentioning a mobile/handheld Mass Effect 3 tie-in product for a long time, every time during their quarterly meets, and an EA rep has told Kotaku again that an announcement regarding tho... Read More

Battlefield 3 and FIFA 12 cross 10 million sales

Battlefield 3 and FIFA 12 cross 10 million sales

EA has reported that both their megaton games of last year, Battlefield 3 and FIFA 12, have now sold 10 million units- really impressive figures indeed. In face of its direct competitor, Modern War... Read More

PS3 sales reach 62 million; Sony posts $2 billion loss for Q3 FY 2012

PS3 sales reach 62 million; Sony posts $2 billion loss for Q3 FY 2012

Sony has announced its Quarter 3 results and it is terrible. The 360 outsold the PS3 by 1.7 million this quarter and by 0.8 million for the first 9 months of this FY, and the company posted a massiv... Read More

EA justifies “no online pass” requirement for Syndicate

EA justifies “no online pass” requirement for Syndicate

EA's Syndicate will not have an online pass we've come to know. At a time that almost every EA games' comes out with an online pass, you'd think it was a mandatory thing. That all changes with Sy... Read More

Game Gear Classics Coming To 3DS?

Game Gear Classics Coming To 3DS?

Imagine being able to play Game Gear games without needing also those spare batteries... (nostalgic sigh) The long awaited arrival of the fabled Game Gear titles on 3DS may finally have arrived. Game ... Read More

Zynga Respond To Plagiarism Claims, Accusers Respond To Zynga

Zynga Respond To Plagiarism Claims, Accusers Respond To Zynga

A little while back Nimblebit, the developers of Tiny Tower, released a sarcastic 'good luck' message to Zynga, noting the similarity between their game and Zynga's recent Dream Heights. Well, in a r... Read More

Dragon’s Dogma Class Skills – Fighter Part 1

Dragon’s Dogma Class Skills – Fighter Part 1

Capcom has released a new video- the first in their new series showing the characteristics of several classes in their upcoming Action-RPG, Dragon's Dogma. This particular video shows some combat for ... Read More

The Last of Us new details revealed

The Last of Us new details revealed

We have some new information from The Last of Us, and Uncharted fans should be pleased with it. The game is not an open world game, but isn't linear either. You will be able to go inside optional pla... Read More

Skyrim’s Creation Kit & Skyrim Workshop Preview – New Details

Skyrim’s Creation Kit & Skyrim Workshop Preview – New Details

Bethesda has announced that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's Creation Kit and the content creation mod tool will be available on Steam. And it will be a free download! They have also released a new ... Read More

MEDIA CREATE SALES- 3DS and Amored Core V top sales charts; Resident Evil Revelations makes a strong debut

MEDIA CREATE SALES- 3DS and Amored Core V top sales charts; Resident Evil Revelations makes a strong debut

Media Create has released the hardware and software sales for Japan for the week ending January 29. As always, the 3DS has topped the hardware charts, selling 84,789 units, about 4,000 units more t... Read More

Video Games In 2012: Exclusives vs Multiplatform Comparison Chart

Video Games In 2012: Exclusives vs Multiplatform Comparison Chart

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="505" caption="Click to enlarge"][/caption] We have an amazing chart for you courtesy of a Reddit user that shows how many exclusives and multiplatforms are... Read More