Month: May 2012
Warlock: Master of the Arcane Giveaway
The sinister cabal that pulls my strings like a puppet has told me that the time has come to initiate Operation Warlock Wednesday. To celebrate this auspicious occasion, we’re giving away copies of Warlock: Master of the Arcane. If you are unfamiliar with Warlock, it’s a turn based strategy game set in the Majesty universe. […]
Doom 3 BFG Edition Coming To Consoles This Fall
ID Software’s landmark FPS Doom 3 will be released on the Xbox 360 and PS3 this fall with full trophy/achievement support. The BFG Edition of Doom 3 also packs in the first original doom titles and the Resurrection of Evil expansion packs that was released in 2005. Achievements and 3D support aren’t the only new […]
Second Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Announced
MMO players mark your calendar as June 8th marks the next public beta weekend for NCSoft’s Guild Wars 2. Thousandds of people who pre-ordered GW2 will be able to enjoy the game’s beta for 48hrs from Noon PST Friday afternoon until midnight Monday morning. One cool little tidbit that Arena passed along via press release […]
Dust 514 Dev Diary 2 Released
CCP Games have released a new developer diary video for Playstation 3 exclusive DUST 514. The MMO crossover is still scheduled for a launch in late 2012, and you can still sign up to be considered for the beta at www.dust514.com/beta. “Part two again features the creative minds behind the game – Producer Thomas Farrer […]
CD Projekt RED Teases New RPG Property
Confirming previous information that The Witcher creators CD Projekt RED were developing a futuristic RPG title, the developer has teased a piece of concept art in anticipation of a full announcement planned for tomorrow during their Summer Conference. Tomorrow at 1pm Eastern time, you can check out www.facebook.com/thewitcher to view their live stream of the event, […]
The Soundcheck | Iron Maiden 6-Pack
Now that I’m all rested after taking a nice vacation last week with my lovely wife, I’m back and ready to play catch-up with the weekly DLC releases! You’ll also notice that I’ve settled on a name for these features – you can now call these posts “The Soundcheck!” So for last week’s DLC we […]
Confrontation/Yesterday Giveaway
Hello everyone. I hope our American readers had a (happy/ debauched/somber/exciting/uneventful) Memorial Day weekend. I know I did. That being said, we have two fine titles to give away today courtesy of Focus Home Interactive. The first is a copy of the point and click adventure Yesterday (you can read Eric’s review here). We also […]
What is Infinity Ward planning for the Future?
Infinity Ward is now looking for people to work on next generation projects. According to a job posting on Activision’s website, Infinity Ward is looking for a Senior Network Engineer to work on upcoming next generation projects. The job description reads: Come work with the game industry’s brightest to design and implement high level network code […]
Paradox Interactive Hosting A War of The Roses Live Stream
Paradox Interactive announced today that their latest title, A War of The Roses, will receive the livestream treatment this Wednesday on Twitch.Tv. The livestream will feature the president of Paradox Interactive as well as a several developers from Fatshark, the game’s developers. A War of Roses is a 15th century war game that pits two […]
Next Xbox May Feature Skype Integration Says Job Ad
Could the next generation Xbox feature Skype integration? Microsoft purchased the peer to peer chat service just six months ago and now job advertisements have popped mentioning the VOIP service, and in particular the services role within the next generation Xbox.
Microsoft Posts “Secret” Avatar Motocross Screens
Microsoft’s official XBLA blog, Play XBLA, posted some interesting “secret” screenshots this morning showcasing an unannounced title featuring Avatars. The two screenshots show the Xbox Avatar’s riding motorcycles in a dessert environment complete with palm trees and another has an avatar performing a handstand while flying through the air.
12 Minutes of Grainy Halo 4 Beta Footage Leaked
Halo 4 is going to be one of the biggest games at Microsofts E3 conference, scheduled to take place in just a week’s time. Fans of Halo got a bit of an unexpected treat over the weekend with an eleven minute video of the game’s multiplayer beta leaking online. If you can stomach shakycam footage […]
CEO: Speeding Up Development Vital To Capcom’s Success
Capcom’s recent crop of games, namely Street Fighter X Tekken and Operation Raccoon City haven’t exactly lived up to lofty expectations, either financially or critically depending on the game that you are talking about. With the news that DMC: Devil May Cry has been delayed until 2013, how can the developer turn things around? Capcom […]
Halo 4 Pre-Order Bonuses Revealed
Halo 4 is going to have a huge impact come Election Day, this November. If you’re thinking of picking up Master Chief’s latest ass kicking space adventure you might want to take these newly revealed Pre-Order bonuses into consideration. As is usual with gaming now-a-days Amazon, EB Games and Play.com all have different bonuses up […]
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare | Review
This week, on Night Springs…. Now available on PC, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, a quasi-sequel to Remedy Entertainment’s 2010 third-person adventure Alan Wake, is so concerned with name-dropping and referencing its predecessor that it never really finds a strong voice of its own. While this game is not true DLC for the original, neither the premise, […]