Category: News
Transformers: Rise Of The Dark Spark Announced
Today at the New York Toy Fair Activision announced a new Transformers video game, presumably to coincide with the release of the next Transformers movie, titled Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark. With unfortunate layoffs at High Moon Studios, it appears that the new Transformers game will be in a new developers’ hands: Edge of Reality (whom is […]
Worms Battlegrounds Announced By Team17
The extremely popular Worms games are getting ready to make their next-gen debut on Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Worms Battlegrounds is the next title that will be released in the Worms franchise. Details are scarce at the moment, but Team17 states that it is targeting a 2014 release date for Worms Battlegrounds and it will be […]
Titanfall Beta Sign-up Access Launches In A Few Hours
Those looking to get in on the Titanfall beta will have their shot in just a few short hours. Work came via tweet on Respawn co-founder’s, Vince Zampella, Twitter account. The website to sign-up for the beta will be announced at 6 p.m. PST/9 p.m. EST/2 a.m. GMT. The tweet states, “Tonight at 6pm PST there will be […]
SEGA Unveils Sonic Boom
SEGA unveiled their next Sonic project with the announcement of Sonic Boom, two new games coming exclusively to the Nintendo Wii U and 3DS systems. But the announcement was more than just that with the revelation that the company is co-producing a new television series as well. Sonic the Hedgehog has spawned more than 70 […]
February’s Games with Gold Titles Announced
With the end of each month, comes the newest announcement of the next two games that Microsoft will make free for Xbox Live Gold subscribers. Last month, gamers had the chance to pick up Sleeping Dogs for the first half of January and for the second half the Xbox Live arcade title Lara Croft and […]
Sony Begins Sending Out PlayStation Now Beta Invites
Last evening Sony began sending out invites for their upcoming PlayStation Now game streaming service, IGN.com has reported. The streaming service is entering a small closed beta period ahead of its official release sometime later this year and requires a 5MB internet connection and the use of a PlayStation 3 is recommended according to the […]
Nintendo Shipped 1.95 Million Wii U Consoles Last Quarter
It hasn’t been a particularly cheery time for Nintendo Japan as the Wii U is failing to meet projections and with the company’s profits expected to fall short next quarter; these certainly aren’t the money printing heydays of the original Wii back in 2007. While we won’t speculate about where Nintendo is heading, because frankly […]
Square Enix Launches Collective
Square Enix launched the pilot phase of its new community platform, Square Enix Collective yesterday. Collective will showcase independently developed game concepts direct to the gaming community, allowing the community to decide which concepts should become a reality. The platform is initially launching with a pilot phase and will run for 28 days, showcasing three […]
Microsoft Acquires Gears of War Rights From Epic Games
Gears of War is unanimously one of the flagship titles for any of Microsoft’s consoles. To date, the franchise combined has sold over twenty-two million copies – grossing in just over $1 Billion dollars. With this acquisition, Microsoft hopes to continue giving the fans even more Gears of War games and merchandise. Currently, there are […]
Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare Gameplay Trailer
Earlier last week, PopCap Games and Electronic Arts unfortunately pushed Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare back. Fortunately, it was only for one extra week. While this game doesn’t follow the formula for the first title in this franchise, it looks to be equally intriguing. Some of the key features include 24-player multiplayer mayhem, customization options for […]
CHARTED: Week Ending January 4, 2014
Previously I’ve been looking just at Nintendo’s titles in the top thirty to see where they stack, but this time I’m going to instead take a look at just the top ten games for both the USA and Japan. It’s amazing to see the differences in the top tens between the two territories. There is […]
After a Decade Fans Revive Resident Evil: Outbreak Servers
Death just can’t keep a good game down. Similar to how the T-Virus re-animates the dead in the Resident Evil series, fans have revived the online component for the Japanese versions of Resident Evil: Outbreak & Resident Evil: Outbreak File #2. Using packet captures from the Japanese release of Outbreak dedicated fans were able to […]
January 2014’s First Games With Gold Title
While many gamers have started to question the integrity of Microsoft’s Games with Gold program due to offering games that are years old, such as last month’s Gears of War, it seems they are listening to the community and are starting to offer up newer games. The most recent game that was released through Microsoft’s […]
Shoot Many Robots Free, Via Games With Gold
For the first part of December, Gears of War was free to Gold Members on Xbox Live via the Games with Gold program that Microsoft started this year. This only lasted for the first half of December, as with previous months, and now it is the 16th so the next free game of the month […]
Tales from the Borderlands Announced
Telltale Games and Gearbox Software have superhero teamed up to bring you what could be a very interesting twist on the Borderlands franchise. Tales from the Borderlands was announced last night at SpikeTV’s VGX Award show and will be released in 2014. For those unfamiliar, but really how could you be, Telltale Games is responsible […]