1up — At this year's E3 Nintendo will be talking Wii U, Microsoft may be focused on things of little interest to core gamers, and Sony will reportedly be talking cloud gaming. VG247 reports Sony will announce the details of a could gaming deal it has secured during its E3 press conference...
shacknews — Civilization V is getting ready for some of that old time religion, also known as polytheism. To mark the Gods and Kings expansion, Firaxis and 2K Games are offering the game as free to play for this weekend, lasting from today until Sunday, May 27.If your taste of ruling over...
computerandvideogames — Why the Vita game could be the 'definitive' version. Media Molecule seems mighty pleased with what developer Tarsier Studios has done with its work on LittleBigPlanet PSVita.Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesFirst screens for Kingdoms of Amalur dev's MMO show racesFIFA 12: Euro 2012 update fixes freezing issuesMetro:...
gamepolitics — We hear a lot about the explicit language found in many video games but a new study by a Brigham Young University social sciences professor says that the level of strong language in many popular teen novels is substantially worse than what is found in most video games on the...
kotaku — Your Skyrim horse is now good for something other than getting accidentally killed in the heat of battle. Update 1.6, available today on PC, adds the ability for players to charge into battle on their faithful steed. More »
rockpapershotgun — In one of the most extensive discounting operations I’ve ever come across, a [insert appropriate collective noun, 'liberation' perhaps] of indie developers have decided to offer their games at prices so low that Crazy Al Trumpet, car and sofa salesman extraordinaire, would condemn them to Bedlam rather than follow their...
eurogamer — Embattled Kingdoms of Amalur developer 38 Studios is in its death throes, according to a Polygon report. All of staff have apparently been laid off today, so say sources close to the Rhode Island-based outfit. A separate Kotaku piece claims subsidiary Big Huge Games has also closed its doors. The Maryland studio,...
1up — Feature Share it: Tweet 1UP COVER STORY 1UP COVER STORY | WEEK OF MAY 21 | WHAT IF? Cover Gallery: Box Art from Another Reality Cover Story: The games you'd be playing today, if only things had gone differently. Artist Rusty Shackles has teamed up...
shacknews — It appears 38 Studios is nearing the end of its very public death march. New reports today confirm that 38 Studios, and its subsidiary Big Huge Games, have laid off their entire staffs. While the closure of any studio is unfortunate, the termination of 38 Studios will have dire consequences...
1up — Feature Share it: Tweet 1UP COVER STORY 1UP COVER STORY | WEEK OF MAY 21 | WHAT IF? What If Steve Jobs Had Never Returned to Apple? Cover Story: Witness one possible reality in this alternate chronicle of the company that reinvented mobile gaming. SSteve...
kotaku — Over on their official Facebook page, Konami links out to a teaser site that sure seems to hint at something Dracula-related. The site bears the words "The Dragon Returns," which refers to the linguistic roots of the evil count's name. Dracul—as in Vlad Dracul—means dragon in Romanian. More »
kotaku — Hey, if a game as old-school as Battleship can get its own feature film, why not Tetris? More »
kotaku — Reports are circulating that Kingdoms of Amalur creators 38 Studios has shut down Big Huge Games, the developers who helped build the hit action RPG that came out earlier this year. If this is true, the shuttering of an entire studio would be the biggest bit of fallout yet from...
eurogamer — Minecraft has overtaken Call of Duty: Black Ops on the weekly Xbox Live activity chart. It's currently the second most played game on the service, up from third last week, with only Modern Warfare 3 attracting more global unique users. Mojang's world-building sensation is the first game to overtake Black Ops since...
gamespot — Sega teaming with Ron Gilbert and Psychonauts studio for side-scrolling adventure game on XBLA, PSN, and PC early next year. The latest from Monkey Island developer Ron Gilbert and Psychonauts studio Double Fine will be a new downloadable side-scrolling game called The Cave. Due out in early 2013, the game...
eurogamer — From Software's Kinect-exclusive tank combat title Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor gets an Xbox Live demo today, publisher Capcom has announced. The taster lets you get the feel of a Vertical Tank across the game's first two levels. The full game is then set to trundle into European stores on 22nd June. Read more…
gamespot — Double Fine Productions' latest adventure game, The Cave, takes you down below to a land of twisted puzzles and seven unique heroes. Ron Gilbert, the man behind such classics as Maniac Mansion and the early Monkey Island games, is rediscovering why he loves adventure games. For him, it's all about...
gamespot — Junction Point's Warren Spector says before original Mickey Mouse game shipped in 2010 he had a four-game story arc in mind for the series. Disney's Epic Mickey franchise may see at least four iterations, according to comments from Junction Point founder Warren Spector. In an interview with MCV, the...
gamespot — Here's a live-action short film for the upcoming game based in Moscow, Metro: Last Light. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot ...
rockpapershotgun — Described I can only assume erroneously as an “action-RPG”, DARK is seemingly actually a first-person RPG, in a horror setting. Focusing on stealth, you’ll be playing as a vampire fighting against the GeoForge Corporation, using all your vampiric specialities to uncover their evil. You can see a somewhat predictable trailer...
toucharcade — Zarksoft's ambitious sci-fi MMO-meets-strategy game, Empire of the Eclipse [Free], is now out and available on the App Store. We bring you this release update for two reasons: (a) we figure we owe you an official heads up after not mentioning the game's impending release in our weekly new releases...
toucharcade — You love game sales, I love game sales, everyone in the whole flippin' world loves game sales. This one is a doozie. A ton of indie developers got together to do a promotion called Because We May. What's the story behind all this? Well, per the Because We May site: We...
gamespot — Free add-on for sci-fi shooter launches next week with new maps, weapons, unlockable characters, and more. While Mass Effect 3 fans need to wait a while longer for new endgame downloadable content, BioWare is offering a free multiplayer add-on to keep them busy in the meantime. The publisher today announced...
gamespot — City National Bank alleges publishers Konami and Autumn Games lied to secure $14M loan to distribute 2010 karaoke rap game, seeks $8.9 million. City National Bank (CNB) has sued Konami and Autumn Games for millions over claims that the game makers lied to secure to a $14 million loan to...