Coming this Friday, April 20th, Microsoft will be opening up the entertainment flood gates for all Xbox Live users. Those without the Gold subscription need not worry, as they are also going to have free access to a variety apps. This is only for the weekend, so as of Monday, April 23rd, it’s back to [...]
April 18, 2012
Christopher Young
Deals, News, XBOX360
Variety has gone on record stating that Electronic Arts has hired John Gatins, of Real Steel fame, to work up a pitch based on the Need for Speed series. This feature is listed as Gatins and EA producing the project, while Gatins handles creating the pitch. Currently Paramount is the interested front runner, with Warner [...]
April 15, 2012
Christopher Young
Featured, Multiplatform, News
Was that just a release date leak I heard? Joystiq found an updated LinkedIn page hinting at this. Rockstar North’s Alex O’Dwyer updated his LinkedIn page, showing a release date of October for the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto V. Please remember this is a rumor now, O’Dwyer’s post has since been removed. This could [...]
April 10, 2012
Christopher Young
Featured, Multiplatform, News
Some of you may remember the rumored Gears Of War: Exile which was trademarked early 2011. It seems Epic game design director Cliff Bleszinski has confirmed the suspected canceling of Exile via an interview with Gamespot. “Let’s just bury the hatchet now,” Bleszinski said in the interview. “Gears of War: Exile was an unannounced game [...]
April 9, 2012
Christopher Young
Featured, Kinect, News, XBOX360
Sony’s new console is the latest to have an alleged codename leaked. Kotaku has a source naming the Orbis as the next Playstation, carrying a release date of late 2013. The source also detailed a few other things regarding the Orbis. The new systems CPU will consist of an AMD x64 and the GPU will be an AMD South Islands high end PC [...]
March 29, 2012
Christopher Young
Featured, News, Playstation 3
We have some sucky news for you Vita owners looking to get a creepy fix in the next few days. Silent Hill: Book Of Memories has been delayed. The newest Silent Hill title, helmed by WayForward Technologies, has been pushed back from March 27th to May 31st. RipTen was able to confirm this earlier via a brief statement with no [...]
March 27, 2012
Christopher Young
Featured, News, PS Vita
It seems Assassin’s Creed 3 is all the rage right now. Now, Nintendo is adding some fuel to the fire. The most current issue of Nintendo Power has detailed some of the controls for Assassin’s Creed 3 on the Wii U and confirmed a late 2012 release for the system itself. For those keeping track, [...]
March 27, 2012
Christopher Young
Featured, News, Nintendo, Wii U
So you have hammered your way through Mass Effect 3 and still feel a void that ME3 should have filled. Why not take a break and give the new iOS Mass Effect: Infiltrator a look? This 3D third person shooter carries in a new storyline that ties nicely into Mass Effect 3. This title is heavy on the action, [...]
March 23, 2012
Christopher Young
Featured, IOS, Mobile, News, Videos
It seems the Tactical Intervention beta has been given the green light. We previously reported on this first person shooter from Counterstrike creator Minh Le and it seems we can finally get in on the action. This will be a very fast paced tactical shooter that seems to nod directly to Counterstrike. The action is available as [...]
March 17, 2012
Christopher Young
Featured, News, PC Gaming
Telltale games has dropped a teaser trailer for The Walking Dead video game. The trailer is very creepy and follows suit of the t.v. show. There is no gameplay in this trailer but the answering machine messages and panning camera showing an abandoned apartment and are enough to creep most out. This trailer is hot [...]
March 17, 2012
Christopher Young
Featured, Multiplatform, News, Trailers, Videos
Blizzard has finally confirmed an official release date for Diablo 3. May 15th will see the worldwide release of Diablo 3, which is currently in beta. If you head over to Battle.net, you cannot miss the confirmed release and the link to the pre-order info. Right now, only the digital download version is available for pre-order at $59.99. The [...]
March 16, 2012
Christopher Young
Featured, News, PC Gaming
It seems our friends over at Tinhte have once again gotten a hold of an Apple product pre-release. These were the folks that had an iPhone 4 before it was even announced, and more recently, unboxed a 64GB iPhone 4 last April that arrived with iPhone 4S being released. [...]
March 15, 2012
Christopher Young
Featured, IOS, Mobile, News, Technology
We’re going to be seeing a boost to arcade gamerscore and achievements on XBLA real soon. Major Nelson detailed the changes, which will be required in all XBLA games as of June 2012. The new system would allow XBLA titles to have a total of 400 gamerscore and 30 achievements, versus the current max 200 gamerscore and [...]
March 13, 2012
Christopher Young
Featured, News, XBLA, XBOX360