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God of War IV & Syphon Filter 4: Factual Details or Rumors for Next Month
3 months ago
by Steve Ahmad
in Video Games
Ah, yes. The confused former president of The United States of America says it all in his primate expression. This begs the question: Should I keep posting some typical rumors & hope-to-be facts, or just wait until the good word is said and I can see sourced proof? I think I should keep posting, More >
Xbox 360 Version of Street Fighter X Tekken Could Have Had Master Chief or Marcus Fenix as Playable Fighters
3 months ago
It’s always odd when I see a guest character from another franchise in a fighting game. It’s been done many times in the past, with Soul Calibur II having console exclusive characters like Link, Spawn and Heihachi; Dead or Alive 4 getting a Halo-inspired character named Nicole-458; Soul Calibur V More >
Arkham City’s Rocksteady to Make Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
3 months ago
Rocksteady is the studio behind the popular game of 2011, Batman: Arkham City. With Arkham City out of the way, fans and gamers speculated what would be next for the studio. Could it be a new Superman game? Perhaps Batman: Gotham City? According to PGN, it will be working on a dark Teenage Mutant More >
Indie Game ‘Vessel’ Will Intrigue You with Liquid Physics
3 months ago
Developing studio Strange Loop Games and indiePUB have announced that Vessel will be released on PC March 1, 2012. The upcoming indie game Vessel looks very interesting with its use of liquid physics that includes water, lava, glowing goo, chemicals and more. It’ll be available digitally on Steam More >
New Prototype 2 Bios Introduce The Villains
3 months ago
by Michael Revis
in Video Games
Prototype 2 is only a few scant months away, and Activision and Radical are making sure people take notice of what they’re going to be getting themselves into. They’ve recently released a bit of info on the characters that the game’s new protagonist, James Heller, will be butting heads with.
A More >
Gunnar Optiks at CES 2012
3 months ago
Gunnar Optiks, creators of the beloved Scope and pioneers in the field of gaming eye-wear, showed us something very different this year at CES 2012.
The first big surprise was when we heard rap superstar 50 Cent is an active investor in Gunnar! With their new line of trendy and flashy gear, is More >
Star Wars: The Old Republic Exclusive Founder’s Medal & Title
4 months ago
by Michael Pao
in Video Games
Sometimes it’s pretty awesome being there at the beginning and able to say you’re a true OG. There’s some bragging rights to that and a touch of pride as well. BioWare is offering just that sort of bragging rights to players who have been a part of the Old Republic since the early days by way of More >
ESA Backs Off Support for SOPA and PIPA
4 months ago
Now that SOPA and PIPA have been postponed indefinitely, ESA now decides to pull its support from the unpopular bills. Good timing too, since Penny Arcade was gathering momentum in having the gaming community boycott E3, since the ESA runs it.
The ESA issued this statement:
“From the beginning, More >
League of Legends: Intel Extreme Masters in Kiev!
4 months ago
This week in the Russian cold, the world’s top LOL teams compete for the Intel Extreme Masters tournament with a very generous grand prize. The Competing teams are as follows :
Group A Wins Losses Team SoloMid 3 0 SK Gaming 2 1 Curse Gaming 1 2 White Lotus 0 3 Group More >
A Drell Does a Flying Punch in New Mass Effect 3 Co-op Footage
4 months ago
by Ryan Southard
in Video Games
Mass Effect 3 is coming out on March 6th, but that’s just too far away for what could be the best game of 2012, right? Well, never you mind, because there’s a Mass Effect 3 demo for the single-player and co-op mode coming on February 14th. Will it test the limits of your patience, and maybe strain More >
SOPA Legislation Postponed Indefinitely
4 months ago
by Michael Revis
in Video Games
It seems that Wednesday’s internet wide blackout protest finally managed to get Congress’ attention. An official statement was recently released saying that the legislation designed to overly police the internet, in a vain attempt to combat online piracy, has been shelved in order to find a better More >
Irrational Games Announces 1999 Mode in BioShock Infinite
4 months ago
by Michael Pao
in Video Games
2K Games announced today that Irrational Game’s BioShock Infinite will feature a mode called 1999 Mode. This mode will have permanent consequences for the choices players will make. There will be many different challenges that will be tailor-made for hardcore gamers. This new mode is said to More >
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning – Art and World Dev Diary
4 months ago
by Ryan Southard
in Video Games
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning’s release date is closing in fast (February 7th for North America, February 10th for Europe). With that in mind, we’re going to see a lot more trailers and information crawling its way out from the internet. This latest developer diary focuses on how the team went More >
Capcom Finally Officially Reveals Resident Evil 6 Plus Trailer – Leon and Chris, Together?
4 months ago
by Ryan Southard
in Video Games
I know we pretty much knew it was coming, but it’s still shocking to hear that Capcom has officially announced that Resident Evil 6 is heading our way! Not only that, but you can expect it a lot sooner than you would think. It’s scheduled to be on retail shelves November 20th, 2012 for Xbox 360 More >
Kid Icarus: Uprising – Pre-Order Bonus, 3DS ‘Stand’ Info and More
4 months ago
by Ryan Southard
in Video Games
Nintendo had recently announced that, in Japan, a stand would launch with Kid Icarus: Uprising, but now it appears that they’ll (thankfully) grace the west with it as well. The stand helps players to comfortably play Kid Icarus: Uprising, since it can become quite uncomfortable to hold a portable More >
Play Mass Effect 3 Early…as a Demo
4 months ago
Good news for those who can’t wait to test out Mass Effect 3. BioWare has announced that the demo will be available February 14, 2012 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. The demo will take Shepard into battle against the alien race called the Reapers as he/she defends Earth from the invasion. It More >
‘Resident Evil: Retribution’ Teaser Brings the Daft and the Wong
4 months ago
Here’s the premiere of the Resident Evil: Retribution teaser trailer. It starts off as a faux-commercial about technology that quickly turns into the world in turmoil. Alice is back as she is joined by popular Resident Evil characters. We get a good look at Ada Wong dodging bullets in her sexy red More >
Cyborg MMO 7 Preview
4 months ago
Many of us know and love Cyborg for their great R.A.T series gaming mouse ( The one that looks like a stealth bomber). While unable to get my hands on one of these in the past, I was able to play around with the newest release by Cyborg, the MMO 7.
In actuality this is a redesigned R.A.T 7. The More >
League of Legends Announces Patch for Colour Blind Players
4 months ago
League of Legends has been taking gamers by storm since its beta opened in 2009, and its player base doubled between August and November of last year. Now toting millions of players per day, the RTS has turned to resolving a disadvantage for a large portion of their player population: their method More >
Tecmo-Koei Teams Up with Nintendo on Fatal Frame-Like 3DS AR Game
4 months ago
by Ryan Southard
in Video Games
Although Nintendo had the rights to publish Fatal Frame 4 on the Wii in North America, for some reason they didn’t. Maybe they thought the game was a bit too scary for the average consumer. Now it appears that they’ve teamed up with Tecmo on a new game for 3DS titled, “Spirit Camera: The Cursed More >
‘TERA’, the Action MMO, Finally Gets a Release Date
4 months ago
The South Koreans have been lucky enough to play TERA since last January. It’s the anticipated upcoming action MMO, and one year later, we get an announcement from En Masse Entertainment that TERA is finally getting a release date for the North American PC market, which is May 1, 2012.
Some of us More >
‘Prototype’ Comic Coming Soon with Dark Horse Comics and Radical Entertainment Collaboration
4 months ago
Dark Horse Comics and Radical Entertainment, the team behind Prototype 2, will be joining forces to release the Prototype digital comic series. It will fill in the story on what happened between Prototype 1 and 2 by telling three original stories beginning February 15, 2012.
The first story is More >
Max Payne 3 Has a Release Date
4 months ago
Rockstar Games has officially announced the release dates for Max Payne 3. North America will get the game for Xbox 360 and PS3 on May 15, 2012, and the international version will be out on May 18, 2012. The North American PC market will get the game on May 29, 2012, and internationally on June 1, More >
Six ‘Street Fighter X Tekken’ Characters Revealed in Videos, Artworks & Screenshots
4 months ago
Here’s a bunch of awesome artworks, trailer, gameplay video and screenshots revealing the six new characters that’s going to be joining the Street Fighter X Tekken roster. The new warriors are Juri, Law, Paul, Vega, Balrog and Xiaoyu.
Here’s the trailer More >
SOPA Hearing Delayed
4 months ago
So the SOPA hearing that was suppose to happen on January 18th has been postponed. It’s also the day that Nerd Reactor and a whole bunch of other sites (Reddit, Destructoid, etc) are going to “shut down” to protest against the poorly written bill. We’re still going to do it to send a message, so More >
