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GAME NEWS

TOM CLANCY'S THE DIVISION
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Developed by Massive Entertainment, The Division is a new game in the Tom Clancy franchise. Using the Snowdrop engine, it is a open world, multiplayer RPG game set in a world devastated by a deadly pathogen. Players will fight enemies factions, loot abandoned buildings and level up their pl..............
CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS HAS KINECT VOICE COMMANDS ON XBOX ONE
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg has confirmed that the Xbox One version of Call of Duty: Ghosts will have some form of Kinect voice commands. Speaking to VentureBeat, Hirshberg said, "I made a passing comment that you're going to see voice integration, voice commands via Kinect, whi..............
CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS ANNOUNCED; NEXT-GEN POWERED BY NEW ENGINE
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Confirming rumors, Activision has revealed the next game in its billion-dollar shooter franchise, titled Call of Duty: Ghosts. The military-based FPS will arrive on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on November 5, and on "next-generation platforms" on an unspecified date. No Wii U version wa..............
METRO: LAST LIGHT SHINES IN THIS WEEK'S UK CHARTS
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
It's another familiar week of UK cha-... oh wait, it isn't. After Dead Island: Riptide sliced through its competition for three weeks, this time it's dethroned by another follow-up in the form of Metro: Last Light. By debuting in top spot, it does what Metro 2033 failed to do when it placed..............
FIFA 14 GOES NEXT-GEN IN TOMORROW'S XBOX REVEAL EVENT
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
The FIFA franchise will have a next-gen something to show off during Microsoft's Xbox reveal event tomorrow, according to the series' new Facebook cover image and event. "RSVP if you're ready to hear about the next generation of FIFA," the event description reads. "Tune in to hear news on FIFA..............
BATMAN ARKHAM ORIGINS VILLAINS SPOTTED
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • BATMAN ARKHAM ORIGINS
A Batman: Arkham Origins promotional standee has revealed new villains expected to appear in the game. 
BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS NEWS: RELEASE DATE, GAMEPLAY, TRAILERS
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • BATMAN ARKHAM ORIGINS
Batman Arkham City and Batman Arkham Asylum are two of the best video games ever made for this generation of consoles. Not only did both games receive oodles of critical acclaim and sell like the clappers, they made the best use of DC's Dark Knight in a video game.   Arkham City ..............
TOMB RAIDER HAD BEST WEEK ONE SALES IN FRANCHISE HISTORY
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Tomb Raider has achieved the highest week one sales in the franchise's history, according to Crystal Dynamics studio head Darrell Gallagher. Speaking at a GDC panel alongside creative director Noah Hughes, Gallagher also revealed that Tomb Raider had the most successful launch of any game th..............
TOMB RAIDER TRESSFX SHAMPOO
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
How does Lara keep that silky smooth hair looking gorgeous all day long? The secret is TressFX Max Graphics Shampoo. TRESSFX BAD HAIR DAYS Since the dawn of the 3D era, characters in your favorite games have largely featured totally unrealistic hair: blocky and jagged, often wi..............
'EA GOES NUTS' : THEY’LL GIVE A FREE PC GAME TO ANYONE WHO BOUGHT SIMCITY
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Anyone who bought SimCity will get a free video game, publisher EA said tonight. Apologizing for the crippling server issues that have rendered the new simulation game near-unplayable for the past week, Maxis boss Lucy Bradshaw wrote in a blog post that anyone with a copy of SimCity activate..............
Blizzard drops StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty to $20 until March 12
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Blizzard is selling the first part of its three-pronged assault of a sequel, StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty, for half-off until March 12. You can get the game through Battle.net right now for $20.Wings of Liberty focuses on the Terran faction (see: future humans) on the single-player campaign..............
WATCH DOGS BOX ARTS ARE OUT
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Aiden, the main character of Ubisoft's Watch Dogs, looks a bit preoccupied on the game's cover. Is he contemplating what to order for dinner on his fancy cell phone? Why is he holding a gun? He's not planning on paying for his meal, is he? The game's box art is leaving us gue..............
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 2 - TOP 10 KILLS
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Here is one of the top ten kills in call of duty black ops 2 prepare to laugh, cry, and be amazed in this week's Top 10 Black Ops 2 Kills of the Week. via IGN
CRYSIS 3 GRAPHICS COMPARISON - PS3 VS. PC. VS. 360
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • CRYSIS 3
Graphic comparison between PS3, PC, and Xbox 360 running Crysis 3,we compare the platforms that Crysis 3 has been released on in this graphic comparison looking at the PS3, PC, and 360.  Via IGN ..............
RUMOR: DEAD SPACE 3 AWAKENED DLC ROUSES MARCH 3 [UPDATE]
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • DEAD SPACE 3
The first piece of Dead Space 3 DLC, 'Awakened,' could be stirring towards a March 3 release date. We know Awakened is coming sometime next month, but a post on the official Dead Space Twitter (now deleted, but screencapped after the break) in response to this tweet clearly noted a March 3 da..............
Vergil ain't so tough (DMC 5 GAMEPLAY FROM MY PC)
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • DMC 5
I knew he would change his mind and I was hoping to get my hands on him. Guess what I never thought it would be so easy. Vergil is just a piece of cake, I expected too much. He use to be much stronger but now dante is much more aggressive than ever before. Here is what i did: You c..............
Crysis 3 beta downloaded over 3 million times
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • CRYSIS 3
More than three million players suited up for the Crysis 3 beta, EA revealed today. Ahead of the game's release next week on February 19, EA must hope that number translates into sales; Crysis 2 shipped at least three million units, but was also reportedly the most pirated game of 2011.Based ..............
The Many Modes of GRID 2
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Hello racing fans! I’m here to talk about some of the modes and locations in GRID 2, releasing on PS3 May 28th. Let’s jump straight in… Introducing: World Series Racing (WSR) At Codemasters we love racing of every flavor, but professional motorsports have always been splintered..............
Last '7 Wonders of Crysis 3' video released, watch 'End of Days' now
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • CRYSIS 3
Crysis 3 fans can now catch the latest and final episode of "The 7 Wonders of Crysis 3" web series. The game launch is just around the corner and this is an excellent way to prep for the launch and keep your excitement building. Check out the video below: What do you think of it? ..............
Dead Space Monsters Aren’t So Scary When They’re Sitting On Your Coffee Table
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • DEAD SPACE 3
Titan Books has got together with Electronic Arts to release an art book that celebrates the work not just of the team behind the recently-released Dead Space 3, but of the entire series.   The Art of Dead Space, a 300-page, hardcover book, has art from the entire franchise. So n..............
Skyrim: Dragonborn DLC Now Available on PlayStation 3
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
As Bethesda announced last week, the Dragonborn downloadable content is available today for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on PlayStation 3. The pack is available for $9.99 (50% off) to celebrate launch week and will return to its normal price of $19.99 in the weeks to come. This marks ..............
Mass Effect Edition of Risk Arrives This Fall
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Yep, I'm as surprised as you. This showed up on the official Mass Effect Facebook page yesterday, and obviously coincides with Toy Fair in New York this week. But Hasbro has said nothing about the "Galaxy at War" edition of Risk. BioWare says the game is on shelves in the fall.
Dead Space Started Off As Horror, But Now It’s So Much More
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • DEAD SPACE 3
I beat Dead Space 1.   I nearly beat Dead Space 2, but I got so frustrated with one section near the end in which I was trapped in a room with regenerating Necromorphs that I shelved it. (This was after the amazing "needle/eye" bit.) I come from a long history of loving sci ..............
Could Medal of Honor: Warfighter Have Been Better ?
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Medal of Honor: Warfighter was pretty much universally panned in every facet of the game. Its performance was so bad that the MOH series has been shelved until further notice. Now EA's out saying what they did wrong, or rather, placing the blame on someone. Rich Hilleman, Chief Creative ..............
This Crysis 3 Commercial Is Great Because It Doesn’t Take Itself Too Seriously
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • CRYSIS 3
No dubstep, no angry men blowing up other angry men. Just a dude enjoying himself in the jungle, while shooting a crossbow bow and turning invisible and doing other Crysisy things.   The shooter Crysis 3 will be out on February 19 for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. For more, check out Tina's i..............
Dead Space 3 resource farming glitch won't be patched, is intentional
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • DEAD SPACE 3
A recently-discovered glitch in Dead Space 3 that allows players to farm infinite resources for item crafting isn't a glitch after all, according to EA's statement to GameFront. The method for obtaining said resources, skirting the game's microtransaction system, won't be patched out, eithe..............
Next Assassin's Creed set for fiscal year 2014, new hero, new time period
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • ASSASSIN'S CREED RELATED
A new Assassin's Creed game is coming in Ubisoft's fiscal year 2014 – that's between this April and March 2014 – and it's set to feature a new hero, a new team around him or her, and a new time period, CEO Yves Guillemot announced during today's earnings call. "In financial 2014, we will..............
Journey takes 'Game of the Year' at DICE awards
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Journey took a long walk through the DICE awards this evening and scooped up eight awards along the way. We can't help but agree with the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. The 16th annual DICE awards also recognized The Walking Dead with four awards.Valve co-founder and overlord Gabe..............
New Call of Duty slated for 2013
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
As we've come to expect, Activision has announced that a new entry in the Call of Duty franchise will be released this year. The news comes via Activision's latest earnings call, during which CFO Dennis Durkin said, "The Call of Duty franchise continues to set the bar for innovation, and..............
'Gears of War: Judgment' OverRun demo publicly available March 19
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Gears of War: Judgment will showcase its new OverRun mode in a public demo beginning March 19. COGs who pre-order the prequel from GameStop will gain access to the demo on March 15. Those who previously pre-ordered at GameStop will also be grandfathered in.A nice bonus of playing the demo i..............
Dead Space 3 launch trailer is as cold as ice
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • DEAD SPACE 3
Dead Space 3 will chill the spines of many a space engineer when it launches into the retail atmosphere on February 5. Not that a wee bit of cold scares Isaac Clarke, as demonstrated by him taking off his helmet at sub-zero temperatures just so he can give the camera some fierceness.
Call of duty Black Ops 2 retakes top spot as Devil May Cry tumbles in UK charts
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • DMC 5
This week's UK charts feature a very familiar face at the summit. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, the country's best-selling game of last year, is back on top for the first time in 2013 thanks to a 20 percent bump in sales from the previous week.  Despite it being a relatively quiet January..............
APA trying to determine if gaming addiction is a mental disorder
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
If you tend to go overboard when playing your favorite video game, meaning spending abnormal number of hours playing, then you might just have a gaming addiction - maybe. The problem is that scientists aren't sure if there is even such a thing as gaming addiction.NEWSBack in 2012 the American P..............
Gameloft releases trailer for Blitz Brigade, coming soon to iOS and Android
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Looks like someone at Gameloft left their scanner on again and out comes another clone of a popular game. Called the Blitz Brigade, Gameloft has now turned to Valve’s highly popular Team Fortress 2 as a source of inspiration for their next game.  The company has released a trailer f..............
Mass Effect 3's 'Operation: Ballistic' weekend goes for the gold
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
By now, we are surely all familiar with how this whole Mass Effect 3 multiplayer weekend thing is supposed to work: "Hey N7 Marines, something about the state of the galaxy, something about the Reapers/Geth/Cerberus, perfunctory lore justification, etc, go kill stuff and we'll give you stu..............
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE - CYBORG NINJA GAMEPLAY TRAILER
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Pre-order, get a cool costume, feel like the robo-man you always wanted to be.  Via IGN.
Logitech to phase out production of console gaming accessories
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
The third quarter of fiscal 2013 wasn't especially awesome for Logitech, despite the fact that I personally spent 30 of my own dollars on a wireless keyboard within that time frame. Whereas the same period last year saw a net profit of $55 million, Logitech posted a net loss of $194.9 milli..............
Resident Evil 6 PC ships with new Mercs mode; Siege mode DLC for consoles in March
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
The PC version of Resident Evil 6 will include a new mode, sort of. The Mercenaries: No Mercy (unofficial name: "The Naries") is based on the existing Mercenaries mode, but with "more enemies on screen than ever before." Ada Wong's campaign will be available when you start the game, playable..............
Splinter Cell: Blacklist collector's edition includes a remote-controlled plane
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
The arms race taking place between publishers of military action games continues to heat up. Ubisoft is one-upping the Call of Duty: Black Ops spy car by including a working radio-controlled plane with a special edition of Splinter Cell: Blacklist. The $170 "Paladin Multi-Mission Aircraft Edit..............
Resident Evil: Revelations on Consoles Looks Better but Still Sounds About the Same
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
On one hand, this is the first trailer for Resident Evil: Revelations on consoles and PC. That lets you see the game (which released on the 3DS a year ago) as you've never seen it before.On the other, that means you're seeing something that looks like BioShock, starring Davy Jones' bad guys ..............
Watch Far Cry 3’s Vaas Tear Up Liberty City On A Snowcross Bike
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • FARCRY 3
Sure, Jason Brody is also featured here—he's the protagonist of Far Cry 3—but who cares? He's riding in the back anyway. This bizarre video by insanegaz proves that the main characters from Far Cry 3 can be just as cool outside an island paradise as they are inside of it. Well, not Jason..............
Dr. Halsey lays the smack down in this Halo 4 Spartan Ops episode 7 trailer
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
If Halo 4's Spartan Ops has proved anything, it's that Dr. Halsey is not to be trifled with – and as the trailer for episode 7 above proves, she's not above smacking a fool. Below, we've got some screens from the sixth episode in the Spartan Ops saga released this week, in case you haven't h..............
GameStop, Amazon offer killer discounts on Assassin's Creed 3
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Even members of clandestine orders with a strict dress code can appreciate a good deal. GameStop is offering the PC version of Assassin's Creed 3 for $30, while Amazon is discounting the romp through alt-history to $35. Neither retailer has stated when the offers will expire.Ubisoft has announ..............
Half-Life now runs on Mac OS X and Linux, we assure you
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Now with a Steam page that doesn't expressly list Mac as a supported platform, we understand your skepticism regarding the headline to this very post. Indeed Half-Life has been ported to both OS X and Linux today.We tried it on OS X and it totally worked, though we've yet to try it on Linux. ..............
Assassin's Creed 3's Tyranny of George Washington DLC
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Ubisoft has unveiled the official release date for the first part of Assassin’s Creed III’s Tyranny of George Washington DLC.  When is it? Less than a month away. The Infamy is the first of three parts to the Tyranny of George Washington DLC, and it will become available on Feb..............
You Can Pay For Weapons In Dead Space 3 Because Of Mobile Gamers, Apparently
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • DEAD SPACE 3
Many Dead Space fans were disappointed this week after hearing that Dead Space 3 would feature microtransactions—or, the ability to buy in-game goods for real money. Today in an interview with CVG, Dead Space 3 producer John Calhoun stated that microtransactions exist because they intend to cou..............
God of War: Ascension includes early access to The Last of Us demo
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
The Blu-Ray of Total Recall came with a God of War: Ascension demo. Now the chain of demos continues: when you buy God of War Ascension, it will in turn come with a demo for The Last of Us.The demo won't be on the disc when Ascension comes out May 7, but it will enable early access to the one-..............
Game Developers Choice Awards nod to Journey, Dishonored, FTL
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Finalists for the 13th annual Game Developers Choice Awards represent the broad swath of modern game development, featuring indie and mainstream games side-by-side and in perfect, competitive harmony. Journey, a game that we thoroughly enjoyed, leads the pack with six nominations in Best D..............
Crysis 3 open multiplayer beta uncloaks on Jan. 29
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • CRYSIS 3
On January 29, Crytek will issue an open invitation to sample the multiplayer side of Crysis 3. This two-week affair will conclude on February 12, giving PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 players a chance to sample two modes and two maps ahead of Crysis 3's February 19 launch.The game modes in question..............
Latest Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance trailer covers the importance of electrolyte intake
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Staying hydrated is key, and while sports drinks can be a good source of electrolytes, so too can the liberated spines of your enemies. 
DmC prequel comic 'The Chronicles of Vergil' unleashes first digital issue
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • DMC 5
The first issue of Titan Comics' DmC: Devil May Cry prequel, The Chronicles of Vergil, is now available for download through comiXology. You can purchase either through a computer browser or through the comiXology app on iOS, Android and Kindle Fire.This first issue of the proposed two-book r..............
Next Saints Row, Metro Games Will Be “Faithful To Their Franchises”, Say New Owners
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Koch Media owns publisher Deep Silver (Dead Island). It now owns both the Saints Row and Metro franchises, along with the studios that made them. Fans have every right to be cautious about a management change, but while Koch said in a media release earlier today it "will roll out future pla..............
Impressive-looking Oil Rush 3D headed to Android in February
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
UNIGINE, the developer behind the popular RTS game Oil Rush, is in the process of creating an Android version complete with amazing 3D graphics and touch controls. Starting next month, Oil Rush will be able to run on Snapdragon S4 mobile chips MSM8960, APQ8064 and MPQ8064. UNIGINE has..............
Grand Theft Auto 5 PC shows up on EU Amazon sites
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Listings for a PC version of Grand Theft Auto 5 have appeared on European Amazon stores, including France, UK, and Germany. The UK and German PC listings are completely separate from the officially announced Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, but on the French store, they all appear under the s..............
'DmC: Devil May Cry' premiere tears up UK charts
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • DMC 5
Capcom's DmC: Devil May Cry flies on the wings of angels and demons to debut at the top spot on Chart-Track's UK sales chart. The reboot, developed by Ninja Theory (Heavenly Sword), sold just over a third of what Devil May Cry 4 had when it combo-ed the number one spot in 2008.The rest of the ..............
God of War: Ascension single-player demo coming late February
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
A "full-fledged" single-player demo for God of War: Ascension is coming in late February, according to a recent PlayStation blog. With the multiplayer beta scheduled to end next week, fans only have the above 30-second teaser trailer to watch for the next month in preparation for the game's ..............
DmC’s Killer PC Version Will Be Worth The Wait
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • DMC 5
If you're a console-owning hack 'n slash 'n juggle fan, you've probably already got Ninja Theory's DmC on Xbox 360 or PS3. (And good for you: It's a fun game.) But if you're holding off and can wait another week, you should strongly consider waiting for the PC version, which comes out on Janua..............
No pre-launch Tomb Raider demo for sake of story, says Crystal Dynamics
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Crystal Dynamics is not planning to release a Tomb Raider demo before the game launches on March 5."For all those @tombraider fans asking. There are no plans to release a demo of the game pre-launch. We don't want to spoil the story," tweeted Global Brand Director Karl Stewart. "We've weaved..............
Sony Home Entertainment VP teases PlayStation 4 launch in May or June
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
The next-gen Xbox countdown already started and Sony must be feeling the heat coming from its competitor. The vice president of Sony Home Entertainment just couldn’t help himself, but tease the masses of PlayStation gamers with the upcoming fourth version of the console. Hiroshi Saka..............
Has the countdown to Xbox 720 just begun?
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Xbox Live’s head Larry Hyrb otherwise known as Major Nelson, posted a countdown on its blog to E3 2013. It counts the days until June 11 this year when the expo kicks off and the text says: And it’s on… COUNTDOWN CLOCK WIDGETS Since the Xbox 360 is nearing the end of its cycle ..............
You can now play StarCraft and Caesar III on Android
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
What if I told you there is a way to play StarCraft and Caesar III classics on your Android device? And that they will run as hassle-free as they would on your computer? There is no magic involved here. Just Winulator.  The Winulator doesn’t work like an emulator. It just converts ..............
Assassin's Creed Movie Gets a Screenwriter
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • ASSASSIN'S CREED RELATED
The Assassin's Creed movie got its star months ago, and now it has someone to write the damn thing. His name is Michael Lesslie and unfortunately he hasn't done any big-name movies. He is mostly known for writing the scripts for the short films Heavy Metal Drummer and Skirt, along with some ..............
Original Devil May Cry Creator Sticks Up For the New DmC
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • DMC 5
Game developer Hideki Kamiya of Platinum Games and recent Bayonetta fame will field just about any question on Twitter, whether he's well-versed on a topic or not. Something he knows a ton about? Devil May Cry games. Kamiya was the director on the original Devil May Cry back in 2001 and a very..............
The Video Games That Showed Up When I Least Expected Them
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
A controller gets put down. A disc gets shelved next to dozens of others just like it. But, sometimes, the game lingers. It creeps into your sleep and live on in the backs of your eyelids, demanding ever more from you.   Here's an example: the one night that the crazy nocturnal zombi..............
Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition seeking Australian classification
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Warner Bros. will submit Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition for classification in Australia. GameSpot reports the fighter will seek a rating under the country's new R18+ classification for games. Mortal Kombat was refused classification in the region when it launched two years ago and also lost a ..............
FIFA 13 still top of the league in UK charts
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
FIFA 13 held the cup this week to keep its second spell at the top of the UK charts alive. After Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's domination over the holidays, the venerable soccer franchise's return to No. 1 is very much business as usual.An unchanged top five represents a post-Christmas lull for ret..............
2013 DICE Award nominations led by Journey, Walking Dead, Far Cry 3
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
The nominations have been announced for the 16th annual DICE Awards, and Journey leads the pack with nods in 11 categories including outstanding achievement in music composition, outstanding achievement in game direction and overall game of the year. The Walking Dead, Far Cry 3 and Halo 4 hav..............
Black Ops II Nuketown Zombies hits PS3, PC this week
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
The Nuketown Zombies map for Call of Duty: Black Ops II will launch for PC and PlayStation 3 Season Pass holders January 17, according to a tweet from the official Call of Duty account.  The map launched for Xbox 360 in December for $50 Season Pass owners. It will be made availa..............
CD Projekt RED’s Witcher 2 Follow-Up Revealed: Cyberpunk 2077
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Today, PC game developer CD Projekt RED announced that for the time being, their popular Witcher franchise is being given a short hiatus while they delve into the Cyberpunk future with a new title called Cyberpunk 2077.  With that being said, it should be noted that Cyberpunk 2077 is..............
Why Gearbox Said No to Call of Duty
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Could you imagine Call of Duty with a different developer?  It could have happened, but the team at Gearbox Software declined. Now, before we get into the details behind Gearbox Software’s lack of interest in developing Call of Duty, it should be noted that there was no “official pro..............
Achievements suggest 'Resident Evil: Revelations Unveiled Edition' for 360
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Back in November, Korean ratings board GRB posted listings for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Resident Evil: Revelations; a port that Capcom has yet to officially announce in any capacity. Now, purported achievements for the 360 version have surfaced, listing the game's full title as Res..............
Assassin's Creed 'Warrior Concerto' music video features wubs, guts
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • ASSASSIN'S CREED RELATED
This fan-made Assassin's Creed video has it all, baby. You want some dubstep? Check. You want some cool dudes jumpin' off of stuff? Double check. You want a complicated, super long epic of deceit and mystery? Oh, well then how about some guys getting stabbed a whole bunch? That's what I tho..............
New Patent Shows Off Redesigned PlayStation Move
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
A recently-filed patent has revealed Sony’s plans for a potential redesign of the PlayStation Move controller. In a patent application filed on January 3rd, Sony shows off a slightly redesigned controller with a bigger ball and new handle. The controller appears to have swappable buttons i..............
Sony Patents Redesigned Move Controller
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
A new patent from Sony suggests the company is working on a redesigned, customizable Move controller. Published just last week, the patent reveals images of the more ergonomic Move controller seen above. Another image suggests that the controller would feature interchangeable faceplat..............
This Is What Far Cry 3’s Vaas Was Originally Going To Look Like
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • FARCRY 3
  The Vaas above? He didn't always exist.   Months ago, we learned that Far Cry 3's Vaas wasn't originally in the game. Vaas, with his memorable 'did I ever tell you the definition of insanity' came as an inspiration from the actor Michael Mando. When Mando came in for an audition..............
A Gearbox-Developed Call of Duty Could Have Happened. Imagine That.
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Am I the only one that's a tad bewildered by the idea? Apparently, Gearbox—the developers behind Borderlands 2—had the opportunity to make a Call of Duty game according to a translated Krawall interview. Nothing official, but they were in a position to consider it. Obviously, they didn't go for ..............
Altaïr, Guest-Starring In This Week’s Episode Of The Simpsons (Well, Not Really)
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Simpsons fan artist extraordinaire Dean Fraser imagines Assassin's Creed Altair as a guest star on the animated series. Luckily, the chances of him having to swim during such an appearance would be slim. Assassin's Creed [Springfield Punx]
Far Cry 3 free PS3-exclusive 'High Tides' DLC lands January 15
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • FARCRY 3
Free 'High Tides' co-op content for Far Cry 3 is washing up on PlayStation Network shores on Tuesday, January 15. The PS3-exclusive DLC includes two chapters, Jailbreak and Redemption, that tell the epilogue of the game's co-op campaign.Multiplayer-focused developer Massive Entertainment says H..............
Next Halo will be 'much better'
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Halo 4, the first numbered entry in the series developed outside of Bungie Studios, won praise across the board and generated $220 million in day-one revenue. Despite this success, developer 343 Industries said that it suffered a handful of setbacks with the game, promising future entries ..............
Microsoft Studios' future lies in the 'connected audience'
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Microsoft Studios will be increasingly looking to transition its major gaming titles across multiple platforms for the "connected audience", according to Microsoft corporate vice president Phil Harrison.   Speaking today at a London press briefing, Harrison said that the future ..............
Crysis 3 '7 Wonders' third episode explores the law of cause and effect
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • CRYSIS 3
The third episode of 'The 7 Wonders of Crysis 3,' as directed by Albert Hughes of Menace II Society, first shows you an innocuous-seeming effect, and then neatly winds back to a rather brutal cause.
Assassin's Creed III 'Battle Hardened' DLC out now
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Assassin's Creed 3 is toughing it out with new multiplayer DLC today in the form of the Battle Hardened pack. The DLC, now available on Xbox Live Marketplace for 800 MSP, and free for Season Pass holders, is also making its way to PlayStation Network and PC, although Ubisoft has yet to specify..............
Black Ops 2 'Revolution' hits Xbox Jan. 29 with new weapon, mode, maps
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Update: Activision has released an official trailer for the DLC pack, confirming much of the information originally posted below, such as its release date on the Xbox 360 and what each new map is like. Furthermore, the above trailer also reveals "Turned," a new zombie mode wherein players..............
Sony And Microsoft Should Be Worried About The Steam Box. Very Worried.
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
The future of home gaming. The next generation. For years now, the anticipation and excitement over what's to come has been dominated by speculation over what would come next from Microsoft and Sony.   In one day, Valve has changed all of that.It's been hard to get excited about P..............
This Halo 4 trick jumping video is everywhere at once
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Most think of Halo 4 purely as a shooter, but this "trick jumping" video might turn your world upside down. The video comes from Jumprs.org forums user ReiKo, who recently recorded a number of baffling ways to traverse the game's environments and land on previously-unreachable spots."I just..............
Rest In Peace, PlayStation 2 (2000-2012)
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Having stopped shipping in Japan last year, The Guardian has confirmed with Sony that PlayStation 2 production has now ceased worldwide.   Let that sink in for a second. There are no more PlayStation 2 consoles being made. Anywhere. Once the new consoles already on shelves are gone, ..............
StarCraft’s Kerrigan Is The Queen Of Blades Cosplay
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
The standout piece of cosplay this week is the StarCraft Ghost photo you see above, by Jessica Dru. If you think it looks just like Kerrigan does on StarCraft II, that's because Jessica actually got her hands on the official Kerrigan costume Blizzard used to promote the game.   Some ..............
Black Ops 2 tops UK sales charts for 2012
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
In the battle of soccer versus guns, guns win. At least, that's the case in the UK, where Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 managed to claim the title of best-selling game of 2012, according to Chart-Track. FIFA 13, the latest edition of the reliable sales powerhouse, managed to clock in at number 2..............
DmC: Devil May Cry Forecloses on the Demons
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • DMC 5
As you may have guesses from previous trailers, the Dante in DmC: Devil May Cry is all about sticking it to The Man. In this case, though, The Man is really The Demon and so things get a little interesting. There's a new trailer out that some are saying isn't all that new in that it ap..............
GTA V Cover Art Coming Later This Month
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
There’s more downloadable artwork for you Grand Theft Auto V fans to scoop up, and the upcoming title’s cover art is coming soon as well. Rockstar Games has just announced the availability of various pieces of Grand Theft Auto V artwork through its site.  If you have been keeping..............
FIFA 13 is AbleGamers' 'Accessible Mainstream Game of the Year'
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
The AbleGamers Foundation continues to spearhead the charge for greater accessibility in modern game design, and just as it did last year, the organization has taken it upon itself to determine which mainstream game released in 2012 offered the most helpful features for gamers with physical ..............
Maybe What Far Cry 3’s Story Needs Is Something Crazy Like Mass Effect’s Indoctrination Theory
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • FARCRY 3
Oh, how we try to fix Far Cry 3. Despite noble intentions, everything about the actual story and writing is terrible and shallow. Kirk had an idea about how to fix it: make it so that Jason Brody turns out to be Vaas! But maybe that idea ain't crazy enough. We need even more insanity. Think..............
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 flips out on March 5
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3, the next entry in CyberConnect2's lauded fighting game series, has been pegged for a March 5 launch in North America; March 8 for ninjas across the pond in Europe. Both regions will include a special in-game Goku outfit for protagonist Naruto an..............
Get a First Glimpse of Gameplay in That The Walking Dead FPS
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
News of an Activision-published Walking Dead FPS first shambled out over the summer, but all we've had so far is a few screenshots and art pieces to set the mood.  This trailer give a first look at the gameplay in The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, which is being developed by ..............
Rumor: Black Ops 2 'Revolution' coming January 29, bringing zombies along
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
An image promoting map pack DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 recently popped up on Reddit, called "Revolution." The images show what seem to be five locations for the add-on content: Mirage, Downhill, Hydro, Grind, and Die Rise. Die Rise also sports a picture of a zombie-like soldier. Oth..............
EA Sports Server Shutdown Next Week Means NBA Live is Finished
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
NBA Live 10 is one of six EA Sports titles that will lose online support on Jan. 11., according to a notice from Electronic Arts. While retiring online features for sports titles more than a year old is not uncommon for any sports publisher, killing multiplayer support for NBA Live 10, whic..............
Grand Theft Auto IV Now Looks Even More “Next Gen”
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Thanks to a dedicated community, the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV has been continually polished and upgraded since its release all those years ago. To the point where, now, it looks like something from the future. The iCEnhancer series of mods, which we've featured before, are being..............
Want To Make Far Cry 3 More Realistic? Check Out This Mod.
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • FARCRY 3
Sometimes what you need is a little realism in your power fantasy. If you feel that Far Cry 3 is missing some crucial realistic bits, maybe this mod is for you. Here is the "extremely in-depth Realism Mod" by Ubisoft forum user Panzerjager1943. According to the creator, this mod includes: ..............
Grand Theft Auto V’s Trailer Gets Remade With Some More Familiar
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
You've seen Grand Theft Auto V's real trailer, starring Grand Theft Auto V's real characters. Now see Grand Theft Auto V's trailer starring Grand Theft Auto IV's characters. And yes, there's a point. The point being, comedy.
Tomb Raider gets multiplayer
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Crystal Dynamics confirms upcoming Lara Croft reboot will feature a head-to-head mode. Next year's Tomb Raider reboot will not be a single-player-only affair. Crystal Dynamics global brand director Karl Stewart recently revealed via Twitter that the game will in fact ship with a multiplayer..............
A Very Cinematic, Very Deadly Race In Battlefield 3
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
This video might feel familiar. And it might be because you saw one like it here on Kotaku a while back.   Well YouTube creator Kutkop345 is back with another episode of Death Race and it makes the game look just as stunning as the first video did. Take a look.
SimCity and the art of amassing wealth
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Cities don't just start out as metropolises, full to the brim with wealthy shoppers who live in penthouse suites. No, a city must work hard to become a bustling shopping mecha and beacon of wealth – and in SimCity, it's all about having a city full of Wealthy Sims.Attracting Wealthy Sims to y..............
Diablo 3 'Team Deathmatch' goes back to the drawing board, 'dueling' coming in the new year
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Diablo 3's Team Deathmatch mode has been a long-promised addition for players of the loot-hunting dungeon crawler since it first launched seven months ago. Though the mode is up and running at Blizzard, a blog post from Blizzard's Jay Wilson says the Player vs. Player-focused mode "isn't ye..............
Vergil and Dante cut down evil in new DmC trailers
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • DMC 5
A pair of new Japanese trailers for DmC: Devil May Cry show off a bit of both its half-demon brothers, Dante and Vergil. We're not picking favorites, but Dante's video may just be a tad more stylish (death metal notwithstanding).  
Five new screenshots of GTA V
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Rockstar Games' latest tease of their fifth outing in the Grand Theft Auto franchise is a big one, with five new screenshots unveiled just in time for Christmas. The screenshots cover a multitude of different scenes in the game, from a guy in his car with his dog, to a stylish shot o..............
Everyone In Far Cry 3 Looks Absolutely Crazy Everyone !
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • FARCRY 3
The images you're about to see are the work of Bruno Gauthier Leblanc, an Ubisoft artist who we've previously featured for his contributions on Splinter Cell: Conviction. Today, though, we're looking at things a little more tropical in nature. Namely, his work on Far Cry 3. ..............
Villagers Accidentally Beat Up Mobile Gamer
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Lots of people play mobile games in China. The mobile game market has exploded in the last two years into a multimillion dollar industry. According to iResearch, in 2012, mobile games raked in a profit of $197 million in China, so it's almost baffling to hear something like a young man pla..............
Even this Dark Souls 2 concept art is difficult
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Fans of From Software's Demon's Souls and Dark Souls games sure like a challenge. While Dark Souls 2 will be "more understandable," we're expecting that it will retain the difficulty curve set by the previous games. Since we really don't know what to make of the recent pieces of conce..............
Just Think of What We Would Have Missed Out On if the World Had Ended Yesterday
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Waking up this morning is going to be extra awkward for some people.   It seems the apocalypse is late; that, or it's just not showing up. It was supposed to arrive yesterday, you see, and more than a few people were eagerly anticipating it, for whatever reason. So when they stretch, y..............
Assassin's Creed 3 Gold Edition and Liberation flash sale on PSN this weekend
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
PlayStation Network is hosting a flash sale for Assassin's Creed 3 and Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation this weekend. The sale discounts the games by 35%, and also includes a bundle for both games at 50% off.This weekend, Assassin's Creed 3 can be bought for $38.99, with the Gold Edition on sale ..............
Gorgeous Games of 2012: Need for Speed: Most Wanted
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
It's not easy to idle like this in Need for Speed: Most Wanted the excellent open-world racing game from EA's Criterion Games.   Even at high speeds—well, especially at high speeds—this game was great to look at. That earns Most Wanted a Cinemagraph (a subtly-animating-animated-GIF, if y..............
What The Hell Is Going On With Warhammer: 40,000: Dark Millenium?
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
It's a strange thing, the video game industry. The people who publish big games will sometimes cancel, move, or overhaul them entirely. Nothing wrong with any of that, but one big problem is that along the way, some of those publishers will clam up. They'll refuse to give straight answers o..............
Battlefield 3 Will End Not With a Whimper But With A Dirt Bike
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
András Neltz    A YouTube user has uploaded the first teaser for Battlefield 3's newest expansion, End Game. Among other things, the trailer features players chasing each other on dirt bikes, dodging helicopter fire with a dirt b..............
Second episode of '7 Wonders of Crysis 3' is on the hunt for a backstory
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • CRYSIS 3
In this second episode of the Albert Hughes/EA video series, 7 Wonders of Crysis 3, we learn how Cell managed to take over the world.   Albert Hughes, EA producing Crysis 3...
PSA: Need for Speed: Most Wanted DLC reaches Ultimate Speed today
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Criterion's latest racer, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, presents its first premium DLC pack today. The Ultimate Speed pack has five new rides up for grabs – the Pagani Zonda R, McLaren F1LM, Lamborghini Aventador J and Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse – with 25 subsequent challenges fo..............
Forza Horizon 'Rally' DLC rolls out these five cars tomorrow
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Forza Horizon's Rally DLC hits the asphalt tomorrow on Xbox 360 for 1,600 MS Points, or at no cost for those who have the Forza Horizon Season Pass. To insure you're getting your money's worth, check out the following five cars that are included in the Rally DLC pack: a blue and yellow 20..............
Halo 4 Problem Banned “Less Than 200” Players, Microsoft Says
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
When users began pouring into Halo's official online forums complaining that a new map pack had been inadvertently banning them from matchmaking multiplayer, it seemed to be a widespread problem. Well, according to Microsoft, it was about as widespread as those people who had gone to post o..............
Earth Defense Force 2025 Coming Next Year
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
If you’ve enjoyed the sci-fi shooter series Earth Defense Force in the past, there’s some good news – a new addition to the series is coming out next year, and it plans on being crazier than ever. Sandlot, developer of Earth Defense Force 2017, has announced that it’s working on a new 20..............
This is Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance's North American box art
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
    We know how much you kids these days like the Metal Gears, what with the Raidens and the nanomachines and all that, so we figured you'd appreciate an early look at Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance's North American box art.The full monty is tucked away in that gallery below (make..............
Rumor: Star Wars Battlefront Online concept art leaked out
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Slant Six, developer of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, was rumored to be working on Star Wars: Battlefront Online before being hit with layoffs in April 2010 (not to be confused with the studio's layoffs from June of this year). The rumored project was canceled, and leaked concept art pi..............
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 hosting double XP this weekend, League Play now live
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Just in case you aren't already earning double XP in Max Payne 3 or Red Orchestra 2 this weekend, here's one more option for you to get twice as many progression points. Treyarch and Activision are hosting a double XP weekend in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, starting right now through Monday Decembe..............
San Andreas (2004) vs San Andreas (2013), a Visual Comparison
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Using official screenshots and stills from the game's trailers, a Polish fan site has done a cracking job comparing the San Andreas of 2004 to the one we'll be getting our hands on in 2013's Grand Theft Auto V. As you can see there are... more trees. And shinier cars. But one thing I..............
Dead or Alive 5 Plus punches in March 19, 2013 in US
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
The PS Vita is getting its Plus port of Dead or Alive 5 on March 19, 2013. Team Ninja confirmed earlier this week that the fighter is due in Europe and Australia on March 22, but the developer revealed the US release date via the game's newly launched website. Dead or Alive 5 Plus is bringing fe..............
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus hits US Feb. 26, Europe Mar. 1
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus is slashing its way onto PlayStation Vitas on February 26, 2013 in the US. It will then scurry into the night before suddenly emerging in Europe on March 1, except in France, where it arrives on February 28. The dates were revealed on the game's newly launched websit..............
Rayman Jungle Run grabs App Store GOTY award
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Accomplished auto-run platformer Rayman Jungle Run is the App Store Game of the Year 2012. Ubisoft's iOS evolution of Rayman Origins, which received 10 free bonus levels earlier this month, pipped word game Letterpress to the award.On the iPad-specific front, Fireproof's 3D puzzler The Room cam..............
Hitman Trilogy HD Lands in January
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Call it a rumor no more: Three classic Hitman games have been re-mastered and are prepped for re-release on January 29. Even though Square Enix has still yet to confirm the title’s existence, online retailers are taking pre-orders and offering official release dates with what looks like offi..............
Albert Hughes, EA producing Crysis 3 web series '7 Wonders of Crysis'
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • CRYSIS 3
Acclaimed director Albert Hughes (Menace II Society) is producing a web series centered around Crysis 3 called 7 Wonders of Crysis – and the first episode isn't even about a young kid in a nanosuit overcoming his environment to go on and do great things. It's mostly about dudes getting sho..............
Assassin's Creed III sales passed 7 million
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
  Assassin's Creed III has sold 7 million units since launch, becoming Ubisoft's fastest-selling game in history, the company announced today. The stealth-action game launched October 30 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and sold 3.5 million units during its first week.  ..............
Diablo III a top Google search in 2012
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
  Google today published its annual Zeitgeist 2012 results, revealing Diablo III landed at the number five position for trending searches during the year. Blizzard Entertainment's role-playing game was topped only by iPad 3, Hurricane Sandy, Gangnam Style, and Whitney Houston. Diablo II..............
Report: Next Mass Effect Game Not Due Until 2014-2015
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Hope you weren't expecting to jump right back into the Mass Effect universe, fans, because according to an interview with Gamer Syndrome, the next big entry in the series won't be out until "late 2014 to mid-2015".   Why so long? Well, according to the unnamed BioWare employee "I hone..............
The Smartest and Dumbest Things Microsoft Did in 2012
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
As the year winds to a close, it's becoming possible to get some perspective on just what happened in gaming this year. If promises were kept, expectations met, games loved, or trends followed. What exactly were the major companies up to in 2012? One company managed to stay busy while ..............
Amazon deals, Assassin's Creed for $33
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Amazon is hosting another games-only Gold Box event, discounting one game all day and several for two-hour windows. The Deal of the Day is Assassin's Creed 3 for $33 on PS3 or Xbox 360, bundled with $3 credits for Amazon Instant Video, Digital Games, and Gaming Trade-In Credit.Lightning Deals ..............
Gears of War: Judgment Shows Us How the Fighting Started
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
The key takeaway to this prequel to Epic Games' sci-fi shooter series is the idea that the humans of Sera thought they could win a fight against the Locust. You've got Delta Squad's Baird and Cole front and center as the Slugs start to break through the surface. Giant subterranean lifeforms..............
Dark Souls 2 screens are a little shy
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Okay, so maybe we wanted to believe that there are adult Shy Guys in Dark Souls 2. At least, that's what we thought when viewing the announcement trailer during the 2012 VGAs a few nights ago. That's our mistake, but when you look at these screens from said trailer, can you really blame us?No..............
A never seen assassin creed 3 'glitch'
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
I came across this amazing glitch 'a guard who never dies'. Tried almost everything on him  but couldn't kill him. Watch the video for more.   I was on a mission to capture a fort, kill some fort captains, and free some captives. I managed to enter the fort started a big f..............
Crysis 3 sneaks to North America Feb. 19, Europe Feb. 22
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • CRYSIS 3
Last night, EA hosted a preview event focusing on its early 2013 lineup, including Crysis 3. There, Crytek founder Cevat Yerli announced Crysis 3 will launch on February 19 in North America and February 22 in Europe.Last month, EA revealed the pre-order bonuses for Crysis 3, which include multi..............
Far Cry 3 Performance Test: Graphics & CPU (PAGE 2)
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • FARCRY 3
Ultra Quality Preset Running Far Cry 3 at 1680x1050 with the highest possible in-game quality settings activated alongside 4xMSAA, the GTX 680 managed only 59fps while the HD 7970 GHz Edition offered just 54fps and the standard HD 7970 averaged 52fps. The HD 7950 Boost came out 2fps ahead of th..............
Far Cry 3 Performance Test: Graphics & CPU (PAGE 3)
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • FARCRY 3
CPU Performance When equipped with the HD 7970 GHz Edition, raising the Core i7-3770K's clock rate 80% from 2.5GHz to 4.5GHz only produced a 10fps (15%) performance increase, suggesting that Core i7 and likely Core i5 owners needn't worry about overclocking to get the most out of their graphics..............
Far Cry 3 Performance Test: Graphics & CPU (PAGE 4)
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • FARCRY 3
Final Thoughts Both AMD and Nvidia have been working hard to show their graphics cards in the best possible light when playing Far Cry 3, with both camps releasing many performance-related driver updates in recent weeks. Naturally, we used the most recent versions -- Catalyst 12.11 Beta 11 and Ge..............
Far Cry 3 Performance Test: Graphics & CPU (PAGE 1)
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • FARCRY 3
Designed exclusively for PC, the original Far Cry sold 730,000 copies in the first four months following its March 2004 release and was hailed as one of the best shooters, combining an adventurous plot that followed ex-Army operative Jack Carver's heroic exploits on a mysterious Micronesian arch..............
Black Tusk Studios, building 'the next Halo'
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Microsoft Studios Vancouver has been re-branded as Black Tusk Studios, and the team is tasked with creating Microsoft's "next big entertainment franchise," or as the layman says it, "the next Halo."Black Tusk has 55 employees and looks to double that number within a year; those already the..............
Far Cry 3 Co-Op Campaign and Map Editor Trailers
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • FARCRY 3
Farcry 3 has been getting great reviews so far, and looks like it could be a really fun game. The map editor and co-op both open up a whole new way to play Farcry and i personally can’t wait to check this game out. Quadruple the insanity in the whole new co-op campaign in Far Cry 3. With lo..............
The games of 2013
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Gaming has endured quite a number of ups and downs throughout the years, with the downs often crashing rather abruptly.Remember when Guitar Hero was the hottest thing since sliced bread? Seemed like yesterday, and it indeed wasn’t that many years ago. Now the music game is considered dead and ..............
Dead Island: Riptide launches April 23 in North America, April 26 worldwide
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Dead Island: Riptide will launch on April 23, 2013 in North America, with a worldwide release to follow on April 26. Publisher Deep Silver has also announced pre-order bonuses for the soggy zombie sequel, namely an "exclusive pack of weapon mods." A special edition will also be available – specif..............
Need for Speed: Most Wanted puts the 'car' in carnage
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
There's not an iota of Tonto in this non-live-action launch trailer for Need for Speed: Most Wanted, but we'll forgive that oversight just this once. But we'll never forget.  
Zynga’s Bringing Farmville to Online Gambling
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Shortly after firing about 150 people, Zynga has even better news for investors. It's getting into a sure-thing moneymaker, online gambling. Gamasutra said on Thursday that Zynga saw a decent bump in its stock price after revealing plans long hinted at. They're getting into a partnership with..............
Brutal Zynga Update: 13 Games ‘Sunsetting’. More Studio Shutdowns. 5% Workforce Reduction
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Following a day of bad news for the embattled maker of FarmVille and CityVille. Zynga chief Mark Pincus just sent this note to his company:     INTERNAL NOTE FROM ZYNGA CEO AND FOUNDER, MARK PINCUSTeam,Earlier today we initiated a number of changes to streamline our operations, focus..............
Hitman: Absolution cinematic trailer is pretty much shooting everyone
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
This cinematic trailer for Hitman: Absolution teases the game's story while flashing guns around. It makes us wonder: Can't they just talk it out? Talkman Hitman: Absolution is set to launch November 20 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.  
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 arriving Nov. 13 ?
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Source: A supposed Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 box art photo posted to the unofficial Modern Warfare 3 Twitter account. What we heard: Gamers will have a new Call of Duty game to play this year. That's a certainty. New evidence today suggests that game will be Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, and will a..............
$150 BioShock Infinite 'Songbird' edition revealed
By Shinu Francis • 12/1/1901 • GAME NEWS
Irrational Games today announced a $150 Ultimate Songbird Edition for BioShock Infinite. The bundle's premier item is a 9.5-inch statue (below right) of the game's Songbird creature, which has been designed by System Shock, BioShock, Thief, and Freedom Force concept artist Robb Waters. ..............

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