Dragon Age: Origins was a game a long time in the making, with five years between its initial announcement in 2004 and eventual release in 2009. Billed as a spiritual successor to the seminal RPG series Baldur’s Gate, it was a big hit for Bioware and EA, successfully marrying old school fantasy adventuring with the blood, sex and brutal combat expected of a modern day release. Dragon Age II, on Read More ...
Next up, shortly after the official announcement of the game, Bethesda has given us the first teaser trailer for the upcoming sequel, Prey 2. The trailer unfortunately doesn’t reveal any gameplay and is a new twist in film making. It presents itself as a live action trailer shot in “found footage” style. While, there isn’t any gameplay the trailer definitely has my keen eye interested and we should definitely be Read More ...
We’ve got a few new trailers for you coming up today. The first being a new Battlefield 3 trailer coming from EA and DICE. This new trailer focuses on a sniper compromising your position on top of a skyscraper in the city. You and your team move into cover to draw him out and take him out. Battlefield 3 will release on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC this Fall.
Bethesda has today announced that Prey 2 is coming to the 360, PS3 and PC. The game will be released in 2012, and is currently in development over at Human Head Studios. They’re the same team that created Prey, and this time round they’re using the id tech engine. “We are thrilled to be working with Bethesda on Prey 2,” said project lead Chris Rhinehart. “Prey 2 will provide gamers Read More ...
Looking at what made the original Portal completely effective and memorable, Valve is going to keep that strategy going. They have signed on to work with Forlorn Band, ‘The National’, to create a new original song for the upcoming sequel, Portal 2. Valve, creator of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Portal, Left 4 Dead, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced an original song Read More ...
Batman: Arkham City will hit store shelves in North America October 18th. Australia on October 19th, along with Europe and all other territories on October 21st for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC.
It’s not even been a year since the Kinect has been launched and already the unit has reached 10 million shipped worldwide to date. In a nod to this announcement as well, the Guinness World Records has named the Kinect sensor the fastest selling consumer electronics device. The unit apparently sold around over 133,000 per day which made that number go to 8 million units in its first 60 days Read More ...
A new title coming out of the world of Lord of the Rings will be hitting store shelves soon. The new action-rpg runs parallel to the LOTR storyline and introduces new characters as well. Warner Bros is heavily touting this game as the bloodiest Lord of the Rings title yet. We shall see as the game will hit stores later this year for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3
The Playstation Network will be down for maintenance today for 11 hours. During this time you won’t be able to access the PSN store or sign in online and the bane of our fun, play multiplayer games online. Here are the start times for maintence. 8AM Pacific 11AM Eastern 4PM Albion Source and Joystiq
Just yesterday, Nintendo released to North American shores the 5th generation Pokemon titles for the Nintendo DS, Pokemon Black and White. There is an entire new set of more then a 150 Pokemon to catch this time around. Along with new features like changing seasons which only certain Pokemon will appear. The games features also include Triple Team Battles and Rotation Battles. Those with a broadband internet connection will be Read More ...
Apple boss Steve Jobs has finally officially announced the iPad 2 at a press conference in San Francisco. The tablet will be released on 11th March in the US and 25th March in 26 more countries. It will cost the same as the current iPads ($499 for Wi-Fi for the 16GB option going upwards to ones with bigger storage and 3G). The iPad 2 is 33% thinner at 8.8mm thick Read More ...
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has revealed that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time will be released in June for the 3DS. He didn’t confirm whether that was a worldwide date or just for North America during his Game Developers Conference keynote. “Last year marked the 25th anniversary of Super Mario, this year it’s the 25th of Legend of Zelda,” said Iwata.
Nintendo has just released this rather exciting GDC 2011 trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. It’s looking pretty exciting, but as they say: the proof will be in the pudding.
Nintendo head honcho Iwata-San today announced a brand new 3D Mario game. It will be released on the Nintendo 3DS, and is currently in development at the same team that developed Super Mario Galaxy (plus its sequel). The world will be in full 3D and apparently tails will be a big part of the game. The Tanooki suit has been confirmed to return too.
