If you’ve been keeping up with the Hope News Times – an in-game newspaper for Hope, South Dakota for IO Interactive and Square Enix studio upcoming Hitman: Absolution. Then you’ll know that reports have come in about a ‘shock’ death of one of its citizens. The victim may or may not of been...

Awesomenauts Publisher: dtp entertainment AG, Microsoft Developer: Ronimo Games Platforms: Xbox 360 (Reviewed), PlayStation 3  Release Date: 02/05/2012 Price: 800 Microsoft Points Overview: As online gaming becomes more efficient and user friendly on video game consoles and handhelds, more developers are...

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Alpha is the prequel film to Ghost Recon Future Soldier. Today, the trailer detailing the relationship between Ghost Recon Alpha and Ghost Recon Future Soldier was released. This 25 minute film follows the Ghosts as they are dropped behind enemy lines to assassinate a war...

The Pipper has returned for the May update of Xbox Live News with Pipper! This time I am wearing a similar outfit that I had on at my bachelor party this previous weekend. As my avatar is making a funky pose, I am sure I was doing the same. One addition that I wish I could add to my avatar would be a...

Ubisoft has released a new trailer for Ghost Recon Online. The trailer demos the Specialist class. The Specialist is the master of technology, harnessing some incredible gadgets to support his team while carrying the light machine gun or the shotgun into battle to keep enemies heads down or punish them for...

Welcome back for this week’s iOS Game Suggestions. If you missed or are new to the suggestions, click on the link below and check what cool games you should be picking up for your iOS along with the introduction and disclaimer on how the suggestions work. (suggestions 1 has the...

Lock ‘n’ Load Developer: GameLab Publisher: Chillingo Platforms: iPad (Reviewed), iPhone, iPod Touch Release Date: April 19th 2012 Price: $0.99 Get it Here  Overview Hail to the king baby! Chillingo and GameLab brings us a new twin stick shooter that takes some serious inspiration from Duke Nukem and...

The eXceed Collection Publisher: Nyu Media Developer: FLAT / Tennen-Sozei Platforms: PC Release Date: March 29th, 2012 Price: $9.99 (Buy Here) – (Soundtracks) Overview The eXceed Collection is a small collection of 3rd-person birdseye view bullet-hell shooters developed by eXceed. In these games, of...

The 1911 semi-automatic pistol has been one of the deadliest and longest serving weapons in Max Payne’s arsenal. Making a welcome return in Max Payne 3, this hard-hitting, reliable handgun – a staple since Max’s NYPD days – features machine-gun like firing rates plus the ability to...

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier’s closed beta has revealed a strong contender for 2012’s game of the year. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is a third person tactical shooter that emphasizes teamwork and smart tactical decisions. The game boasts a highly customizable firearms system that is a gun nuts dream,...

Before everyone gets up in arms about the fact that they may have to stand up off the couch and change discs, lets settle down and acknowledge that this is a good thing. Rockstar Games has revealed on their Twitter that the game will be arriving on two discs for the Xbox 360 with the following...

Online Warmongers Group Inc. has released their game War Inc. Battle Zone out of beta and it is available free to play.  War Inc. is more than just a shooter game, it’s a shooter game that has been designed to work for both first person shooting and third person shooting, so fans of both genres can...

Max Payne Mobile Developer: Remedy, 3D Realms Publisher: Rockstar Games Platforms: iPhone (reviewed), iTouch, iPad Release Date: April 12, 2012 Price: $2.99 – Available Here Overview Revivals of old school games through apps are nothing new to the mobile gaming world, so the release of a Max Payne...

The devastation that was brought upon Dubai destroyed the city’s integrity, and its survivors began to lose their minds. Even as the U.S. sent in military reinforcements for search and rescue, they too were faced with the trials that plagued Dubai. As the sandstorm raged on alliances were forged out...

Rockstar has today released the PC specification of its upcoming third person shooter Max Payne 3, along with three brand new screenshots from the PC version of Max Payne 3. And well yes the game looks pretty damn impressive. Hardcore PC owners will be glad to know that Max Payne 3 on PC supports...

Keen to have a sneak peek at Ghost Recon: Future Soldier? Well, if you’re a Sydneysider then you’re in luck! Awesome gaming event, Insert Coin(s) is having a Ghost Recon: Future Soldier launch party on May 17, a week ahead of the release date. The game will be playable across multiple screens, so there...

The first phase of the Brick-Force Open Beta, a special VIP Open Beta, is set to begin on April 26. Over 500,000 registered players will be allowed to send out invites to their friends for guaranteed access to the sandbox shooter. To ensure a smooth start to the Beta, Infernum Productions are granting these...

Upcoming sniping intensive first person shooter by City Interactive, titled Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 has been given a release date of 21 August 2012. The game is set to launch for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC plaforms. Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 will be powered by the CryENGINE3 and as such will feature...

Anuman Interactive has released more information for The Bluecoats game they will be releasing for PC, Mac, iPad, and iPhone on May 10th.  Most important was that the name has changed from The Bluecoats – North and South to The Bluecoats – North vs. South, so they have released the new logo...

A new James Bond game is coming to the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 this fall. Instead of being based on the latest movie, 007 Legends will focus on six movies of the series, as 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the James Bond movie franchise. Only one movie has been revealed to be in the game and that is...

Indie Royale is kicking off Spring with their Spring Bundle. Indie Royale bundlees are a pay what you want with a moving minimum price. The more you pay for your bundle, the lower minimum price drops, pay the minimum and it will go up for everyone else. All games are available through Desura, while a few...

Cave has revealed what the name of their next Dodonpachi game will be. Titled Dodonpachi Saidaioujou, the game will be released to Japanese arcades on April 20th with a possible console release later on. It is worth noting that Cave recently self-released Deathsmiles 2X onto Games on Demand for the Xbox...

The free-to-play arcade cartoon shooter Battlefield Heroes, developed by Easy Studios and published by Electronic Arts, will receive new content surrounding the theme of outer space on Wednesday April 18. Leading the new content is a new map known as ‘Lunar Landing.’ Using low gravity to...

Developers seem to be enjoying sounding off on Twitter profiles as of late, with the most recent being Beamdog’s Trent Oster. For those unfamiliar with Beamdog, they recently distributed MDK2 digitally through the service, which was apparently not too successful on Beamdog’s part. As a result,...

Halo 4′s announcement at E3 last year was no surprise. Also unsurprising is the release date of November 6, 2012, alongside the yearly iterations of the Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed franchises. This year’s crazy pre-Christmas period will be especially crazy, methinks. Anyway, Rooster...

Reef Entertainment announced today that they’re bringing a new game to the European Nintendo 3DS eShop this Summer.  Alien Chaos 3D is not your normal shooter game, featuring weapons from a Peashooter to an Explosive Flaming Chainsaw Shotgun.  The game stars Really Shooter, a part-time commando,...