Q-Games series of Pixel Junk games have been praised by gamers and critics alike. One of their new games, PixelJunk Sidescroller, was shown off at Gamescom with a trailer and some brand new screenshots. In the trailer below, it appears that this game will feature a mix of old style shoot ‘em 2D...

Seems like video game developers really like celebrating their successes with cake. Just a few weeks ago Atlus made a Catherine cake for selling the most units ever in their history. Destructoid has some pictures showing the Epic Games’ crew cutting some Gears of War cake to celebrate the fact that...

Konami’s Neverdead is a title that has quite a unique perspective on action gameplay. With a character that literally is immortal, Bryce has plenty of things that he can do that no other gaming hero could even dream of. In the latest trailer released for Gamescom, we see a walkthrough video that is...

While the most common vehicle you will think of when you hear the words Star Fox is the Arwing. The Arwing is the signature vehicle of the Star Fox series and is the vehicle you will be using for about 90% of Star Fox 64 3D. But did you know that there is also the Landmaster tank and the Blue Marine...

A few weeks ago, Bethesda said if the official RAGE facebook page got 100,000 ‘likes’, Rage/Rage HD would be available for FREE on iTunes. Well now, the page has gotten more than they’ve bargained for, as they have reached a total of 101,277 ‘likes’ at the time of writing...

Activision brought quite a few titles to show off at Gamescom, but the one that caught my attention was Goldeneye: Reloaded, which is set to launch for the Xbox 360 and PS3 this fall. As many of you know, this release is to be a lot like the Wii version, but with “refined” graphics and a few...

Mass Effect fans, it is time for the second round of voting for the female version of Commander Shepard featured in Mass Effect 3. As we’ve previosuly noticed, the longer-haired FemShep had one the first phase of voting; so that makes this round about the colour of her hair. So make sure you have your...

In addition to revealing Black Knight Sword at Gamescom, Grasshopper Manufacture, with Digital Reality, is also releasing Sine Mora onto the XBLA and PSN. This steam punk inspired game deals with one question: What would you do if you knew how much time you had left? Check out the trailer below for more...

To the surprise of nearly everyone, Gears of War 3 was rated “18″ in Germany, meaning it can be sold there. It is the first game in the Gears series to be sold in Germany. Whilst speaking at GDC, Epic Games President Mike Capps gave his thoughts on the rating: “We were so surprised that...

Ghost Recon Future Soldier is set to be released on the Xbox 306, PC, and Playstation 3 in 2012. This sneak peak trailer talks about various apects of the multiplayer experience, and is told by the Creative Director Tommy Jacob. The multiplayer aspects talked about in this sneak peak include: shooting,...

Game Name: Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions Platform(s): Nintendo 3DS Publisher(s): Namco Bandai Developer(s): Namco Bandai Genre(s): Compilation Release Date: July 26, 2011 (US), August 26, 2011 (EU) Price: $39.99 BUY NOW! For over 30 years now, Pac-Man and Galaga have been two staples in the gaming...

Sony has been quite busy with Gamescom recently. Playstation Australia have also been quite busy. They have released a new commercial for Australian televisions. Since the game enters stores in September, this is the right time to start the promotion train. Speaking of trains, the commercial starts off with...

In the latest trailer for Mass Effect 3 we are shown off plenty of combat, though the trailer itself only says that it will be Part 1. However many parts of course wasn’t said but what is shown off in the trailer is a very large amount of new combat mechanics, including a melee attack and squad...

Much to the dismay of Epic Games and Microsoft, Gears of War 3 has ended up being leaked online. But Epic Games isn’t going to just sit down and let nobody get in trouble for this. Epic Games has recently said in a statement to Eurogamer that anyone they find who has posted up spoilers or gameplay...

This will be coming AT YOUR FACE! Gears of War 3 is jumping on the 3D bandwagon. According to Epic, “Gears of War 3″ uses Darkworks’ TriOviz technology, which is integrated with Unreal Engine 3, for stereoscopic 3D support. All “Gears of War 3″ gameplay and cinematics have S3D...

Coming this year to Nintendo’s flagship systems, Centipede Infestation features “Max, the hero and bug slayer, who must defend Maisy, a girl whose gardens bring life back to the wasteland that the planet has now become.” As you go through the game, you battle centipedes, spiders, beetles,...

Developed by Tetsuya Mizuguchi with Q Entertainment and published by Ubisoft, Child OF Eden has a release date set for the Playstation 3. The release date is the 27th of September in Australia. The game will have Move and Stereoscopic 3D as its main draws and looks absolutely stunning. With synchronised...

Ubisoft have now confirmed that the PS3 version of Child of Eden will feature Move Support. Shocked? Neither were we. While this feature was pretty much a given since Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s visual masterpiece was announced for the Playstation 3, it is still nice to know that owners of the console will...

A new trend in the gaming community is slowly emerging. By giving a surviving or supporting character another lease at life to a new title or sequel adds depth, longevity and charm to the series. This enables characters that would normally remain as a supporting character a voice in the sequel. Fear...

One of SNK’s classic games is set to return this year to the Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable via the Minis service on the Playstation Store. Part of “NeoGeo Station,” it is set to hit Japan on August 25, and the top down shooter is most likely releasing everywhere else as well. One...

Despite there being little actual information released about Inversion, the game has actually been in development since 2009. This little blast from the past is back however because Namco Bandai and Saber Interactive have released a new trailer for the game where the control of gravity is right in the palm...

Tank Battles Developer: Gameloft Publisher: Gameloft Genre: Shooter, Action Platform: PlayStation 3, Mac (Reviewed) Release: 11/8/2011 Price: $7.94 Overview After some enjoyable success on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade, Gameloft’s simple arcade multi-directional tank shooter Tank Battles...

Since Capcom’s highly anticipated Resident Evil: Raccoon City shown at E3, fans of the survival-horror franchise have been eager to see more. Recently, a 30 minute video showing game play footage and demonstrating various aspects of game play has appeared on youtube via Capcom Unity’s channel,...

The blue bomber has certainly seen better days. The franchise lived up to its name since the beginning, featuring great gameplay, awesome music and providing hours of entertainment, even through its various spin-off series. However, given the recent treatment Megaman has received, it seems that Capcom might...

Deep Silver, publisher of the upcoming blockbuster Dead Island have taken a huge liking to the popularity of facebook, choosing to use the social networking site as a platform to interact with its huge legion of fans and create hype about the title. A series of 3 apps have been outsourced to Social CRM...

Following on from Michael Irving’s set of 30 answers to these testing questions, here are my thoughts with regard to the 30 gaming questions: Q1 – Your first video game Pokemon Red on Game Boy Q2 – Your favourite character. The President “Shacho” – Pikmin 2 Q3 – A...