Following last month’s January Forza 4 car pack, Microsoft are releasing yet another DLC pack filled to the brim with more hot cars for players to tear up some asphalt with come next Tuesday when the pack hits the Xbox Live Marketplace. The car pack will be titled ‘February American Le Mans...

As reported yesterday, DoDonPachi Saidaioujou is currently undergoing location tests in Japan. Yesterday we learned about the new Dress System, but today we get to see some actual gameplay footage. The footage comes straight from a location test, and while it is not the best quality (taken using...

Andriasang has reported that Japanese developer Cave has begun location tests for their upcoming shooter, DoDonPachi Saidaioujou. The game is one of few shmup projects that the company is planning to release in 2012, including DoDonPachi: Blissful Death. It seems DoDonPachi Saidaioujou will try to shake...

Final Fantasy XIII-2 was released this past week, mostly to a mixed reaction. Now, in an interesting and surprising announcement by Square Enix, Final Fantasy XIII-2 will have Facebook integration. With Facebook integration, players will be able to update their status with their in-game progress. The...

The first half of 2012 is going to be a busy one for Game of Thrones fans. The first season of the award winning HBO TV show will release on Blu ray and DVD next month,  shortly followed by the premiere of season two  on April 1st. Rounding out the package is Game of Thrones the RPG, being brought to life...

With The Witcher 2 coming to the Xbox 360 on April 17th, CD Projekt Red, the developers of the game, have taken time out to detail just what will be different and improved in the new “enhanced” edition of the game. Some of the more notable points are the refinement of the combat system, new...

Stephen Toulouse will be quitting Microsoft on the 15th of February.  He was a member of Major Nelson’s podcast, and he also was the Director of Xbox Live Policy and Enforcement.  According to his blog, his “reasons for leaving are complex and personal, but the parting could not be more...

Rockstar Games has officially launched the Max Payne 3 website. Featured on the website, is a new interactive feature focusing on the weapons of Max Payne 3.  New screenshots, 360-degree renders and detailed breakdown of weapons will be featured on the site. First up in the series is the ‘608 Bull...

Capcom rarely hold events in Australia, it is a fact. So, when they announced the Ultimate Capcom Showcase, there was some surprise within the team. For fellow editor Matthew Vella and myself, we had the opportunity to sample the games that Capcom has to offer for 2012 (bar Resident Evil 6, of course). The...

Alongside a selection of Capcom games that will see release in 2012, Asura’s Wrath was available to try out at the Ultimate Capcom Showcase in Sydney on Wednesday night. Accompanying the game were two important men, Kazuhiro Tsuchiya, producer of the game, and Marco Bombasi, head of the localisation...

Earlier this week, Namco released the latest game to the SoulCalibur franchise, SoulCalibur V. Here at Capsule Computers, our efficient editor, Benjamin “LinkageAX” Webb unboxes the collectors edition of the game for your viewing pleasure. So come along and take a look at the ever-full...

The full introduction video of the upcoming fighting game based on the Persona universe has been released by Atlus. Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena is a fighting game being developed by BlazBlue and Guilty Gear developer, Arc System Works. It will be a 2D fighting game in much similar vein to other...

This week EA teamed up with Red Bull to host a media-exclusive SSX preview event at the Red Bull Sydney Headquarters. To promote the game and to help convey the awesomeness of extreme sports such as snowboarding, two Australian extreme sport superstars attended the event: BMX racing legend Luke Madill and...

This week Capcom hosted the “Capcom Super Ultimate Showcase” in Sydney, showcasing a variety of upcoming Capcom titles, and us here at Capsule Computers got an exclusive hands-on preview before the event to experience the game for ourselves. I was even lucky enough to experience the game with...

For those who don’t know, Seth Killian is a legend in the fighting game community. Some know him for his commentary, some know him as Capcom’s Special Combat Advisor, some know him for his work in community management, but most know him as Seth – the dude who had a Street Fighter IV boss...

Trials Evolution is one of the most anticipated games of this year.  And yet, its release date has not yet been revealed.  Luckily, the newest trailer for the game gives us a hint as to when the game will hit.  The video mentions that the game will be releasing sometime in the Spring of 2012.  In...

Sure, that MW2 mission in the airport may have been all grisly and controversial, but something tells us that Ghost Recon: Future Soldier may be even more seriously plotted than any shooter we have seen before.  First off, the video below proclaims that “You don’t win the battle by doing...

One of the last ties that remained between Bungie and Halo will be severed on March 31.  Bungie will finish transferring all live Halo data to 343 Industries and 343 will begin managing all that data.  Already, most Halo data is available on halo.xbox.com.  But starting on the date mentioned above,...

The whole point of buying Call of Duty Elite was to get new DLC maps earlier than everyone else.  However,  Activison had to honor exclusivity agreements with Microsoft.  As result, Xbox 360 Elite members already have two new MW3 multiplayer maps on which to play.  Understandably, some PS3 gamers were...

Despite recent financial troubles at THQ, Metro Last Light will apparently still be releasing, but not until next year.   The new release date for the game is in the first quarter of 2013, or THQ’s fiscal Q4.  This updated release schedule was revealed when THQ unveiled their third-quarter financial...

Recently Namco Bandai made the decision to immortalise their weapon-based fighting game franchise, Soul Calibur V, through a mammoth mural in East London. The mural features newcomers Ezio Auditore of Assassin’s Creed fame and Patroklos Alexander as they prepare to battle series veteran and fan...

All you fans of our fab little French hero Rayman can give a little smile as Ubisoft have unveiled a new trailer for Rayman 3 HD, coming this March for XBox 360 and Playstation 3. The sheer amount of adventures this little guy goes on, all without arms and legs is amazing, and his return in HD shuld get all...

Thanks to EA and Red Bull, a small group of gaming journalisms elite had an opportunity to play through the latest instalment to the SSX series, SSX. For those that don’t know, SSX is EA’s snowboarding series of games that involve going down slopes at incredible speeds and performing stunts to...

Quarrel Developer: Denki Publisher: UTV Ignition Games Platforms: Xbox Live Arcade (reviewed), iPhone/iPad Release Date: January 25, 2012 Price: $5.00 – Available Here Overview You know when you’re at a party, and there are always the really loud douchebags that demand your attention? In the gaming...

It’s crazy to think that The Simpsons are now nearing 500 episodes. While the series has without a doubt cemented it’s place in pop culture history though, this family of five have also made quite a mark in the video game universe, with the most popular being the famous Simpsons Arcade. After a...

New Year always brings with it an inevitable resolution: do more exercise. In case you’ve been lacking a bit on the willpower front or are just taking your time getting to the good old resolutions, Ubisoft have released a timely February reminder to get going with some exercise, in this case courtesy...