The countdown is on to the release of Dirt Showdown and over 2 million cars have sacrificed themselves to the cause, and thats only in the demo version alone. Adding to the already seen gameplay, Codemasters have released the Race Hard, Party Hard trailer, showcasing the variation amongst the different...

In just five days time, Minecraft came into the Xbox Live Marketplace, shattered sales records, and left all of our spouses lonely as we huddled over a controller with our new addiction. Over one million users have now entered the blocky world of Minecraft, with that number growing by the day. Here are a...

If you didn’t pick up Sega’s Virtua Fighter 5 when it was released many moons ago then perhaps you may be eager to pick up Virtual Fighter 5 Final Showdown when it is released digitally early in June. To be a tad more specific, Sega revealed today that the game will be available on June 5th on...

Activision and High Moon Studios are passing the Matrix of Leadership this Winter (Fall for the northern hemisphere)  to Transformers : Fall of Cybertron the  upcoming sequel to the highly successful Transformers : War for Cybertron and from details coming to light about this years Transformers title, it...

On the back of a Series 1 McFarlane action figure box, two new enemy types for Halo 4 were revealed today.  The ”Crawler” looks like a dog-type enemy, except he/she is an alien (go figure), while the “Watcher” is kinda-sorta similar to a Bugger, but its bigger and it has mounts for...

Whenever a gamer goes to their favorite video game retailer to put some money down on a pre-order for an upcoming game they usually do so because there is some sort of bonus involved. Unfortunately nearly all of these pre-order bonuses are something simple such as an extra weapon that is barely stronger...

Rockstar’s latest game isn’t even out yet, but that hasn’t stopped Major League Gaming kicking off a Pro Exhibition with the Max Payne 3 Multiplayer at it’s heart. 16 of the ‘world’s best’ competitive gamers were slung into 4×4 teams to duke it out for $30,000,...

In unfortunate news the new Tomb Raider reboot, which wowed the crowd at last year’s E3, has had its release date delayed until first quarter 2013. Originally the game was set to be released later this year, third quarter 2012. The announcement was made by Darrell Gallagher, Head of Studio at Crystal...

The Lord of the Rings is considered as one of the finest examples of fantasy literature since its publication between 1954 and 1955. Despite the mixed reception at the time, the Peter Jackson trilogy pushed the epic into the spotlight in the 21st century, with various other forms of media swept up in its...

Mass Effect 3 Razer Chimaera Manufacturer: Razer Device: Headset Price: $299.95 AUD Purchase: Razerstore As the Mass Effect 3 release date approached, Razer announced a literal heap of devices they would be releasing in partnership with BioWare. N7 branded mice, controllers, even bags, were all going to be...

Many people in North America have probably heard about Jessica Nigri and her amazing cosplay outfit of Lollipop Chainsaw’s Juliet but only a few of these people may know about her Japanese counterpart Mayu Kawamoto. You see, while Jessica has been the face of Juliet in North America, Mayu has been the...

Let me say right now that this will contain a number of spoilers about the endgame of Batman: Arkham City so, if for whatever reason you haven’t beaten the game yet just skip the entire article. Those who have beaten the game may know that Batman: Arkham City presented us with the death of The Joker....

A brand new trailer for final downloadable chapter of Batman: Arkham City “Harley Quinn’s Revenge” has today been released. The DLC pack contains two hours of brand new content set to expand on Batman: Arkham City’s original ending, with Harley Quinn now taking over as the new boss of Arkham...

Rockstar Games has today revealed that Max Payne 3 will have a bonus Arcade Mode. Alongside the game’s single-player campaign, the new Arcade Mode will feature “Score Attack” and fan favourite “New York Minute” from Max Payne and Max Payne 2. Each level of the game’s campaign can be...

The sports/fitness sub genre of gaming has become well trodden ground of late. With the motion detection capabilities of current gen consoles, all and sundry have been releasing exercise and fitness titles to get us lazy gamers and our fellow non-gamers to work up a bit of a sweat. The latest title to the...

The release of the Game of Thrones RPG is drawing ever nearer – particularly for North American fans who will get their hands on the game in a few days time on May 15. The rest of the world has to wait for the first week of June to appear to get their mits on a copy of the title, which will drop on...

Usually whenever you pre-order a game the best thing they will offer you is some sort of extra costume or small bonus stage that you can play when the game comes out, or perhaps a poster for those more interested in material bonuses. However it seems that Square Enix and IO Interactive want to raise the bar...

The latest in line of a large number of superhero games is coming soon from developer and publisher Ubisoft. Avengers: Battle For Earth is based on the Secret invasion storyline from the Marvel Universe comic-book series of Avengers. What looks interesting about this game is that not only will players be...

Who is really surprised with that headline? After already having Trials Evolution take off like a rocket during Microsoft’s Arcade Next promotion, Minecraft has completely obliterated the record by selling more than any other title in the first 24 hours on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Not too bad at all. I admit...

Ubisoft has released a new documentary styled trailer for Ghost Recon Future Soldier along with a Q&A about Future Soldier’s plot. The trailer features the team leader of the Ghosts talking about his duty as a soldier and the tactics of the Ghosts to conquer their enemies. Ghost Recon Future...

Details are starting to come to light about this years installment of THQ’s successful WWE games series formerly the Smackdown series and now as of last year the WWE series, WWE 13. Details are due to start dangling the carrot in front of us some time next month but the game is already off to a shaky...

Activision’s Spider-Man franchise has been hit and miss throughout the years, but there is no denying how much fun it is to play as your favorite web-slinger while flying through a crowded city. Making the upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man more appetite inducing is a somewhat minor pre-order bonus from...

With the release of Max Payne 3 next week it only makes sense that Rockstar Games choose to release a dramatic and cinematic launch trailer for the game a week ahead of time. This rather artistic trailer fits rather well with the story of Max Payne’s life so far. You see, the tragedies that stole his...

Some of you may remember a few months ago when it was revealed, much to everyone’s joy, that all of Juliet’s alternate costumes would be available worldwide when Lollipop Chainsaw is released in about a month. At the time however no one knew whether these outfits would simply be included in the...

Today Bethesda revealed a solid release date for Arkane Studios’ first person assassin game Dishonored. Those who wish to pick up the game in North America can do so on October 9th while those in Europe will have to wait until October 12th when the game is released on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and...

We’ve seen a few screenshots but never before have we seen any gameplay footage of Assassin’s Creed 3 minus a small teaser last week. However today the community has unlocked the first gameplay trailer for the game which can be seen below. In the trailer we see Connor, also known as...