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...

All Interactive Entertainment have recently announced that they are the company in-charge of the distribution of the upcoming game from Topware Interactive: Ravens Cry. The game is a pirates story in the action-adventure genre that promises an amazing narrative. Raven’s Cry thoroughly immerses players in...

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...

There are some that say that video games need to tone it down a bit. And there are some who respond by shouting obscenities, chainsawing the naysayers in half and speeding off on a jetpack drill. Sega and Arkedo Studio’s upcoming title, Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit, looks set to feature all...

As my Steam stats will confirm, indie games are filling a larger role than ever in the current industry. I clocked in a measly 3 hours in the AAA zombiefest Dead Island, while  Edmund McMillen’s The Binding of Isaac has claimed more than 50 hours of my time. Despite being generally smaller titles,...

Twisted Pixel have released the 4th instalment of their Ms. Splosion Man XBLA themed challenge series, the latest of which is titled Splokour. The challenge will be available to Ms. Splosion Man players from May 5th-20th through the main menu of the game. The Splokour challenge is Parkour themed, with the...

While trying to market a game simply as South Park: The Game or South Park RPG may be a decent way to sell a game, having an official name is always better and it seems that Obsidian’s little title may have finally received its own. A listing has appeared for the South Park Game on the Xbox Live...

It has been quite a while since we’ve seen anything for Warner Brothers’ Batman: Arkham City but that doesn’t mean that the Dark Knight has hung up his cowl. In fact, someone is going to be gunning for him for some vengeance and that someone just happens to be Harley Quinn. On May 29th on...

The Walking Dead: A New Day Publisher: Telltale Games Developer: Telltale Games Platforms: Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 (Reviewed) Release Date: April 27, 2012 Price: 400 MSP ($5) – Available Here Overview: For a long time now zombies have held a special place in the entertainment industry’s...

It doesn’t take too much to have an unannounced game be revealed to the world. In fact, all it takes is a simple ad listing on Amazon.com and have it be discovered by Geoff Keighly and the cat will be out of the bag. Such is the case with the listing of Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse which was...

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...

Prototype 2 Developer: Radical Entertainment Publisher: Activision Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 (Reviewed) Release Date: April 24, 2012 Price: $59.99 – Available Here Overview: Open world action games used to be a rarity, however two years ago not one, but two, brand new franchises were...

Team 17 have revealed what makes Worms Revolution so revolutionary. It originally seemed that the upcoming game was little more than a graphical update, but Team 17 announced this week that Worms Revolution will contain a class system. It was hinted at in the logo for the game, and we finally have more...

One glimpse at Lollipop Chainsaw and you know that the game is unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. With a peppy cheerleader who carries around a chainsaw to kill zombies in sparkly glory as well as her boyfriend who just happens to be a disembodied head, Lollipop Chainsaw is already a bit out...

Yesterday our very own Luke Halliday was quite excited to hear that there would be a new multipalyer trailer released today from Rockstar Games for Max Payne 3. Now that trailer has been released and can be seen below in all its glory. The trailer itself is the second half of a two part series that detailed...

This shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to many, but the official Call of Duty Twitter has revealed that their will indeed be a zombie mode in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. Today they released a piece of red artwork featuring a woman with a shotgun and a dead zombie head. Whether she will be one...

The latest game to feature Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s super sleuth has been flaunting its wares for some time now. Something of a big deal for the series, this title has been developed specifically for home consoles, boasting an all new engine and motion capture techniques. It’s certainly...

In some breaking news, Rockstar Games have revealed that they will unveil a new trailer tomorrow in their special two part video trailer series for the hotly anticipated upcoming third instalment in the critically acclaimed Max Payne franchise. The anticipation surrounding the launch of this second part of...

Love the new SSX but miss SSX Tricky? You’re not alone. EA released two DLC packs today that brings Mount Eddie, three retro music tracks, and seven classic retro themed characters from the SSX universe to the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. Mount Eddie focuses on the classic trick based gameplay,...

Dirt Showdown is finally upon us, as the Demo has gone live, unleashing demolition style derby racing as well as a full destructive solo campaign across XBox Live, Playstation Network and Steam for PC users. To coincide with the Demo’s release, Codemasters have also released a new gameplay video...

Even though Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 may have just been announced yesterday but that doesn’t mean that GameStop can’t jump on the hype bandwagon and reveal their pre-order bonuses for the game way ahead of the game’s release in November. Those who go to GameStop to pre-order Call of Duty:...

Today Square Enix released the below trailer for Hitman: Absolution and with it comes a bit of older footage as well as a slew of new content. This includes areas we’ve never seen before, violent “assassinations” and deaths we haven’t seen before and more. The focus of this video is...

R.A.W. or Realms of Ancient War, being developed by WizarBox Games and published by Focus Home Interactive, has released a new video about playable hero number two, the Wizard.  Harnessing the elements of nature, the Wizard is capable of obliterating his foes with lightening, fire, tornadoes, and pure...

Fable Heroes Developer: Lionhead Studios Publisher: Microsoft Studios Platforms: Xbox 360 Release Date: May 2nd, 2012 Price:  800 MSP ($10.00 USD) Get it Here Overview Fable Heroes is billed as “an action-packed hack-and-slash adventure” in the tradition of the Gauntlet series of games. Priced at an...

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...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 was revealed earlier today, and now we have a trailer to go along with it.  Set in the near future, man’s wars have escalated to include super computers, robots and a new enemy. Plus futuristic tanks and a lot of cool guns. So. Many. Bullets. In addition, this iteration of...