Ah, when will the pre-order swag madness cease? GameStop is offering a special edition pre-order of Assassin’s Creed II, dubbed the Master Assassin’s Edition. This version is available for both the PS3 and the Xbox 360 and retails for $80. This special edition comes with a teeny little Ezio statue, an art book, a metal [...]

If you’ve been hankering to get your sweaty mitts on Batman: Arhkam Asylum, the folks at Eidos have granted your wish….sort of. No, they’re not releasing it earlier than its slated August 25th North America date. However, there will be a playable demo of Batman: Arkham Asylum on PSN and Xbox LIVE Marketplace on August [...]

Stereotypically, Marvel vs Capcom 2 is a gamer’s wet dream. Combining the virtual presence of franchises such as Resident Evil, Mega Man and Street Fighter alongside hand-drawn heroes like Wolverine and the web-slinging Spiderman, this title leaps onto Xbox Live Arcade due to the demand of those who have true superpowers; the fans. With copies [...]

In anticipation of the 25th anniversary of the theatrical release of the This is Spinal Tap rocku-mockumentary, the original sountrack is being released on Rock Band next week. The Spinal Tap track pack features 11 songs from the movie and six brand new songs as well. The songs have been re-imagined for Spinal Tap’s latest [...]

Financial conference calls may sound boring on paper but it’s amazing what kind of breaking news can come from them. Today THQ had its financial conference call and revealed a possible release date for Project Natal before Microsoft officially announces it. According to IGN, THQ CEO Brian Farrell spilled the big jar of beans.
“If you [...]

We are a few years into this generation of consoles and history has once again repeated itself. Much like the old NES and PS1 days, the most successful console is also the one that is less powerful and less expensive. For the first time since its jump into the videogame industry Sony is struggling to [...]

Square Enix and Eidos have announced their games lineup at GamesCom in Colonge, from August 19-23rd. This will be the two companies’ first appearance together since Square Enix acquired Eidos early this year.
Their lineup will excite Final Fantasy fans, for there is a strong FF presence as you can see:
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Dissidia Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy [...]

Xbox 360’s Major Nelson announced on his blog that there are new Gears of War 2 map packs available for purchase. Specifically, if you don’t already own Gears map packs, you should get the Dark Corners Multiplayer map pack, worth 1200 Microsoft Points. This features seven new multiplayer maps and a bonus single-player chapter called [...]

It seems that when it comes to multi-platform titles, PC gamers continually get the shaft.  Whether it’s a later release date or a crappy port that shipped with a ton of bugs, PC gamers seem to get the short end of the stick more often than not.  Sure PC games normally get additional content from their console counter [...]

Every once in a while a game comes along and sets a precedent that future games strive to live up to. Halo 2 ushered in a way to successfully play online competitively on home consoles and Grand Theft Auto gave us a vision of how an open world can extend the shelf life of single [...]