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EndWar is 'on the backburner'

It looks like it'll be a bit before we real-time strategize troops by screaming into a microphone again. In a recent interview with VG247, Ubisoft Shanghai's Michael de Plater said that EndWar 2 ...

Man who read a magazine says L.A. Noire hits in September

We're almost certain that the Game Informer staff is delighted that information from their big L.A. Noire cover story is hitting the Web tubes. But it's not our fault. It's all Geoff Keighley's, ...

Madden heading to Facebook

What does Facebook need? More football. And EA is set to bring it to the social networking platform in the form of the venerable Madden franchise. But don't expect a "core" experience -- it appea...

Surprise: Dragon Age: Origins sold well

It's not much of a secret that EA has enjoyed solid Dragon Age: Origins sales, but we didn't have a number on it until this afternoon. In a press release blasted after the jarring EA conference c...

All EA fiscal 2011 titles 'will have an online component'

As part of a concentrated effort to keep second-hand sales low, EA plans to continue dropping unique content delivery services -- like the ones present in Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2 --...

Something 'far-reaching from Mass Effect' coming FY2011

The winter of 2011 will see more than a few big EA releases, including the sequel to horror-title Dead Space, another Need for Speed, as well as that Epic Studios shooter we've been hearing so mu...

Brave Arms: an FPS for Facebook is announced

Ready to move beyond FarmVille? 3G Studios has targeted Facebook as the platform of choice for the launch of its "social shooter," a first-person shooter, called Brave Arms. In a statement, 3G CE...

Meet 'the children' in Dragon Age 'Awakening'

Ever sit back and wonder what a "child" looks like in Dragon Age: Origins or wear a thong stitched together with human hair? We've done neither, we swear, but the former is the subject of a new ...

Project update: Fable III 'almost at its final edit'

Peter Molyneux's tease that Fable III would hit in early 2010 doesn't seem that far off base. In a recent interview with Develop, the Lionhead Studios boss and creator of the Fable series said th...

Not happening: A fix for Mass Effect 2 tiny text issue

If you can't read the text in Mass Effect 2, buy a new TV. In a recent message board post about the problematic tiny text issue affecting SDTV owners, BioWare revealed that it can't patch the pro...

Ubisoft to announce something 'big' next week

If you're looking forward to details about the new Assassin's Creed II episode, pay close attention to the wire next week. Ubisoft might just bust it out. Or not. But the word from the publisher'...

A Grand Theft Auto movie almost happened

A Grand Theft Auto flick might have happened had Ron Howard not inadvertently put the brakes on the budding project.Speaking to Game Culture, writer and director of "Gamer," Mark Neveldine, talke...

Assassin's Creed iPhone is not the 'new episode' of AC II

In mid-January Ubisoft had us scratching our heads when it announced that a new episode of Assassin's Creed II, featuring multiplayer, would hit in its 2010-2011 fiscal year. Earlier yesterday, w...

Brock Lesnar to be the face of UFC Undisputed 2010

Unlike those pansies at EA with Madden NFL 11, THQ isn't offering a vote on who should be its cover athlete for UFC Undisputed 2010. THQ set its jaw on "firm," and has revealed that UFC champ and...

Madden 10 predicts Saints over Colts in Super Bowl XLIV

No point in watching the Super Bowl this year, folks. Madden NFL 10 has already delivered all the hot details on the Saints-Colts match-up. According to a simulated game, which may or may not ha...

Rumor: Nintendo to unveil new hardware at GDC

Does Nintendo have a hardware reveal planned for Game Developers Conference 2010? One unnamed source has heard something along these lines. Speaking to VideoGamer, an employee "at a major interna...

Torchlight update 1.15 ushers in new challenges, fixes

Runic Games has given us more to do in the latest update to Torchlight. According to the Steam feed, the click-happy monster basher is now on version 1.15, which adds a ton of content fixes as we...

Scribblenauts sells a million

It looks like 5th Cell's Scribblenauts for the Nintendo DS isn't just entertaining us media types and "core" crowd on the toilet. Earlier this afternoon, publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entert...

Mass Effect: Redemption no. 2 impressions, thoughts

Dark Horse Comics' second comic in the Mass Effect: Redemption series is on store shelves now, weeks after you've obliterated all the content in Mass Effect 2. Scripted by the game's lead writer,...

Meet Anders, a new Dragon Age 'Awakening' party member

We're doubtful that mage and new party member, Anders, will fill that massive void in your chest that Shale leaves by not being available in Dragon Age: Origins expansion "Awakening," but Anders...

Borderlands PC update 1.21 fixes things

A new "update" for the PC version of Borderlands is now available via the game's official Web site, as well as digital distributors like Steam. Update 1.21 brings about a few changes, most import...

White Knight Chronicles to launch with DLC

Level 5 and SCE Japan Studio's PS3-exclusive JRPG White Knight Chronicles: International Edition shipped this morning. It probably won't be at any of your local retailers until tomorrow afternoon...

PopCap won't ditch iPhone support for iPad development

News of the delay of Plants vs. Zombies iPhone came suspiciously close to the Apple's announcement of the iPad. As it turns out, developer PopCap Games has nothing up their sleeves -- not yet, at...

No prone coming to Battlefield: Bad Company 2

No, going prone won't be an option in Battlefield: Bad Company 2, according to the game's lead writer and designer, David Goldfarb, but feel free to keep asking other questions or throw out feedb...

Rumor: PSPgo set to have a relaunch?

Did Sony fail to make you want an ultra-portable, super-connected PSPgo during its first marketing run for the device? Rumor has it that they'll be giving the "go" another go in the near future.A...

PSA: Chime hits XBLA this week

Just a reminder: Zoe Modes' Chime hits Xbox LIVE Arcade this Wednesday as announced on January 20th, and will remain not-for-profit. If you decide to indeed slap down the 400 Microsoft Banana Buc...

Bobby Lashley joins EA MMA roster

Bobby Lashley is a big dude with skills. He can pretend to hit someone, like he did for years during a stint with the WWE (and currently with TNA), and he can also really hit someone, like he doe...

C&C 4 Tiberian Twilight enters into open beta

EALA's Command & Conquer 4 Tiberian Twilight -- the conclusion to the ancient Tiberian saga -- is entering open beta, and as such, you'll be able to give it a spin. So if hardcore RTS is you...

BioShock 2 launch trailer to premiere on Jimmy Fallon

I wasn't around for the #Conan and #Jay Leno fiasco, mainly because I could care less about evening shows my grandparents grew up with. "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" seems to be the hip choice f...

BioWare set to 'pump' Dragon Age engine for sequel

Dragon Age: Origins wasn't much of a looker, especially the console versions of the tech-handicapped RPG, but BioWare is doing the work required to make the next Dragon Age visually impressive, o...

MotoGP 09/10 demo to hit in Feb, DLC detailed

It's been a long time coming, and it's still coming, but you'll finally be able to get your hands on Capcom's MotoGP 09/10 at some point this February. The publisher recently made it known that i...

PSA: Dragon Age 'Return to Ostagar' DLC live for 360, PC

Hail, Grey Warden(s). As Muzyka suggested in a recent interview, Dragon Age: Origins's "Return to Ostagar" DLC is now available. Again. For real. It went live on Xbox LIVE Marketplace yesterday a...

Skate 3 devs explain what 'Port Carverton' is all about

I haven't the slightest idea what a "grind-to-pump-to-tranny" is, but I'm guessing it's an important thing that skaters do. It's at least something Black Box Studios thought about when construct...

What's up with Dragon Age 'Awakening's' BlackMarsh?

We get the impression that Dragon Age: Origins -- Awakening's Amaranthine is not an attractive place.  At the least, it won't all rolling fields of lush greens and colorful flowers. It has ...

Ubisoft teases Splinter Cell Conviction 'making of' doc

Want to hear a bunch of developers sound off about making Splinter Cell Conviction or see Michael Ironside do his thing in the sound booth? Well, you'll have to either (a) settle for this teaser...

Fatshark details Fatshark's shooter Lead and Gold

If you're still in the dark about Fatshark's Wild West themed team-based shooter Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West the above might help. It's a PR-created interview with Fatshark's executive...

Steam grows in 2009 without water

So, there's this little program available over the Internet called "Steam." It's a digital distribution service that offers PC games like Left 4 Dead 2 or Risen. Apparently, this thing is catchin...

A PS3 version of Rez HD could be a thing that happens

Q Entertainment is gauging fan interest in a PS3 version Rez HD. "What would a game like Rez HD sell for on PSN?" the studio asked via its Twitter account. "$15?""This is no indication that it's ...

PSA: 2K Marin is a developer that makes games

A recent job listing on 2K Marin's Web site indicates that the BioShock 2 developer is building a game not named BioShock 2 -- an "exciting" unannounced game that will have some sort of multiplay...

PS Store Update for the week of January 28th

It's PSN Thursday, and that means I might just gear up and blow the dust off my PS3 controller. Or I'll just browse the Store for 10 minutes while telling myself "You don't need to buy this, seri...

Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley hits this April

Natsume continues to release Harvest Moon games, the latest of which, Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley, is set to drop for the PSP this April at $29.99. So what is it? It's a Harvest Moon game. ...

Keflings developer announces A World of Keflings

More Keflings action is set to come in 2010. In an exclusive reveal with IGN, Kingdom of Keflings developer NinjaBee teased A World of Keflings, a follow-up to the 2008 casual XBLA title.It's mor...

BioShock 2 strat guides are serious business

Strat guide publisher BradyGames is joining in on the Special Edition mess with its BioShock 2 guides. Plural. This morning BradyGames announced that two versions of its BioShock 2 guide are set ...

Watch another person kill people in Bad Company 2

Earlier this morning, EA DICE surprised most of us with a stealth Battlefield: Bad Company 2 demo upload. Featuring "Rush Mode" on snow covered "Port Valdez," 360 owners are no doubt busying the...

Epic's Mark Rein is 'impressed with the iPad'

Epic Games VP Mark Rein wasn't turned off by the iPad at Apple's press event the other afternoon. Speaking to Kotaku, Rein said he was "really impressed with the iPad" and its larger App sizes. H...

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 MP demo hits Xbox LIVE

Look twice at the just released "Demos" section on Xbox LIVE Marketplace this week. EA DICE has rolled out a multiplayer-only Battlefield: Bad Company 2 trial instead of doing the whole "beta" th...

'Return to Ostagar' DLC to hit next week, no seriously

BioWare's bi-polar Dragon Age: Origins DLC "Return to Ostagar" -- it went both up and down since initial postponement -- will be released next week. At least, so says the good Dr. Ray Muzyka in a...

Valve might need a few Macintosh and Linux engineers

It seems as if Half-Life and Left 4 Dead developer Valve is looking for a few good men to engineer things for Linux and Macintosh. Several sleuth sites, as well as more than a share of Mac-focuse...

PSA: ACII 'Battle of Forli' DLC won't have Achievements

The first piece of Assassin's Creed II DLC "Sequence 12: Battle of Forli" won't have Achievements or Trophies associated with it. A spokesman for Ubisoft Montreal confirmed the lack of Trophies l...

Irrational reveals four features cut from BioShock

Irrational Games is continuing to tickle us with little knowledge drops -- this time via an editorial titled "Five Cut Features," which deals with, largely, features that were cut from Irrational...

Word puzzle game KrissX now available over LIVE Arcade

You know a game flew -- no, tunneled -- under the radar when the king of Xbox LIVE, Major Nelson, doesn't even know what its about. But now we can all discover the wonders of KrissX together in ...

Mass Effect 2 'Zaeed -- Price of Revenge' DLC is go

According to our Xbox 360 download history, Mass Effect 2's intended launch downloadable character Zaeed is now available via the Cereberus Network.You'll have to jump through the smallest of hoo...

Climax willing to do another Silent Hill game

Patrick Bateman knows when he's done. So does Climax Group, developer of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and Silent Hill: Origins. In a recent interview with Official Nintendo Magazine, lead Shat...

Ten Minute Taste: Mass Effect 2

Mass Effect 2 kicks off with a couple bangs and more than a few surprises. If you've followed coverage of the second chapter of the sci-fi RPG, you'll no doubt remember either (a) seeing this be...

Review: Mass Effect 2

Sparing intergalactic civilization from annihilation isn't a new narrative construct -- all budding sci-fi game writers and novelists must have soggy dreams about weaving this sort of epic -- but...

Expect some Zelda in the DS version of LEGO Harry Potter

The DS version of LEGO Harry Potter won't be like the Wii version. In fact, it'll be something akin to Zelda according to lead designer Arthur Parsons."This time the DS version is a completely di...

Is EA Black Box still making an 'original' action game?

EA Black Box has or had an unannounced game in its pipelines at some point in the recent future or past. Go figure. Here's how we know:An EA technical animation director has cited work on a Black...

PSA: Get the Beatles: Rock Bandle bundle on the cheap

Price is an issue when it comes to music game bundles, but Amazon is easing to the financial burn on one particular set -- The Beatles: Rock Band Limited Edition. As part of its special Deal of t...

The Kindle can't do Contra; not yet, at least

Yesterday, Amazon announced that it is opening the Kindle platform to developers with the release of the KDK. Games were mentioned as a type of media set to hit the e-book reader -- but what shou...

Final Fantasy XIII's mighty Odin and others available

Final Fantasy XIII was hyped like there was no tomorrow but that's typical Square Enix for you. As part of their campaign to market everything under the sun it was expect that they would be relea...

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