Due to its unique ability to interface with the hugely popular PC MMO EVE Online, Dust 514 has become one the biggest games to watch for in 2012. With the ability to evolve your experience between the PS3, PC and possibly even the PS Vita later on, gamers have been questioning just what this free-to-play experience has in-store for everyone. Luckily, Sony has just announced a way that everyone will have a chance to find out just what CCP Games has been cooking up since it was first unveiled in 2008.
LEGOs have a tendency to attract younger crowds, and the video game series follows that same path. With no dialogue and simple assembly tasks, coupled with stories straight from whatever movie it happens to tie into, the LEGO video games have remained overly basic. Not that it has ever been a bad franchise, but it has remained simplistic in an effort to cater to this demographic. But because the original LEGO Batman sold over 11 million units worldwide, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes hopes to build on that by also attracting an older audience.
The City of New York. The Island of Manhattan. Central Park. The Empire State Building. It surrounds you. Encompasses you. Even as you rest atop a sky-scraper, with Central Park to the right of you, your senses are telling you that this beautifully crafted city is ripe with crime and riddled with criminals at every turn. It is your job, no, it is your duty, to clear these streets and defend those that are too weak, or unwilling, to fend for themselves. Are you up to the task? Are you ready to defend the defenseless? Are you ready to don the suit and wear the mask? Are you ready to be Spider-Man?
According to industry figure Kevin Dent, all is not well at THQ, as the company’s situation continues to worsen. According to a new rumor, the publisher will be facing 170 staff layoffs, including its vice president of tech Mark DeLoura.
Earlier this morning, Sony announced that Kazuo Harai will be the new President and CEO of Sony Corp effective April 1, 2012. The company’s current head, Howard Stringer will hand off his position at that point.
High Moon Studio’s next transformers game, Fall of Cybertron, has been unveiled at the Spike Video Game Awards.
Counter Terrorism Unit Rainbow Six is set to return in 2013 thanks to the folks at Ubisoft. As revealed by the publisher earlier in the month, Rainbow faces a new threat from within North America’s shores in the latest game. Team Rainbow will take on domestic terrorists in Rainbow Six: Patriots. Read More »
Respected strategy franchise Command & Conquer rolls out its ninth official outing (we’re not counting Renegade or expansions) with Command & Conquer: Generals 2. Read More »
Zachary Levi, the star of NBC’s Chuck, is set to host the Spike Video Game awards next month the Hollywood Reporter reports. Levi is no stranger to videogames – he is both an avid player and voice actor, having last appeared in Bethesda’s Fallout: New Vegas and Microsoft’s Halo: Reach.
Each year at the annual Spike TV Video Game Awards, the show acts as a grand stage for a number of high-profile video game reveals. Just last year alone saw the announcement of some heavy hitters like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Mass Effect 3 and Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. This year, Spike TV is teasing a “PS3 exclusive you won’t believe”.
It seems a little early to be handing out Game of the Year awards, but that’s how the GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards roll. And who I am to tell them otherwise? They’ve picked their big winner, and it’s Valve’s Portal 2. But who else took home awards?
The largest user based gaming awards show in the world, the 29th annual GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards has already won a Guinness World Record for the amount of people who have voted. 2.06 million votes later and the awards show is finally here, but who will win the coveted Ultimate Game of the Year? On top of that, there’s set to be four big surprise reveals. We’re at the show in the heart of London, and will be liveblogging the event as it happens.
The original Syndicate was a cult classic on the PC, with a real-time tactical approach to the battlefield. Fast forward to present time and a new Syndicate game is in the works – but it might shock fans of the old games, because it is a completely different beast. I recently got to sit down with the game in Sin City and play about with the title.
The Tokyo Game Show was Sony’s to dominate, and dominate it did, basically grabbing everyone by the face and making it obvious that the Vita is a force to be reckoned with. Here, I give Sony its official TGS Report Card. Read More »
Aside from making itself a name for its intense gameplay, Battlefield 3 is aiming to reach out to the those who also enjoy the finer things in life. If you’re the type who enjoys the up-kick musical beats while brandishing DICE’s digital arsenal, then they’ve got a spot reserved just for you with their latest event.
