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EA’s Need For Speed Franchise To Hit The Silver Screen
Electronic Arts announced today that Dreamworks Studios has acquired the rights to the Need for Speed franchise. Read On »
Forza Motorsport 4 Gets Dodge Viper SRT DLC Pack
Gearheads and racing fans rejoice! Microsoft today announced the release of the 2013 SRT Viper GTS Bonus Pack for Forza Motorsport 4! Read On »
Nintendo 3DS To Get XL Treatment
Nintendo announced today that the 3DS will be getting the XL treatment, much like the DS did a few years back. This larger 3DS will feature a 90% larger screen and come packaged with a 4GB SD card. Read On »
Humble Indie Bundle V Rakes In $5 Million For Developers & Charities
The most recent iteration of the Humble Indie Bundle, number 5, has come to a close, having raised a little over $5 million for its developers and charities. Starting on May 31st, the bundle initially included Bastion (Supergiant Games), Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games), LIMBO (Playdead), Psychonauts (Double Fine Productions) and Superbrothers: Sword & Sorcery EP (Capybara Games), and later added Braid (Number None, Inc), Super Meat Boy (Team Meat) and Lone Survivor (Superflat Games). Read On »
Battlefield 3: Close Quarters Expansion Available Now On PSN
Battlefield 3: Close Quarters is now available on PSN, and coming to Xbox 360 and PC next week. Read On »
Australia Passes R18+ Games For The Rest Of Us
After a years long battle, the Australian Parliament has finally had an epiphany; that adults play video games too.
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Doom 3 BFG Edition Release Date Announced
Bethesda today announced the release date of the updated re-release to iD Software’s First Person Sci-Fi Horror franchise, Doom 3: BFG Edition. The game will be releasing in North America on October 16th and in Europe on October 19th Read On »
SteelSeries Introduces Pink Siberia V2 Headset For Breast Cancer Research
SteelSeries today announced that they are introducing a partnership with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and introducing a new line of pink Siberia V2 headsets. For every pink headset purchased from now through October, 10% of the purchase price will be donated to the non-profit organization dedicated to the research and finding of a cure for breast cancer. Read On »
Street Fighter X Tekken Mobile Coming to iOS
Capcom announced earlier this morning that Street Fighter X Tekken will be coming to your iPhones and iPads later this summer. The mobile version of the game, while based on the console version, will feature a new control scheme and user interface designed with the mobile gamer in mind. Read On »
Controversy As A Tool – Hitman: Absolution Trailer
Many readers will have seen the newest trailer for Hitman: Absolution, Square Enix’s latest game (titled Attack of the Saints – see below), and many will have formed an opinion on it. Being a Hitman game, the trailer unsurprisingly has very violent imagery. However, the violence in question is directed towards female assassins dressed as scantily-clad, dominatrix nuns. This mix of sex and violence is nothing new, but if you haven’t seen the preview yet, be warned: the images are taken to an extreme. This trailer hasn’t gone unnoticed, and debating the violent nature of the video has become a trending topic. However, many debaters have forgotten that controversy itself is a marketing tactic, and possibly the only reason this game clip was released. Read On »