January 2012 Archive
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- Prototype 2 PC release pushed back without reason
- Jurassic Park Xbox 360 Euro retail release shelved
- Dark Souls creator "masochistic", made the game for himself
- Bigpoint tots up 250 million players
- The Darkness II trailer plays slice and dice
- NeverDead review round up shows mixed results
- Sony US: Vita downloads to be cheaper than retail versions
- US PS Store Update, January 31 - Twisted Metal demo, Dead Island DLC, more
- Steam mobile app goes live for all
- Darksiders novel to be released in time for Darksiders II
- February PS Plus Update - The Simpsons Arcade, House of the Dead 3 demo, GTA IV
- Steam group of 29,000 protesting lack of Half-Life 3 news by playing Half-Life 2 simultaneously
- Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai releasing March 23
- Paul McCartney composing music for unannounced game
- Dragon’s Dogma 360 gets early access RE6 demo
- Pre-order Risen 2: Dark Waters and get Treasure Island DLC free
- Valve titles appear on Impulse
- LittleBigPlanet franchise has over 6 million user-generated levels and games
- New Mass Effect 3 video shows off cast, confirms Jessica Chobot
- FEZ rated by ESRB for Xbox Live Arcade, still set for "early 2012"
- Get Vita for as little as ?80 at GameStation
- Radnet Edition announced for Prototype 2, contains over 55 pieces of additional content
- THQ threatened with NASDAQ delisting
- NeverDead launch trailer shows headless showering
- Team 6 developing three 3DS titles
- 360 Syndicate demo launches – 10 minutes of HD co-op
- Soul Calibur V launches in US, reviews go score mental
- Schafer on Happy Action Theater and Kinect's future
- Report - South Korea to block 3 hour+ online time for minors
- Origin offering Mass Effect, Dead Space for ?3, Bulletstorm for ?7.50
- Quick quotes: Wii U hardware "currently changing constantly," says Team Ninja boss
- New Dance Central 2 DLC includes LMFAO, CeeLo, Kelis
- FFXIII-2 Lightning Coliseum DLC launching in Japan next week
- RedLynx denies leaking Trials Evolution
- Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land launches for iOS devices
- Playfish EU GM quits for venture capitalist firm
- En Messe: TERA to block IPs by region due to "hacking behaviour"
- Inversion shots go heavy on multiplayer
- Sam & Max: Season 2 launches for iOS
- Thinking is mandatory in Mass Effect 3's Hardcore and Insanity
- Pearl Pink 3DS coming to US, too
- SSX Online Pass not required for multiplayer
- Ono: Online play the successor to arcade scene
- Madden NFL 12 tips Giants for Super Bowl victory
- NetherRealm wants “to do more than just make Mortal Kombat”
- Miyamoto backs off franchises, looking for “one big hit”
- Meier: Graphics improvements a "two-edged sword"
- SSX's Kaori performs amazing Pirouette Air Grind
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- Turbine: Premium MMOs here to stay, but subscription-only model "probably dying"
- Rovio Boss: Piracy isn't always bad for business
- PlayStation Network scheduled maintenance on Thursday
- Nintendo: Wii U won’t be forced into tech race with other competitors
- Another studio accuses Zynga of cloning their work
- PSA: LEGO Universe shutters today
- Harmonix staffer outs Facebook, PSN, Xbox Live game
- Everquest to go free to play in March
- The Amazing Spider-Man screen takes open world quite seriously
- Xbox 720: E3 "premature," "nothing new in 2012"
- Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City's first ten minutes go all out
- Eurogamer Network hits 5.7 million unique users
- Morrisons goes discount heavy on hardware bundles - ?150 PS3 and 360, Wii for ?85
- Original Kid Icarus gets eShop launch this week
- Splash Damage hires Enslaved gameplay programmer
- Namco Bandai turns part of Shoreditch into Soul Calibur V country
- SSX X Games TV ad goes on global showcase
- Sony France boss on PS4: "We'll probably be the last to announce something"
- Quick shots: Ninja Gaiden Sigma Vita goes heavy before launch
- Awesome personified: 2012 is the Year of Persona 4
- UK charts: FIFA 12 goes six weeks clear, Resi Evil: Revelations enters sixth
- Konami confirms Japanese release for Silent Hill HD Collection
- Quick quotes: Elizabeth "the catalyst" for BioShock Infinite's civil war
- EA taking steps to remove "faulty" BF3 anti-punkbuster bans
- PlayStation executive expects Monster Hunter Vita this year
- Grand Slam Tennis 2 introduces the Pro AI system
- FIFA Street invites you to Free Your Game
- US PlayStation Network boss exits Sony
- THQ lays off staff in Australia, Japan office closure TBC
- Nomura teases a new Square Enix game
- Soul Calibur V trailer hypes for launch tomorrow
- Tekken 3D: Prime Edition hits Aussie retail February 23
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning trailer presents "a world worth getting lost in"
- New project in the works at Maxis
- Mojang: "Kind of silly" not to put modders first
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- 2K Marin staff working on second major project
- Racial slur slips into Minecraft translation project
- Ace Attorney 5 inbound, original trilogy going HD
- Microsoft takes action against Halo 4 beta scam
- Dragon's Dogma reveal coming January 31
- Requiem for a soldier: 1916 – Der Unbekannte Krieg
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- Quick Quotes: NCsoft lawsuit will not affect TERA's release, says En Masse
- Dark Reign Redux released through Xbox Live Indie Games
- Final Fantasy XIII-2 reviews hit online - all the scores
- Supergiant sends US airman in Afghanistan a physical copy of Bastion
- Quick Quotes: Paradox changing its Q&A process over Sword of the Stars 2's "big failure"
- GDC 2012: Audio sessions announced for Bastion, Crysis 2, others
- Quick Shots: Soul Calibur V DLC screens play dress up
- Call of Duty: Elite "100k Day" starts tomorrow, lots of prizes
- Rumor: AC3 set during the American Revolution
- King Arthur II: The Role-playing Wargame now available on Steam
- The Binding of Isaac "closing in" on 450K sold, expansion detailed as 3DS talks continue
- FRC up in arms over same-sex relationships in SWTOR
- Capcom lowers the price of Resident Evil: Revelations
- Faction Titans detailed for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
- Limited Edition huke art book comes with Black Rock Shooter figma
- Sony announces launch day Vita bundle, extra goodies for First Edition buyers
- Reckoning: 38 clarifies online pass, sorry for "buggy" demo
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- Cinematic trailer released for Aliens: Colonial Marines
- Epic, Insomniac, and Blizzard hosting 2012 D.I.C.E. Summit session "Staying Around, Playing Around"
- Reckoning contains online pass locking House of Valor questline
- Blockbuster offering interesting pre-order incentives for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13
- Quick Quotes: Paradox CEO clarifies comment regarding the future of consoles
- Big Huge Games didn't "set out to do something deliberately" familiar with Reckoning
- Champions Online: Free for All celebrating one year anniversary
- Rumor: Microsoft to integrate Kinect technology inside Windows-based laptops
- The Binding of Isaac DRM-free Unholy Edition hitting retail March 16 with Steam key
- Minecraft 1.2 to include tamable ocelots, new AI for skeletons
- Vita demos now available at all GAME and gamestation stores
- EA Sports: SSX will bring extreme sports "back to the forefront of gaming" - new video inside
- Blizzard removes Scrolls of Reforging and companion pets from Diablo III beta
- Quick quotes: Continued success of dance genre "took us by surprise," says Ubisoft
- CDP: No Witcher 3 announce made last night - details
- Blacklight: Retribution video focuses on heavy weapons
- Mass Effect 3: Special Forces Trailer shows the multiplayer in action
- Square launches 'Barcode Society' Hitman community
- PixelJunk Eden heading to Steam
- Iwata: 2D Super Mario side-scroller in the works, "key 3DS title" for next year
- Pre-order Prototype 2 at Best Buy, get Hardened Steel bonus
- Lego City Stories confirmed for 2012 launch
- Magicka turns one
- Brief Darkness II video goes goretastic
- Sakaguchi to give BAFTA talk on The Last Story next month
- Silent Hill: Book of Memories aims heavy on combat
- Delivering console-like experience was "main objective" for Rayman Origins Vita, says Ubisoft
- Persona 4: The Arena to launch in Japanese arcades in March
- Quick Quotes: UKIE on why new digital chart can work without Steam, Origin
- Soul Calibur V DLC plans announced, outlined
- DiRT Showdown gets first in-game video
- DCUO planning more seasonal events, Love Day 2012 canned
- Binary Domain director details consequence system, cut-scene video released
- Atlus to release Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time in US this summer
- PC release for Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock still on the cards
- The Witcher II 360 Dark Edition shown, detailed
- Infinity Ward to fix MW3 DLC single profile lock
- Sony UK's swish Vita promos excite for launch
- Kingdom Hearts 10th anniversary Japanese boxset includes 358/2 Days, Re:Coded
- Wildstar interview focuses on Aurin, ears, tails
- RAGE: Mutant Bash tv adds two new episodes, melee in 2.0 update
- Quantum Conundrum gets 8-minute video walkthrough
- Gravity Rush trailer makes February 22 seem quite distant
- Algol, Edge Master star in new Soul Calibur V trailer
- Nintendo Network: DLC push, Wii U family accounts, NFC compatible
- Pac-Man, Mega Man added to PS3 Street Fighter x Tekken roster
- 3DS is now Nintendo's fastest-selling console worldwide
- FFXIII-2 producer drops more hints at story DLC
- Insomniac: Resistance to live on, is "in capable hands"
- Twisted Metal demo due in next week's PSN update.
- CD Projekt RED: The "great majority" of Witcher 2 players will pay, not pirate
- Capcom "working on a solution" to Resident Evil: Revelations boxart typo
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations players chalk up 15 million kills
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- Silent Hill HD likely to see individual digital releases
- Voodoo Extreme, Team Xbox culled, Future lays-off more
- Sega: Colonial Marines is not an "assembly line"
- Ono keen on player-created characters for Street Fighter
- Watch the Xbox 360-exclusive Witcher 2 opening cinematic
- Nintendo Downloads, January 26 - Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games 3DS demo
- Bethesda releases second beta patch for Skyrim on Steam
- Rumour - Nintendo considering renaming Wii U
- Ghost Recon dev compares Kinect to blow-up doll
- Quick Shots: The future is now in these Tropico 4: Modern Times screens
- Kinect Star Wars emerges from the dark side with new video
- Namco walks you through Armored Core V's multiplayer in latest video
- THQ issues round of lay-offs, internal studios unaffected
- Valve announces beta release of Steam app for iOS and Android
- CDP: The Witcher 2 to release on Xbox 360 on April 17
- Angry Birds lands on Facebook February 14
- NCsoft files lawsuit to block the release of TERA in the US
- California to reimburse ESA $950,000 for costs incurred during SCOTUS
- Rayman Origins coming to PC in March, 3DS release delayed slightly
- Waiting game: Ghost Recon heads on slips and creativity
- Impulse has D&D Anthology: The Master Collection on sale for $10
- Demo for King Arthur II: The Role-playing Wargame now available
- Quick Shots: Nintendo releases a cluster of Kid Icarus: Uprising screens and renders
- Aliens: Colonial Marines pushed into fall, says official website
- Gotham City Imposters public console beta goes live with new trailer
- Ryder White campaign trailer released for Dead Island
- Netflix cans its plans to offer game rentals by mail
- GAME launches 'Fun for a Fiver' campaign
- Virgin Gaming hits 1 million registered users, hands out $7M in cash and prizes
- Rising Star Games opens US headquarters
- Ono: Wii U shown at E3 “not a reflection of everything” the console has to offer
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus goes heavy on action in new trailer
- Blue Mountain is the latest unearthly unveiling for The Secret World
- Cage to showcase new Quantic Dream tech at GDC
- Ubisoft: Next Assassin's Creed to be "biggest to date"
- Tomb Raider: No Wii U version, collector's edition and Mac SKU confirmed
- Binary Domain gets Japanese demo on February 1
- Insomniac: "We won't be making any more Resistances"
- BlizzCon’s demise may point to a 2012 Blizzard triple
- Nordic Games to publish Alan Wake PC at retail
- Nintendo to launch Wii U by Christmas for major markets
- Nintendo Q3: Forecasts down on ?48 billion net loss
- Totalbiscuit interviews Gabe Amantangelo on Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Concerns raised over Modern Warfare 3 Elite maps locked to profile
- Terraria comes of age with retail release and collectors' edition
- Tequila Works release Deadlight teaser and details
- Joe Madureira wants to tackle Legend of Zelda comic
- Must Have Games for Windows Phone starts Feb 1st
- Trion seeks Guinness World Record for virtual marriages
- Indy title Ibb and Obb gravitates to the PS3
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- Hitman: Damnation to stalk book shelves this Summer
- Notch wants your gaming data
- Resident Evil 6 development team numbered over 600
- Mario Party 9 video shows some of the mini-game, boss fights
- Quick Quotes: Ohlen on the F2P vs Subscription business model for MMOs
- ArenaNet reveals the Jotun race of Guild Wars 2
- Japanese charts: Vita sales lowest since launch, Mario Kart 7 bests string of debuts
- Pre-order Mass Effect art book, get a download code for the Collector Assault Rifle
- Perfect World has been "very supportive" of Torchlight and Runic's MMO ambitions
- Rumor: Next Xbox contains Blu-ray, anti-used system
- Report: Wii U has twice Xbox 360's power, still not enough
- Splash Damage hires ex-FIFA director Griff Jenkins as director of production
- Footage of CyberTime System's S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Online surfaces
- Call of Duty mobile: Ideaworks "surprised and humbled" by success of "Zombies"
- Pink, white 3DS units going on sale individually next month
- BioWare pushes out abillity delay patch for SWTOR
- Euro PS Store update, January 25 - Puddle, Darkness II demo, Final Fantasy sale
- Carrier Command coming Q2, new shots released
- Blizzard pulls BlizzCon for 2012, to return in 2013
- LOTRO's fall update to include mounted combat, level cap increase
- PS3 app PlayMemories to cost €10
- THQ: Saints Row: The Third ships 3.8m, kids dropped
- Tokitowa shows off amazing anime look in first trailer
- Square Enix trademarks Hitman Sniper Challenge
- Rumour: Microsoft to keep redeemable codes following MS points phase out
- Kid Icarus: Uprising gets EU/US sim-ship
- Disconnected? Gaming and the Egyptian revolution
- Neo Geo Pocket resurrected in Japan
- Report: GameStop to close its stores in Portugal
- First Dragon Quest X beta testers to be notified by next week
- Nimblebit lashes out at Zynga over Tiny Tower clone
- Punch-Out!! coming to 3DS Virtual Console
- Paradox CEO: DRM is "terrible", "doesn't make sense"
- Rumour - Substantial Lightning DLC coming to Final Fantasy XIII-2
- Origin signs up 11 new third-parties
- US PS Store update, January 24 - Darkness II and UFC 3 demos, PSP dual packs, more
- Senior Nintendo director Nobuo Nagai passes away
- Eddie shows off The Worm in SSX
- Ten more maps, two modes for Modern Warfare 3 in 2012
- Tomb Raider reaches alpha state, plans for global sim-ship
- GameStop: NI closures "part of our plan" to exit bricks and mortar
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- Rumour - Next Xbox has six times the power of Xbox 360
- Darkness II launch trailer is big on atmosphere
- Sony Personal 3D Viewer coming to Australia
- EB Games confirms $600 Wii U price tag purely speculative
- Apple Q1: 37 million iPhones sold, 15 million iPads
- FIFA Street to launch in March with Street Network
- GDC 2012: Sid Meier, Inafune, Riot Games talks added to schedule
- WoW charity auction for EU server hardware enters final stages
- Napoleon’s Campaigns II announced for Q3
- Tetris and Call of Duty: Black Ops First Strike were the top sellers on PSN in 2011
- Jak and Daxter Collection hits US February 7, Europe February 22
- Insider denies Rocksteady's rumoured TMNT title
- Anti-Punkbuster hackers claim responsibility for banned Battlefield 3 PC users
- Square trademark for Sleeping Dogs leads to Kane & Lynch 3 speculation
- Namco: Inversion to miss February release in order to "polish several key aspects"
- UKIE to publish first digital PC games chart in February
- Tripwire teases Rising Storm expansion for Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
- Rumor: Chip for next Xbox codenamed Oban, in production since December
- QuakeCon 2012 dates announced
- Darksiders II's Death gets eternal trailer
- Darksiders II: Death is coming for you
- Rebellion: The "market is ready" for WWII games again
- AVSEQ releases with "2.2300745198530623×10^43 possible audio permutations"
- New video for Mecho Wars arrives ahead of tomorrow's release on PSN
- Origin adds 11 new publishers, RIFT lands on the service with extras
- Remedy confirms 3D, multi-screen support for Alan Wake PC
- Mass Effect 3 figurines to include North American exclusive DLC
- Coming soon to XBLM: Syndicate demo, LA Noire DLC sale, Duke Nukem Forever
- Saints Row: The Third available for ?12 on PC World
- Shank 2 gameplay footage shows stabbing and shooting on the docks
- Eufloria coming to iPad next month
- UFC Undisputed 3 demo lands on XBL and PSN
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations gets Mediterranean Traveler Map pack today
- Splash Damage to announce new titles on PC and "completely new" platforms
- Giant news for Skylander lovers lands with domain registrations
- Kristan Reed named new Pocket Gamer EIC
- Capcom introduces Street Fighter x Tekken online reality show
- Dawn Paine to leave Nintendo UK
- Order Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition from Capcom, get free shipping on RE6
- GameStop UK closes Northern Irish stores
- Death Rally goes free today for FreeAppDay
- 'Optional' CoD Elite subscription "about giving more flexibility to our hardcore" fans, says IW
- Rumour: Microsoft Points to be scrapped by end of 2012
- Asura's Wrath launch trailer is go
- Mass Effect 3 to be friendlier to new players
- Rayman Origins 3DS US release date set for March 30
- Gemini Rue: Collector's Edition heading to bricks and mortar
- Australia: Home Affairs to bring R18+ bill before first session of parliament
- It's EA Sports Season: Grand Slam Tennis 2 serves first
- Hitman: Absolution script runs over 2,000 pages
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown to appeal to action, RPG fans
- Back-up: Steam opens beta testing on Skyrim 1.4 patch
- Notch: Mojang less indie than before, but still indie enough
- New SSX bigger than all past games combined
- Rolston: Skyrim and Reckoning have a "lot in common" - but not combat
- Ono: "Timing" kept Master Chief, Marcus Fenix out of SFxT
- Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock due in March
- Temple Run back on top after F2P conversion
- Capcom - Resident Evil: Revelations could have been RE6
- US Vita launch: Gravity Rush day one, Ubisoft titles to be pre-released
- Pachter: "Nintendo doesn't even know there's an Internet yet"
- Buser: Sony spent more on first-party than Microsoft and Nintendo combined
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- RuneScape bot makers slapped with six-figure damages
- Mass Effect: Deception tie-in novel releases January 31
- Warriors Orochi 3 EU, US release date set for March
- The Witcher 2 Xbox 360 reveal coming this Thursday
- DUST 514 will support PS3 cross-play with future Sony consoles
- Gaikai ready to stream full games
- Project Titan to include product placement
- Capcom Digital Collection set for March release
- Microsoft staffing two new Kinect-focused studios
- Sweet Tooth Outcast MP skin coming to Starhawk
- XBLA House Party line-up dated, priced
- Visceral Games working on new IP
- Report: GTA V, COD to account for third of all game sales this year
- Sega Solihull studio named Hardlight
- Wii U version in the works for Project Cars
- Ofcom: ITV ArmA 2 gaff a "significant breach of audience trust"
- UKIE sells GfK Chart-Track stake, inks new five year charts deal
- Hacked PS3 titles running on Vita via Remote Play: video
- EMI looking at "unique opportunity" to include "hidden gems in our catalogue" for GTA V
- GTA III, Vice City rated as PS2 Classics by ESRB
- Rumour: Syphon Filter 4, God of War IV announced next month
- UK charts: FIFA holds on, Rayman Origins enters top ten
- Quick quotes: The Last of Us "trying to say something about human beings and how they exist"
- Epic: Fortnite to be more "casual" focussed, aiming for "an entirely different audience"
- Guild Wars 2: Spring open beta, 2012 launch confirmed
- Jedie? The problem with Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Resident Evil 4 Android port hits LG handsets in Korea
- Flip Flop Games to bring sick kids' ideas to life
- Report - US tablet owners doubled over 2011 holidays
- Lamagama teases PS Move exclusive Quadratum Mortis
- Rumour - Battlefield 3 moderator exposed as hacker
- Quick Quotes - Resident Evil: Revelations once set in a floating sea mansion
- Starbreeze: Syndicate doesn't have to compete with other shooters
- AT&T revises US Vita 3G data pricing
- Visit Hyrulecraft's 1:1 Minecraft replica of Ocarina of Time
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- Twisted Metal to get demo, day-one patch
- Resident Evil: Revelations story trailer isn't much fun for Parker
- Analyst: Zynga loses $150 on each new customer
- Ninja Gaiden 3 dev diary unmasks and humanises enemies
- RE6 to field 70,000+ zombies, several multiplayer modes
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- Muppets Premium Level Kit hits LittleBigPlanet 2 next week
- Quick Quotes: Reckoning's world is "really, really big" and "incredibly dense"
- Star Trek: The Original Series - Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? hitting PSN and XBL next month
- PSN charts: Sonic CD, Final Fantasy were hits with gamers in December
- Theatrhythm to have paid DLC through "Nintendo Network"
- Bioware: “Coordinating" SWTOR was "like teaching elephants to do ballet"
- Square registers domain and trademark for Final Fantasy Dimensions
- Quick Quotes: NeverDead is not as "silly" as it appears on the surface
- Physics-based puzzler Puddle lands on XBLA and PSN next week
- Pre-orders are live for Elemental: Fallen Enchantress, beta opening up "in the coming weeks"
- Microsoft: 360-exclusives are about "quality and impact, not number of releases in a year"
- Anno 2070 DRM changed to allow hardware changes
- SWTOR named AbleGamers’ 2011 Accessible Mainstream Game of the Year
- Diablo III senior producer exits the firm, Blizzard posts job opening
- Twisted Metal goes gold, may include online pass
- European PSN release of Trine 2 "will be delayed a short while longer"
- Alan Wake hitting Steam in February, PC specs listed
- Demonstrably Good: The Darkness II's killer demo
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- Quick Quotes: Rolston on how some RPGs are "slow-paced, abstract, and awkward"
- Quick Shots: A single screen released for Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock
- Analyst: Concerns over SWTOR sales are a bit premature
- Single-player footage for Mass Effect 3 shows Mars, Liara
- The King of Hell goes to Michigan in latest Army Corps of Hell video
- Cost of 3G-enable Vita materials estimated to be around $159
- GDC 2012: Double Fine, Gravity Rush, Rocksteady talks added to schedule
- Microsoft "keen" on releasing "constant updates" to Minecraft on XBLA
- Quick Shots: Check out Leon, Chris and the rest in Resident Evil 6
- PIPA vote postponed, SOPA shelved, ESA drops support
- The basic premise of Tomb Raider is that Lara "has to survive", says Stewart
- Kojima teases new anime opening cinematic for Zone of the Enders 1 HD
- 3DS video released for Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
- New Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD screens don't show a race car driver called Jerry
- Microsoft "aware" of color output issues with dashboard update, "working on a fix"
- Rovio: No IPO planned for this year
- Bioware developer video details upcoming content for SWTOR
- Extra RE6 info, RE Chronicles HD trailer escape Tokyo
- UFC Undisputed 3 demo launching next week
- NIS America launching Hyperdimension Netpunia Mk2 in Europe on February 24
- Pokemon x Nobunga's Ambition is still a thing, gets new trailer
- Ubisoft digital triple pack listed for March release
- Harmonix launches Dance Central Dance Cam for iOS, Android, WP7
- Green Man Gaming offering 25% off for pre-orders
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma Vita screens do the hacky slashy business
- Uncharted: Golden Abyss BTS video features canoe mocap, banter
- Sine Mora trailer details Insane difficulty setting
- MLG 2012 Pro Circuit kicks off January 31 with Starcraft II
- EA stock drops 3% after analyst expresses doubts on SWTOR
- No Hawk-Eye in Grand Slam Tennis 2
- FIFA Street Football Club details drop next week, ups daily XP limit
- EVE Online spawns third dev team, CCP details next patch
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- Mojang teases Minecraft jungle biome
- Ghostlight to launch Fate/Extra in Europe
- Watch 30 seconds of DUST 514 footage
- Aion Free-to-Play preparations underway
- Microsoft Q2: Xbox platform revenue up 9%
- Latest Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning dev diary delves into the RPG's art and lore
- SOPA blackout protests yield results
- 750,000 bakeries to shutter in Baking Life closure
- Bethesda releases preliminary patch notes for Skyrim Update 1.4
- A Game of Dwarves coming to PC, PlayStation Network
- Resident Evil 6 set in China and US, out November 20
- Bioware patches SWTOR PvP exploit, warns those who used it
- House: "Still some significant barriers to streaming solutions"
- Diablo III director: "No one will remember if the game is late"
- Classic Prince of Persia now available on 3DS, Wii
- House: 3DS proves there's "a lot of demand for a gaming primary, portable device."
- Ubisoft: "Vast majority" of users don't have problems with Anno's DRM
- Paradox boss: Next console gen will "probably be the last"
- Minecraft: Pocket Edition has sold over 700,000 copies
- Story, gameplay details revealed for Kid Icarus: Uprising
- Mortal Kombat Vita has exclusive Challenge Tower, touchscreen fatalities
- Rumour: Leon Kennedy, Chris Redfield to lead RE6
- Ghost Recon Online dev diary introduces the three main classes
- Latest Inside Xbox video shows Trials Evolution gameplay footage
- Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition gets a trailer
- Quick Quotes: Vita designer on screen size and working with engineers
- Sega to release Sonic 4: Episode 1, Sonic CD, Sonic Generations DLC onto PC today
- Trion Worlds raises $85 million in latest round of funding
- Resident Evil: Revelations, Cooking Mama 4 demos now on 3DS eShop
- DDO's first expansion since going F2P delves into the Underdark
- TIGA: 41% of laid off UK developers move overseas
- Magicka moves 1.3 million units, new expansion on the way
- Bethesda still planning to release Skyrim's Creation Kit "this month"
- Shank 2 to launch on February 8
- Irrational announces, details BioShock Infinite's 1999 mode
- My Little Pony Skyrim mod replaces dragons
- Bayonetta's main programmer confirmed as Metal Gear Rising's director
- Windows NT vet moves to Xbox team for future projects
- MLB 12: The Show online features detailed
- Flickr app launches for Vita in Japan
- Super Stardust Delta demo launches in Japan
- Infinity Ward job listing mentions “next-generation”
- Resident Evil HD remasters to get bundled with RE5
- Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance gets March 29 release in Japan
- How Chocolate Castle shames triple-A accessibility
- LotR Online 'pay to win' items to "create solutions" for newbs
- Resident Evil: Retribution gets first trailer, goes heavy on Sony product placement
- Another World coming to Android
- 343 warns against Halo 4 beta scam
- PSN maintenance scheduled for tomorrow
- Hirshberg: Activision "leaned into" Modern Warfare 3 leak
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- Twisted Metal teaser video shows real Sweet Tooth truck
- Zynga snaps up World of Goo iOS port developer
- Counter-strike: Global Offensive files yield Half-life jokes
- Final Fantasy XIII-2 trailer shows off Historia Crux system
- Red 5 drops out of E3 2012 to form anti-SOPA movement
- Namco Bandai exec: "Free-to-play games can't be high quality"
- Darksiders II's Death will "pretty much use any weapon"
- Quick Shots - There's a zombie on my PS Vita
- Nippon Ichi releases new screenshots for The Witch and the Hundred Soldiers
- Better AI a top priority for Hitman: Absolution
- Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time hitting PSP this summer in the US
- Japan's oldest games magazine to end in March
- Nintendo has "no plans" to fix Maka Wuhu track bypass in Mario Kart 7
- Scarygirl now available through Xbox Live
- Bioware: Rise of the Rakghouls will "show everyone how serious we are" about SWTOR
- Dreadnought DLC releasing for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine next week
- Nexon's Dungeon Fighter LIVE: Fall of Hendon Myre to release on XBL later this year
- Mass Effect 3 demo: Minimum and recommended PC specs released
- Mario Party 9 lands on Wii March 2 in Europe
- DOOM now available worldwide through XBL Marketplace
- Zumba Fitness series moves 6 million worldwide, Majecsco revenue up 65%
- I Am Alive video demonstrates how to survive human encounters in the Dust
- Japanese charts: Vita sales fall 57% over last week
- Latest Max Payne 3 developer video focuses on targeting and weapons
- SEGA announces pre-order bonuses for Yakuza: Dead Souls
- No Hope Left: Potential RE6 unveil teased for tonight
- Tequila Works' first title Deadlight slated for XBLA this summer
- THQ resume points to two unannounced Wii U titles in the works
- Analysts: GTA V to be out by March 2013
- Alienware X51 mini gaming desktop is about the size of Xbox 360
- Mac, iOS versions of Q.U.B.E. being "prototype," OnLive also looked at
- WoW update 4.3 last major content drop before Pandaria
- Euro PS Store and Plus update January 18 - Starhawk beta, GT5 DLC, Reckoning demo
- New SSX video details online connectivity
- 3DS EU demo drops begin tomorrow with Resident Evil: Revelations
- Nintendo to launch Last Story special edition in Europe
- Report - Videogameplus.ca hacked, user details posted online
- SOPA blackout: JAW, Oddworld, RPS, Gama, SavyGamer protest
- ESRB rates Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet for PC
- Namco and Imagepoch's Tokitowa announced in Famitsu
- Don't fear the future: Metro 2033 and Darksiders revisited
- Katy Perry gets own Sims 3 Showtime CE
- Borderlands 2: Guardian Angel to return, Lilith model chosen
- Kojima: Metal Gear Rising to be first playable at E3 2012
- New ME3 trailer confirms February 14 demo launch
- Final Fantasy Versus XIII nearly ready for real-time demo
- Game of Thrones RPG classified for Australia
- Dear Esther trailer is ridiculously beautiful
- Warriors Orochi 3 to see western release
- US PS Store Update, January 17 - Starhawk beta, 12 for '12, Team Ico HD, more
- Xbox 360 entertainment app use up 50%
- Lexis Numérique dismisses AMY critics
- UFC Undisputed shows off bumper roster
- Get the 1993 version of Syndicate from GOG this week
- PSA: Star Trek Online free to play today
- EVE Online CSM minutes outline new security, engineering teams
- House: "Ugly" hacker threats "ironically" spurred by IP protection
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- Marvel Heroes to use Unreal Engine 3
- First NCAA Football Fellowship begins January 17
- Sega announces London 2012 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games
- Glitch to overhaul housing system
- Snipers expected in February
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 releasing for Mac February 16
- Gakai coming to Facebook soon, WoW shown running through the social site
- Ubisoft shutters Pure Futbol studio in Vancouver
- N-Space releases a nifty video for Heroes of Ruin
- Radical and Dark Horse announce Prototype 2 comic series
- SWTOR Update 1.1 Rise of the Rakghouls to release tomorrow
- The House of Crom: Funcom launches Age of Conan: Unchained update
- Pre-orders for Max Payne 3 Special Edition extended to April 2
- Hudson Soft to be absorbed into Konami Digital Entertainment in March
- Bleszinski and Schatz to host GDC and IGF award shows, respectively
- Official Ong-Bak game announced for 2012 from Studio HIVE
- Analyst: EA has invested close to $500 million in SWTOR
- Uncharted 3 DLC lands on PSN, more packs on the way
- Street Fighter X Tekken videos and shots reveal six new characters
- Second phase of UFO Online – Fight for Earth beta to be announced as phase one closes
- Trion Worlds' David Reid joins CCP as chief marketing officer
- StarHawk public beta starts today for PS Plus members
- 15 mins from Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning 360 demo
- A World of Keflings DLC to be chosen by fans
- Fenix Rising map pack, new experience system launches for Gears of War 3
- Syndicate co-op demo to release at "the end of January"
- PvP, multiplayer modes detailed for Jagged Alliance Online
- TERA confirmed for May European launch
- The Darkness II 360 demo - 15 minutes of crazy action
- Half-Life communication group hits 10,000 members
- European publishers hunting down pirates via torrent sites
- Rockstar pushes Max Payne 3 into May – dates confirmed
- Warner confirms Mortal Kombat Vita for spring
- Rockstar staying mum on next-gen job listing
- The Darkness II demo goes live on Xbox Live Marketplace
- Test Drive Ferrari's first trailer is proper knockout
- Rumour: THQ/Disney tie-in still in development, involves upcoming Pixar flick
- CVs: Thief 4 to use Unreal 3, feature online functions
- Iron Brigade gets debut Rise of the Martian Bear trailer
- Q.U.B.E hits 12,000 sales in first four days
- Bargain hunting: PC game shopping beyond Steam
- Harada considering Vita version of Tekken x Street Fighter
- The Last Story gets European-focussed trailer
- SSX trailer goes uber serious with Zoe
- LittleBigPlanet notches up 6 million custom levels
- Report - Ubisoft DRM limits installations to specific hardware
- World of Darkness inspired by PC classic Bloodlines
- ArenaNet plotting Guild Wars 2's open beta
- PES 2012 Xperia Play promoted with mutilated couch, Kristen Schaal
- Report - XCOM delayed into 2013
- Next SWTOR update to be "much bigger", content planned through 2013
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- Deus Ex: HR tops Amazon's digital chart for 2011
- Kertz exits Battlefield 3 team for unrevealed project
- Ex-Ars Technica editor joins Penny Arcade
- Fall of the Samurai Shogun 2 expansion has pre-order incentives, new trailer
- Report - ESA dropped up to $190,000 on PIPA lobbying
- TF2 heads appear in Saints Row: The Third Steam version
- Sony's 12 for '12 sale graces US PSN tomorrow
- 20 million people sign up for Minecraft, 4.65 million copies sold
- Kasabian headlines OST for Alan Wake's American Nightmare
- Vita lifestyle shots go hipster
- Claims of GAME website hacked are "entirely false"
- “Ryder White” story DLC announced for Dead Island
- Avseq out in a "couple of weeks," new video shows hardest stage
- Rumour: Apple preparing March launch for iPad 3
- Capcom Vancouver working on new IP
- Catherine European release to come with special art booklet, soundtrack CD
- Remedy developing "groundbreaking" AAA console project
- 3DS, Mario Kart 7 top 2011 Japanese charts
- Test Drive: Ferrari gets first shots, Slightly Mad apparently confirmed as dev
- UK charts: FIFA 12 top for fourth week
- THQ remains in need of its hit, but it's not dead yet
- Quick quotes: Remedy on Max Payne 3 representing Rockstar's "seal of quality"
- Namco Fight Club video goes big on community
- SOPA senate vote delayed until "consensus" is found
- PlayStation Vita gets updated to Firmware 1.52
- Capcom Super Ultimate Showcase hits Sydney February 1
- Unofficial Australian Vita launch line up surfaces
- Grand Slam Tennis 2 visits the Australian Open
- Razer CEO: "The PC giants have stopped innovating"
- Dynasty Warriors VS has four multiplayer modes
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- First super-slim details of next .hack game escape
- The Secret World's Illuminati "all about the acquisition of power"
- Limbo for Mac out now on Steam
- Soul Calibur coming to iPhone January 19
- THQ denies mass shelving rumour, highlights Q4 sales
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- Shepard to be a "deeper" character in Mass Effect 3, says lead writer
- SWTOR: Future Legacy updates to unlock perks and points
- The Edgar Winter Group, Korn hitting Rock Band 3 next week
- US PS Video Unlimited update: Paranormal Activity: The Chronology, more
- Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland heads west in May, gets prologue video
- Former Codemasters Guildford staffer claims "unlawful" treatment of employees, wages
- Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen video reveals story, weapons, Glider Suit
- Physical and digital forms of Mass Effect 3 PC to require Origin
- Day 1 Studios concept art surfaces for cancelled Gotham by Gaslight title
- Former Witcher 2 producer working on action-RPG "Project Human"
- The Last Story Limited Edition to be released in Europe
- SSFIV Arcade Edition PC receiving 2012 update next month
- White House "will not support" SOPA as it stands
- Quick shots: Prototype 2 artwork and screens released for Heller, Guerra, Dana
- Illicit XBL access via Xbox.com "industry-wide issue"
- SOPA: DNS blocking pulled; PIPA needs "more study"
- Blue Toad Murder Files exceeds 500,000 premium units
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- Free update for Under Siege: Enhanced Edition now available on PSN
- Quick quotes: Reckoning's action-RPG "message" was difficult to convey to the public
- VentureBeat acquires Bitmob, Dan "Shoe" Hsu named GamesBeat editor-in-chief
- Masaya Matsuura's Haunt to release for Kinect next week via XBLA
- Korean Game Rating Board gives Diablo III a rating, can be released in South Korea
- Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Crysis 2, Tom Clancy titles hitting PSN next week
- Tropico 4: Modern Times Expansion coming to PC and 360 in March
- CheapyD DLC drops next week for Saints Row: The Third
- StarHawk public beta starts next week
- Ubisoft: Just Dance franchise has sold 25 million units worldwide
- SOPA: Firefall, Runic, Destructoid, Minecraft, Bungie decry bill
- Unauthorized XBL account access may be coming from Xbox.com
- Wii U panoramic view demo shown at CES
- Mojang has three new games in the works, two may release first half of 2012
- Taito releases arcade shooter Rayforce on iPhone and iPod Touch
- Modern Warfare 3 UK sales down year-over-year compared to Black Ops
- Nintendo re-releases 50 WiiWare demos
- Uncharted 3, Portal 2 lead Interactive Achievement Awards nods
- Revelations: How PC gaming allowed me to be born again
- 5th Cell's Run, Roo, Run out now on iOS
- Dead Space 1, 2 gets price reduced on Steam
- EA hit $1 billion in digital revenue in 2011, shuffles division
- Sony not worried with Japanese Vita sales, satisfaction rate "really high"
- EA Interactive boss Cottle heads to Zynga
- Alan Wake's American Nightmare videos come running from CES
- Age of Booty headed to iOS, Android
- New video illustrates Mass Effect 3-Reckoning demo crossover
- 11 RIFT servers marked for upcoming trials
- Jagged Alliance: Back in Action in North America, February 14th
- Kid Icarus: Uprising prompts development of 3DS hands-free stand
- No head-to-head online multiplayer for ModNation Racers on Vita
- Microsoft defends Kinect for Windows price hike, gamers find way around it
- Gameloft not guilty of health and safety breaches
- Quick Quotes: Notch's opinions on piracy
- NPD December: Industry sales decline 21%; MW3, 360 tops
- Research uncovers new details on XCOM: Enemy Unknown
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- NPD 2011: Total US spend between $16.3b and $16.6b
- Mod Alert: Red Orchestra 2 now includes SDK
- SSX trailer shows gameplay modes, announces GeoTags
- Ohlen: Saying SWTOR lacks innovation is an "unfair characterization"
- Ninja Gaiden 3 Collector's Edition detailed
- Quick shots: Max Payne 3 screens show our hero's changing looks
- Acquire's Sumioni: Demon Arts to release in North America
- Amazon putting select EA titles on sale next week
- Quick quotes: Sony still has a bit of a PS2 "hangover" says SCE UK boss
- Silent Hill March: Downpour, HD, Book of Memories
- Touch My Katamari prologue video shows a bit of the game's story
- CD Projekt cease "identifying, contacting" Witcher II pirates
- Armored Core V dated for March 20 in NA, March 23 in Europe
- SWTOR Update 1.1 Rise of the Rakghouls lands next week
- Closed beta sign-ups for TERA are live
- Complete list of Versus Modes released for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
- Bioware relieved SWTOR players have yet to finish "all end-game content"
- MCV: Median games industry pay is ?33,123
- Sony: 3DS sales “confounding the naysayers” over space for dedicated gaming handheld
- Nintendo Downloads, January 12 - Zen Pinball 3D, Hip Hop King, Carmen Sandiego
- New Secret World teaser goes big with Illuminati
- Lollipop Chainsaw screens and vignette introduce the villain Swan
- EA Play4Free range hits 25 million registered players
- Video shows Project Fiona running Skyrim at "ultra high"
- 2K announces return of MLB 2K12 $1 Million Perfect Game Challenge
- DICE introduces new anti-cheating measures for Battlefield 3
- SCE believes PS Move "could and should" do better at UK retail
- Call of Duty dethroned as UK's biggest entertainment property by Adele
- GAME mentions new Medal of Honor, Need for Speed
- Edge gets The Last of Us cover for next issue
- Mega Man 25th anniversary logo spotted in MMX iOS
- Naruto hits 10 million units shipped worldwide
- Cave Story DSiWare delayed in Europe
- All change: James Binns quits Future, Richard Keith returns
- Triple-A aversion therapy: what not to miss in 2012
- Quick quotes: Beyond Good and Evil "should not have been updated," says JAW boss
- Zipper's Unit 13 launching on March 6
- Don't panic: GSC continuing work on S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2
- Ruin renamed to Warrior's Lair
- SWTOR to offer rewards for neutral players
- Street Fighter IV HD coming to Android in May
- Quick shots - XCOM: Enemy Unknown gets up close and personal
- Vita Table Football demo'd at CES
- UK developed Brink, Arkham City among WGA Awards nominees
- DeathSmiles dev puts core games on hold to focus on social
- Ninja Gaiden 3 trailer shows off bloody multiplayer
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- The Darkness II demo descends next week
- Minecraft 1.1 update may drop tomorrow
- Quick Quotes - Gaikai predicts hardware casualties before next-gen
- DmC mocap filmed at Avatar studio
- Quick Shots - Resident Evil: Revelations Street Pass swaps detailed
- Anomaly: Warzone earth tops Qi's 2011 iPhone games list
- Tim Ellis exits HMV games division as organizational changes are implemented
- Radical: Chance to kill Prototype hero "too exciting to pass up"
- DCUO celebrates first anniversary with fun facts, a swanky cape
- UK retailers keen to strike pre-owned revenue share deal
- Killzone port heading to PSN on January 24
- SWTOR: Medium texture setting "a bug", never intended as option
- Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13 and The Masters Collector's Edition announced for March
- AC:Revelations director exits Ubisoft for marketing firm
- GDC 2012: Blizzard, Moriarty and postmortem Summits added to schedule
- Double Fine Happy Action Theater to release on XBLA next month
- Street Fighter celebrates its 25th Anniversary this year
- OnLive to be integrated into all Google TV devices
- Kirby’s Dream Land, Majora's Mask, Dr Mario now available through Club Nintendo US
- Report: Microsoft TV on hold as content negotiations hit pricey snag
- Gran Turismo 5 update and new DLC drops next week
- Japanese charts: 3DS remains on top, Monster Hunter 3G passes 1 million sold mark
- Age of Empires Online's Skirmish Hall Booster pack shown in latest video
- Crystal Dynamics announces Geocaching collaboration for Tomb Raider
- PlayStation Store gets major discounts on NFS Hot Pursuit, Dead Space 2, Crysis, more
- Hitman: Absolution sends 47 on stealth-action flip-flop
- Purchase a Taco Bell $5 Buck Box and you might win a Vita
- Nexuiz looks pretty in new screens
- Binary Domain gets shunted back a week
- Square's Gunslinger Stratos announced as a shooter for Japanese arcades
- Cross-demo promotion announced for Mass Effect 3 and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
- Kid Icarus: Uprising to support left-handers with Circle Pad Pro, says Sakurai
- Reggie: Wii U information coming throughout 2012
- DC Universe Online updated with new R&D system
- Shock: Modern Warfare 3 is 2011's best selling game in UK
- Euro PS Store update, January 11 - AMY, FF XIII-2 and Asura’s Wrath demos
- Namco Bandai teases Tokitowa, more details dropping next week
- EA opens new customer service centre in Austin
- Next Saints Row: The Third DLC goes Genki mad
- Government to axe current ICT program for "open source" curriculum from September
- A question of relevance: PlayStation Vita's the answer
- Hirai: PlayStation to lead Sony back into profitability
- Rumour: Namco, From Software planning Dark Souls DLC
- FFXIII-2 CES trailer goes cut-scene, action heavy
- Sony's Hirai debunks PS4 E3 reveal rumours - details
- LG Cup Street Fighter IV HD offers $21,000 prize pool
- US PS Store Update, January 10 - Choplifter HD, FFXIII-2 demo, more
- Razer's Project Fiona revealed as new PC gaming tablet
- FIFA Street producer: Past games "left a bad taste" in players' mouths
- Quick Shots - Game of Thrones screens could use some lamps
- Two more Warhammer Online servers retired
- Dear Esther leads 2012 IGF Awards nominees
- Rockstar reveals Max Payne 3's real world inspirations
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- Battlefield Play4Free update causes rage eruption
- The Witch and the Hundred Soldiers hits Japan in late June
- Levine: If the narrative doesn't fit gaming, get a new narrative
- Sumioni's ending depends on your skill
- Jaffe: Twisted Metal's "heart and soul" is multiplayer
- Video for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning demonstrates hero hobbies
- Australia: JB HiFi won't stock Vita 3G
- Devil Survivor 2 teaser challenges you to survive or die
- Bioware: Most SWTOR performance issues can be blamed on low-end PCs
- New sex scene responsible for The Darkness II classification surprise
- Dead Space 2 difficulty toned down after playtesting
- Marvel: Avengers Alliance coming to Facebook
- Cross-realm raids coming to WoW with Patch 4.3.2
- First 18-minutes of AMY videoed
- Gaikai partners with LG to bring cloud gaming to Smart TVs
- Bethesda confirms round of lay-offs at id Software
- Ubisoft: Estimated sales for Q3 FY12 at €650 million, 8% yoy increase
- Quick shots: MW3 screens provide a look at multiplayer maps Liberation and Piazza
- World of Goo downloaded 1 million times via the App Store
- Todd Howard to provide opening keynote at 2012 D.I.C.E. Summit
- XBLA House Party returns next month with Alan Wake's American Nightmare
- Modern Warfare 3 to get 20 DLC drops over next 9 months
- The Settlers Online surpasses 1.5 million players as European beta launches
- Sony closes Little Deviants studio, Cambridge division downsized
- Kuma Reality developer Amir Hekmati sentenced to death in Iran
- Ghost Recon: Future Soldier pushed into May, PS3 and 360 multiplayer beta coming in April
- BioWare: Mass Effect 3 to feature story, multiplayer DLC
- Asura's Wrath gets 360 demo: 10 bats**t minutes at 720p
- Sony isn't "contemplating" talk on PS4 "at this point"
- 5th Cell unveils iOS platformer Run, Roo, Run
- Coming Soon to XBL: Gears 3, GTA IV discounts, Asura's Wrath and Reckoning demos
- Metal Gear Solid 3DS: Snake Eater to launch in Europe on March 8
- EverQuest II log-ins up 40% since going F2P, says SOE
- Bethesda reconfirms PS3 issues in Skyrim will be addressed with Update 1.4
- Nintendo: EU Wii sales hit 30 million
- AMY release delayed on PSN due to new price point
- Jagex's majority stake sold to US venture firm
- MotoGP developer Monumental Games goes into administration
- Ubisoft launching ACR Mediterranean Traveller map pack on January 24
- NextBox CES no-show: perspective on rumours
- THQ lists Homefront: Ultimate Edition for spring release
- Quick quotes: BioWare would "do over" experience of launching new MMO
- Get Civilization V for ?13 at Amazon right now
- Starhawk to get mix of free, premium DLC
- OnLive introduces cloud-based Microsoft clients with OnLive Desktop
- GAME holiday sales hit 15 percent low
- Call of Duty Elite app hits iOS Tuesday, Android next week
- Origin sale offers up to 40% off plus $20 voucher
- Silent Hill: Downpour has separate combat and puzzle difficulties
- GDC 2012: Kasavin, Molyneux, Bleszinski and more added to line-up
- The Secret World celebrates the Illuminati
- Microsoft at CES 2012: Ballmer's Metrosexual circus
- CES 2012: 500,000 Vitas sold, two new PS Suite phones
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown features both real time and turn based elements
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- Black Ops 2 domain back in Activision's grasp
- Silent Hill HD Collection delayed into March
- Shoot Many Robots trailer invites you to Render This
- Legal wasteland: Bethesda secures Fallout MMO rights
- Call of Duty takes top three spots on 2011 Xbox Live activity charts
- AT&T details prepaid 3G data plans for US Vita launch
- Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition announced, dated
- New Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City trailer released
- Twisted Metal UK release date confirmed
- Quick quotes: Remedy's Hakkinen on "phenomenal" Max Payne 3
- Ruffian hiring for "CryEngine 3" experience
- Apple-tite for disruption: are consoles under threat?
- SCE UK planning "biggest campaign we’ve ever executed" for Vita launch
- Aliens: Colonial Marines collector's edition appears
- UK charts: FIFA 12 becomes 2012's first number one
- Next Xbox could have tablet component, says Gamespot
- Amalur: Reckoning minimum, recommended PC specs
- Netflix rolls out in UK and Ireland, sub prices confirmed
- The year's events: 2012's Killer Line-up, part three
- Study finds excessive gamers more depressed
- Project Zomboid update to add windows, clever NPCs, more
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- Quick Quotes - Dishwasher dev's new game explores skin melting
- Binary Domain producer: Shooters have "biggest window of entry"
- Tiny Tower clocks up 10 million daily play sessions
- SSX trailer enlists pro rider Travis Rice
- Minecraft Pocket Edition Survival update due February
- Blizzard denies Diablo III February dating
- PAX East passes selling out two months in advance
- PlayStation Network trophy bug squashed
- Dark Souls PC port petition nears 40,000 signatures
- PlayMemories Studios PS3 video editor spotted at CES
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- Victim of Xbox Live phishing scam gets refund, account restored
- Join the Battlefield 3 Metal vs Hip Hop Challenge this weekend
- Sony details PlayStation Vita Room event in Manchester
- SWTOR Update 1.1 is live on the Public Test Server
- US retailer lists Monster Hunter Portable 3, FFX, Lord of Apocalypse for Vita
- 38 Studios, MLG, others clarify stance on SOPA
- Silicon Knights boss "looking forward" to airing Epic's "misconduct" in court
- God of War: Ascension multiplayer beta starts in tomorrow for PS Plus members
- Undead Labs releases video tour of studio, open-world zombie shooter "Class 3"
- Lexis Numérique to let gamers decide the final price of AMY on PSN
- Character renders for Factor 5's cancelled title come to light
- Blizzard announces price drop on WoW expansions in Europe
- Team Ninja says it's "steadily making progress" on Ni-Oh
- Black Ops, Age of Empires Online, others top Xbox Live activity charts for 2011
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- Sony Video Unlimited adds Contagion, Shark Night, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
- Media Molecule spends ?4.1 million on R&D to squelch dependence on LBP
- Shank 2 looks violently fun in latest gameplay video
- Avenger creators donate $10,000 to Child's Play
- Pick up the Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition January 17
- Sony dismisses report claiming Hirai is replacing Stringer
- Analyst believes Sony needs to build "consumer excitement" around PlayStation brand in 2012
- Netflix starts appearing on UK and Irish PS3s - all the details
- Steam posts seventh year of over 100% sales growth
- Latest Journey video takes you on a musical excursion
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus to release February 22 in US and Europe
- Square to release action-platformer based on graphic novel Scarygirl
- Miyamoto working on 'undisclosed original' project
- The Darkness II now available for pre-purchase on Steam
- New cases of Xbox Live account hacking come to light
- Pre-order Prototype 2 at GameStop, get "Bio-Bomb Butt Kicker Ability"
- Vita Rooms Birmingham event cancelled
- Ninja Gaiden 3's first half-hour goes online
- Asura's Wrath gets 10 minutes of new footage
- FFXIII-2 demo coming to PS3, 360 next week
- WiiWare dev pulls sales numbers at Nintendo's demand
- EA holding Xbox Live sale
- Rumour: Next Xbox, PlayStation 4 to get E3 unveils
- Ninja Theory received death threats over DMC
- And The Rest: 2012's Killer Line-Up, Part Two
- Final Fantasy XIII-2 among promised PSN demos
- IndieRoyale's New Year's Bundle includes Super Crossfire
- Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns 3DS may get Euro release
- Capcom keen on 2D games but nervous of "tricky" development
- EA's sally against SSX.com owner rebutted
- Report - Japanese games market dropped 8% in 2011
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- SWTOR nabs Guinness World Record for dialogue
- Tales of Innocence R trailers show off Vita remake
- Multiverse platform saved, Firefly MMO still possible
- Resident Evil: Revelations demo inbound
- UKIE: UK games market fell 13% during 2011
- Quick shots: Alex Mercer enters the spotlight in latest Prototype 2 screens
- Zynga stock drops again
- Rumor: 7Sixty to publish HurricaneX2 on Xbox 360
- Final Fantasy XIII-2 trailer is enthusiastic about Moogles
- Platinum Games hopes to make a 2012 anounce
- Latest Silent Hill HD Collection screens are full of creepy nostalgia
- The Binding of Isaac expansion to be called The Wrath of The Lamb
- Batman: Arkham City was Gamefly's "most-wanted" game of 2011
- Noby Noby Boy players help GIRL reach the planet Uranus
- European pricing and date announced for AMY
- Zynga launches Hidden Chronicles, first new title since going public
- Nintendo Downloads: Zombii Attack, Samurai Sword Destiny, 3 Heroes - Crystal Soul
- Gotham City Imposters release moved to February
- Skyrim, Portal 2, Bastion receive five GDC Awards nods
- Diablo 15th Anniversary website goes live, firm "almost done" with Diablo III
- Assassin's Creed, Rainbow Six Vegas double packs hitting in March
- Infinity Blade franchise soars past $30 million in sales
- EA closes Guildford studio Bright Light
- Firaxis's XCOM: Enemy Unknown announced - info
- New Planetside 2 video details new engine, factions, shows gameplay
- House of the Dead 3 releasing on PSN February 7, HoTD4 coming this spring
- New SSX trailer goes tricky
- Heady daze for Vita: why you’ll be buying Gravity Rush
- More stops on The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses Tour announced
- Epic says it does not "support the current version of SOPA"
- Bioware to release patches for SWTOR "almost every week"
- LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes announced by Warner
- Capcom "squarely competing" against Bayonetta with DMC
- Japanese charts: Vita decline continues, Mario Kart 7 tops software
- Razer likely to reunveil Switchblade at CES next week
- Soul Calibur V intro goes sword heavy
- Respawn further teases new game with mo-cap shot
- Report: Monster Hunter Vita to arrive in Japan by second-half 2012
- Devil Survivor 2 gets teaser before US launch
- Hi-Rez: Tribes Universe on hold, priority for now is Ascend
- RedLynx: Trials Evolution date announcement "in the near future"
- EVO games line-up locked down - SFxT, UMvC3, SCV, more
- Near Future: 2012's Killer Line-up, Part One
- Choplifter HD hits the US in next console network update
- Star Wars: The Old Republic available in Aussie retailers
- Multiple Pokémon Gray and 3DS hints turn up
- Empire leads Star Wars: The Old Republic PvP, update promised
- Cthulhu Saves the World anniversary price cut, coming to more devices
- Amazon erroneously advises Vita 3G cancelled in US
- Mass Effect: Homeworlds comics star James Vega
- Analysts agree 3DS now on track for success
- Microsoft, Datel settle memory card grievance out of court
- Child's Play raised over $3.5 million in 2011
- Katawa Shoujo out now
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- Skyrim tops Japanese developers' 2011 favourites list
- Star Trek Online to sport near-weekly updates from February
- Dream.Build.Play 2009 winner Dust: An Elysian Tail slated for release this year
- Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 delayed into second quarter
- XBLIG policy changes allow for larger, less expensive titles
- Hellgate Global boasts 40% female characters
- Quick quotes: Activision wants to "experiment with" a variety of Modern Warfare 3 content
- Yu Suzuki still holding out for Shenmue 3
- Quick quotes: Akria missing from Silent Hill: Downpour's soundtrack due to "Japanese business politics"
- Microsoft Studios forms partnership with social and casual games developer Arkadium
- Small SWTOR patch deployed, doesn't fix dance exploit
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus screens show off Ryu's moves
- Gaikai adds BestBuy, YouTube to customer base, hires ex-Sony pictures exec as COO
- Silent Hill: Downpour developers discuss going back to the series' psychological-horror roots
- Quick shots: Latest Max Payne 3 screens focus on the multiplayer
- Levine: Focus on BioShock's Elizabeth "as a person" rather than her appearance
- Soul Calibur V goes gold, three new movies and 60 shots released
- Microsoft Flight to release as free download in the spring
- Report: Diablo III Korean release in jeopardy
- Pandemic co-founder sets up social games developer Seismic Games
- Rovio: 6.5 million people downloaded Angry Birds on Christmas Day
- Mass Effect 3 videos show off pre-order bonuses, new screens
- USPTO patent points to DVR function in next Xbox
- Intent's Dinsey becomes GamesAid chairman
- Euro PS Plus and PS Store Update, January 4 – Batman, Back to the Future
- Joystiq group, Crecente to form VOX Games - details
- Steam hits 5 million concurrent users
- Xbox Live Avatar Marketplaces gets tattoos
- ESRB: Soul Calibur V lets you “augment” breast sizes, shows “buttocks”
- Mario Party 9 to feature boss fights, time-saving mini-game modes
- Xbox UFC app crashes under tech issues, Microsoft promises "improvement"
- Analyst: SWTOR to sell 3 million, current player count peaking at 350,000
- 2012 New Year's Resolutions: Try Something New
- Sony Tablet S RRP drops to $500
- Green Man Games January sale offers up to 75% off
- Battlefield 3 tweaks inbound thanks to player feedback
- Kazuma Kujo working on new downloadable title
- McNamara: L.A. Noire is "probably too big"
- 3DS sells close to 500,000 Japanese units in record week
- Firefly, Buffy MMO developer shuttered
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- Skyward Sword continuity may be abandoned
- US PS Store Update, January 3 - Darksiders, Resistance 3 DLC
- Report - Bethesda and Interplay reach settlement in Fallout Online suit
- Harmonix shareholders awarded $383 million
- Atari declares war on iOS arcade lookalikes
- Starbreeze releases Deep Dive coop trailer for Syndicate
- GTA III mobile works with PC mods
- VVVVVV creator has eight games in the works
- PS Plus members get Back to the Future free, other discounts in January
- More South Park: The Game screens and art pop up online
- Quick quotes: McNamara on the "long, painful process” of closing Team Bondi
- Retrode 2 adapter provides PC support for SNES and Genesis games
- Pre-order King Arthur II, start playing prologue chapter Dead Legions now
- Game Informer says "old school gamers will freak out" over feature in next issue
- Lineage II artist Juno Jeong back with NCsoft, working on unnamed MMO
- ESA re-affirms SOPA support, mindful of "concerns"
- Brian Crecente quits Kotaku
- Closed beta registrations for DUST 514 are live, exclusive to EVE Online players
- Bioware Ireland provided Austin studio with "multiple dimensions of support" with SWTOR
- Composer CV lists ”God of War IV”
- Trio of DICE developers quit studio for Ngmoco Sweden
- Quick shots: Darksiders 2 does the screens dance
- Skyrim, Arkham City, Minecraft, others chosen as developers' favorite games of 2011
- Full OPM Kojima interview goes online
- Nintendo systems moved 12 million units in the US during 2011
- Rumour: Apple to launch iTV in Q3 2012
- Crystal Dynamics to unveil new IP this year
- EA: 1 million subs for SWTOR since before Christmas, 60 million hours played since launch
- Super Meat Boy hits 1 million sales
- The Binding of Isaac could come to 3DS, says McMillen
- CoD4 PS3 apparently suffering from boot freezing hack
- UK charts: FIFA 12 dominates final two weeks of 2011
- Rumour: Wii U to get own app store
- Empire: 007 Skyfall to get game tie-in
- Holiday Retrospective - What happened in December 2011
- Back in the saddle: the rest of the Christmas '11 news
- Enterbrain: 3DS hits 4.1 million units sold in Japan
- Rumour - Nintendo prepping eReader subscription service for 3DS, Wii U
- IndieRoyale New Year's Bundle up for pre-order
- Street Fighter x Tekken screen outs new characters
- Research - Cheating in games is infectious and unpopular
- Rumour - Disney Epic Mickey 2 going co-op, multi-platform
- Veteran calls out "crass," "hideous" MW3 advertising
- Analyst - GTA V will outsell the next Call of Duty
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- Shenmue City shuttered
- Report - Crysis 2 tops 2011 piracy chart at 4m downloads
- Anonymous targets Sony again, hopes to avoid consumer consequence
- Bastion tops 500,000 sales
- Star Wars: The Old Republic in the running for Mac port
- First Sonic 4 Episode 2 trailer confirms Metal Sonic, Tails
- Holiday Retrospective: What happened in November 2011
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- Rumour: God of War IV to feature online co-op
- Square Enix Europe trademarks "Hitman: Profession"
- Atlus: "That title you’ve been waiting for" could be announced in 2012
- Kitase: Final Fantasy X for PS3 and Vita a "remake," still early in development
- Holiday Retrospective: What happened in October 2011