2K and Firaxis Games announced that XCOM: Enemy Unknown is available in North America today and will be available internationally on October 12th for the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. Apparently Game Informer went ahead and gave XCOM: Enemy Unknown a 9.5 out of 10 in addition to giving it “Game of the Month” honors for its November issue. I’m sure there was a lot of hand-wringing over t...
Read More »CJ Games Global today announced the open beta for its Free MMO FPS, District 187: Sin Streets. The open beta introduces three new maps and four new weapons along with the introduction of the District 187 development blog. "With our community's continuous input and the tireless efforts of our developer CJ GameLab, we are able to move into our final testing phase before the launc...
Read More »On October 8, 2012 after the high praise of his latest soundtracks on the RPGs Mass Effect 3 and Borderland 2, award-winning game composer Cris Velasco returns to create another musical master piece in the horror gene with a sinister and mysterious original score for the Ubisoft’s new survival-horror shooter ZombiU. Already the recipient of the “Best Original Score” at the Academ...
Read More »The classic arcade game Spy Hunter is reborn as a modern, 3D racing/shooting game for Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita. A few arguments towards the game industry point out that video games are trying to mimic movies. A possible connection could exist with military shooters mimicking 1980s action films, such as Call of Duty games being similar to Rambo. Yet another familiar icon in act...
Read More »Microsoft have announced that the playable demo for its hugely anticipated ‘Forza Horizon’ is now available to download . In the demo gamers will be able to experience action racing in the open roads of Colorado before the games official release on the 26th October. Forza Horizon is a spin-off of the popular Forza series. The game is being developed by developer Playground Games in ass...
Read More »Chillingo have announced that they are collaborating with Universal to launch ‘E.T. The Green Planet’ game app for iPhone, iPad and iPad touch. The game is set to celebrate the 30th anniversary of E.T The Extra Terrestrial. In E.T The Green Planet gamers will be able to experience their own interactive journey as E.T returns to his home to The Green Planet. E.T The Green Planet is bein...
Read More »Facebook is rolling out a new form of page called 'Collections' which brands and e-commerce sites can use to their advantage, as a form of advertising. Only for U.S members at the moment, the test is teaming up with 7 retail partners: Pottery Barn, Wayfair, Victoria's Secret, Michael Kors, Neiman Marcus, Smith Optics, and Fab.com. If you become a fan of a brand, products will show o...
Read More »Get ready to immerse yourself in the exciting world of Middle Earth with details emerging for Guardians of Middle Earth. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Monolith Productions today unveiled the box art along with the release date. The game will be available for purchase for the PlayStation 3 at select UK and US retailers, as well as via download on PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE Arcad...
Read More »Today Reverb Publishing and Lukeware Media announced that Primal Carnage has gone into open beta for all players who pre-order the game. In addition, those that pre-order will also net an exclusive in-game feathered raptor skin when the game officially launches for PC in Q4 2012. Primal Carnage ignores 65 million year of evolution and locks humans and dinosaurs together in brutal combat. Dinosaurs...
Read More »To tie in with the release of the new film, Avanquest Software Publishing, a leading UK publisher of Nintendo DS™ games has today announced the release of Hotel Transylvania for the Nintendo DS™ and Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held systems with a release date of October 26th 2012 for DS™ and November 9th on 3DS™ Hotel Transylvania is an action-adventure video game based on Son...
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