Meteor Entertainment releases the Facility update for Hawken, packed with brand new items and a beautiful new map.
Put a face or two to the voices behind your favorite Marvel Heroes characters with this developer diary.
An alien substance combines with the Earth and create, well, something rather interesting in the launch trailer for Fuse.
Wage a one-man war against the drug cartels in Narco Terror, an arcade two-stick shooter for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC.
Molonoth Fields from A Crack In Time makes a triumphant return as a competitive multiplayer map in Ratchet & Clank: Full Front Assault.
The Laughing Butcher stalks the streets of Gotham as the Age of Invention's murderous creation sports a few tricks in this spotlight for Infinite Crisis.
The ISA and Helghast fight to the death, sure, but what is a mercenary supposed to do? Make money by selling services to the highest bidder, of course!
Explore the vast world of The Elder Scrolls Online to begin the long journey of becoming a master craftsmen.
The Sims 3 Island Paradise Assistant Producer Graham Nardone takes you aboard the SS Nardone for a new gameplay walkthrough.
Head into Alcatraz as the dead rise from their graves in this exclusive Playstation 3 trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops II Mob of the Dead.
New game releases of May 20-26
Next week will see the release of Resident Evil: Revelations' home edition, Donkey...
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Killzone: Mercenary shoots onto Vita on September 10
Vita-exclusive FPS Killzone: Mercenary has a new release date: September 10th....
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Trion Worlds hit with more layoffs, Defiance team impacted
Trion Worlds has undergone yet another round of layoffs, a new report confirms,...
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Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault defending Vita next week
The Vita edition of Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault was supposed to launch...
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Game & Wario was originally going to be pre-installed on Wii U
Game & Wario wasn't always meant to be a standalone game. The upcoming Wii U game...
14In a release today the Writers Guild of America revealed the nominees for outstanding achievement in videogame writing from 2009. They are:
Warner Bros Interactive has laid off about 25 employees across its three Seattle-based studios--Monolith Productions (F.E.A.R. 2), Snowblind Studios (Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance) and Surreal Software (The Suffering)--Shacknews has learned.
Update: Raven has confirmed the layoffs, issuing an official statement: "With the recent completion of both Wolverine, based on the summer blockbuster movie, and Wolfenstein, the next chapter of the famed franchise, Raven Software is slightly reducing its workforce to better reflect the studio's upcoming slate."
Original story: Shacknews has heard from multiple sources that Wolfenstein and X-Men Origins: Wolverine developer Raven Software is being hit by a round of layoffs today. Read more »
With a spotty record of movie tie-in videogames, Marvel is hoping the well-received X-Men Origins: Wolverine becomes a turning point.
"We are not doing movie-based games anymore," Marvel digital media VP Ira Rubenstein told Joystiq, before restating: "Actually, wait... we are not doing crappy movie-based games anymore. You can quote me on that." Read more »
A downloadable expansion pack for Backbone's neon-tastic Xbox Live Arcade revival Space Invaders Extreme will arrive tomorrow, June 17, during the night-time hours.
With the download priced at 240 Microsoft Points ($3), publisher Taito tells us that it will pack three new stages, new enemies and new bosses, along with "emulators of the original black-and-white Space Invaders and 8-bit color Space Invaders 2." Read more »
Downloadable retro revival Arkanoid Live will debut on the Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday, joining known releases Zombie Wranglers and Space Invaders Extreme, according to Xbox Live programming director Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb.
A downloadable demo of Raven's film-inspired beat 'em up X-Men Origins: Wolverine is now available for Xbox Live Gold members via the Xbox Live Marketplace.
Hyped by its developer as "the movie game that finally does not suck," the title launched alongside the theatrical flick last Friday in PC, PS2, PS3, 360, Wii, DS and PSP form.
Read more »Backbone's Taito-commissioned Xbox Live Arcade rendition of Space Invaders Extreme will arrive next Wednesday, May 6 at 800 MS Points ($10), Taito announced today.
The neon-heavy downloadable shooter, meant to celebrate Space Invaders' 30th anniversary, packs super-sized enemies and trippy tunes along with various competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes for up to four online or offline players.
Read more »To promote the May 1 release of Raven's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, retailer GameStop today launched a "Mutton Chop Madness" contest.
Described as a "nationwide search for the best sideburns," the promotion asks entrants to send in a photo of themselves with facial hair. Read more »
Our latest glimpse of Raven's X-Men Origins: Wolverine continues where the last trailer left off, detailing even more of the cameos from the comics that inspired the movie.
The game arrives on every major platform--PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, PSP--the same day that the movie hits theaters on Friday, May 1. Read more »
Publisher Activision has released a new trailer for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, showcasing some of the cameos in the game based off the comic-inspired film.
Developed by Raven, the brutal beat 'em arrives alongside the movie on May 1, coming in PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, and PSP flavors.
Claiming that Raven's upcoming licensed beat-em-up X-Men Origins: Wolverine is going to be the best Wolverine game ever made isn't saying much.
Luckily, Raven also claims that every other video game is like a pansy. So unless you like playing pansies, you'd probably better pre-order Wolverine.
The game is set for a May 1 release on PC, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS and PSP. Read more »
These screenshots from Raven's upcoming X-Men Origins: Wolverine tie-in fail to represent the game accurately in lacking Wolverine's trademark animalistic roaring. While viewing, we ask that you lean back, concentrate, and try to imagine the sound of a dying animal or two. That's it. Now you've got the Wolverine experience.
The game is set for a May 1 release on PC, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS, PSP, GPS, RFK and CCP. Some of those may not be actual game platforms.
Read more »"He's the ultimate bad-ass in the world of comics," Raven senior artist Cory Carani says of Wolverine in the below video. "He can do things that other super heroes can't."
Later on, the developer says his title is "the movie game that finally does not suck."
Inspired by the impending action movie of the same name, X-Men Origins: Wolverine launches alongside the flick--which you may have already seen--on May 1. The game's due to hit just about everything: PC, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS and PSP Read more »
Taito's celebration of Space Invaders' 30th Anniversary continues in these new screenshots from the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade download Space Invaders Extreme.
Developed by the folks at Backbone Entertainment, the Xbox 360 version of the game--Nintendo DS and PSP editions arrived last summer--adds four-player competitive and cooperative multiplayer to the mash-up of classic stylings and modern gameplay.
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