Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning 2 was in pre-production, sources told Joystiq. Currently, the IP is owned by 38 Studios, and it’s very likely that the recent controversy surrounding the company will result in the state of Rhode Island government obtaining ownership of the franchise. It really is a shame that that’s the case, because Kingdoms of Amalur was well received […]
Max Payne 3 launches for PC this Friday, but you can pre-order it on Steam now. If you decide to go the digital route, you can score some sweet freebies, so if you’re going to get Rockstar’s latest anyway, you might be interested in Steam’s special offer. Gamers who pre-order Max Payne 3 through Valve’s digital download platform will be […]
According to Arvind Bhatia, an analyst at Sterne Agee, Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto V will sell 14 million copies during its launch period, reports GameSpot. A year after Grand Theft Auto IV launched in 2008, the game managed to ship 13 million units, so Bhatia is clearly estimating figures based on the numbers produced by the last entry in […]
PC gaming has an inconsistent history. There was a time when PC gamers were the ones getting the optimal interactive experiences, while console gamers still got great content that sadly didn’t look as good. More recently, however, it seems that PC versions of countless games just don’t deliver when compared to their console counterparts. Sure, they may look better, but […]
If you’ve been endlessly scrounging up rare items in preparation for the launch of Diablo 3’s real-money auction house, well, you’ll have to wait a bit longer to cash out. The company has decided to postpone the launch for an indefinite period of time, amid post-launch issues of which you are most certainly aware of. The launch was previously slated for late […]
Are you still playing Skyrim? Yeah, same here. It looks like those of us who have been taking our time with the game (as well as those who plan to revisit it) are getting something super sweet: mounted combat! According to Bethesda, the new 1.6 update also fixes a number of bugs including situational crash issues, randomly immobile enemies, and […]
It goes without saying that Diablo 3 has endured a rocky launch thus far, but despite all the cries from fans over server outages and the lack of an ‘offline’ mode, the title has been a huge boon financially for Blizzard. The company announced today that over 3.5 million copies were sold on day one, making it the fastest-selling PC […]
Yesterday we reported that Max Payne 3 had sold approximately three million units since its launch last Tuesday. We also learned that the PC version of the game is set to drop next week. Today we have some more news straight from Take-Two Interactive, this time regarding Max Payne 3‘s upcoming DLC. Rockstar Games’ current DLC plans for its hit […]
Publisher Take-Two has announced that 2K Martin’s FPS take on the classic strategy game XCOM has been pushed back to fiscal 2014. Take-Two’s fiscal year begins on April 1, 2013 and runs through March 31, 2014. 2K hasn’t mentioned potential platforms for the title, so it’s not clear if the slip means it’ll land on the PS3 and Xbox 360 […]
Some more DLC is now available for Saints Row: The Third players. The Penthouse Pack download lets you add a few new homies to your gang, specifically a bunch of buxom ladies famous for their work with Penthouse. You’ll be able to enlist the services of Penthouse’s Nikki Benz, Justine Joli, Ryan Keely, and Heather Vandeven. Oh, and I don’t […]
Dead Island first landed on consoles and PC on September 6 in North America. The game, while not without a few flaws, managed to deliver a zombie experience that was just pure fun and worth the price of admission. Publisher Deep Silver has just announced Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition. You’ll get the main game plus the Ryder […]
Capcom’s announced that the Ninja Theory-developed DmC Devil May Cry reboot will arrive on PS3 and Xbox 360 next year, January 15, 2013 to be specific. Alongside the announcement, Capcom confirmed that a PC version of the title is coming after the console equivalents. Beyond that, the company wasn’t specific on a release window, though did say development is “well underway.” This […]
Blizzard can’t seem to catch a break with Diablo III. First the intermittent server outages following launch and now, reports of accounts being hacked. Several users on the official Diablo III forum, including Eurogamer editor Christian Donlan, are reporting unauthorized account access. It’s not clear how the hackers gained access at this time, though signs are pointing to a possible […]
With Kickstarter becoming especially popular in the gaming sector, it’s no surprise that gaming behemoth EA wants a piece of the action. To that end, the company is waiving any distribution costs on Origin for titles that have been successfully crowd-funded. Any costs associated with distribution will be completely free for 90 days. Currently, Origin boasts a userbase of 12 million gamers […]
Famed adventure game developer Telltale Games has reported that The Walking Dead Episode 1: A New Day has officially hit the one million sales mark. That’s awesome news for both Telltale and The Walking Dead, as the game was received quite well by gamers. What that means is that most of those one million sales are made up of satisfied […]
Publisher 2K Games has revealed full details on two special edition bundles for the Gearbox-developed FPS/RPG Borderlands 2. The first is the Deluxe Vault Hunter’s Collector’s Edition, which is priced at $99.99. You’ll get Borderlands 2, Marcus Kincaid bobblehead, Inside the Vault: The Art & Design of Borderlands 2 art book, set of stickers, map of Pandora, download code for […]
Gamers are irate over the fact that they were unable to play Diablo III last night. Servers were down, and players weren’t allowed to enter the game, even if they wanted to play on their own. This is due to Diablo III‘s required internet connection, which bars any players from entering the game’s world unless they’re online. Additionally, Blizzard’s DRM […]
GPU manufacture NVIDIA today announced GeForce Grid, a cloud gaming platform capable of “streaming next-generation games to virtually any device, without the lag that hampers current offerings.” The tech leverages NVIDIA’s Kepler-based family of graphics processors to deliver low latency gaming over the cloud. A single Grid instance can simultaneously encode up to eight game streams, allowing providers to scale […]
The Xbox 360 adaption of Minecraft has already proved itself a hit on Xbox Live, selling more than any other title in the first 24 hours of availability. On top of that, it was also profitable in its first hour of release. Now Microsoft has taken the opportunity to gloat some more, announcing that the title has tipped one million […]
Jetpack Joyride is an addictive little iOS game that manages to deliver a compelling experience that’s both worthwhile and rewarding. The game strays away from the model that plagued mobile titles in the past, and though it’s certainly a simple game with intuitive controls, it still manages to capture gamers’ attention and gives them a reason to care about the […]