It’s THQ week on Steam and you know what that means: deals. Lots of deals. Each day this week a THQ-specific deal will go up for 24 hours, meaning most of us will have to fight the incredibly tempting urge to buy. Suffice to say, Steam usually ends up taking hold of our wallets. Currently, all games in the Titan […]

In addition to the already extensive slate of gameplay modes present in the original Left 4 Dead, Valve is adding two more for part deux. First up is “Savenge,” which pits players in divided teams of 4. In a race against time, Survivors must fend off Infected whilst collecting gas cans to refuel a generator located in each map. Each […]

Ubisoft today announced plans to broaden its presence in the online multiplayer space with an acquisition of Nadeo, best known for arcade racer TrackMania. Attracting 700,000 unique players a month, the title is backed by an active fanbase that has created over 15,000 custom tracks since 2008. Going forward, Ubisoft plans to expand reach even further and build upon the […]

In what we can only call shocking, Infinity Ward head Vince Zampella revealed to the Official PlayStation Magazine that publisher Activision was originally opposed to the idea of moving the Call of Duty outside World War II. For its part, the mighty Acti thought such a move was a huge creative risk at the time, going by internal marketing research, […]

This year’s self-proclaimed biggest entertainment launch might not reach all platforms simultaneously. According to a Electronic Threatre piece citing unidentified sources, the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 will miss its once-scheduled November 10 release date and has been pushed back till the 24th. While the exact reasoning behind this setback is unknown, speculation suggests that it may be due […]

So much for all that boycotting, Left 4 Dead 2 is poised to become Valve’s fastest-selling title ever. In a statement sent to press, company founder Gabe Newell revealed that pre-order numbers for the sequel have surpassed that of the original by a whopping 300 percent. Based on the strength of pre-orders, Left 4 Dead 2 will be the fastest-selling […]

Developer Valve today officially detailed its pre-order campaign for Left 4 Dead 2, revealing that those who reserve the title at “participating retailers” will receive 10 percent off the purchase price, bringing it down to $45 and $55 for the PC and Xbox 360 version respectively. To top it off, Valve is throwing early access to the L4D2 demo into […]

At its GPU Conference in San Jose, California, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang officially announced the company’s next line of GPU architecture, codenamed Fermi. Described as the “soul of a supercomputer in the body of a GPU,” the specs boast 3 billion transistors, 512 shader cores, eight times the peak performance in double precision situations, and the ability to run C++ […]

Ubisoft has announced via a Twitter tweet that Assassin’s Creed 2 will not see the light of day on PC until early next year. While its console counterparts are still on for a November debut, the dev team felt more time was needed to “deliver the best quality game” on the Windows side of things.

Ubisoft has finally pegged a firm date on its oft-delayed stealth action title Splinter Cell Conviction, announcing that it will hit retailers across North American on February 23, exclusively on the Xbox 360 and PC. In Conviction, players once again assume the role of operative Sam Fisher, now a renegade who is on the run after being betrayed by his […]

Developer Valve sent word that Crash Course, the second downloadable content pack for Left 4 Dead will hit Steam and Xbox 360 on September 29. In usual Valve fashion, it will be available free of charge to PC owners of the game, adding an all-new set of maps across the single player and multiplayer game modes. Due to Microsoft imposed […]

The onslaught of product delays rage on. Publisher Activision today announced that it has decided to push back Blizzare Creations’ action-packed, over-the-top racing effort Blur into early 2010. Previously scheduled to hit PS3, Xbox 360 and PC in November, the move was prompted to allow for more development time, specifically in the multiplayer department. We are committed to making Blur […]

Publisher 2K Games today penciled in a firm release date for BioShock 2, announcing that the title will hit store shelves on February 9. That date accounts for all platforms, including PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. Story-wise, the sequel is set ten years after the events that transpired in the original BioShock. Players assume the role of a prototype Big […]

For this week’s Weekend Deal on Steam, Valve has slashed the price of Jonathon Blow’s enchanting time-bending puzzler Braid down to just $5. Yes, succumbing to these deals is becoming an increasingly hard to resist habit. As a quality platformer that no gamer should miss, at this price it’s a total steal. Go grab it – now. For those feeling […]

Valve’s dedication towards its fanbase once again goes unrivaled, having invited two of the Left 4 Dead 2 boycott founders to their development studio in Bellevue, Washington. Echoing impressions in our hands-on report published during E3, the two walked away impressed and were devoid of any negative comments concerning the sequel, judging from a written message on the boycott’s official […]

By way of a scrolling news ticker on the PlayStation 3 version of Batman: Arkham Asylum, it has been revealed that free DLC is due out on September 17. When asked if this content is exclusive or will be made available on all supported platforms, an Eidos spokesperson replied, noting that “I’m happy to inform you, it will arrive at […]

BioWare is still keeping mum over the prospect of a PS3 version of Mass Effect. Ever since the developer joined ranks with multi-platform publisher EA as a result of an acquisition, rumors sparked that the series would make its way to PS3 eventually. But it hasn’t happened yet, and this point, we’re beginning to wonder if it ever will. However, […]

EA is shipping Mass Effect 2 day-and-date on both Xbox 360 and PC when it hits in early 2010. Associate producer Jesse Houston broke the news in a recent gamescom interview, explaining that there will be no content differences between the two versions, only controls will differ. This is in stark contrast to the original Mass Effect, which was released […]

In its latest Steam weekend dealio, Valve has launched an offer that’s hard to resist, especially if you somehow have yet to delve into the Half-Life universe. This weekend only, Steam customers can save a whopping 66% on anything and everything Half-Life. That means the entire HL saga can be had for around $20. Like we said, incredibly hard to […]

Peripheral maker Mad Catz has scored licensing rights to create officially branded controller pads and accessories based on what is poised to become one of this year’s best-selling titles, Modern Warfare 2. Quite a coup for them. “We are excited to partner with Activision and Infinity Ward to create branded controllers and accessories based on what is one of the […]