L.A. Noire Developer Team Bondi Shuttered
Should a sequel to Rockstar Games’ latest offering ever appear, it won’t come from the original developer. Team Bondi, the studio that labored on L.A. Noire since 2005, has...
11 by on 10/5/2011Portal 2 Free “Peer Review” DLC Now Available
In case you haven’t been solving testing chambers incessantly since April, Valve’s offering a free reason to dust off your copy of Portal 2. A new DLC pack, titled...
5 by on 10/4/2011Modded Battlefield 3 Beta Servers Could Result in Bans
Intrepid players of the Battlefield 3 beta (which began last week) have taken to hacking servers to boost the player count from 32 up to 128. Joining such a...
18 by on 10/3/2011New Indie Game Storefront 'Indievania' Now In Beta
The team from Alientrap, the independent game developer responsible for Capsized and Nexuiz, decided that indies needed a better way to sell their games. So they created Indievania, a...
2 by on 9/30/2011Game Review: The Binding of Isaac
There is some special alchemy at the heart of The Binding of Isaac. Developer Edmund McMillen (Super Meat Boy) has combined biblical monsters, scatological humor, and tense twin-stick shooting...
11 by on 9/30/2011L.A. Noire Coming to PCs This November
L.A. Noire, Rockstar’s gritty 1940s crime drama adventure from developer Team Bondi, is headed to PCs next month. It will release in North America on November 8 and in...
15 by on 9/28/2011Star Wars: The Old Republic Dated and Priced
Concrete details on the release of BioWare’s Star Wars MMO have finally surfaced. Star Wars: The Old Republic will release in North America on December 20 and Europe on...
27 by on 9/24/2011Diablo III Delayed Until 'Early 2012'
Holding true to their design ethos of Ship It When It’s Ready, Blizzard just changed the launch window for Diablo III from the end of 2011 to early 2012. “While...
24 by on 9/23/2011Battlefield 3 Beta Opens Sept. 29
Fans of DICE’s large-scale FPS rejoice: the open beta for Battlefield 3 launches on September 29. Anyone who preordered BF3 via EA’s Origin service or purchased the Limited Edition...
26 by on 9/20/2011Game Review: Hard Reset
The PC-exclusive shooter Hard Reset is uncompromising in its old-school ways. There is no cover. Enemies bum rush you in disorganized hordes. Glowing green health packs and red and...
7 by on 9/20/2011Portal Now Free Until Sept. 20
If you’ve yet to try Valve’s mind-bending first-person puzzler Portal, you now have no excuse. The original Portal is currently free on Steam until September 20th. Valve was inspired by...
10 by on 9/17/2011Xbox Live Coming to Windows 8
Microsoft’s Major Nelson confirmed yesterday that Xbox Live will officially come to PCs with Windows 8. “Bringing Xbox LIVE to Windows 8 is part of our vision to bring you...
14 by on 9/14/2011Demo for Indie PC Shooter Hard Reset Now Available
Dust off your old-school shooter skills: a demo for the indie cyberpunk FPS Hard Reset is now on Steam. Hard Reset comes from Flying Wild Hog, a Polish developer made...
7 by on 9/9/2011Gearbox Courting PC Gamers with Borderlands 2
You too can help design Borderlands 2. Gearbox Software has invited PC gamers to weigh in on platform-specific options they’d like to see in the forthcoming Diablo-with-guns shooter. On a...
17 by on 9/8/2011Developer Build of Dead Island Accidentally Released on Steam
An unfinished version of Dead Island, the tropical co-op zombie title from Techland, was mistakenly released on Steam in North America. According to Develop, the game’s publisher, Deep Silver...
5 by on 9/6/2011Valve Games Available Through EA's Origin Store
In an ironic development following months of public squabbling over digital distribution practices, Electronic Arts is now offering Valve games through its Origin service. EA is running a buy-two-get-one-free special...
15 by on 9/3/2011Blizzard Starting Diablo III Beta Slowly
In an investor webcast yesterday, Blizzard president Mike Morhaime confirmed that Diablo III would enter a closed beta “later this month,” though it appears some friends and family...
32 by on 9/2/2011Sony Preparing New 3D Headset for Japanese Release
The HMZ-T1, the first iteration of a concept Sony demoed this past CES, will release in Japan on November 11, says Sony Japan. Japan will serve as a test market...
13 by on 8/31/2011OnLive Now Streaming Game Demos on GameSpot
GameSpot unveiled a new feature today: free streaming game demos courtesy of OnLive. Demos courtesy of the cloud gaming service are integrated right into GameSpot’s game profiles, alongside reviews...
7 by on 8/30/2011Minecraft Creator Explains Game’s Absence on Steam
In a recent entry on his blog, Markus “notch” Persson explained why Minecraft has yet to appear on Valve’s Steam platform, citing an “ inherent incompatibility” between his company...
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