News: Sony has announced that the Grand Theft Auto inspired Retro City Rampage will be released on both PlayStation 3 and Vita. In an extensive post on the PlayStation Blog , Brian Provinciano has confirmed that alongside an  Xbox LIVE Arcade, WiiWare and PC release, the brilliant-looking Retro City Rampage , will also be coming to PS3, and Sony‘s latest handheld, the Vita. A mashup of all things gaming, pop culture [...]

News: Trendy Entertainment has revealed the President’s Day Battle Royale DLC for Dungeon Defenders, which includes new challenges, items and character skins for free. If this video was released on April 1st, I would have to question its authenticity. However, the President’s Day Battle Royale (spotted by Joystiq) seems to be a legitimate piece of Dungeon Defenders DLC, and it [...]

Sporting Behaviour : Welcome to the first of BeefJack’s new regular columns, our guide to the very best in competitive gaming. E-sports have exploded in popularity over the last 12 months, but if you’re not already one of the converted, where’s the best place to start? James Pickard is here to help. Finding where to start is [...]

Nintendo has confirmed that the third, and final hotly anticipated Wii RPG, Pandora’s Tower, will be released in Europe on April 13th. And so the ” Wii JRPG Trilogy” (not the actual name, just something I made up) is almost at its conclusion – at least for Europeans – as Nintendo has announced that Pandora’s Tower will be available [...]

Thatgamecompany’s atmospheric Journey will be released on March 13th in the US and March 14th in Europe, Sony has announced. We’ve been waiting a long time for this news, but Sony has finally confirmed that Journey, thatgamecompany’s follow up to the ethereal Flower, will be released on March 13th in the US and the 14th in Europe on PSN for $14.99. The ambitious [...]

Square Enix has revealed the Final Fantasy XIII-2 DLC, “Sazh: Heads or Tails”, which will add an new story episode and new games to Serendipity. Given that Serendipity, Final Fantasy XIII-2 ‘s answer to the Gold Saucer, is a little underwhelming right now , you’ll be pleased to read that the upcoming ” Sazh: Heads or Tails? ” DLC will improve the [...]

The nominees for the BAFTA Video Game Awards have been revealed, with L.A. Noire and Batman: Arkham City leading the way with eight nods each. Dara O’Briain returns once again to host this year’s BAFTA Video Game Awards, where L.A. Noire , Batman: Arkham City , FIFA 2012 , Portal 2 , The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword will compete for [...]

David Jaffe has addressed the storytelling capabilities of videogames once again, stating that he’s unsure if games can ellicit certain emotions through play and developers should stop trying to force them through non-interactive means instead. And so we return to the evergreen topic of story and videogames. Can a game make you feel emotions such as [...]

Riot Games has detailed the latest champion to join the roster of League of Legends – the ADS-clad, Nautilus. How many is that now? They must be near 100 surely? Anyway,  Riot Games has revealed more information on Nautilus, the latest champion to enter the fray in free-to-play MOBA, League of Legends . The Big Daddy inspired creation, and [...]

Mad physics-puzzler, The Splatters, has re-emerged with a new trailer examining the game’s “Flip” mechanic. Back in August last year, we introduced you to The Splatters , an IGF award nominated XBLA title about colliding the expressive Splatters into each other, bombs and the environment for the purpose of high scores. Since then, developer SpikySnail has been extremely busy getting [...]

Indie Royale’s Valentine’s themed bundle is lacking in romance, but full of top indie games. Zeno Clash , Hoard, Lume and Soulcaster 1 + 2 – I can’t quite see a Valentine’s theme there. Anyway, that’s not important. What does matter, is that you can pick up said games in the latest Indie Royale bundle for less than a pint of beer. [...]

Frictional Games has unveiled a teaser site for the next entry in the first person fright-em-up series, Amnesia. Prepare to scared out of your wits all over again, as the folks over at Frictional Games , makers of the terrifying Penumbra series, have revealed a sequel to 2010′s Amnesia: The Dark Descent is in development. The teaser site offers little more [...]

Blizzard has narrowed down the release date of Diablo III to the second quarter of 2012. During an investor call yesterday evening, Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime announced that the developer is hoping to release the oft-delayed Diablo III during Q2 2012 – that’s somewhere between April 1st and June 30th. “We can also confirm that we are targeting a [...]

Alan Wake’s retailer publisher, Nordic Games, has revealed all the extra goodies coming with the standard and Collector’s Edition of the game’s PC re-release. Eurogamer has been informed that there’s a fair bit of game-related swag thrown into the upcoming retail release of Alan Wake on PC. Even just picking up the standard edition of the shadowy thriller [...]

Patch 1.4 for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is now live on Xbox 360 and the PS3 update is expected to arrive later today. Following its PC launch earlier this week, Patch 1.4 for Skyrim should be making its way through your internet cables and onto your Xbox 360 right about now. The update brings an extensive list of [...]

Finnish independent game studio, Theory Interactive, has announced Reset – a first person singleplayer co-op puzzle game for PC. Yes, that’s “singleplayer co-op” in one phrase. Confused? Here’s the official word from the Finnish developer: “”Single player co-op?” you ask. The unique game mechanic in Reset is the ability to travel back in time to solve puzzles co-operatively, [...]

Coffee Stain Studios has announced that they are working on a sequel to last year’s FPS/tower defence hybrid, Sanctum, to be released on XBLA, PSN and PC later this year. Joystiq has been informed that Sanctum 2 is in development at Coffee Stain Studios. While no concrete release date was given, the team plans to release the game on [...]

Volition design director, Jameson Durall, feels that if the rumours about the next Xbox not playing used games turn out to be true it would be “a fantastic change for our business”. Oh dear, this has me genuinely fearful of the future. Jameson Durall , design director on “Secret Project Y” at Volition, has laid out how Microsoft could implement [...]

Ideas for a new Jak & Daxter title were being discussed at Naughty Dog before the team decided to work on The Last of Us, as they felt the game would “do everyone a disservice”. Ah, so close, but so far. The big reveal from  Naughty Dog at last year’s VGAs could have been for a new Jak [...]

The Last Story director, Hironobu Sakaguchi, believes that developers worry too much about high-quality graphics, when their attention should be given to other aspects of their games. A Sakaguchi game has always been about story. The “Father of Final Fantasy”, who worked on the series from its inception to Final Fantasy X , has little interest in high definition graphics, [...]