News: Indie Royale has launched its latest selection of indie games in the Spring bundle. You can get your digital hands on six indie games in the latest Indie Royale bundle. The sextet is headlined by Unstoppable Gorg – the quirky tower defence title we reviewed back in February . With it’s campy, ’50s sci-fi charm, it’s a good laugh [...]

News: Revered British developer Codemasters will release DiRT Showdown on May 25th through its new publishing label, Codemasters Racing. To emphasise its “razor focus upon the racing sector”, Codemasters has launched the Codemasters Racing label. It’ll handle all of the developer’s racing properties, including official F1 games, GRID and DiRT titles. “Codemasters is uniquely positioned to deliver award-winning offerings across multiple [...]

News: NCsoft has announced that the first Guild Wars 2 beta weekend will run from April 27th to April 29th. If you’ve pre-ordered any version of Guild Wars 2 , you’ll be able to participate in the game’s first beta weekend, which is scheduled to run next weekend – from April 27th to April 29th. Pre-ordering also lets [...]

News: Namco Bandai have confirmed a August 21st release date for Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The sequel to City Interactive ‘s surprising chart mainstay , Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 , will be released on August 21st, Namco Bandai have announced. This time the game will be given a simultaneous release across Xbox 360 , PS3 and PC. The follow up [...]

Sporting Behaviour : With so many e-sports tournaments on the go, it’s often a challenge to keep up with every event. Would a yearly season structure help, and is it even possible? Sporting Behaviour puts on its thinking cap… I do my best to draw attention to as many streamed e-sports tournaments at the bottom of this [...]

News: A fan poll has decided that the first game from Jane Jensen’s Pinkerton Road Studios will be the spiritual successor to Gabriel Knight, Moebius. The Kickstarter campaign for Pinkerton Road Studios may have only just passed the half way mark towards its ultimate goal, but point-and-click adventure game fans have already decided that  Jane Jensen ‘s new studio will [...]

News: Ubisoft Toronto managing director Jade Raymond believes it’s about time games grew up and more actively explored ideas that can get players thinking or feel inspired. Considering the vocal outrage expressed by some parties when videogames attempt to explore mature themes, it would seem that Jade Raymond ‘s desire to see this continue presents a great deal of [...]

News: Nintendo is launching its first piece of premium video content on the 3DS this week, along with a number of new downloadable titles. The 3D Machine , a seven minute cartoon previously available through the 3DS Video service, will be up for download on the 3DS eShop this Thursday for 90 pence. The short animation follows an inventor who [...]

News: Legend of Grimrock developer, Almost Human, has begun work on patch 1.1.4 for the old-school dungeon crawler and expects to release it this week. A number of post-launch bugs and glitches are expected to be fixed in the Legend of Grimrock when Almost Human releases patch 1.1.4 for the dungeon crawler later this week. The Finnish developer [...]

News: Here’s a peek at Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, the glorious-looking PS3 RPG from Level 5 and Studio Ghibli that’s making its way to Europe early next year. The first English trailer for Level 5 and Studio Ghibli ‘s RPG, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch , is simply wonderful. It’s heavy on story details and only [...]

News: Bethesda has announced that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will receive Kinect support in the next title update. You’ll be able to shout “Fus Ro Dah” for real now, as  Skyrim is set to support Microsoft‘s motion controller,  Kinect, thanks to a update coming to the game later this month. 200 voice commands will be supported, including Dragon [...]

News: Trion Worlds has confirmed that the 1.8 update to MMORPG Rift, Infernal Dawn, will be launching next week. A new raid dungeon, tradeskills and leaderboards are just a few of the new additions coming to Rift in the Infernal Dawn content update, which launches next week. The 20-man dungeon is set within Mt. Carcera of the Ember [...]

News: This weekend’s multiplayer event for Mass Effect 3 offers 10% bonus experience while playing on the new Resurgence DLC maps. Following on from the events of previous weeks , BioWare has announced Operation Resurgence for Mass Effect 3 ‘s Galaxy at War multiplayer mode. Tying in with this release of the free  Resurgence DLC, you’ll be rewarded with 10% bonus experience [...]

Sporting Behaviour : The long Easter weekend was full of e-sports action, most notably the IGN Pro League 4. It was a crazy tournament, not only because of the games, but the extra bits too. Read on for a summary of the good, the bad, and the organisers use of Korean pop music… What is your opinion [...]

News: Despite the relative ease videogame developers churn out sequels, Eidos Montreal believes that Deus Ex: Human Revolution and the forthcoming Thief relaunch have been treated as if they were entire new IPs. Can the re-imagining of an existing franchise really be considered as a new IP? Eidos Montreal certainly thinks so, as that was their approach when bringing [...]

News: Capcom has released a new trailer and additional details on Operation Raccoon City’s upcoming free Spec-Ops DLC. Reasons to return to the dull mess that is Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City are few and far between, so even the promise of some free DLC may struggle to entice you back for another go. Either way, Capcom and Slant Six Games are [...]

News: 2K Games has announced that Civilization V: Gods & Kings will be released on June 19th in the US and June 22nd internationally. Religion and espionage return to Civilization V in the huge expansion pack,  Gods & Kings , when it’s released on PC on June 19th in North America and June 22nd in the rest of the [...]

News: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 1.5 update is available to download now on Xbox 360, Bethesda has confirmed. It is expected to go live on PS3 “this afternoon”. A series of bug fixes and new features are part of patch 1.5 for Skyrim, which you can download now on Xbox 360 . Bethesda‘s PR and marketing man, Pete Hines , confirmed [...]

News: Revered adventure game developer, Jane Jensen, is seeking funds for a new game studio through Kickstarter. Following on from the recent successes of Double Fine and Chris Avellone , adventure game scribe, Jane Jensen , has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund her very own game development studio . Pinkerton Road will operate on a model called, “Community Supported Gaming”, which means your [...]

News: Amanita Design’s quaint point-and-click adventure, Botanicula, will be released on April 19th. Over one year after the original announcement, Botanicula will be released on April 19th for PC and Mac,  Amanita Design has announced. The latest title from the Samorost and Machinarium developer is set in a slowly dying forest, which is having the life sucked out of it by spider-like, [...]