Rumour: Dropping very particular names, the man behind Cole Phelps in Infamous sparks speculation over Solid Snake and Nathan Drake being added to Playstation All-Stars’ roster. Despite smacking of a copycat release coming several years behind Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. franchise, Sony’s Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale has been turning heads – even if the character pool has [...]

News: French sex toy retailer Absoloo offers lonely wives and girlfriends some free ‘executive relief’ while their other halfs are stuck in Diablo III. Supressing the urge to launch into a stream of hideous double-entendres, it is my very great pleasure to confirm that perhaps the very first tie-in promotion for a video game by a [...]

News: Speculative domain acquisition by Square Enix suggests at least one more Just Cause title, if not a fourth. Despite their most recent Just Cause title only being the second main release in the series, Joystiq notes that Square Enix have already bought up domain space for Just Cause 4, just on the off-chance that a third title will [...]

News: With the worm finally turning for the beleaguered UK games industry, trade body UKIE welcomes the return of Activision as a sign of change. After the crushing closure of UK developers Bizarre Creations by Activision earlier this year, it felt as if many of the industry’s big players were packing their bags and leaving the economically infertile [...]

News: Hit TV series Sons Of Anarchy may be making the jump to consoles, as the series’ writer hints. Despite perhaps not quite being sold on Sons Of Anarchy , described as ‘Hamlet with bikers’, at first, the TV series for FX, starring Charie Hunnam and Ron Perlman, has won a strong following for its drive and hard-nosed [...]

News: A coalition of veteran developers from two major studios come together to form Eerie Canal – and announce their flagship project. ‘I’ve been working on AAA titles in the games industry for over 10 years now,’ explains Irrational Games’ Brynn Bennet, regarding the formation of Eerie Canal, to GamesIndustry ‘and I love being able to work [...]

News: Well, this is rather unexpected. Of all the places for a Halo 4-related leak to come from, a toy box isn’t what you’d expect. If Bungie didn’t have enough embarassing leaks via AllGamesBeta, we can now add the spoiled big reveal of at least two new enemies to the list, as a watchful fan snapped this picture [...]

News: With the UK high court forcing internet providers such as Virgin and Talk Talk to block The Pirate Bay, Pirate Pay has been working on something quite different abroad. As much as the notion of internet censorship troubles many internet users, the recent attempts by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), haven’t really been the broadside [...]

News: Firaxis Lead Developer Jake Solomon reveals more on XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Sitting down with the good people at Rock, Paper, Shotgun , Jake Solomon, Firaxis‘ lead developer on the forthcoming, and arguably ‘only’ successor to the original XCOM franchise, XCOM: Enemy Unknown , talked at length about the mechanics of the strategic squad shooter. A major element brought up by [...]

Rumour: Has Blockbuster let slip some new Wii U titles hitherto unknon to the public? Read on. Spotted by fansite GoNintendo, three screenshots of what appears to be a Blockbuster terminal may have blown the cover of several unannounced Wii U titles. Although obviously unconfirmed as yet, the screenshots taken list several titles which have already been confirmed, including [...]

News: Microsoft launches a new Xbox 360/Kinect/Xbox Live Gold pack to lure in budget-conscious consumers. As previously speculated upon last month, Microsoft has reposnded to the threat of a flagging console market this week by unveilling a new financing option exclusive to the Microsoft Store franchise. Spotted by The Verge , for an initial $99 investment, customers walk away with a [...]

Video: You’ve heard the news – now see God Of War: Ascension’s multiplayer in action. As we reported earlier today , God Of War: Ascension will be the first of the series to feature multiplayer, despite lacking Kratos’ ugly mush as a playable character, instead opting for a boiled-down 4 v 4 matchup. Your reservations, whatever they may be, [...]

News: Backed by a court order, internet providers are now being told to block eponymous torrenting site The Pirate Bay, but Notch isn’t too happy with it. At this point, The Pirate Bay has exhibited the survival qualities of a cast-iron cockroach. Coming to act as a figurehead for all file-sharing networks, piracy and copyright infringement on [...]

News: Crytek claim that their comments supporting blocking used games were ‘not intended to be taken seriously’. After suggesting that, at least from a business perspective, allowing next-gen consoles to block used games would be ‘absolutely awesome’, Crytek has pulled a major about-turn after a barrage of negative comments and e-mails from gamers. Speaking to CVG to amend [...]

News: United Front reveal their deep research into the Hong Kong underworld, and their plans for Sleeping Dogs. When your subject matter has been known to ambush people with meat cleavers when they speak out against them, you might be able to forgive Sleeping Dogs developers for being a little coy with how they approach their [...]

News: Say what you like about the man, Peter Molyneux still has appeal to talent, with over 1,000 applications to his post-Lionhead studio creation, 22 Cans. After walking out of Lionhead Studios over a month ago, Peter Molyneux ‘s audacity and ambition have been the running joke/legend of the games industry for many years now, and with his [...]

News: As tax-cutting initiatives put pressure on the UK government to streamline, TIGA urges the coalition to reconsider cutting the political keystone to the British games industry. Under the burden of the budget, the coalition government has been put under pressure to trim sails in order to fund proposed tax cuts has placed the Department of Culture, Media [...]

News: Despite Nintendo struggling to work out their own stress-relief project, Ubisoft’s own ‘Innergy’ has been confirmed to release next year. As swiftly as it had arrived, the notion of bio-feedback gaming soon vanished from the public consciousness some years ago, not least because plugging parts of your anatomy into an electrical devices seems to put [...]

News: As much as Mr Payne & Co are moistening the underwear of many fans, the recently released PC specifications may have your rig sweating blood as it tries to cope. Most of the time, PC specifications really only concern those of us who lust after the eye-searingly gorgeous visuals delivered via Crysis and other titles [...]

News: As the Wasteland 2 Kickstarter drive comes thundering to its conclusion, a last-minute addition to the tier rewards may get many investors upgrading their accounts. ‘I am very anxious to start diverting all of my energies to production of the game itself,’ says Brian Fargo, one of the key players behind the Wasteland 2 project [...]