Despite having had one of the biggest launches in the history of gaming, Treyarch Studio Head Josh Olin still believes their latest take on the Call of Duty Formula – Black Ops – still has the potential to beat Modern Warfare 2. When speaking with  MCV, Olin stated:

Modern Warfare 2 is an extremely successful entertainment launch, [...]

Virgin have just announced the first details on their glorious return to the gaming-space . As well as a releasing a logo , the conglomerate has also revealed that the new online-only service will run under the moniker ‘Virgin Gaming’. Before fading to obscurity, at its height in 1997 the company had global revenues of $210 Million and had [...]

In Greenpeace’s 15 th annual Guide to Electronics, the environmental organization have once again allotted Nintendo poor marks due to their ‘e-waste’ criteria. Despite the low ranking, Nintendo have still made an improvement over last year, from 0.8 points out of 10 to 1.8 out of 10

Nintendo scores most points on chemicals; it has put games [...]

Scot Bayless, a former studio head at Microsoft, has expressed his belief that the Natal will be a failure for Microsoft, In an interview with Retro Gamer, Bayless cited his former history working on the failure that was the 32x peripheral for the Genesis while at Sega. When meeting with Microsoft to see the device [...]

Despite the service being refused authorization by Microsoft, the BBC are still hopeful that the iPlayer will be accessible to the Xbox 360. The man behind the BBC iPlayer, Erik Huggers, revealed to TechRadar that the company are still adamant about having the service accessible to the console. The service, which allows users to stream selected programmes from [...]

Publishers expressing love for properties other than their own may not be an unusual phenomenon, but it’s still good to hear- especially when it’s a publisher as distinctively Eastern as Square Enix having good things to say about a distinctly Western game, such as Heavy Rain. In an interview with Famitsu, Square Enix CEO Yoichi [...]

2K Games have just detailed the exclusive content which will be available for the collector’s edition of Mafia 2. The usual trappings of the standard collector’s edition are all here, including a 100 page hardcover art book, an orchestral soundtrack CD and a map of Empire Bay which are all enclosed in a SteelBook casing. [...]

Those who’ve jumped board for Steam’s first cross-platform support with Mac are in  for a treat: Valve have just announced that the seminal Half-Life 2, as well as episodes 1 & 2, will be available from today on Steam. To commemorate the launch of the titles on Mac OS, Valve have released a machinima parody of Ridley [...]

Having recently announced a partnership with EA Games to publish their first multiplatform title in 16 years, Insomniac have expressed their joy working with the Xbox Live service. In an interview published at Eurogamer, Insomniac CEO Ted Price stated that the service is “impressive in its breadth and its popularity with users,” and that it is [...]

Revolution Software have just announced an extra spruced up edition of ‘Broken Sword: The Directors Cut’, which launched earlier this year on the iPhone, is available for download on the iPad from today. In addition to “Substantial graphical improvements”, the new edition also includes a digital version of the Broken Sword comic which can be [...]

Realtime Worlds has went on record to state that their upcoming open-world, multiplayer shooter ‘All Points Bulletin’ might not rub well with critics, even saying that they are preparing for a ‘Mixed’ reception. CEO Dave Jones claimed to CVG that while the game has received positive feedback from the press, expectations for the final product won’t [...]

An inside source has just revealed to Joystiq details on Sony’s rumoured paid subscription service, also that it will be unveiled next month at e3. The ‘PSN+’ service will include such spoils as a ‘Rotating list’ of PSP Minis and PSone Classic titles for play, exclusive in-game DLC and PSN Store discounts. In addition, players will also [...]

Despite living in the shadow of its predecessor, Doom 2 made an admirable continuing the gore-infused formula of the original- as well as consisting of the same innovative level design and gameplay. A port of the game is slated to hit the Xbox Live service tomorrow. Details are sketchy, aside from that the remake is [...]

Insomniac Games have just announced their first multi-platform title since collaborating with Sonycwill be published on the EA Partners service. This marks the studio’s first title not available on a Sony platform in 16 years. On the collaboration, Ted Price, founder and CEO of Insomniac Games stated:

Working with EA Partners allows us to extend the [...]

Sega have just revealed  details on the newest DLC hitting Napoleon: Total War. ‘The Peninsula Campaign’ will centre on a battle set in 1811 during the Peninsula War, pitting Spaniards and the Portugeuse against one another. The DLC will feature a distinct campaign as well as all new three new agents: the priest for Spain [...]

To commemorate the upcoming release of the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie, Gameloft are porting Jordan Mechner’s original to the iPhone. Unfortunately, the port won’t receive the same high definition treatment as the version which hit Xbox Live, rather a straight-forward port of the beloved home computer original- wherein the player must [...]

A listing on the Play.com has revealed that a repackaged edition of Assassin’s Creed 2, complete with both DLC episodes, is set to be released next month. ‘Assassin’s Creed 2: Complete Edition’ will feature both ‘Battle of Forli’ and ‘Bonfire of the Vanities’ as well as three additional templar (Palazzo Medici, Santa Maria dei Frari and Arsenal [...]

It has been revealed that business entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson will be returning to the games industry, following his endeavour with Virgin Interactive, and is planning to unveil the new brand at this year’s e3. The new service is reported to be online only, and will be using the event to “seek partnerships with leading publishers [...]

Promoting the upcoming downloadable Multiplayer First Person Shooter, Ignition have just announced a collaboration with Storm Lion Publishing to develop a comic book based on the game. The comic will follow the game’s story closely, featuring an elite covert ops team tasked with rescuing an officer from behind enemy lines while fending off crazed civilians. [...]

Red Dead Redemption – spiritual successor to Red Dead Revolver – may be getting a warm reception from critics, although PlayStation 3 users hoping to experience the game in its entire High Definition glory might be in for a letdown. Two members of the technical forum Beyond 3D, Al_Strong and Quaz51, through  in-depth analysis discovered that the [...]