Rockstar Games, in their ongoing marketing campaign for Red Dead Redemption have released a Facebook app that lets you duel it out with your buddies. I’ve never actually played a Facebook game so this was my first. One of the cool things about it though is that the duels play out in video sequences (the actual duel is basically stats …

Ubisoft have release a final Splinter Cell Conviction trailer before it’s release on the 16th of April… In the video we get to hear Tom Reed’s reasoning behind what happened to Sam Fisher and why Third Echelon exists. It’s a pretty kick ass trailer and once you have finished watching it don’t forget to enter out Splinter Cell Conviction comp …

[Update: CliffyB has just confirmed that the female character is, in fact, Anya here on Twitter] As expected, Cliffy’ B’s big reveal on Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night Show was indeed Gears of War 3. I’ll not say too much about it for those of you who’ve yet to see the trailer, dubbed “ashes to ashes.” Just know that the war …

EA Games has announced that it has partnered with Epic Games and People Can Fly to release Epic’s newest IP, BulletStorm. Very little is yet known about BulletStorm but I have to admit the press release uses some awesome phrases to describe the game like “pure, unadulterated entertainment” and “kill with skill” Last Updated: April 13, 2010

It’s bad enough that every castle in Super Mario Bros has the same stupid ending but did Toad really have to go so low as to rub it in our faces? Not sure what I am talking about? Well let’s zoom in shall we. Last Updated: April 13, 2010

Silicon Knights – known most recently for their ill-fated mess of a futuristic Viking diablo-esque game Too Human have been given $4m by the Canadian government, giving them a bit of a cash injection for their next game. The money will see 65 new jobs open at the studio, and a new project from then due in 2 to 5 …

Remember how the Playstation Move’s nunchuck supplementary controller was saddled with the rather interminable, and terribly uncreative name of the “move sub-controller?” Well it’s now been given a new name – and surprise surprise – it’s rather interminable and terribly uncreative. Last Updated: April 12, 2010

Shigeru Miyamoto – creator of some of the most beloved franchises in video gaming history; like Mario, Donkey Kong and Zelda – is somehow under the deluded impression that the stuff he’s done in the last 5 years is his best work. “Unusual” titles like Wii fit Plus and “Wii Sports Resort.” “Ten years ago I could never have been …