The speculation is over, Valve have officially announced Portal 2. This announcement has not come as a big surprise to many thanks to a fantastic teaser campaign by Valve that has led up to the announcement and already generated a great deal of hype. So when’s it out, and what’s it going to be available on? Information after the jump. …

Microsoft have just announced that they have made changes to the Xbox Live code of conduct. The reason being that they have seen it fit to allow people to more easily express their diversity . You may remember that on Xbox Live, words such as Gay, Lesbian etc were not allowed to be used on the service, which led to …

Sony has recently filed a patent for something it calls, Degradable Demo’s, which at first I thought meant the demo stopped working after a certain amount of time… But no it’s way cooler than that. Last Updated: March 5, 2010

Despite not actually attaining any Game of the Year awards that I’m aware of, the rather excellent Batman : Arkham Asylum will be receiving a Game of the Year Edition. According to Square Enix the GOTY edition will be made available across Europe and other PAL territories on March 26. The new edition will be packed with all of the …

Lazygamer’s overlord Gavin surmised that the “breach of contract” that’s currently hanging over the heads of ex Infinity Ward heads was that they were actively looking for new publishers. Seems he – in his beer- fuelled wisdom – may have been right. An document, purloined by G4TV purports to be an internal Activision memo detailing internal investigations alleges that West …

If for some absurd reason, you are one of those guys that still thinks that Halo 2 is the best online multiplayer experience – and have still been playing it – then you may have some goodies in store for you. As you all know, the Xbox Live service for the original Xbox will be shutting down next month, and …

It’s Friday, which means that everyone should be happy and excited for a weekend full of relaxation, activities and of course, gaming. In the spirit of our old Flamebait Friday posts and everyones newfound weekend energy, we thought it would be fun to set up a post for people to debate, exchange opinions and make their opinions heard. Our comments …

Nintendo of America’s Cammie Dunaway has been chatting to Gamesbeat about the Wii’s performance in 2009 and what they expect in 2010. Cammie has come out and said that 2009 was a stellar year and they don’t expect to beat or even match those figures this year. With the Wii in its 5th year it’s not surprising that it will …