Crytek, who are best know not only for their great games (FarCry, Crysis), but their incredibly amazing game engines, have announced that they will be showcasing their next game engine, CryEngine 3 at this years GDC. Crysis recently blew the gaming industry (as well as a couple of graphics cards) away with it’s incredible graphical capabilities, with the unfortunate side …
[Update] If you are here because you can’t find the map packs on the PSN click here PS3 Map Pack Delayed For Some People Before anyone says anything, yes, the upcoming Call of Duty: World at War map pack has actually, after what must have been hours of brainstorming, been named “Map Pack 1”. The new map pack from Treyarch …
We have received a press release from Megarom to let us know that the Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena demo is officially available to download on Xbox Live. There is a good reason that you have been hearing so much buzz about the upcoming title, and the reason is simply that the first game was so good that …
Not too long ago, we posted up our first look at COR: Dark Athena. We were left feeling pretty great about the games potential after having seen it with our own eyes and even getting to try it out for a short while. Gametrailers have now posted up this fantastic preview video of the game and once you see the …
Everybody’s favourite videogaming detective duo are headed to XBLA. The best part is that the seasons will be made available in their entirety, so that we are never left waiting for the next episode to be made available. There is no information yet on price and release dates, but we do know that season 2 will also be made available …
This hilarious video was first up on Newgrounds as a flash video and is titled “Left 4 Speed”. It’s basically a parody of many of the things that you will come across and experience in Left 4 Dead, with some obviously strange and humorous things happening to the characters. This video has some rough content as well as language so …
I have just recently started following gaming journalist Geoff Keighley ( Host of Spike TV) on Twitter and he had some really interesting news to report from this years DICE. EA’s head honcho John Riccitiello just announced that a sequel to American McGee’s Alice is on it’s way. If you never had the chance to play the original Alice or …
Burnout Paradise is a true example of what it means to improve and support your product with the use of DLC. This trailer shows off one of the new cars in the Legendary Cars Pack, and if you haven’t noticed, it’s basically the DeLorean from the Back to the Future movies. Just like the car from the movies, it can …
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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