GAME Australia Still Gets Mass Effect 3

Despite panic that GAME would not be selling Mass Effect 3 – one of the most highly-anticipated games of the year – GAME Australia still advertised its pre-order bonuses for the game. CVG called a GAME retailer to confirm if the Australian branch of the company would still be stocking the game. Yes they are….

BioShock Infinite Has Its Release Date

Finally! I am pleased with this news: BioShock Infinite received a release date. Like quite a few other games, this game will be coming out late this year, near the holiday season. In North America, you’ll be seeing the game released on October 16. The rest of the world will get it three days later…

Zone of the Enders HD Collection Expected In Fall

What’s that? You forgot that a Zone of the Enders HD collection was coming out? Fair enough. It got announced at E3 2011, but it’s been a ghost since then. Well, now it’s received a launch window: Fall of 2012, just in time for the holiday season. Keep this sort of thing up, and 2012…

Will Assassin’s Creed 3 Take Place During The American Revolution?

UPDATE: GameInformer placed a banner on their site that seemed to confirm the American Revolution as the setting for Assassin’s Creed III. The banner was hastily removed, but not before ToasterVision managed to grab a screenshot. Go check it out. According to an artwork released by a Best Buy employee (shown above), Assassin’s Creed 3…

Call of Duty: Elite Gets A New Map And Clan Operations

This week, Call of Duty: Elite members can look forward to a new map called “Overwatch” and a new update called “Clan Operations.” People have complimented that Overwatch looks like Highrise from Modern Warfare 2. Clan Operations is a feature that lets you and your clan participate in challenges that score players for performance in…

Sine Mora Due In March

Update: Sine Mora’s Facebook page now has a new profile picture stating, ” Available 03.21.12 A contest was held on Facebook by Digital Reality Games to see who could guess the release date of the upcoming XBox Live Arcade title Sine Mora. A video was made by the developers, listing the names of people who…

Maybe I Got Carried Away…

To read Nick’s original article, titled The Fanboys Are What’s  Wrong  With Call of Duty, click HERE. – Baden After posting my opinion piece where I defended Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, I quickly received much criticism for essentially doing what I set out to try and oust: Battlefield 3 fanboyism, or at least trying to…

Minecraft Dev Notch Offers To Fund Psychonauts 2

In surprising news, Minecraft developer Markus “Notch” Persson has replied to a recent revelation by Tim Schafer concerning Psychonauts 2 with the following message on his Twitter feed: @TimOfLegend Let’s make Psychonauts 2 happen. So, what’s the context, you might wonder? Tim Schafer – well-known developer at Double Fine who was the brains behind Psychonauts…

THQ Is In Hot Water

2011 and 2012 have not seen good things for THQ. Though Saints Row: The Third – however much of a disappointment it might have been (the reviewers’ words, not mine) – had proven to be a success, THQ is rapidly losing money ever since they shut down THQ Studios Australia, THQ Digital Phoenix and Blue…

The Fanboys Are What’s Wrong With Call Of Duty

I love Call of Duty. To many people, the franchise has only been going downhill after Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, but to me, the Modern Warfare series has only improved with time. Although most people preferred that broken mess of a game – Modern Warfare 2 – to the latest installment, I like…