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First with Dragon Age: Origins and then with Mass Effect 2, Electronic Arts threw in a couple of DLC extras for those who bought the game new. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 makes this a clear trend: EA is using downloadable and unlockable content as a carrot to entice gamers to buy new instead of used. Read More »
Check out three new Splinter Cell: Conviction videos we got today! Besides being awesome for showing more Conviction, they also showcase the game's multiplayer component. Along with cooperative modes in which players can defend against hordes of enemies or hunt down targets without being detected, Conviction has a Spy vs. Spy mode in which players face off against one another. I know y'all want to see how it works, so just click through to see all the new footage. See More »
Firaxis made big news last week with the announcement of Civilization V and here we have the announcement trailer, courtesy of 2K. The inimitable voice of Keith David narrates this gameplay-free first look at what we can expect when the popular strategy series makes its long-awaited return. See More »
A tweet from Square Enix UK's community manager Mike Oldham confirms that the publisher will be releasing a 1.4GB playable demo of Just Cause 2 on March 4th. The demo will be arriving on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC (via Steam) and will apparently feature over 35 square miles of gameplay area. Read More »
BioWare's Mass Effect 2 is easily one of the best games released so far this year, and it's likely to stay up there for the remainder of 2010. There's good news for fans of Shepard's second outing today, as BioWare has revealed more downloadable content is going to be hitting the Cerebus Network in late March. Read More »
Two days ago we reported that Obsidian's espionage RPG Alpha Protocol is prepping to infiltrate gamers' homes on June 1st of this year. Even though the project has suffered a couple of tedious delays, it would appear as though things are finally back on track. Will it be too little, too late? Check out this new batch of snapshots and ponder the game's appeal. See More »
How did Borderlands go from being a realistic looking -- and quite frankly boring-looking -- Unreal 3 game to one of the most unique-looking games of 2009? How did Gearbox go from making WW2 games and Halo ports to creating a personality-filled world of its own? Was the game ever in danger of being cancelled? To find out these answers and more I recently chatted with Paul Hellquist, Senior Director at Gearbox, to gain some insight. Read More »
Electronic Arts has something cooking in its Salt Lake City studio. In an interview published today, EA Executive Producer Ben Bell revealed that the creative minds behind The Sims are working on a "groundbreaking" new project. Hit the jump to read what Bell had to say. Read More »
Rockstar isn't afraid to spend Hollywood-blockbuster-level money on its games. According to a list compiled by gaming site Digital Battle, Grand Theft Auto IV and the currently in-production L.A. Noire are both among the most expensive videogames ever made. Hit the jump for the full list. Read More »
In the early '80s, televangelist Jimmy Swaggert spoke for a large, devout population when he declared, "All of the rock music being aired today is demonically inspired. Any individual listening to it is entering into communion with a wickedness and evil spawned in hell." Thirty years later rock fans still haven't morphed into demons, and the religious right has shifted its sights onto a new target: videogames. Read More »
It's been one year since id Software launched its web-based shooter Quake Live. To celebrate turning one, the game is currently offering up the chance to participate in a special event in which players can scoop up a special "One Year" award. Additionally, there's a new map called "Fallout Bunker" to check out. Read More »
The developers of the excellent ATV racer Pure are at it again, although this time, the action is rooted firmly in the land of blisteringly fast concept cars. Black Rock's Split/Second is shaping up to be one of the most promising arcade-style racing games since the likes of Burnout Paradise. We've posted over 30 new images snapped from the "docks" area of the game, so take a look. See More »
Obsidian Entertainment's anticipated espionage RPG Alpha Protocol missed its originally scheduled October release date, and things didn't look good as we approached the rescheduled "spring 2010" launch without a word from the company. But now it appears Obsidian and publisher Sega are finally on the same page: Alpha Protocol will hit the shelves on June 1. Read More »
South Korean developer Bluehole Studios has spent three years and 32 billion Won ($24 million) creating the MMORPG Tera: The Exiled Realm of Arborea. Today the studio announced it would bring Tera to Western audiences via En Masse Entertainment, a wholly-owned Bluehole subsidiary led by a familiar face. Read More »
25 million gamers can't be wrong, right? That's how many PC gamers are currently using Valve's Steam digital distribution client, according to a news brief sent out late last night. On top of the 200% growth Steam has experienced over the past 12 months, there's a new opt-in beta version of the client which all Steam users can grab. Mainly featuring a hugely overhauled user interface, the beta also brings quite a lot of new functionality to the table too. Get the scoop after the jump. Read More »
| 2 | World of Warcraft | |
| 3 | Star Trek Online | |
| 4 | Borderlands | |
| 5 | Mass Effect 2 | |
| 6 | Love Hina Sim Date | |
| 7 | StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty | |
| 8 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | |
| 9 | Mass Effect 2 (Collector's Edition) | |
| 10 | The Sims 3 |
