Buggy? Sure. Awesome? Yes!
More like the Drunk-briefings.
And the release date is...
With over a dozen games bearing its name, Call of Duty is one of the biggest franchises in gaming history. This in-depth quiz covers the original Call of Duty to the latest installment, Black Ops. Everything from weapons to perks to miscellaneous minutia is fair game, so consider yourself warned. Finish the quiz and you'll be awarded a rank based off actual military parlance. Click on through to see if all those hours spent playing CoD will finally pay off. Read More »
The tower of Orthanc is being constructed for the latest expansion to The Lord of the Rings Online. Warner Bros. Interactive announced today that Rise of Isengard will be available for purchase next year. Read More »
It's 1:30 AM, early on a Sunday morning. The air is still, and I'm riding a giant beach ball. Well, riding is a bit generous; I sat on the ball, and it tipped over. If I could see under the table that's in front of me, it wouldn't surprise me if wads of virtual gum were stuck there. The only reason I'm here at all is because I've been playing Second Life for a month -- I'm starved for something resembling human interaction from it, and a girl with a tail wearing an altered white flower-girl dress with a pink-bunny doll strapped to it told me to do this. Read More »
Sorry friends, it appears the Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System -- also known as GLaDOS, the homicidal AI in charge of Aperture Science -- will remain dormant longer than anticipated. Valve announced today, in typical Valve fashion, the shortest delay in its history, bumping Portal 2 back two months. Read More »
Thirty years after battling the evil Qotile empire on the Atari 2600, Yar is back, and he (she, it?) is still looking for revenge. Atari continued to announce re-imaginings of some of its classic titles today, this time with an all new Yars' Revenge. Read More »
Jensen has a ton of tricks up his sleeve... and in his cybernetically enhanced arms, legs, and mind. And in the latest gameplay trailer for Deus Ex: Human Revolution, we get to see the game's protagonist put those gadets and abilities to good use. Read More »
Snowblind's upcoming Lord-of-the-Rings-does-Diablo videogame, War in the North, tells a little known tale of Middle Earth. And judging by the latest trailer for the game, it will do so in dramatic fashion. See the video after the jump. Read More »
There's a new entertainment industry top dog. Activision announced this morning that Call of Duty: Black Ops bested any movie, book, album, or videogame in history with a five-day opening haul of $650 million. The game easily topped a familiar face in previous record holder Modern Warfare 2, which rang up a $550 million five-day total in 2009. Read More »
What happens when a suddenly unified Korea invades the United States? Find out for yourself this spring when THQ and Kaos Studios launch their new near-future first-person shooter, Homefront. Read More »
Failed cops and crooks MMO APB: All Points Bulletin is getting a new lease on life. Free-to-play MMO publisher GamersFirst confirmed today that its subsidiary, the aptly named Reloaded Productions, has acquired the IP rights for the game and plans to relaunch it next year as a AAA free-to-play title. Read More »
The monster hunt begins this spring. CD Projekt Red announced this afternoon that The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings -- the follow-up to its 2007 dark fantasy RPG classic -- will be coming a bit later than expected and is now slated for launch on May 17. Read More »
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty set the RTS record when it sold more than 1 million copies in 24 hours and went on to top the 3 million sales milestone in its first month. Now it appears Blizzard's sci-fi juggernaut has set a more dubious record: most pirated game. Read More »
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is power sliding into retailers today; what better time to announce the next entrant in the franchise? Electronic Arts unveiled Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed this morning, promising to set a new benchmark in authentic racing action. Read More »
One of the best things about the indie game development scene is its frequent willingness to explore beyond the confines of traditional game concepts, and push things further than studios that toil on projects under the watchful eye of major publishers. Steering your own ship means more freedom to take risks, right? British indie developer Dan Marshall created the London-based Zombie Cow Studios on a foundation of quirky, off-the-cuff humor, and when he was commissioned to craft an educational game geared towards teaching young males about the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases, it only seemed natural that he'd inject a certain measure of playful wackiness into the mix. The result -- a game about tiny condom-adorned soldiers nuking assorted contractible nastiness inside a massive vagina, among other things -- easily ranks high among the most outlandish and risque games in the indie world. Read More »
At last month's BlizzCon, Blizzard admitted Diablo would translate well into a console game. Today, multiple job postings on the company's official web site indicate the studio is interested in making that game a reality. Read More »
Fable III Guide
{UNPLANNED VERSION?} Fable III (Limited Collector's Edition) Guide
Fallout 3 Guide
Fallout: New Vegas Guide
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Collector's Edition) Guide
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Guide
Call of Duty: Black Ops Guide
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed -- Ultimate Sith Edition Guide
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed -- Ultimate Sith Edition Guide
The Sims 3 Guide
