Are You Ready For A War!?

 "That's war. Trading real estate for men." - Sands Of Iwo Jima. Men of War developers Digital Mind Soft have announced Men of War: Assault Squad 2, a follow-up to their infantry-heavy standalone expansion. Assault Squad 2 features new scenarios, factions, maps, and an 8 vs 8 multiplayer mode. Digital Mind Soft also claims that the game will have "multiple upgrades, improved graphics engine and sound, to specific fan requests,...

Categories: 1C Company, Digitalmindsoft, Men of War: Assault Squad 2, Real time strategy, RTS

Xbox One Can Self Publish Games

In a recent article on the Shacknews website, Microsoft had announced that the Xbox One console has the capability to self-publish games, making it the most accessible console platform. According to Shacknews, Marc Whitten, corporate VP Xbox , part of why Microsoft originally required publishers for content on Xbox Live Arcade was the way Live was built on Xbox 360. Pointing to dev kits and the PartnerNet developer environment, publishing...

Categories: Indie Dev, Indie Games, Open System, Self Publish, Xbox One

Hitman Absolution: How Agent 47 failed at the Boxoffice

Back in November 2012, the eagerly anticipated Hitman series was jump started by Square Enix to compensate for it's lack of mojo over the years—giving credence that Agent 47 may have contracted cancer and had to get a dose of Chemotherapy. That said, it wasn't entirely a good idea as the new team that developed it took too much creative license to make a turgid and long winded game which tested the nerve of players.  Now the game...

Categories: agent 47, hitman, PS3, square enix, third person shooter, Xbox 360

Soul Calibur 2 HD

Namco Bandai has just announced Soul Calibur 2 HD Online at San Diego Comic Con, Shoryuken reports. The fighter is headed to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this fall, and as the name suggests is a high-definition, presumably online-enabled remake of the 2003 PlayStation 2 version of the game. As such, it will include the PS2 version's console-specific character, Heihachi of Tekken infamy. No word on whether Spawn (the Xbox version's exclusive...

Categories: Namco Bandai, PS3, PSN, Soul Calibur 2 HD, Xbox 360, Xbox Live

EA Updates Real Racing 3, they WANT your Money!

Game Updates are suppose to make it more playable, but it doesn't seem to be the case with Real Racing 3. The newest update saw a slew of changes which has angered fans. The biggest overhaul was on the scoring system which has been switch to a rating system to allow continued play. This game overhaul is sure to kill the interest of new fans. First on the chopping block is the locked racing tiers. In the past, you can unlock different tiers...

Categories: EA, mobile, Real Racing

Last Of Us

Naughty Dog has been responsible for some of the very best games on the PS3 and their last effort happens to be a tale of strife, desolation and horror as man fights for survival against and antagonistic world that has decided to rub out natures biggest mistake with a frightful disease that turns humans into murderous beings called clickers. This allows Naughty Dog to trip the light fantastic with a graphically stunning world featuring post...

Categories: Last Of Us, Naughty Dog, Playstation 3, Sony Computer Entertainment

Nobody Gets Outta Here Alive!

Behold! The official game play trailer for the up coming Mad Max game from Warner Bros Interactive. The open world action game is slated for an early 2014 release on the PC, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Video courtesy of Gamespot...

Categories: Avalanche Studios, Mad Max, Road Warrior, Video Game, Warner Bros Interactive

Fallout Live Action Series Returns

The old Fallout series has made a much anticipated come back featuring a grittier hardcore story. Fallout: Nuka-Break - Red Star tells the tale of Ranger tracking down a girl who was sold into slavery featuring some pretty solid acting and great sets. Machinima plans to make a series of live action movies based on games games such as League of Legends, Skyrim, Minecraft, Half-Life, Assassin's Creed, and Dead Island. ...

Categories: Fallout: Nuka-Break, Machinima, Red Star

Elite Dangerous - First Images Surface

Michael Brookes, the producer of Elite: Dangerous, has revealed the first screenshots of the million pound Kickstarter project showing the Cobra class MK. 3 blasting through the infamous trench of the Death Star from the movie Star Wars.   Its enough to make fans of the game (like me) piss their pants. Frontier Development plans to release the game in March of 2014 for the PC and the Mac version will be performing Torus jumps...

Categories: David Braben, Elite: Dangerous, First Screenshots, Frontier Development