In news that surprises no one, Star Wars: The Old Republic is incredibly popular. Despite the fact that subscription based MMOs have been on the decline as far as paid subscribers, it looks like it won’t be long until SWTOR hits the 1 million mark.
Read more »That’s right everyone, Assassins Creed 3 has a trailer and it’s just as Assassins Creedy as you might expect. Set in UHMURRICA in 1777, I’m absolutely all a musketed tomahawk chucking titter about it.
Read more »For years and years Maxis has been very good at one thing: Letting us all play God. That looks to be continuing with Sim City 5.
Read more »Excellent news for Little Space Heroes fans, with Bubble Gum Interactive announcing that a series of cartoons based on their whimsical sci-fi-themed online game for kids is in production. Focusing on the backstory of Little Space Heroes, the cartoons will be made available for a variety of mediums (including mobile, online and tv broadcast). Two Australian Industry heavy-hitters will join the Bubble Gum Interactive team to produce the comics, with the Little Space Heroes virtual universe receiving funding from Screen Australia.
Read more »Surprisingly, there are other things happening in the world of video games this week other than the release of Mass Effect 3. I know – I was shocked to discover this. One such thing is the release of the Pirelli Car Pack for Forza 4, which will be releasing March 6. The pack will provide ten new vehicles to the game, including cars from all the heavy hitting giants such as Ferrari, Aston Martin and BMW.
Read more »Bethesda’s fantasy RPG power-hitter has taken home more awards, and it’s at this point that I wonder why people even bother to nominate other games in the categories that Skyrim is nominated in, because seriously – they are never going to win. The awards on this occassion were from Norway’s Gullstikka and Skyrim walked away with four shiny new wins: Best Adventure/RPG, Best Game, Best PC game and Best Console Game. I expect if the awards had a ‘Best game ever of this century in the history of ever’ award, that Skyrim would have won that too.
Read more »In one of the most brilliant uses of social media marketing ever employed, Bioware has taken on a kind of role playing with the Twitter account The Alliance News Network just pre-launch of Mass Effect 3.
Read more »There is a sacred trust in the gaming business; an unbreakable bond that connects consumer to retailer. It is known as the “pre-order,” and it is something we gamers can trust to deliver our treasured collector editions and downloadable bonuses. Until this week, that is. As of March 1, UK retailer GAME will no longer be stocking any games from publishing giant Electronic Arts. This also means that it will not be honoring pre-orders customers made for EA titles, including the highly anticipated Mass Effect 3. Seriously. Read on for the details, and what you can do if you have […]
Read more »Mass Effect 3 is almost here, and Bioware have released what we’ve all been waiting for – the official launch trailer. And if you thought the Mass Effect 2 launch trailer was good – just wait until you see this one.
Read more »Excellent news for DC Universe Online players, with game update 10 now live. The main feature of the update is the overhauled On Duty UI which will now look and feel a lot more like the layout of the game’s mission journal.
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