Battlefield 3's Armored Kill downloadable content will release on September 4th for Battlefield Premium members on the PlayStation 3, before releasing on Xbox 360 and PC on September 11th.
Those who aren't members of Battlefield Premium will have to wait until September 18th for the PlayStation 3...
Armored Kill comes early for Premium
Even if you don't believe people are "born" to do a certain job, it's hard to deny that the signs of Matt Gilgenbach's destiny were clear pretty early on. His father, a programmer, always had a computer in the house, and the younger Gilgenbach...
An iOS version of the Nintendo DS role-playing game The World Ends With You goes on sale today after Square Enix teased the existence of the game in its e-Shop.
The game will be pricier than your average iOS title, though, going for $17.99 on the iPhone and $19.99 on iPad. It will be compatible with iOS devices that came after (and including) the iPhone 4 and after (and including) the iPad 2.
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Sets and Settings' Handheld Video Game is "a game about a game inside of a Game Boy." As a nameless biped, you're tasked with jumping through a series of rooms, avoiding spinning metal discs of death. Something strange is afoot, though, as soon you'll find that the levels begin to repeat themselves on an endless loop.
Is there a way out for our hapless hero? Or is he doomed to run, jump, and dodge forever? Head over to Newgrounds to find out.
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Riding in the wake of GDC Europe, Gamescom 2012 is Europe's largest trade fair for games and interactive entertainment. It runs from August 15th through August 19th in Cologne, Germany, and includes more than 600 companies from 40 countries, and Polygon will be on the floor to bring you all the...
Often times, stories come and go on game sites without a sense of permanence or a proper archive. Especially so when you're crashing on another site's couch while building your own. This is our attempt to change that -- a collection of all the...
Microsoft is openly courting developers dumped in mass layoffs by cloud gaming service OnLive, hosting a mixer for potential hires at its Mountain View campus. "We are eager to speak to individuals and teams affected by the OnLive transition," reads a description on events...
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There wasn't anything quite like Another World when it was released, and that's largely the case over two decades later. In an age where too many...
It's natural to cringe a little at the thought of sacrifice. But developer Keiji Inafune has different ideas about the word and what it can mean for gamers.
In an interview with the PlayStation...
Peter Thoman is an PhD student in computer science who was too busy to play Dark Souls on consoles last year.
A lifelong gamer, he imported Dark Souls spiritual predecessor, Demon's Souls, in 2009, and was impressed with the world that From Software had created. He'd been following the progress of Dark Souls' PC port and planning to make up for...
These days, developer Naughty Dog is best known for its Uncharted series of games, and the upcoming The Last of Us, but just over a decade ago, the studio released Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, a game that set the studio's tone for the next decade, studio co-founder Andy Gavin told the...
Painkiller: Hell & Damnation, the Painkiller remake from The Farm 51 and Nordic Games, now has a viewable trailer. Several screenshots and concept art photos have also been released.
The 43-second trailer reveals little about the remake, but fans of the original will recognize familiar tones. The original Painkiller, a first-person shooter, was released back in 2004 via studio People Can Fly and DreamCatcher Interactive. It starred Daniel Garner, a man trapped in Purgatory who hunts the forces of Hell. The remake was announced at this year's E3.
You can sign up for the PC beta now.
A new vignette for live-action web series Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn released this morning, taking a thoughtful moment to examine its newest soldiers and their deepest insecurities.
"Enlist" offers a very real, very emotional look at how four of its characters handle their introduction to war. "Get a glimpse of the characters and where they come from... because some won't survive to see the end," reads a post on the video's YouTube page.
As they settle nervously into the barber's chair for their military buzzcuts, the questions they ask feel like more than just lines of script from a...
ZombiU, the upcoming Wii U survival horror game from Ubisoft, found its inspiration from classic survival horror games and the GamePad's tension-building possibilities, the developer said today in a video.
In ZombiU, each playable character...
Gamescom was the PlayStation Vita's show. At least it was in the minds of PlayStation executives.
"There were efforts by us to really feature the PS Vita in front of Gamescom coming off of the E3 press conference where we were criticized for not...
The number of servers for Battlefield 3 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 have been quadrupled, developer DICE announced today.
"We have heard your wish for more official DICE servers," reads a statement on the official Battlefield blog, referencing...
The latest update for Mojang's Minecraft will include a new foe to contend with, the three-headed Wither King, according to players who have downloaded the update's pre-release (called a snapshot).
The Wither King is a dark, skeletal figure that...
Guild Wars 2 is closer to wealth equality in its population than the United States, based on a comparison made between statistics from the Guild Wars 2 beta and wealth equality statistics from the United States in 2007, as compiled in an infograph made by ArenaNet economist John Smith.
According to Smith's study, as of 2007, 20 percent of the American population controlled 85 percent of the overall wealth. In comparison, at the end of the Guild Wars 2 beta, 50 percent of the Guild Wars population controlled 85 percent of the wealth.
Smith adds the team hopes to maintain this high level of...
