Third-person shooters are a dime a dozen. From games like Gears of War to the recent Spec Ops: The Line, cover tends to play heavily into the combat, but you'd be hard pressed to find one that fully revolves around cover as n...

The last time inXile graced the world with a console roleplaying was with The Bard's Tale back in 2004. Since then, the studio has been quietly working away on a number of mobile games, so it's certainly interesting to see th...

Panic Button Games will soon unleash Hulkamania via Hulk Hogan's Main Event, and those of you whom reserve at GameStop will be given a pre-order t-shirt.  The game will be exclusive to the Kinect, which of course means i...

THQ has announced the Homefront Ultimate Edition, set for release in the first quarter of 2012. There's no word on what this edition will include, but one can safely assume the previously released DLC packs "The Rock" and "Fi...

Crysis developer Crytek has inked a deal with THQ to develop the next Homefront game, significantly raising the chances of the sequel actually being good.  "Homefront's unique setting and storyline captivated gamers the ...

Breaking news on the Hole in the Wall front: the game is real! The crazed television show in which people wear gross bodysuits and attempt to contort their way through silly shaped holes in moving walls is headed to Xbox Live...

Square Enix wants to take you behind the scenes of IO Interactive's Hitman: Sniper Challenge, an exclusive downloadable bonus lying in wait for anyone willing to bite the bullet and pre-order Agent 47's latest adventure...

It seems controversy and Hitman: Absolution are destined are go hand-in-hand. Square Enix drew fire earlier this year for a trailer in which Agent 47 beat the crap out of fetishized nuns, and was criticized incredibly harshly...

When Hitman HD: Trilogy appeared on Amazon prior to being officially announced by Square Enix, we got a glimpse of the art book that's being included in first-run copies of the game. Today, the publisher confirmed this limite...

Score one for consolidated shelf space. A listing for Hitman Trilogy HD, a compilation which sounds innevitable but has yet to be announced by Square Enix, has been spotted on Amazon. It's even complete with a promotional ima...

Six years seems like a long time to have to wait for a new Hitman installment, but I/O Interactive certainly kept themselves busy during that time. With a powerful engine under the hood (in the form of Glacier2), the bal...

Coming into E3, I did not expect that a trip to Hell would send me to gamer heaven. Yesterday's visit to the Sega booth was a refreshing one, as I was able to get my meaty paws on the devilishly fun little platformer Hell Yea...

Sega has released new downloadable content for Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit today. Two batches of new material are now available, the "Pimp My Rabbit" pack and "The Virtual Rabbit Missions." The "Pimp My Rab...

NanaOn-Sha, developer of the amazing PaRappa The Rapper, came out with a Kinect game earlier this year called Haunt. It didn't really make a splash, and odds are you probably haven't heard of it. That all changes today, ...

Techland -- makers of last year's balls-to-the-wall racer Nail'd -- is back yet again, this time in the downloadable space, with Haste (working title).Along with a handful of other digital titles that Ubisoft was recently showing off, I was able to take the new ATV affair for little ride.

Forget game of the year, Hairy Penguin for Kinoct is going to be the game of all creation, featuring innovative new gameplay such as "waving your arm a bit" and "maybe some jumping up and down." The latest screenshots showcas...

Arm flapping does not come with the latest Harry Potter game. EA producer Gary Napper told Joystiq that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 won't have any Kinect kind of functionality, though earlier titles did. EA ...

During the EA Summer showcase, the newest entry to the Harry Potter videogame series was available to check out just before it becomes available this Tuesday. In this final chapter of the story, you must save the world and yo...

Ahead of the October 12 Xbox Live Arcade launch for Toylogic's free-to-play Happy Wars, the developer has shared its vision of how big-budget games will adapt to the growing business model in the coming years. Speaking to Gam...

When much-loved game designer Tim Schafer announced a new game coming up from Double Fine Productions, I guessed the hive-mind response was "Is it a super awesome adventure game?" But with games like Psychonauts, Brutal Legen...

Listen, Halo. It's not you, it's me. I love you, I really do. You'll always be my favorite first-person shooter franchise. Lately though, I found someone else. Her name is Call of Duty: Black Ops and she's wild, man. Just wi...

It was ten years ago that Halo: Combat Evolved was released on the original Xbox. The series would go on to create a standard for the first-person shooter genre and arguably help secure the Xbox as a household name. First-...

With only two weeks away from release, 343 Industries has decided to pay respect to franchise history and to its loyal fans with this new Halo: Anniversary trailer. Hitting retailers on November 15, the game will featu...

Another year and another successful Extra Life gaming marathon has concluded; and after tallying up all of the donations made thanks to the effort of over 24,000 gamers across North America, Extra Life has surpassed ...;

The second half of Spartan Ops season one has picked back up today. The episodic series continues the misadventures of the Spartan-IVs and Jul 'Mdama, the leader of the Covenant group, on the planet Requiem. There's a nice b...

The original Half-Minute Hero is quite possibly my favorite game released for the PlayStation Portable. Its inventive take on role-playing games was refreshing, while its self-referential humor regarding the conventions ...

In a rather odd move, Xbox Live Arcade has been updated with four new releases this week. I guess they're clearing out the queue in preparation for the Summer of Arcade later this month? Sure, let's go with that. Half-Minute...

Most will likely agree that the whole Half-Life 3 joke has worn a little thin. I am certainly tired of it, and just wish Valve would announce the thing and get it over with. Well, apparently that's not going to happen at E3. ...

Gaming Heads latest in their Valve toy line-up is the one and only Gordon Freeman from the Half-Life series. The 1/4 scale figure comes in at 20 inches tall, and features the voiceless hero with his iconic crowbar and the ali...