BioWare announced today that coming this fall, Star Wars: The Old Republic will be adding a free-to-play model for players.
A subscription model will still be available for players that still wish to pay for premium service, which will include a monthly allotment of Cartel Coins, a new virtual currency also being introduced this fall that will be used to purchase in-game items and features that will "enhance the game play experience. Read More.
If you enjoyed Dead Island but felt the act of playing the game was a little too stationary, Techland seems to have heard your complaint: the developer has filed a trademark for a mobile game. Read More.
Images of next-generation Xbox development kits have appeared online this last weekend, and - if Eurogamer's Digital Foundry is to be believed - they are real.
Posted on the ASSEMbler forums, these photos show what would appear to be an unassuming PC tower, a launch-screen prominently featuring the name 'Durango' (thought to be an alias of the system) and a binary cascade effect which appears repeatedly throughout. Read More.
If you are like me, you are playing The Elders Scrolls V: Skyrim on PlayStation 3 and you are perhaps anxiously awaiting any news on Dawnguard heading towards the PS3 or PC. The 30-day exclusive deal with Microsoft has lifted and the DLC can now appear on them. Read More.
Microsoft has recently announced that they are opening a new game studio in London.
Microsoft today told MCV that they are hiring senior staff to run the studio. Read More.
Blizzard today announced the release date of their upcoming World of WarCraft expansion, Mists of Pandaria.
The standard edition will be available on September 25 for $39.99. Blizzard also said that a Digital Deluxe Edition of the expansion for $59.99. The Deluxe edition will come with an Imperial Quilen flying mount, a Diablo III Banner Sigil and accent and Starcraft II Battle. Read More.
Insomniac, the developer behind such series as Resistance and Ratchet and Clank, has officially launched Outernauts, its first Facebook game.
According to Insomniac President Ted Price, the game represents Insomniac's attempt to bring "the breadth and elements of console gaming to a social game". Read More.
A letter reportedly sent to Gamestop reveals that Ubisoft plan to implement a Season Pass for Assassin's Creed III, which provides "better value" for the game's DLC. The letter also divulged that Ubisoft are creating another team which will work on "post-launch episodic content". Read More.
Speculation of an entry-level 16GB 'PS3 4000' model is true, claims a VG247 source. Utilising Flash storage, it is apparently intended to compete with Microsoft's 4GB Xbox 360. Read More.
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If you were debating whether to pick up the Ratchet & Clank HD Collection when it arrives in North America later this summer, here's something that should make your decision a little easier: Insomniac announced yesterday that anyone who buys the Collection will also receive early access to a demo of the new Sly Cooper game, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time. Read More.
Gameloft and Warner Bros. released a new trailer earlier today which revealed that their mobile-exclusive Dark Knight Rises game is slated for a July 20th release. Read More.
2009 point-and-click puzzle adventure Machinarium might be coming to the PlayStation Vita, if a post on the ESRB website is to be believed.
Rated 'Everyone 10+', the game has been listed for Macintosh, Windows PC, PlayStation 3 and PS Vita. Although it's already been confirmed that the title would be coming to PSN and it made the journey to iPad last year, a port to Sony's handheld hasn't yet been announced. Read More.
UPDATE:
Battlefield 4 has been confirmed on EA's website. Pre-ordering the Limited or Deluxe Edition of Medal of Honor Warfighter will indeed gain you access to the beta. Read More.
Epic has revealed that the next instalment in the Gears of War franchise will be hitting stores on March 19th, 2013.
Set 14 years before the original Gears of War, the game will star long-standing team-mates Cole and Baird in 'Kilo Squad', a unit charged with treason and cowardice for unknown reasons. Read More.
