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Increased Difficulty Modes Announced For DmC

By Chris Moore ()

There are some difficulty modes that can test the limits of any player's skills, but the upcoming DmC may have just one upped everything else out there.

Capcom announced, on their blog,  the modes players can choose to play through on the upcoming title.  First there are the standard Easy, Normal, and Hard (Human, Devil Hunter and Nephilim) difficulties to choose from. Read More.

Grand Theft Auto V Coming Spring 2013

By Matthew Pollesel ()

Rockstar Games has revealed that Grand Theft Auto V will be coming to PS3 and Xbox360 in Spring 2013.

This isn't really shocking news, considering that UK retailer GAME accidentally leaked the launch window early. Still, after nearly a year of speculation on when the game would be getting released and what platforms it would be getting released on, it's probably a relief for many current-gen console owners to learn that they won't need to wait for -- or buy -- a whole new system before the game sees the light of day. Read More.

G4 cancels X-Play and Attack of the Show

By Chris Moore ()

G4 has cancelled both X-Play and Attack of the Show; two main staples in the G4 lineup. It was reported earlier in the year that G4 would be rebranding itself, moving away from geek culture.  While Attack of the Show reported on all things geek culture, ranging from internet videos and new technology from around the world, X-Play's focus was on all things video games. Read More.

Borderlands Hitting iOS Devices October 31st

By Matthew Pollesel ()

It was leaked yesterday, and confirmed today: Borderlands will be arriving on iOS devices by the end of the month.

Or, if you want to be precise, a team-based, top-down shooter called Borderlands Legends is hitting iPads, iPhones and iPods on October 31st. It's not quite the Vita version Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford was openly speculating about a little while back, but it's. Read More.

The Last of Us getting comic book tie-in

By Chris Moore ()

In hopes to prepare people for the upcoming Naughty Dog title, The Last of Us, Dark Horse Comics will be releasing a comic book tie-in for the game.

Called, The Last of Us: American Dreams, the series will be a prequel to the game and focus on the early years Ellie and go into her back story. Read More.

Dokuro Gets Canadian Delay (Updated)

By Matthew Pollesel ()

Canadian PlayStation Vita owners looking forward to getting their (digital) hands on Dokuro following Tuesday's PlayStation Store update were undoubtedly a little disappointed when they went to download the game: it never showed up. Read More.

Nihlistic Software reorganizing their company

By Chris Moore ()

Nihlistic Software will be changing its entire company outlook as well as the company name itself.

The studio announced today on their website that they will no longer be making games for retail box releases and will instead focus on downloadable, online and mobile games. Read More.

Mass Effect 3: Omega Announced

By Chris Moore ()

BioWare has revealed the next piece of single player DLC for Mass Effect 3.

Called Mass Effect 3: Omega, the name and description of the content seems to stem back from Aria comments about wanting to get back to her club Omega and it seems she will finally seek out Commander Shepard for his help to reclaim it from Cerberus control. Read More.

Rockstar Games Collection Announced

By Chris Moore ()

Rockstar Games will be packaging four of their critically acclaimed games into one handy collection.

The company announced yesterday the Rockstar Games Collection Edition 1.  The collection will come with Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City and Midnight Club: Los Angeles Complete Edition. Read More.

Mechromancer DLC available today

By Chris Moore ()

Gearbox has surprised Borderlands 2 players by releasing the Mechromancer character early.

Randy Pitchford, President of Gearbox Software, confirmed on Twitter this morning that the DLC character will be ready for download on all platforms by the end of the day. Read More.

Sony Launches PlayStation Mobile

By Matthew Pollesel ()

It's taken awhile, but yesterday Sony finally launched PlayStation Mobile for the Vita and other PlayStation-Certified devices.

Writing on the PlayStation Blog, Jack Buser, Sony's Senior Director for PlayStation Digital Platforms, described PlayStation Mobile as a "platform for tablets and smartphones that offers PlayStation-like experiences on a number of different mobile devices". Read More.

Cliff Bleszinski Leaves Epic Games

By Chris Moore ()

Epic Games has just announced that Cliff Bleszinski, Design Director of Epic Games, has left the company.

"In my 10 years of working with Cliff, his passion for creating video games of the highest quality has been unflinching." said Dr. Michael Capps, Epic Games President in a blog post. Read More.

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