Molyneux's 'Curiosity' is renamed
Following headaches brought about by the moniker of NASA's Curiosity rover, Peter Molyneux's next game with new company 22 Cans has been renamed 'Curiosity: What's Inside the Cube'. Read More.
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The World Ends With You Coming to iOS
Square Enix announced yesterday that they're bringing Nintendo DS classic The World Ends With You to iOS devices...today.
The news -- and release -- comes less than a week after they first launched a countdown site teasing something to do with TWEWY. Thanks to sleuthing by Andriasang/a screw-up by Square Enix themselves late last week, it was known that the announcement would have something to do with iDevices, but it was only yesterday that the company fully released details about the port. Read More.
Top 3 Games Week of August 27th, 2012
This week's top 3 games in no particular order!
Madden NFL 13 (PS3, X360, Wii, VITA) Read More.
Play Bibz To Help Needy Kids
When trying to convince yourself, or a loved one, that it's worth spending the money to get the game you want, your reasoning of "because I want it" and "but it's so cool" won't always cut it. But, if you added that your purchase will help kids in need (your inner-kid doesn't count), your argument couldn't be better! Read More.
Nintendo Power Ceasing Publication
Nintendo Power, the popular magazine on all things Nintendo, is closing its doors.
"Nintendo Power's last issue will be the December 2012 issue, which will be mailed to subscribers in late November and sold on newsstands starting December 4." said an announcement on the company's website. Read More.
Layoffs Hit THQ, PopCap, FunCom
Bad things are said to come in threes, and that apparently goes for the game industry too, with news that layoffs have hit PopCap, THQ and Funcom.
For PopCap, the announced Plants vs. Zombies 2. 50 people have been let go from PopCap Seattle, PopCap Shanghai has been "shrunk", and the company is currently evaluating whether it wants to keep its offices in Dublin open. Read More.
All Races Available in Next World of Warcraft Patch
The Pandaren race will be available in the next patch, and you don't even have to get Mists of Pandaria to get them.
Blizzard announced on their blog that with the upcoming Patch 5.0.4, the new Pandaren race will be available to all players without the need of the upcoming expansion pack. Read More.
Allegedly leaked survey might have revealed the plot of Dragon Age 3
If a leaked survey is to be believed, Dragon Age 3 could feature online co-op and will cast players as an Inquisitor tasked with managing armies, spies and political connections to save a world torn apart by civil war. Read More.
EA announces Plants vs. Zombies 2
PopCap's hugely popular strategy game will be receiving a sequel in the form of Plants vs. Zombies 2, EA announced earlier today. With a provisional launch window of late Spring 2013 on the cards, it will "include a bevy of new features, settings, and situations, designed to delight the franchise's tens of millions of fans". Read More.
Highly anticipated Hyrule Historia (Legend of Zelda "bible") high on best-seller list
Zelda fans all over the world are rejoicing over an upcoming guidebook release that's so highly anticipated it even took over the best-seller list on Amazon.com for a while, and it's still only on pre-order! Read More.
Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified details emerge with first trailer
Even if eyebrows were raised at E3 when Sony failed to divulge any information on its Call of Duty Vita title beyond a name, the first trailer shown at Gamescom reveals a great deal about the elusive shooter. Read More.
PS Move horror Until Dawn launching next year
The PlayStation 3's oft-maligned Move motion device will be getting another string to its bow with Until Dawn, a survival horror exclusive to the platform from Supermassive Games. Read More.
Sony announces side-scrolling Puppeteer
At this year's Gamescom, attendees were treated to their first glimpse of the highly stylised Puppeteer - a whimsical 2.5D side-scrolling platformer for the PS3 from Japan Studio. Read More.
Japan Studio's Rain is coming exclusively to PSN
In yet another Gamescom announcement, Sony have revealed PSN exclusive Rain - a new IP from their Japan Studio.
Following the story of a boy who "awakes to see a girl's silhouette in the rain", he soon becomes invisible himself in a grimy, seemingly abandoned urban landscape. Read More.
Sony unveils Killzone Mercenary
Shining a spotlight on the Killzone Vita game teased long before the system's release, Sony announced Killzone Mercenary at Gamescom last week.
A first person shooter exclusive to the PlayStation handheld, a live action trailer displayed an elite team who didn't appear to fight for either the iconic Helgasht or the opposing ISA forces (the two conflicting factions of the Killzone series), having tackled both groups throughout. Read More.
