4 Feb, 2012

If you know anything about previous Mass Effect titles, saving your game files from previous titles carries over your decisions from the previous games, which affects the events and decisions of the current game. So what exactly is BioWare hinting at? There just may be another Mass Effect game in the works, or it could be something in a similar universe and your...

4 Feb, 2012

Want a Diablo III beta key? We’re not talking you just want it with that “Meh” attitude. No, we’re talking rabid chomping at the bit attitude. If you wanted to take the newest epic from Blizzard out for a spin, then you’d better check your Battle.net inbox. Blizzard announced that it has sent out more than 100,000 beta invites in...

4 Feb, 2012

Kaz Hirai, that one guy whose official capacity at Sony is always guessed at, gets to wear just one more hat amidst his large collection of CEO and Executive Deputy hats. Late last week, Hirai was also named as the replacement to Howard Stringer as CEO and President of Sony in April after the current financial year draws to a close for the embattled company. The...

4 Feb, 2012

At the very least though, Hidetaka Miyazaki, creative director of From Software and the guy you ought to be cursing when you die (yet again), has said that Dark Souls was a learning experience both for players and for the dev team. All jokes (and gripes) about the difficulty aside, the game itself is a masterpiece in many ways. For one, areas of the game run...

4 Feb, 2012

Naughty Dog’s newest IP, first debuted at the recent VGAs of 2011, may be seeing a late release window this year. According to Game Informer, it may be arriving in time for the holidays, or we’ll have to wait for a Q1 2013 release. Not familiar with The Last of Us, the latest post-apocalyptic survival game? For one,...

4 Feb, 2012

Did you think that developers don’t listen to fan feedback? While some studios may be notorious for ignoring suggestions made by fans, others like BioWare definitely listen up. In fact, they revel in it. Both BioWare and EA know that in order to keep an MMO from becoming derelict in a matter of months, they’ve got to listen to the right people....

3 Feb, 2012

Anyone out there remember uDraw? That kind of artistic game based around some tablet peripheral? No? Well you may be seeing it soon, at your local discount store that is. THQ told Kotaku that instead of sending the hugely underselling game to the scrap-heap, we would be likely seeing it in “non-traditional game retailers and discount stores”. THQ...

3 Feb, 2012

Namco Bandai have decided to immortalise the fighters Mitsurugi and Pyrrha from SoulCalibur by having them carved in granite on a mountain. The amazing piece of art – as part of the promotion for SoulCalibur V – has been made on Tanum in Sweden. The piece is obviously going to last a very long time and is a great tribute to the series. This is a...