3 Feb, 2012

If the third quarter financial report from THQ is anything to go by, we won’t be seeing any sign of Metro: Last Light until the first quarter of next year. The previous release date for the title, the much-anticipated follow-up to Metro 2033, was originally scheduled to be at the back end of 2012. The delay has been caused as a result of the games...

3 Feb, 2012

The 1990′s were full of new technology like transportable phones and car alarms, and computers were in that mix as well with those newfangled CD-ROM drives that were going to revolutionize the gaming world. Think of it, movie quality games coming right to your computer screen. It would take over the entertainment world. Except for the fact that Full...

2 Feb, 2012

Title: Analogue: A Hate Story Platform: PC Developer: Christine Love (indie) TL;DR: A futuristic visual novel about an androcentric society Family Friendly?: Click here for more info I’ve been effectively spamming news about Christine Love’s latest offering: Analogue: A Hate Story and thankfully I feel vindicated in my eagerness. The game places...

2 Feb, 2012

Alan Wake has been a long winding journey, and we are not talking about the story in the game. Instead, we mean his journey to the PC platform, but after many non-committals and cancellations, Alan Wake is finally coming to the platform where his game was first announced so many years ago. Alan Wake is set to arrive on Steam initially for $29.99 for the...

2 Feb, 2012

Okay, let me catch my breath a minute… I haven’t laughed this hard since the Machoman Skyrim mod. Conan O’Brien’s show has always had some pretty strong geek cred, and this is further proof. Go Team...

2 Feb, 2012

Ubisoft is shutting down its DRM servers this Tuesday to migrate them to a new environment. According to Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Ubisoft has given no estimate as to how long the servers will be down, so who knows when your legitimately bought games will work again. This is clearly a win for consumers though, as Ubisoft’s DRM helps protect you from the...

2 Feb, 2012

If there is a gaming property that has caught my fancy over the last few years, it would have to be Mass Effect. While the game did not have the greatest first impression on me, I grew to love the first game and its story, and soon started to absorb any Mass Effect fiction I could get my hands on. Some of this was in the Dark Horse comics, but more...

2 Feb, 2012

Perhaps you’ve heard of Paul McCartney? He’s pretty famous you know. He’s one of the Beatles, he’s had a successful recording career with The Wings, and he’s been knighted. Oh, and he’s also listed as the most successful musician in popular music history by the Guinness Book of World Records. That’s a really impressive...