Game soundtracks should not be underestimated. Not only do they make games more pleasurable for the ears, but a quality musical score can elevate the entire game experience to something extra special with goosebumps. The following 10 games are all nominated in the Soundtrack of the Year category for this year's Golden Joystick Awards. Only one of them can win.
Not content with ranking which TV shows get the most viewers, Nielsen's now turning its attention to products that aren't even out yet - ranking consumer anticipation for upcoming titles across all three consoles. What are players most looking forward to?
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Call of Duty: Black Ops and Heavy Rain have been revealed as the top contenders for the 2010 British Academy Video Game Awards (BAFTA). They join a list of 44 gaming nominees that will duke it out in 16 award categories during the live event in London on March 16th...
Sony has published the nominees for its
PSN Gamers' Choice Awards 2012. Vote, and you'll be helping the PS3
powers-that-be decide which of last year's PlayStation Network titles
go on sale next month...
Sega
has announced sale prices on nine titles across PlayStation Network
and Xbox Live, offering cheap retro reissues of some solid classics
and newer titles alike. PSN fans get their discounts immediately,
whereas XBLA subscribers have to wait a week. Knowing what happens
when XBLA players get impatient (namecalling, griefing, possibly the
Apocalypse), 2K's stepped in with some bargain content available
right now...
Are you an Xbox Live Gold member with a
taste for Japanese shooters? If so, congratulations – you're a target
for Microsoft's latest Deal of the Week promotion featuring
significantly reduced prices on Radiant Silvergun, Hard Corps:
Uprising and other eastern favorites...
Saving you time once again, we’ve chopped together all the kickass trailers from this week into a single minute of glorious montage (montage!). The song used is “Stand Your Ground” is by is the first track off the Homefront Original Soundtrack, by Scott Cresswell and the game’s composer Matthew Harwood. See all the trailers below in their entirety
Electronic Arts is getting into the new
year spirit with up to half-off a portion of its Xbox Live
inventory including Dragon Age: Origins, Dead Space 2's Severed DLC,
and a slew of sporting expansions...