Game designer American McGee shares a piece of concept art that hints at his studio's next project. Judging from the title, it is assumed that the upcoming game will likely involve a boy named Jack and a magical beanstalk...

The Golden Joystick's Action Game of the Year category might make your head explode.

Ubisoft has released details on the games it'll be showing at its E3 presentation this year. With 2011 marking the company's 25th anniversary (which of course you knew, as it's marked on all major calendars) the company touts the presentation as one of its biggest yet. Updates to popular series include the third Call of Juarez, two-point-third Assassin's Creed and Rayman Origins – the latter of which, presumably, will feature the scene young fans have dreaded for years in which the loveable hero's missing limbs are at last explained...

Ubisoft has released details on the games it'll be showing at its E3 presentation this year. With 2011 marking the company's 25th anniversary (which of course you knew, as it's marked on all major calendars) the company touts the presentation as one of its biggest yet. Updates to popular series include the third Call of Juarez, two-point-third Assassin's Creed and Rayman Origins – the latter of which, presumably, will feature the scene young fans have dreaded for years in which the loveable hero's missing limbs are at last explained...
Drew Karpyshyn, a lead writer for
BioWare blockbusters like Mass Effect 2 and Star Wars: Knights of the
Old Republic, has announced he will be parting ways with the Canadian developer to focus on non-gaming projects...

The Golden Joystick's Action Game of the Year category might make your head explode.
Following the lead of Activision, BioWare and pretty much every other notable company in PC gaming, Eidos has decided to provide a number of its biggest titles through Valve's Steam.
Recent releases Just Cause and Battlestations Midway are up for download on the service, along with games in the Hitman, Tomb Raider and Commandoes series. This year's new releases are also planned to appear in
Eidos is viewing the success of its naval combat game Battlestations: Midway as reason to warrant a sequel, it's emerged. It was also reaffirmed in the report that a Just Cause sequel is in development.
Eidos was unavailable for comment on either sequel at the time of writing, however the producer on Battlestations: Midway, Klaude Thomas, did hint at potential content for a follow-up when we talked to him at the end of last year. It's likely that the sequel will be returning us to WWII,

The Golden Joystick's Action Game of the Year category might make your head explode.
Every console fanboy’s most favorite/dreaded time of the month has come again. The NPD sales chart is here and with it comes news of the frontline on the console war, at least for the US side. Though Nintendo DS seems cemented in the top spot, the number one home console in the second month of 2010 was the 360. The Wii was close behind it, with PS3 in trailing that by a small margin.