2K Games has revealed the pre-order bonuses for The Darkness II. Customers who pre-order next year’s sequel will receive an upgrade for the Limited Edition of the game, bestowing upon early adopters some extra in-game abilities and bonus content…
Square Enix has announced a trio of exclusive North American pre-order bonuses for Final Fantasy XIII-2, if you're willing to hand over your gil in advance to retailers GameStop, Amazon or Best Buy. Take your pick among an alternate costume for Serah, a coliseum-style boss battle, or a physical hardcover book that details the events that between FFXIII and XIII-2 in novella form...
In our review of Rage – which we really enjoyed – we said that it “simply looks better than anything yet achieved this generation.” But there was a caveat: whenever things didn’t look good, it really stood out. Most notably, the textures could take a while to pop-in, causing weird visual issues that could make the amazing graphics look absolutely dated...
For years you’ve been doing your best to turn your 360 Avatar into Batman or the Joker. Still, despite your hard work it just didn’t look real enough, and you had to admit defeat. Now, with days to go before the retail release of Batman: Arkham City, a bunch of Avatar clothing and other bric-a-brac is available on Xbox Live that lets you become the Caped Crusader and some of his crew… for a price...
EA and promo company Eventful are giving gamers in one US city the opportunity to go hands-on with Battlefield 3 before the game's official release later this month. The contest is part of Eventful's 'Demand It' service, wherein fans have until October 12th to vote on which American city will receive the pre-release preview on October 19th...
Valve is crazy awesome. Today, Portal 2 owners can start enjoying the completely free “Peer Review” DLC on Steam XBLA and PSN, which continues the story of P-Body and Atlas. That’s great news, but apparently bringing Portal 2 fans free DLC for every platform isn’t enough for Valve. To celebrate today’s launch of Peer Review, Portal 2 is now on sale for 50% off on Steam. Quick, take advantage of this oversight before someone tells Valve how silly it's being...
Dead Space's Isaac Clarke is taking a breather from dismembering necromorphs to dominate the court in EA Sports' NBA Jam: On Fire Edition. In another strange bit of cross-promotion, EA this week revealed the armor-clad engineer is a playable character in the downloadable basketball title, which launched today on PSN, and is expected to land tomorrow for Xbox Live...
It's like, how much more grey could this be? And the answer is none. None more grey...
Today, Activision released a small batch of new screenshots for Modern Warfare 3 today, showing off a skirmish taking place on a monochromatic street. When compared to other images and trailers of Call of Duty games it's... actually fairly tame. There are few explosions, fewer buildings collapsing, and even fewer nuclear weapons blowing up. Wait, huh? We thought this was a Call of Duty game! Things really have changed now that the old Infinity Ward team is gone…
Members of the Assassin's Creed Revelations development team answer some questions regarding the game's present day story.
You may have defeated Templars by the thousand, swung across the rooftops of Florence, Venice and Rome, and you may think you're the ultimate assassin, but have you got what it takes to unlock the very secrets of the Animus itself? Well step forward then, because to celebrate the forthcoming release of Assassin's Creed Revelations we've teamed with publisher Ubisoft to offer our readers the ultimate Assassin's Creed prize.