Yes that day has finally come. A video game is now part of a course curriculum at an accredited college, Wabash College, in Indiana. College freshman are now required to ‘read and play’ Portal as part of a class requirement for all incoming freshman students. Professor Michael Abbott, the glorified …

Since its reveal at 2009′s Video Game Awards, the sequel to Batman Arkham Asylum had yet to be given a release date or even a proper title. After months of speculating, some online detective work, and fervent fan anticipation, the team at Rocksteady is finally ready to give more details …

It’s no secret we here at GameShack are fans of Bioshock 2. So it’s no surprise that word of more single-player content taking us back to Rapture is very good news indeed. 2K Games has announced the team behind this winter’s worthiest sequel is hard at work on more story-driven …

After years of waiting, millions of Actions Per Minute, and the unrelenting cries of pro Korean players, Blizzard has finally given gamers a sequel to its wildly popular real-time strategy game entitled, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. Like any PC gamer worth their salt, no StarCraft player will be caught …

Singularity marks a departure for Raven Software, the team behind the recent Wolfenstein reboot, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. The studio finally has a chance to work on an original property and the result is a game that borrows stylistic elements from their previous sci-fi laden shooter and …

So it’s just about that time – Bethesda has recently announced the development of another game into the Fallout series – Fallout New Vegas. Yes, the game will take place in post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, yes there will be plenty of mutated and evil cohorts to dispose of, and yes there …

Most of us should feel absolutely honored to have such a fantastic video game this early into the year. Mass Effect 2 is simply that – a gem of a video game, with more firepower, features and fun than the prequel. The gameplay is nothing but amazing, and if you …

After a plethora of Lego video game releases, it seems that NetDevil is going to finally hit the nail right on the head and give us what we want. From the preview we’ve seen of the Lego Universe game due out this year, the game looks nothing but epic. By …

It’s time for an update for our Fabulous Five 5 – the top 5 video games in the top 5 gaming categories. Yes we know it’s the end of the 2009 year, and boy has it been a huge year in gaming. Amazing gaming titles have been released for every …

It’s hard to believe that the 2009 year is already coming to a close. With only two calendar weeks left in the year, 2009 has evidentially been an incredibly strong year for video games especially in midst of our economic recession. We’ve experienced a large array of game releases, from …