At a Tokyo-based event this week, Grasshopper Manufacture hosted an internet livestream charity event to aid earthquake and tsunami victims. While no new games from the studio were announced there were a few interesting bits of information thrown in for good measure. Following the success No More Heroes garnered in …

The team at 343 Industries has been handed the Halo baton from series creator Bungie. Now steering the direction of the series, 343 worked with studio Certain Affinity to complete the Defiant map pack for Halo: Reach. Things like map design, gameplay balancing, and weapons placement are things many might …

Last week, Sony and Naughty Dog corralled members of the gaming press to unveil the bane of Nathan Drake’s existence in the upcoming PS3-exclusive, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. Katherine Marlowe is the series’ new antagonist and from the sound of things, she and Victor “Sully” Sullivan have a past. Scandalous!
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Moonshot Games might not be as big a name as Bungie but four former Halo developers founded the company and have just released the first trailer from the studio’s upcoming title, Fallen Frontier. Details are slim at the moment regarding platforms and means of distribution but by the looks of …

Fans of the Persona series can now breathe a huge sigh of relief. Atlus has just announced it will be bringing Catherine, the block-puzzling, romance-simulating, night-terror spectacular to North America in Summer 2011.
Some might wonder what’s gotten everyone so worked up about a game that, until recently, “had no plans …

The legal battle between Sony and electronics manufacturer LG has had a shocking new development. LG has just been granted a temporary injunction, blocking all shipments of Sony’s Playsation 3 console into Europe for a period of ten days. All PS3s are currently being stockpiled in a Dutch warehouse while …

Our upgraded Plasma cutter has barely had time to cool yet the guys and ghouls at Visceral Games have announced a price and date for their upcoming single-player DLC, Severed. The extra story missions follow Gabe Weller and Lexine Murdoch. Players of the once Wii-exclusive, Dead Space Extraction will remember …

We already knew the Nintendo 3DS was coming to North America on March 27th. Until now, details on launch games and software pricing were scant. Nintendo has finally revealed the games it’s shipping for next month’s launch including third party support. In addition to giving some concrete information on which …

IGN has a new preview and teaser trailer for an upcoming (stop us if you’ve heard this before) zombie survival game, Dead Island. While some have argued the zombie genre may be getting a tad played out, there’s no denying the trailer for this project is certainly unique. It’s breathtaking. …

Earlier this week, news outlets and gaming blogs reported that Hudson Entertainment, the American branch of Hudson Software, was closing by the end of the month. The shuttering comes on the heels of Konami’s full acquisition of Hudson Soft. in 2011. The company is best known for the Bomberman series …