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BioShock Infinite Gets 1999 Mode, Designed for Long Time Fans

Video game developer Irrational Games and publisher 2K Games have announced that the upcoming BioShock Infinite will feature an all new game mode called 1999 Mode, which is specifically designed to challenge players and increase their enjoyment of the game.The new mode will be harder and, at the same time, more rewar...

20 January 2012
10:06 GMT

GOTY 2011: Best Action Adventure Game – Batman: Arkham City

We were flooded with a huge amount of quality games throughout 2011, delighting millions of players, no matter their actual preferences. For a broad genre like the action adventure one, it made deciding a winner that much harder, as more than enough contenders appeared throughout the year, from the likes of Deus Ex: ...

30 December 2011
16:21 GMT

GOTY 2011 Action Adventure Runner-Up – Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Action adventure games are a weird bunch. It can be hard to choose a winner for this Game of the Year category given the big differences between individual titles but, regardless of definitions, Deus Ex: Human Revolution is clearly one of the best developed action adventure game to be launched this year.The title, cr...

30 December 2011
04:59 GMT

Dark Souls Will Get New Multiplayer Oriented Patch

Video game developer From Software has announced that it will be releasing a new patch for its recently launched Dark Souls, which will be focused on solving the problems with the multiplayer side of the game.The patch details posted on the official website of the game talk about fixing a number of spells and effects...

18 October 2011
13:41 GMT

Origin Leak Confirms Syndicate Remake

A leak that originated with the Electronic Arts maintained Origin digital distribution service has confirmed that the much talked about Project Redlime from the Starbreeze studio is actually a remake of the old Syndicate series, which has been created by Bullfrog.It seems that the motto for the new game will be: &ldq...

12 September 2011
05:44 GMT

Mass Effect 3 Has More Action Adventure Features, Keeps RPG Mechanics

BioWare has once again talked about its upcoming Mass Effect 3 title, and how it will try to strike a perfect balance between offering a fun, action-adventure experience, through its third-person shooter mechanics, but also a deep role-playing narrative, where players can customize various things and feel they'r...

25 July 2011
15:51 GMT

Yakuza 4

Yakuza 4, to a Western gamer like myself, is definitely an odd beast, as you can hardly tell that this open world, Grand Theft Auto-style game, but without the Auto part and based on the Japanese mob called the Yakuza, could manage to attract millions of fans in its native country and a small yet fiercely loyal follo...

13 April 2011
07:55 GMT

Uncharted 3 Has New Melee Weapons, Shifting Desert

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is still in the middle of the development process, but the team working on the game at Naughty Dog is not afraid to offer new information on the game, including how the melee system is being reworked and why the main character starts off in the middle of a deadly desert. In the ...

11 April 2011
15:11 GMT

Incoming 2011 – The Last Guardian

What we know The Last Guardian is the next action adventure video games from Team Ico, the development team behind the well-received title Shadow of the Colossus, featuring a boy and a fantastic creature that need to be guided by the player out of a gigantic ancient structure. The game will be played from a thi...

8 March 2011
17:31 GMT

Miyamoto Did Not Expect Legends of Zelda to Be a Hit

Shigeru Miyamoto, the main creative force at video game developer and console manufacturer Nintendo, has said that initially he was very much surprised by the success of The Legend of Zelda concept. Speaking to Nintendo President Satory Iwata, the designer has stated, “I really didn’t expect the respon...

4 March 2011
16:01 GMT

Incoming 2011 - Hunted: The Demon's Forge

What we know Hunted is developed by inXile Entertainment for Bethesda Softworks and is one of the more low-profile big titles to arrive in the first half of 2011, available on the PC, the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 at the beginning of 2011. The game will focus on two characters, the big warrior Caddoc and the n...

21 February 2011
18:31 GMT

Dungeon Siege III Arrives in Europe on May 27

Square Enix, as the publisher, and Obsidian, as the developer, have announced that they are planning to launch their action adventure title Dungeon Siege III on May 27 in Europe and on May 31 on the North American market. The game will be playable on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the...

7 February 2011
16:31 GMT

Book of Enoch Based El Shaddai Development Complete, Date Confirmed for Japan

Publisher UTV Ignition Entertainment has announced that its Tokyo based development studio has completed the creation process for its upcoming action adventure title El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron. The game is prepared for an April 28 launch date in Japan and will be launched on the PlayStation 3 from Sony ...

1 February 2011
08:35 GMT

Spell Powered Magicka Sells 30,000 Digital Copies in Its First Day

Video game publisher Paradox Interactive has announced that its Magicka action adventure title has managed to sell more than 30,000 copies across all digital distribution services in about 24 hours, also taking the top spot in the Steam daily sales chart, a good performance for a rather low profile title. Shams Jorj...

27 January 2011
04:32 GMT

Uncharted 3 Aims to Recreate Lost in the Desert Feeling

The Naughty Dog development team which is working on Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception for publisher Sony has revealed that it has gone as far as send people in the desert to chart its natural barriers in order to get the right feeling for being lost in the sand and recreate it in their game. Justin Richmond, wh...

3 January 2011
04:16 GMT

Quick Look: Darksiders PC

Action adventure hack and slash title Darksiders has just been revealed for the PC, after delighting PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 console users at the beginning of the year, so we've decided to have a quick look at this new game.First off, one of the toughest hurdles that Darksiders for the PC had to overcome was ...

27 September 2010
18:01 GMT

Naughty Dog Says It Will Love to Develop Uncharted Universe

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves was one of the most successful video games launched exclusively for the PlayStation 3. The developers who created the game at Naughty Dog managed to show what the Sony home console was capable of, creating fluid gameplay situations and offering visuals that surpassed everything the console ...

9 August 2010
15:01 GMT

True Crime: Hong Kong Delayed Into 2011

Activision has announced during its a recent earnings call regarding the first six months of 2010 that True Crime: Hong Kong has been delayed into 2011 because of quality issues. The game is being developed by United Front Games, the studio behind ModNation: Racers, and it is an open world action adventure that allow...

6 August 2010
14:21 GMT

Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 Is Called Batman: Arkham City

Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment and DC Comics have officially announced the name of sequel to the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum. The game is entitled Batman: Arkham City and it will be released in the autumn of 2011 on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. It is developed by Rocksteady Studios, t...

5 August 2010
10:44 GMT

Yakuza 4 to Arrive in the West Next Spring

Yakuza 4 will finally be released in the West, as the successful launch in Japan, where it sold around 560,000 units, prompted Sega to create a localized version of the game for Europe and North America. The Western version will hit the store shelves sometime in the first quarter of 2011, exclusively for the PlayStat...

9 June 2010
04:00 GMT

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions' Third Universe Unveiled

Activision has announced the third universe players will get to explore in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. They will get to play as the Spider-Man in the Marvel 2099 universe, the series of comic books that explores a future time-line of the Marvel characters. Two other universes are known to be included in Activi...

9 June 2010
03:06 GMT

Obsidian and Square Enix Collaborate on Dungeon Siege 3

Obsidian Entertainment, as the developer, and Square Enix, as the publisher, have announced a partnership designed to create a new Dungeon Siege 3 videogame, set to arrive on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the PC. Apparently, Gas Powered Games, the company that created the first two Dung...

8 June 2010
16:11 GMT

Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 Will Be Mark Hamill's Last Appearance as Joker

Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 will be Mark Hamill's last rendition of The Joker's voice, according to his latest interview with IGN. He was suspicious at first about making a sequel to last year's Batman: Arkham Asylum, as he thought it could not be topped, but developer Rocksteady managed to convince him th...

28 May 2010
15:51 GMT

Sledgehammer Games Now Hiring for Its Call of Duty Game

Sledgehammer Games has started hiring developers for its future Call of Duty title, according to a recent job listing on Gamasutra. The post states, among other things, that Sledgehammer is “actively recruiting top talent for our Call of Duty First Person Shooter development team. If you have a desire to work o...

27 May 2010
05:10 GMT

Just Cause 2 Gets Explosive DLC Packs

Square Enix has announced that it plans to launch two full downloadable content packs for Just Cause 2, its chaos addicted action adventure title that arrived in April. The two packages will be introduced for the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the PC, costing 160 Microsoft Points each or 1.9...

27 April 2010
14:51 GMT

Machinarium - The Inquisitive Robot

The latest gaming innovations from all major companies have been focused on extensive graphical features and very complex story lines that ensure them a dose of realism to which any gamer can relate in a virtual environment. My question to you is what happened to the good old classic point and click games that combin...

19 February 2010
12:41 GMT

Action Game of the Year - Batman: Arkham Asylum

The action adventure genre got quite a few good entries in 2009. Consider the high marks and good reception Uncharted 2: Among Thieves from Naughty Dog and Sony got, and the way A Crack in Time managed to revitalize the Ratchet & Clank series. But the action adventure title that laid claim to most of my gaming time h...

22 December 2009
17:51 GMT

Yakuza 3 Is Posted on Amazon Germany for a March Release

As the past has proven many times already, game publishers may be the most reliable sources of information when it comes to new games, but they're also the last ones to release the info. The official response always comes to confirm the already existing rumors that are usually started months before. Some rumors ...

2 December 2009
03:48 GMT

Pyro Studios Will Create a New Commandos Game

Pyro Studios has confirmed to a Holland-based videogame site that it is planning to revive its long running Commandos franchise for a new title. At the moment, the studio is working on a videogame, to be published by SEGA, accompanying the launch of the Planet 51 movie. Taking into consideration that the release date...

25 August 2009
16:21 GMT

Alpha Protocol Delayed to October

SEGA and Obsidian are now saying that Alpha Protocol, the action and espionage title on which the two companies are collaborating, is set to be released for the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the PC sometime during the month of October. The title should have been launched to players this Feb...

17 March 2009
06:02 GMT

Saints Row 2

Sandbox adventure games have been, for quite some time, synonymous with Rockstar's very popular Grand Theft Auto franchise. Since GTA III, a first 3D installment in the series, people have always weighed other titles against it, with the most common result being that these titles couldn't compare to it. Wit...

6 February 2009
04:59 GMT

More Details on X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Activision, as publisher, and Raven Studios and Amaze Entertainment, as developers, have announced new details related to their title X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which is due to arrive in May 2009. The game is being readied to accompany the launch of the movie bearing the same name, created by Twentieth Century Fox. Wo...

10 December 2008
12:21 GMT

Igor the Game Comes to Europe via Deep Silver

One would believe that video games based on Hollywood movies are considered instant hits by publishers and they have no distribution-related problems. Apparently, this is wrong, since Legacy Interactive had a few problems regarding the publishing of their upcoming game, based on the animated feature Igor.Fortunately ...

18 August 2008
13:06 GMT

Dynasty Warriors 6 Comes to PC and PS2

Koei's most recent action game in the Dynasty Warriors franchise will make its way to PlayStation 2 consoles and PC systems too, following a successful release earlier this year on PS3 and Xbox 360. With these two new versions in sight, scheduled for a release on the 18th of November, Koei's game will certa...

18 August 2008
12:06 GMT

Overlord Returns with Three New Titles

One of the most appreciated action adventure games of recent times, Overlord, will mark its return as a multi-platform title, to the delight of fans all over the world. Codemasters have just announced that a series of sequels will hit PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and DS consoles, as well as PC systems sometime in 2009...

14 August 2008
13:06 GMT

Eidos Announces Batman Game

With The Dark Knight doing great in theaters and gamers asking for a Batman video game, Eidos has decided to surprise everybody and announced that they were working on a project that would bring the beloved super hero to our consoles and PC systems. We also have high hopes in this game, since it will not be a movie t...

14 August 2008
03:05 GMT

Gothic 4 First Details Emerge

Spellbound has let out a few details regarding its Gothic 4 title. It seems it will bear the subtitle Ancaria, which is apparently the name of the archipelago where the game will take place. The action will begin roughly ten years after the events of the third game in the series. The islands of the archipelago will b...

29 April 2008
19:06 GMT

The Golden Compass

Game movie tie-ins are usually a great way for big developers to make a quick buck, using the movie's reputation and this usually happens when a blockbuster comes out or during the holiday season. Since we're almost at Christmas time, it's raining with blockbuster motion pictures and, of course the ga...

21 December 2007
10:57 GMT

Tomb Raider: Anniversary

New year, new Lara, this time better and with bigger...expectations, specially since we're celebrating ten years since the first Tomb Raider was released. We've played quite a bunch of titles featuring the sexiest gaming world character, Lara Croft, watched two movies and we still want more. Crystal Dynami...

12 June 2007
10:15 GMT


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