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History repeats itself, as the newest DirectX only works on Windows 8
A heads-up to any developers looking forward to the new features Microsoft is introducing with DirectX 11.1: your players won’t be seeing…
‘Zombies.’ Now Universal, Endless Mode and Throwable Objects Coming this Week
If there’s one thing this world needs more of, it’s video games with zombies in them. Or not. Anyway, one of the…
Tomb Raider Collector’s Edition runs $100, strolls to Steam for pre-order
The North American Tomb Raider Collector’s Edition costs $100 and includes an “Endurance Survival Kit” tin, an 8-inch Lara Croft figurine that…
Portabliss: Angry Birds Star Wars (Multi)
This is Portabliss, a column about downloadable games that can be played on the go. I’m not the only one who played…
Impressions: Forced Demo
Forced is a co-operative arena-based ARPG, currently around half-way toward a successful funding campaign on Kickstarter. Developers BetaDwarf sent me a demo…
Cover Story: A Look Back at the Wii
How Nintendo's underpowered powerhouse changed the way we look at consoles….
Dead Space 3 Co-Op Hands-On Impressions — This Is Madness!
Dead Space 3 will feature drop-in and drop-out co-op. The ability to play Dead Space 3 with a buddy left some gamers…
Black Ops 2 ‘Nuketown Zombies’ now in DLC Season Pass, out in December
Originally included as an incentive in the “Hardened,” “Care Package” and “Digital Deluxe” versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, the…
Grand Theft Auto 5’s trio inspired by GTA 4 DLC storyline crossover
“It was partly just to do something totally new,” Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser told the Guardian about the use of three separate…
“Halo 4” Makes Entertainment History with More Than $220 Million in Global Sales in the First 24 Hours
Yup…it’s big. How big? The “Halo” saga eclipses the biggest movie launch in U.S. box office history; on track to […]…
Music-centric RPG ‘Arranger’ Set to Hit this Week
Way back in March we came across a trailer for a very interesting looking upcoming game called Arranger. It had that low-fi…
Quantum Conundrum free with PS Plus
You’ll be able to enter the Cheap Dimension along with all the others in Quantum Conundrum this week, as Airtight Games’ physics-shifting…
Halo 4 made $220 million day one, on track to $300 million in first week
Halo 4 has earned $220 million globally during its first 24 hours on sale. Microsoft expects the game to reach $300 million…
Apple cracking down on browser-based user acquisition
Apple is cracking down on services like Tapjoy that incentivize app downloads to help developers acquire users, and at least one company…
Snapshot: Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
There are so many games out there we couldn’t possibly review them all. Welcome to Snapshot, where we highlight games that might…
PSA: Halo 4’s Spartan Ops: Episode Two out now
Halo 4’s post-campaign campaign Spartan Ops flipped the switch on its second episode this morning. The Spartan Ops episodes are merely being…
Old Dog, Old Tricks – MS Locks DirectX 11.1 To Win 8
It’s been a while since Microsoft pulled the ol’ ‘oh no, this new version of DirectX couldn’t possibly work on earlier versions…
Sack it to Me: The LittleBigPlanet Community Revs Up!
LittleBigPlanet Karting is now out across the globe, and the community have already jumped straight into the brand new story to help…