Perks ahoy for those who manage to test out the new Steam Machines currently under construction. Valve have confirmed that 300 participants of the test will also grab Metro: Last Light to test on the system for free. Other games will also be coming to the beta over the next few days.…

The new DLC for Saints Row IV is out today and brings you some great pirate themed content. From clothing to weapons to even a pirate themed vehicle, it seems Saints Row might be trying to distract attention from another pirate themed game. Go full-on pirate donning the Deck Swabber…

 Microsoft have rewarded some of their loyal customers with a free edition of Killer Instinct whilst others have not been picked with accordingly similar credentials. Some are beginning to wonder exactly what Microsoft is doing for them when they have done nothing but support the company.  The issue here is what makes…

PlayStation 3 gamers can now get involved with the latest zombie apocalypse survival game How to Survive with today's release on the PlayStation Network. The third person zombie game is there to test players' abilities to stay alive in a world full of the undead. Stay alive day and night by…

The latest SimCity game was rather controversial back in March, but that isn't stopping either Maxis or EA from releasing the first expansion. Cities of Tomorrow puts players 50 years from now in an urban utopia or Syndicate style corporate haven. The expansion allows players to create new buildings that…

Konami are set to release a new free data pack update for PES 2014 which is set to bring the game in line with the current season. This update will bring current players to their correct teams while also updating the visuals with over 800 news faces to make the…

The pre-paid alpha model seems to be working well for many indie game creators. Using it allows developers to create games while also getting paid, instead of waiting until it is finished and on sale. Introversion Software has become the latest success story, scoring them $8 million through alpha sales…

With Dementium II HD only just been announced as coming to Steam and available for pre-order Digital Tribe Games are hard at work. This time around it is time to prepare yourself for Spec Ops: The Line which is heading to Steam tomorrow for Mac users.  If you are a…

The Hollywood Reporter is stating that Vin Deisel and Gerard Butler are in talks to play the titular duo of game series Kane and Lynch. Butler would play angry man Kane, while Vin would play the angrier and crazier Lynch. Millennium are heading the project, a different film studio than…

The game is a follow up to LittleBigPlanet and involves you creating elements inside the game, out of paper. They say that technically, every object in the game should be able to come from one sheet of paper and can be made in the real world. How do you think…

There are already numerous jokes about how Call of Duty is a copy and pasted franchise, delivering the same experience year after year. Now a very real case of rehashing old work has appeared in the recently released Call of Duty: Ghosts. Beware Lie Spoilers Below. The two above cutscenes…

During an AMA on Reddit, Darby McDevitt, lead writer on Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag stated that Connor’s story is “not very” likely to continue and we shouldn’t expect a modern day-set Assassin’s Creed. “I doubt we would do a modern day AC,” wrote McDevitt. “There are just too many…

Ubisoft has announced that the latest in its juggernaut franchise will be available as part of a bundle at the launch of the PS4 in the UK. The bundle will include the PlayStation 4, Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag on PS4 and a piece of DLC unique to PlayStation versions…

A recent study has found that by playing video games, you can increase your brain size. More specifically, by playing Super Mario 64 for half an hour every day for two months, it was found that the right hippocampal formation, right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and bilateral cerebellum (the areas of your…

  Watching Sly and his magnificent history of 80's actions movies are a rite of passage for most men, with the Rambo series being almost top of that list. The next step is playing it, with Teyon staying true to the core of the series, the core being shooting and…

The recent Japanese video game sales figures have not been kind to everyone's favourite Hedgehog as they have revealed that just after the first week of Sonic Lost World (Wii U version) being released, the game has only sold 2076 copies. Granted this did make it the top selling game…

Today both German publisher ProSiebanSat.1 and Korean studio MAIET Entertainment have announced that the third and final phase of online shooter Gunz 2: The Second Duel will start November 7. It will be running until November 10, and aims to stress-test the games capabilities. Closed beta participants will be urged…

When news broke last week that the PS4 version of Call of Duty: Ghosts ran at native 1080p on PS4 and 720p on Xbox One, it was dubbed as "Resolutiongate" by some, and was taken to mean that the Xbox One is not as powerful as Microsoft had advertised. Infinity…

In a recent Pokémon conference in Barcelona, Junichi Masuda revealed that over 10 million Pokémon have been traded since the games were released. This is staggering news considering the game has only been out a few weeks and received vigorously applauded after it was revealed. Thinking about it though, Pokémon X and Y…

Blacklight Retribution will be the same on PS4 as it on PC at max graphics, according to developer Zombie Studios. Speaking to GamingBolt, the studio director Jared Gerritzen said that the game resolution and framerate matched those of the PC version, even on higher-end rigs: “We have all the PC settings…

The Assassin's Creed Twitter, the developers of the newest Assassin's Creed game, Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, will be doing a AMA on Reddit, November 5th at 8pm GMT (3pm EST and 12pm PST). If you have anything you would like to ask the guys at Ubisoft, now's your chance!…