The Independent competition celebrates the most innovative indie games, and includes several different categories, but the big prize is the Main Competition. Entrants this year include Quadrilateral Cowboy, The Banner Saga, and the puzzle-platformer InFlux. 656 entries make this the biggest ever, up from last year's 589. This year, the…

Trine 2: Complete Story will be released on the PlayStation 4 near launch, it was announced today on the PlayStation Blog. Trine 2 is a sidescrolling game composed of puzzles, platforming and action. Gamers play as the Thief, the Wizard and the Knight, collectively known as the Three Heroes. You…

PC gamers can now pre-load Battlefield 4 on Origin in the US and Europe. The official release date for Battlefield 4 is Oct. 29th in the US and November 1st in the UK on PC and current gen consoles.   Now accepting #BF4 preloads in Europe! Pre-order #BF4 for PC…

Activision has posted the debut trailer for the new Call of Duty: Ghosts four-player co-op mode named Extinction. Information about Extinction was leaked over the weekend. The mode pits teams of one to four soldiers against alien hatchlings. You must defend your base from the creatures. Your team is split…

The multiplayer servers for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag are already live even though the game won’t be launching until Oct. 29th Tim Browne, the lead multiplayer designer for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag has confirmed over Twitter. "Yes the AC4 multiplayer servers are up and running," he wrote. "To…

Young Horses Producer and Programmer Kevin Geisler the genius behind Octodad has stated that the title my find itself moving towards a PS Vita release in the near future. PlayStation have always been looking to solidify ties with indie developers, indicated of course by the vast sway of indie titles already heading…

 YouTube user RageBeefSA has uploaded a video to his account displaying what seems to be a PS4 DualShock 4 controller working with an Xbox 360 console. He claimed that it is possible through some technical wizardry, "a combination of JoyToKey, a Cronus Device, and Cronus Bullseye software".  It was confirmed last week…

505 Games have defended their recent release How to Survive after Roam's lead creator Ryan Sharr took to Kickstarter to report on the game for copying aspects of Roam's design. Ryan Sharr's statement concerning How to Survive is as follows; “I am not foolish. There are tons of zombie games…

Telltale Games are becoming masters at tugging on your heartstrings within the smallest of moments, something once again shown by their twitter tease for The Walking Dead Season 2.   "Keep that hair short..." #TheWalkingDead Season Two pic.twitter.com/zkdzoBCsqE — Telltale Games (@telltalegames) October 28, 2013 To those who haven't played…

Shadow Specters is the next new core set in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game and features support for archtypes including Noble Knights, Vampires and Bujin. The sneak Peak events for the set, which allow players to get there hands on the set early, are due to happen this coming weekend…

Alienware are letting customers trade-in their consoles for up to $200 cashback in their store. The company are accepting trade-ins for old PS3's, Xbox 360's and Wii's, and will allow you to lower the cost of a gaming rig. The lowest-end Alienware X51, for example, usually costs $699, but when…

Ltd. Art Gallery are holding an exhibition featuring concept art from the online shooter Destiny. Prints of the art are being sold online in aid of Child’s Play Charity, with priced ranging from $35 to $300. The prints include some of the games character, vehicle and environment concepts by the…

CPP is "certainly thinking about" creating a single-player campaign for EVE: Valkyrie, chief marketing officer David Reid recently told Rock, Paper, Shotgun. “…well, Dust doesn’t have a single-player component right now. But it is stuff we’ve teased in, stuff we’ve worked on. Reid said. “Are there exploration, resource-gathering, crafting sorts…

Even though there is no release date for the western release for Final Fantasy X & X-2 HD, Japan will be able to enjoy the game December 26 this year. While hopefully there will be a release window for the west announced sometime soon, that doesn't mean we can't gawp…

Namco Bandai's Twitter has been updated several times today following issues surrounding a beta event in North and South America for Dark Souls II.  We thoroughly apologize for all of the confusion and issues. We will be rescheduling the Network Test for another date. — NAMCO BANDAI America (@namcogames) October…

 22Cans, lead and founded by Peter Molyneux have brought in preditive analytics specialist GamesAnalytics to help optimize the player experience of GODUS their latest title designed for iOS and Android.  This partnership is intended to allow the game to collect event data, performance dashboards and deep-five analytics tools to optimise the gaming…

 The build up to the next major update for DC Universe Online has begun. Expected to be released this November, the patch has been detailed by Larry "Captain" Liberty, Executive Producer for the title. The patch is intended to hit the gameplay experience at all levels. This includes a sweeping graphical update…

 With the third installment of the Batman Arkham series here BradyGames have teamed up with Warner Bros. to create two Batman: Arkham Origins strategy guides. The guides present game-tested strategies such as which are the best routes in each location and when and how to use Batman's abilities in a pinch. The game is…

The US Club Nintendo site will begin to offer colourful charge cradles for Nintendo 3DS XL's. The limited run of charge cradles will come in 5 colours; Red, Blue, Yellow, Green and White, and will be redeemable for 500 Club Nintendo Coins. These Coins are all available to anyone who…

Pain was originally released on the PS3 back in 2007 as a downloadable PSN title and sees players launching humans at a variety of inanimate objects. Developed by Idol Minds the game saw enough sense to get a BluRay Disc release later on and now plans have been announced to…

Super Mario 3D World is exclusively available on Wii U on November 29th in Europe and November 22nd in North America. Will you be picking up a Wii U this holiday season? Will you be getting Nintendo's latest Mario game on the console? Let us know what you think in the comments…