Heralded by great fanfare and audience expectation, Star Wars: Battlefront is launching in the UK on the 20th of November for Xbox One, PS4 and PC, with it releasing on the 17th in the USA. This eagerly awaited 3rd edition in the Battlefront franchise will have no formal story mode,…

Through a series of trailers on Nintendo of Japan's Youtube channel, the company has revealed the 8 tracks and 4 new vehicles players will be able to race around in the new DLC pack for Mario Kart 8. Along with the 3 new racers of Dry Bowser, Villager and Isabelle,…

In an announcement from Bandai Namco today, the crossover SRPG Project X Zone 2 is coming to the West this autumn for 3DS. Monolith Software, the brains behind the Xenoblade series, are developing this installment of this cross-company game, with Sega, Capcom and Bandai Namco still working together to have…

As we draw ever closer to its May release, Bandai Namco and CD Projekt RED have released a new gameplay trailer for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which details some of the many adventures you'll have when playing as Geralt of Rivia. We got glimpses of the open oceans, dark…

With more than a hundred different franchises available, I'm sure that many people have dreamed of a LEGO game that crosses over multiple universes, particularly since the success of The LEGO Movie. It now seems that TT Games have decided to cater for those of us who want to see…

As hype levels reach overdrive and we inch closer to the game's launch, NetherRealm have released a launch trailer for Mortal Kombat X, complete with System of A Down providing a soundtrack. In a video which reminds me a lot of old AMVs from the early era of Youtube, NetherRealm…

In footage fans have been long awating, NetherRealm have finally released a trailer showing the half man, half dragon powerhouse Goro in action. He seems to be pure brute force, pummeling his enemies into paste with his 4 arms or using his dragon blood to set enemies alight with his…

It has been a long time coming, but a new trailer has been revealed of the crossover title Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem. According to Nintendo, the game features an ordinary human world alongside a fantasy world in a separate dimension. Instead of the medievil or apocalytpic worlds we…

Microsoft and 343 Industries are starting up the Halo 5: Guardians hype train in advance of E3 this year, with not one but two live-action trailers for their upcoming exclusive shooter. The first trailer is shown from the perspective of Spartan Locke, a new character to the Halo universe first…

In their regular livestream series, NetherRealm have shown off the Outworld gunslinger Erron Black, Elder God Shinnok and Shaolin monk Liu Kang, as well as a whole host of other information about Mortal Kombat X. Let's break down the new fighter first. Erron Black was first revealed in the Mortal…

In a trailer released on Maxim's Russian Youtube channel, Liu Kang has been officially confirmed as a fighter in Mortal Kombat X. There has been a lot of speculation about the Shaolin Monk's return, with leaked screenshots and rumours hinting at his inclusion but with this international trailer, he has…

Time travel is often a common concept in video games, but DontNod Entertainment has taken it to a whole new level with their episodic series named Life Is Strange. Taking a similar approach used in the Xbox platformer Blinx: The Time Sweeper, it is possible to go backwards through time…

To coincide with the 10 year anniversary of the God of War series, Sony have announced today that a remastered version of God of War 3 will be coming to PS4 on July 17th in the UK. The game will output to 1080p resolution and the devs handling the remaster…

The Cage family is here to kick some ass and punch you in the nuts as Sonya Blade and Johnny Cage return in Mortal Kombat X. They had aged a fair bit since their last bout, with MKX taking place 25 years after Mortal Kombat 9 but they can still…

In one of the oddest announcement of this year, Pokemon developer Game Freak are partnering with Sega to release Tembo the Badass Elephant, a 2D side scrolling where you play a commando elephant who seeks to the defend his city from the ravaging hordes of Phantom. If that doesn't sound…

After a long time in Alpha and currently going through the final stages of Beta testing, Behold Studios' studio management/super sentai strategy RPG, Chroma Squad, is finally releasing to the world on the 30th of April for PC, Mac and Linux. Chroma Squad met to quite the success on Kickstarter…

In yet more Mortal Kombat news coming from NetherRealm, the latest installment in the Mortal Kombat series is coming to mobile devices, probably around the same time as the console launch. The graphics for this version have had a noticeable visual downgrade and Fatalities now involve players just swiping on…

Crossplay is a feature which is very much under utilised at the moment, so this new trailer for Toukiden Kiwami shows the welcome ability for PS Vita players to play along with PS4 players. There is also the added bonus that Toukiden Kiwami supports Cross Saves, so if you have…

DONTNOD Entertainment have released the launch trailer for their upcoming episodic game, Life is Strange. Life is Strange follows the story of Maxine Caulfield as she comes to terms with her new found ability to reverse time. It looks like Telltale finally have some competition in the episodic, choice-driven adventure…

The second of a three part series of developer diaries. The Butterfly Effect trailer explains everything about Max's ability to rewind time and the rules of her power. How her powers changes the events in game for both short term and long term is also explained, to see how changing time…

NIS America have become well known for translating some of Japan's most popular role playing games to other countries. Their trend continues with Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy, a dungeon crawler that will prove popular with fans of the Megami Tensei franchise. When mutated creatures from another dimension cross the…