Harmonix's Rock Band has been around a long time, five years in fact. That is a long time with a lot of music. With the last song being released at the beginning of this month, songs are now starting to disappear from the Rock Band library as licenses expire. Harmonix…

Lord British, AKA Richard Garriott, isn't as huge a name in the games industry as it was in the early 90's. Fondly remembered for his work creating the Ultima series that spanned more than 10 games, many older PC gamers remember him bringing immersive RPG experiences on floppy disks. Other…

Capcom have released the have released the minimum and recommended specs for the PC port of Remember Me. Thankfully Dontnod's game doesn't require a beefy rig to enjoy this June. Minimum -OS: Windows Vista/XP, Windows 7, Windows 8-Processor: Intel CoreTM2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or better, AMD AthlonTM X2 2.8 Ghz…

Planescape: Torment is fondly remembered for a sharp script that questioned the nature of what could change a man. Being Good Old Games best selling title since they began selling, it has cemented itself in the annuls of gaming history as one of the best PC RPGs available. So is…

Hitman Absolution may have come out last year, but that isn't stopping Square-Enix releasing their companion app for the game. Hitman ICA is a free app for Andriod and iOS devices that lets gamers queue custom-made contracts, as well as buying and upgrading weapons and disguises to aid their criminal…

Without mincing words "Aliens: Colonial Marines was not a good game. Our review, along with countless others, can attest to that. Looking bad, playing bad and riddled with bugs the game was not a joy to play. After passing the WiiU release date March 31st, Sega had no comment on…

So why is Stephen Russell no longer the voice of the master thief Garrett? Well in a recent community interview Narrative Director Steven Gallagher and Audio Director Jean-Christophe Verbert explain why. Russell was originally considered for the part, with Eidos even getting as far as getting him in to perform some…

Deep Silver has had Ride to Hell in development for a long while. First announced in 2008, the game was a gritty biker game set in the 60's about a vietnam veteran finding it hard to return to society after the rise of the hippies. Since then not much else…

Away from the core of hall 9, far away from the busy walkways with press gandering at Bioshock Infinite and Defiance was Capcom. Next to where the Make Something Unreal teams sat busily crunching to finish their games as onlookers peering over their shoulders lay Capcom. On the edge of…

Wondering around, looking at all the latest technological wonders and marvels is all well and good, but sometimes you just need something to bring a smile to your face. At the end of one of the two packed halls this prayer was heard. More of a pen than a stand,…

As of this morning Disney has closed down LucasArts, the developer and publisher of a staggering amount of games mainly comprised of Star Wars titles. This comes after Disney's acquisition of the entire Star Wars franchise last fall. This news was confirmed by Game Informer along with the following statement from…

Rockstar has finally seen fit to reveal the cover art of Grand Theft Auto V. Rockstar released the image via their twitter. The cover shows all three protagonists Michael, Trevor and Franklin that players will be taking control of this September. Like the cover art? Maybe you hate it? Tell…

It is easy to compare this trailer to Dishonored, but slightly older gamers will know that this is the series that heavily inspired Bethesda's mix of magic and stealth. It shows off all of the old tricks that Garrett used to make his way around "The City" (yes, that's what…

Sometimes crowdsourcing goes badly, sometimes it goes well, and sometimes it goes REALLY well. Skullgirls, a downloadable 2D figher released last April, originally wanted $150,000, a paltry sum when it comes to games and crowdfunding. This was to fund the development cycle of a new character so the team at…

Labeled as a social-strategy game, Hardware is coming from many of the minds behind the well received RTS series Homeworld. While Blackbird Interactive aren't giving away many details, or even any gameplay footage, the talent behind the game should be a good indicator of where the game could go. Well…

  Garrett has always been good at his job. The master thief hasn't been seen since 2004's Thief: Deadly Shadows. Soon he will be making another appearence though. The new Thief game, being the fourth in the series, will be reintroducing Garrett the master thief to a new legion of…

Todd McFarlane, comic writer and artist, is best known for his work on Spider-man and creating the character Spawn. While gaming isn't exactly something he is known for, he has designed a poster that will be given away with pre-ordered copies of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. The poster gives…

Last years "The Walking Dead" game was a critical darling. Taking many players on one hell of an emotional ride that took place in the comic universe without interacting much with it. Sure the occasional character would turn up for a bit, but the game was mostly its own self-contained…

Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm takes place shortly after the end of Wings of Liberty. Char is under dominion control, Tychus is dead at the hands of Jim Raynor and Kerrigan has been reverted back to her human form. After escaping from captivity and being separated from her lover…

Square-Enix President Yoichi Wada has stepped down today. This is following the company's revised financial forcast which expects "extraordinary losses" for the current financial year. Yosuke Matsuda is expected to replace Wada later this year, although this is subject to change and will be decided "late June 2013". This is…

Double Fine's adventure game was one of Kickstarter's first huge gaming success stories. Dubbed "Double Fine Adventure" the project was to be a point-and-click adventure similar to Tim Schafer's older games like Grim Fandango. Asking for $400,000 the team instead were given $3.3mil by devoted fans to make the game.…