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- Clair Obscur Completes the Sweep by Winning “Best Game” at 2025-2026 BAFTA Games Awards
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- GDC Awards: All the Winners from 1996 to Today
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- The History Of The Word “Metroidvania” And How It Spread – A Critical Hit (2025)
- Creator of Hit Game Shovel Knight Is at a ‘Make or Break’ Moment – Bloomberg (2025)
- Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history – Design Room (2025)
- In 2005, games started rewiring our brains – The AV Club (2025)
Most Recent: Xbox 360
Go behind-the-scenes of CoD: Black Ops II’s “Mob of the Dead” in this trailer
Treyach’s development team has shed some light on “Mob of the Dead” in this behind-the-scenes video of the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops II DLC pack “Uprising.”
The video shows the process of taking the famous island prison of Alcatraz and turning it into a terrifying background for the much-loved Zombies game mode. The development team also talks voice actors, weapons, and some of the mode’s new features.
“Mob of the Dead” (and the rest of the Uprising Map Pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops II) is set to be unleashed on the Xbox 360 on April 16. A PC and PS3 release will follow in the coming weeks.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Lost Planet 3 pushed back to August 27
Capcom announced that their sci-fi action shooter, Lost Planet 3, will miss its original June release date, and will now be landing in August instead.
At the end of a long press release detailing Capcom’s plans for the year, they snuck in that Lost Planet 3 will now be releasing August 27 in North America, and August 30 in Europe. Eurogamer is reporting the game’s delay should be put down to “business reasons.”
When Lost Planet 3’s new release date comes around, the game will be launching on the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Lost Planet 3
XBLA Today: Motocross Madness
Pop your Avatar on a motorcycle and send them screaming down multiple tracks, including “the deserts of Egypt [and] the snows of Iceland,” in Motocross Madness, this week’s addition to the Xbox Live Arcade.
Motocross Madness for the XBLA is the rebirth of one of Microsoft’s earliest franchises. The original was released for the PC all the back in 1998. You can download the 2013 reboot for 800 Microsoft Points ($10):
Motocross Madness is back! Take your bike freeriding across massive environments, from the deserts of Egypt to the snows of Iceland. Drift, trick and turbo boost your way across 9 expansive offroad tracks in single player events, ghost challenges and 8-player multiplayer races. Combine stats with your friends in Bike Club to unlock rewards then compete across all events to reach the top of your club.
Posted in News, Xbox 360
Tagged Motocross Madness
BioShock Infinite Review: Not Even the Sky Can Limit it
BioShock Infinite is the third installment in the Irrational Games series which started underwater in the city of Rapture and is now high in the clouds in Columbia. After several delays and a plethora of gameplay videos, the game was finally released on March 26. The mysterious story and characters had been paraded before the public, and fans and newcomers alike were ready to take on the city in the sky. There was a lot of pressure on Ken Levine and his team – would they be able to make a game that could live up to the BioShock name? (more…)
The Dark Knight returns this October in Batman: Arkham Origins
Riddle me this! What was Gotham City like before The Dark Knight battled The Joker in Batman: Arkham Asylum? We’ll get to find out this Fall as Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced the third game in the Arkham series will be available soon for the PC, PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360. Batman: Arkham Origins will be released on October 25 and will tell the story of a “young, raw, unrefined” Batman during the early days of his career:
Batman: Arkham Origins features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline occurring several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City. Taking place before the rise of Gotham City’s most dangerous villains and assassins, the game showcases a young, raw, unrefined Batman as he faces a defining moment in his early career as a crime fighter that sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight. As the story unfolds, witness identities being formed and key relationships being forged.
Sadly, Arkham Origins won’t be developed by Rocksteady Studios, the team behind Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. Instead, WB Games Montreal will take up the cape and cowl for this origin story. With a little less than seven months to go before its released, we won’t have to wait long for details on Arkham Origins. For example, the game’s appearance on the cover of the May 2013 issue of Game Informer gives us our first look at one of Batman’s foes: Deathstroke.
A companion 3DS/Vita game, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate will also be available on October 25. Developed by Armature Studio, the 2.5D game will take place after Arkham Origins and will feature a “Metroidvania” style of play.
Posted in 3DS, News, PC, PS3, Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360
Tagged Batman: Arkham Origins, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate
Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes shill for Injustice: Gods Among Us in new commercial
I’ve been a Kevin Smith fan for a long time. Probably too long when you look at his recent output. But I still think the man has his moments and this commercial for Injustice: Gods Among Us is one of them.
The commercial depicts the decades-long debate between Smith and his hetero life mate, Jason Mewes, over which DC Comics heroes would win in a fight… Batman or Superman? The Flash or Green Lantern? Wonder Woman or Aquaman? Helpfully, Mewes points out that now they can know for sure with Injustice: Gods Among Us. Snootchie bootchies!
Injustice: Gods Among Us will be released for the PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360 next Tuesday, April 16.
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Tagged Injustice: Gods Among Us
Alternate covers for BioShock Infinite now available
As promised, Irrational Games has uploaded a few alternate covers for their latest game, BioShock Infinite. The eight covers are available at the game’s official website.
You can choose the image to your right as well seven additional images including two covers featuring just Elizabeth, a cover showcasing the “Falling” art, three covers in the propaganda poster style, and one more action shot with Booker and Elizabeth.
The page offers each alternate cover in two sizes: a PC/Xbox 360-style DVD case or a PS3-style Blu-ray case. Printing instructions are also provided so your new BioShock Infinite cover looks as “exceptional” as possible.
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Tagged BioShock Infinite
Halo 4: Castle Map Pack now available; Halo 4 DLC discounts coming April 12
Microsoft has announced that Halo 4‘s “Castle Map Pack” is now available to download from the Xbox Live Marketplace. Like the previous two DLC map packs, it’s been priced at 800 Microsoft Points ($10). The pack adds three new maps to the game’s multiplayer mode:
- “Daybreak” is set in a military facility against the backdrop of an idyllic mountain range.
- “Outcast” plunges you into the warrens, canyons and arches of an alien edifice.
- “Perdition” takes players into the heart of an urban sprawl, with tactical speed and situational awareness its key features.
And if you haven’t completed your Halo 4 DLC collection yet, Microsoft has got a deal for you this Friday, April 12. For one day only, the War Games Map Pass and the first two individual map packs will be on sale:
- War Games Map Pass: 1600 Microsoft Points ($20) / Regular Price: 2000 Microsoft Points ($25)
- Crimson Map Pack: 600 Microsoft Points ($7.50) / Regular Price: 800 Microsoft Points ($10)
- Majestic Map Pack: 600 Microsoft Points ($7.50) / Regular Price: 800 Microsoft Points ($10)