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Diablo III To Hit Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on September 3

Blizzard has just announced that Diablo III is coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on September 3 this year. The console version of Blizzard’s 2012 hack and slash title will cost $59.99, and features a new user interface better suited to consoles, while also including every update released for the PC version of the…

One Year Later, Did Microsoft Keep Their E3 2012 Promises?

E3 is just around the corner and, for the fifth year in a row, we’re taking a look back at the big three’s big E3 promises. What came true, and what didn’t? After looking at both Sony and Nintendo, it’s finally time to examine Microsoft. While Microsoft talked about a lot of games at their…

One Year Later, Did Nintendo Keep Their E3 2012 Promises?

E3 is just around the corner and, for the fifth year in a row, we’re taking a look back at the big three’s big E3 promises. What came true, and what didn’t? Coming up now is Nintendo, following yesterday’s look at Sony. Microsoft will have its turn tomorrow For Nintendo, E3 2012 was all about…

Remember Me: Beautiful or Pretentious? These Six Critics Can’t Decide

Whether they consider it the artistic achievement of the decade or just a boring, linear sci-fi brawler, one thing reviewers agree on is that Remember Me is rough around the edges. The question is how rough. While most considered the world of Dontnod’s futuristic action-adventure a joy to behold, the quality of the (English) voice…

One Year Later, Did Sony Keep Their E3 2012 Promises?

E3 is just around the corner and, for the fifth year in a row, we’re taking a look back at the big three’s big E3 promises. What came true, and what didn’t? First up is Sony, with Nintendo and Microsoft following suit tomorrow and Wednesday, respectively. E3 is fundamentally about video games. Thus, Sony tried…

Naughty Dog To Retain The Uncharted Engine For Their PS4 Titles

The decision comes from a desire to avoid past mistakes, game director Bruce Straley told Digital Spy This isn’t the first time that Naughty Dog, the studio behind action-adventure franchises Uncharted and The Last of Us, have talked about the difficulties they faced when moving from the PS2 to PS3. Now, the lessons they’ve learned…

You Fight A Guy Riding A Tiger On A Motorcycle. That’s Killer is Dead.

Famitsu has released two trailers showcasing Killer7 mastermind Goichi Suda’s upcoming crazy violent, crazy… crazy action game, Killer is Dead The first video gives us an impression of what combat will look like; very stylized, very colorful, and very fast. Protagonist Mondo Zappa slices, dices, and drills his way through baddies monstrous and humanoid alike.…

This Space Sim Trailer Gives Me Warm Fuzzies of the Freelancer Variety

Above you can see Starlight Inception, Escape Hatch Entertainment’s successfully Kickstarted space simulator, coming out this August on PC, PS3, and Vita. With this, Kinetic Void, Elite: Dangerous and Star Citizen on the way, I’d say we’re looking at a full-scale Kickstarter-backed genre revival. And it is glorious

Several sites are reporting that an entry popped up on EA’s help center page for Mirror’s Edge 2, the as of yet unannounced sequel to EA’s 2008 first-person platformer. Unfortunately, the entry has already been removed. We’re seeking out EA for a comment, and will update this post should they respond.

There’s a New Mod For the Original Deus Ex, and It Looks Awesome

Modder Fastgamerr brings us Deus Ex: Nihilum, a total conversion mod for the first Deus Ex, Ion Storm’s landmark FPS/RPG from 2000. Oh, look. Deus Ex just popped up on my desktop. Fancy that. The mod, as DSOGaming points out, has been in development for almost ten years. It features a 7-13 hour single-player campaign…

Rain’s Story Trailer Makes My Heart Hurt. In a Good Way.

Adorable, but melancholy and dreary. For the sake of my sanity, I really hope those two get a happy ending. Rain, Sony Japan’s platforming adventure, comes to the PlayStation Network this fall.

What Fuse Lacks In Story It Makes Up In Gameplay, Six Reviews Say

Perhaps keeping Fuse as a “Ratchet & Clank with humans” would have helped it stand out more. Too late for that now. Luckily, Fuse is still thought to be a more or less a fun shooter, even if it’s not without flaws. The forgettable story and bland setting are oft-mentioned low points, along with the…

This Company of Heroes 2 Trailer Likes to Get in Close and Personal

From somber to frentic to somber again. Company of Heroes 2, Relic’s followup to their 2006 real-time strategy game, will be released for the PC on June 25. Hopefully, actually playing it won’t be as much of an emotional rollercoaster as watching the trailer. [Thanks, DSOGaming!]

Marvel Heroes Early Access Delayed Due to “Serious Issues” [UPDATE]

Diablo-like super hero MMO Marvel Heroes is having launch troubles. Namely, the game not being ready to launch yet. Early access players found that they were unable to log in, even though it was seven days before launch day—the advertised date Ultimate Pack buyers would have been able to start playing. On their blog, the…

Adventure Games Are Much Better in Stop-Motion

Remember The Neverhood? The all-clay adventure game from 1996? Doug TenNapel, its creator, is joining forces with Pencil Test Studios to bring you Armikrog, a spiritual sequel starring a crash-landed alien and his talking dog. They’re raising $900,000 through Kickstarter. Good luck to them!

Guns, Mercs, Tactics, Mechs, And Explosions: This Is Black Talons

Or, more eloquently, Black Talons is an upcoming real-time tactics game for the PC. A real-time XCOM in another galaxy, if you will. You take your squad from mission to mission, planet to planet, training them up in the process, with the goal of taking down the evil government in the end. Clichéd, yes—but fun-looking.

Final Fantasy Tactics S Looks Nifty, But Looks Can Be Deceiving

The design. The music. The turn-based RPG action. This trailer tells us that Tactics S has got everything its big (ie. non-mobile) brothers do, and social features. Then again, we know how All the Bravest turned out. Best be careful. Tactics S is out now for iOS/Android in Japan, with no word of a western…

You’d Think A Horror Game Being Top-Down Would Make it Less Scary

But nope. Case in point: a terrifying new gameplay trailer for Darkwood, the procedurally generated top-down survival horror game we showed you two months back. Incidentally, there’s an Indiegogo campaign going on for the game, so if Darkwood seems like something you’d want to check out, have a look

Mojang’s Scrolls Enters Open Beta on June 3rd, Has a Snazzy Trailer

Minecraft developer Mojang’s card-game-slash-board-game-with-RPG-elements is finally seeing the light of day. It certainly took them long enough. In addition to giving us an impression of what the battling, trading, and collecting will look like, the trailer also has a launch date for the game’s open beta: June 3rd.

Notch’s Golden PS1 Is Really, Really Pretty

The Minecraft creator has recently tweeted the picture to the left/above, adding that the console—a gold-colored PlayStation 1—was part of a “VIP invitation to an E3 event from Sony.” So shiny. Unfortunately, no word if it actually works—without cables, Notch has no way to power the thing on. [Thanks, NeoGAF!]