If you’ve been shaking your fists at Activision for not providing you with enough punk songs in Guitar Hero: World Tour, you’re in luck. It was recently announced that a pack called the Epitaph Punk-O-Rama Track Pack has been added to both Xbox Live and the Playstation Network.
Below is what you will get for 440 [...]

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Some of those supposed Left 4 Dead 2 boycotters must have been lying as Valve recently told Eurogamer that the pre-order numbers for the sequel are twice as much as its predecessor. In the words of Doug Lombardi:
“Our pre-orders are currently double what they were for Left 4 Dead 1 at this point in [...]

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It wasn’t too long ago that we discovered that DJ Hero would be priced around $120 for the US and even higher for the UK which had a lot of gamers asking Activision ‘what gives?’.
Well, when asked the same question by Eurogamer, they responded with “We believe that DJ Hero will provide tremendous value [...]

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Sure, God of War III won’t be making its way onto the Xbox 360 but who cares? Dante’s Inferno is!
Honestly though, if the above video is anything to go by, Dante’s Inferno is looking to give God of War III a run for its money. Said video contains never before seen gameplay from Dante’s Inferno [...]

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Tekken and Street Fighter could arguably be considered two of the most successful fighting game franchises of all time so it would make sense for the two developing companies to hate eachother, right? Wrong, Tekken’s series director Katsuhiro Harada recently told VideoGamer the exact opposite:
“I’ve been a fan of Street Fighter in general, and I [...]

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If you’ve been paying attention you’ll know that not too long ago an online group formed who swore to boycott Left 4 Dead 2 if Valve didn’t continue to support the original title. Well, shortly after that group was formed, Valve swore to continue to support the original title, which means the boycott worked, right?
According [...]

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Just in time for its Double XP weekend Gears of War 2 has been discounted from it’s normal $59.99 retail price to a much more palatable $39.99. Best of all, if you order on Amazon, that price (further discounted to $36.99) includes shipping.
There’s no telling if retailers will decide to hike the price back up [...]

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Square Enix has always been known to holds its own in court, especially on the grounds of software piracy. Unfortunately for a french retailer by the name of la société SAKURA, has come into their targets.
According to Kotaku, the French retailer has a retail store in Paris along with an online presence that sells all sorts [...]

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It seems that Bungie has followed Treyarch and Epic’s examples with Double XP weekends for Gears of War 2 and CoD: WaW, respectively, and announced the same for Halo 3.
This event begins today and runs until 2AM Monday and will require the Heroic, Legendary and Mythic map packs to participate.
Common developers, now’s your chance, anymore [...]

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EA is really making a killing this year in the field of sports games with Fight Night Round 4, NHL 10, NBA Live 10 and of course, FIFA 10.
What you see above is said game’s debut trailer showcasing its beautiful visuals along with intuitive gameplay. Will this game be one of the coolest soccer games [...]

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It’s been a fighting game tradition to leave a characters as unlockables for some time now. However, according to Katsuhiro Harada, Tekken’s series director, this tradition is “outdated”.
He explained his reasong by saying that unlockables first came to be back in the arcade days when developers wanted to get people to play for longer thus [...]

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Not too long ago buzz began circulating the internet that suggested Midway’s San Deigo studios were in the final stages of being purchased by Warner Bros. Unfortunately for them, they have recently released a statement that Warner Bros. will not be picking them up.
And, to make things worse, they said that they have just 60 [...]

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Yesterday we told you that Microsoft would be bringing a new kind of ads to their Xbox 360 console thanks to their Silverlight technology. Well, a bunch of you probably rolled your eyes at the thought of more ads but according to Major Nelson, they probably won’t be as annoying as you think:
I need to [...]

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Valve promised they would continue to support the original Left 4 Dead despite its sequel coming out following the creation of the boycott Left 4 Dead 2 group. Well, ever since we haven’t seen much besides minor updates for the title, what gives?
Luckily, a Valve spokesperson has stepped forward and let the community know that [...]

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Formally owned by Atari, Dragon Ball has returned to it’s original publisher, Namco Bandai. This is unfortunate for Atari especially considering their current financial situation.
Bandai says that they will have exclusive rights to the Dragon Ball license 5 years beginning in January 2010. Additionally, they will publish the upcoming titles, Dragon Ball: Revenge of King [...]

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