Continuing the venerable World War II franchise, THQ today announced Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor, an upcoming standalone chapter in the strategy series.
In development at Relic Entertainment, it will be a completely standalone game, offering three new single-player campaigns, new multiplayer modes and new maps and units. Interestingly, it will also introduce a [...]

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  THQ has sued fellow publisher Activision, claiming that the box art for the latter’s Score International Baja 1000 is too similar to that of their Baja: Edge of Control.
"Activision’s impending use of packaging art [for its game] … is likely to confuse, cause mistake or deceive the public into [...]

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The PC platform goes ignored once again as Volitions open-world GTA clone tribute Saint’s Row 2 is now available on PS3 and Xbox 360, but not the PC. In fact, the studio doesn’t even known when the PC version will be released.
"There is no official word on the PC ship date other than that [...]

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I had heard someone threw a really wild party following word that the 50 Cent game sequel had been dropped due to the Activision/Vivendi merger. Those who partied hard will be sad to know that there are other evil publishers out there hell bent on ruining the gaming industry as we know it.
That other [...]

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Here is something for all of you race-heads out there. We will be releasing a review of THQ’s yet-to-be-released offroading racer Baja: The Edge of Control in the coming weeks, 360 version for those of you who care.
What do we have now for you? Well, other than the above video we have a few cool [...]

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Online retailer Amazon has posted listings for a new Company of Heroes expansion titled “Tales of Valor”, prompting speculation that an add-on for the WW2 real-time strategy series is on its way.
The add-on is priced at $29.99, identical to the cost of the previous standalone expansion “Opposing Fronts”. The listing also lists a tentative [...]

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THQ president and CEO Brian Ferell believes that the game industry’s traditional “hardware cycle” no longer applies in the current market.
“We used to always think of this industry as “the cycle,’” he said. “I think the reality now is there are several sub-cycles.”
Ferell then goes on to state that the industry has at least [...]

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