Modern Warfare 2 DLC#1 Dated News

Modern Warfare 2 DLC#1 Dated News

The first wave of new Modern Warfare 2 maps will be arriving on Xbox Live on March 30th.  Mapathy.com confirms the news and gives a handy definition of the symptoms that Mapathy causes:
Mapathy (n) [map-uh-thee] (often expressed as, “How the hell did you know I was there?!”) is a say ...

Tiger Woods 11 Compatible With Motion Controller News

Tiger Woods 11 Compatible With Motion Controller News

EA Sports has announced a July 2nd European release date (June 8th in the US) for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, which will launch on the Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3. As with last year’s game, the Wii version will be MotionPlus compatible and, in something of a shock announcement, ...

F1 2010 Officially Announced News

F1 2010 Officially Announced News

Following the release of last year’s F1 2009 for Wii and PSP, Codemasters has just announced F1 2010 for a September release on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. Unlike F1 2009 though, which was developed at Sumo Digital with a casual audience in mind, F1 2010 is in production at ...

Final Fantasy XIII Review

Final Fantasy XIII Review

“Whether we are going to continue to internally create this type of game remains to be seen,” Square-Enix President Youchi Wada signified to the gaming populace following the Japanese launch of Final Fantasy XIII.  For a series that relies on a few accustomed incentives to hide its otherwise steadfast determination ...

God Of War III Cost $44 Million To Make News

God Of War III Cost $44 Million To Make News

It’s been roughly three years since God of War II was released on the PS2; three years that you can safely assume have been filled developing God of War III at Sony’s Santa Monica Studio, and three years that have set Sony back a whopping $44 million (£29 million).
“We are ...

Codemasters Racks Up the Body Count News

Codemasters Racks Up the Body Count News

Criterion proved that they are not just all about arcade racers and high speed collisions with the 2006 release of Black.  Despite astonishing the critics with its sheer intensity, nothing much came of the title so the creative director, Stuart Black, departed and teamed up with Codemasters.  The first details ...

West & Zampella Demand $36 Million In Damages News

West & Zampella Demand $36 Million In Damages News

Jason West and Vince Zampella, the ex-Infinity Ward studio heads who were fired by Activision at the begin of this week, have demanded $36 million in compensatory damages as part of a lawsuit that the pair have brought against the publisher.
The lawsuit maintains that West and Zampella are owed royalty ...

Activision Had Infinity Ward Staff "In Tears" News

Activision Had Infinity Ward Staff "In Tears" News

According to the details of Jason West and Vince Zampella’s lawsuit against Activision, which was filed on Wednesday, the two departed Infinity Ward studio heads were “interrogated” in a “windowless conference room” for six hours as part of a recent Activision investigation.
The lawsuit claims that the investigation began in February ...

Valve Announces Portal 2 News

Valve Announces Portal 2 News

Portal 2 has just been announced officially by Valve following a week of cryptic teasing and curious updates to the original Portal. The game’s due for release “this coming holiday season” according to Valve, which suggests a date sometime in November or December.
In addition to this, Portal 2 will get ...

Ubisoft Announces Pure Football For May Release News

Ubisoft Announces Pure Football For May Release News

In what is a first for the French publisher, Ubisoft has announced plans to launch Pure Football in May of this year ahead of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, where it will face off against EA Sports’ officially licensed 2010 World Cup title.
Despite what appears to be a ...

Infinity Ward Execs, West & Zampella Suing Activision News

Infinity Ward Execs, West & Zampella Suing Activision News

Following the controversy at Infinity Ward earlier this week, the developer’s two departed studio heads, Vince Zampella and Jason West have now filed a lawsuit against Activision in an attempt to gain creative control over the Modern Warfare brand and reclaim unpaid royalties from the release of Modern Warfare 2.
According ...

New Tomb Raider Announced News

New Tomb Raider Announced News

Amidst longstanding rumours of a significant reboot, Square-Enix Europe this day announced that Lara Croft will be returning in an all-new adventure, but not quite in the way we had originally imagined.
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is currently in development at Crystal Dynamics and will appear exclusively via ...

Activision Confirms 2011 Call of Duty [UPDATE] News

Activision Confirms 2011 Call of Duty [UPDATE] News

Following yesterday’s Call of Duty bombshell, Activision this day announced further details surrounding the future of the franchise, which ultimately provides an insight into the possible reasons behind yesterday’s controversy.
Despite already being an annualised franchise that fits comfortably within Activision’s strategy, the US publisher confirmed plans to establish a dedicated ...

Bungie’s Bombshell Revealed? News

Bungie’s Bombshell Revealed? News

Bungie promised a bombshell, but it seems somebody got to the plunger before them if an alleged trailer from Taiwanese gaming site Gamer.com.tw is to be believed.
The embedded trailer reveals a great deal on the game, covering previously reported features such as Assassinations, along with new modes and the unbelievable ...

Test Drive Unlimited 2 Announced News

Test Drive Unlimited 2 Announced News

Atari has announced that Eden Studios will release Test Drive Unlimited 2 for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC this coming autumn, which will be four long years after the launch of the original Test Drive Unlimited in September 2006 (although that will still be less time than the gap between ...