Justin has been a gamer since the Intellivision days back in the early 80′s. He started writing about and covering the video game industry in 2008. In his spare time he is also a bit of a gun-nut and Star Wars nerd.
With the debut trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 officially released last night new details about the game have emerged that, if fully realized, promise to expand the franchise into a few new gameplay directions.
Activision pulled the trigger a little early today on the reveal of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 by updating the game's official website with confirmation of the title prior to the official reveal tonight during the NBA playoffs. While most of the information has since been taken down, it was very much up for all to see this morning and therefore has been preserved on countless non-Activision servers.
One of Nintendo's most well used tricks to push hardware sales over the years has been to take their existing system, swap out the plastic bits for plastic bits of a different color, and release it under a fancy name. Staying true to that tradition, The Big N announced today that they will release a "Midnight Purple" 3DS on May 20th in the United States.
With Sony determined to stay as tight-lipped as ever about their hardware sales, Nintendo has taken it upon themselves to step up and toot their rival's horn a bit by revealing that the PlayStation 3 has "taken the lead in the video game market in Europe".
As promised prior to the handheld's launch, the Skype Video and Voice Calling app for the PlayStation Vita will be available later today via the PlayStation Store. The Skype app for Vita allows free Skype-to-Skype voice calling, and video calling using the system's front and rear cameras, over both Wi-Fi and 3G (assuming you have the 3G version of the Vita).
Robert Bowling, the ex-creative strategist for Call of Duty who resigned from Infinity Ward late last month, has revealed that he has launched a new independent game studio called Robotoki.
TheVerge is reporting that "reliable sources" have confirmed to them that Microsoft will launch Halo 4 on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Additionally, the report states that the company will make the announcement official before Noon ET today.
Confirming the description of a recent job listing, Valve has announced on the Valve blog that the company is currently in the R&D stage of developing hardware but it's not the "Steam Box" console that has been rumored over the last few months.
Ubisoft released some nice assets for Far Cry 3 today, specifically nine new gorgeous screenshots of the game's multiplayer mode. The screenshots are all of a level with a tropical-village setting and show lots of firefights, zip line action, beautiful vistas, and some nice sniper spots (although, the game's new kill cam features will make sure you don't sit around in those spots for very long).