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.
2K Games has just announced that Borderlands 2 will be released in North America for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC on September 18, 2012, and internationally three days later on September 21st.
During a Nintendo Direct video broadcast this morning, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime announced that The Last Story will be released for the Wii in North America in 2012. An exact launch date was not given, but Reggie did reveal that they have partnered with XSEED Games to publish the title.
In a new interview with Penny Arcade, Valve's co-founder and managing director, Gabe Newell, revealed that in addition to growing a fetching new beard, he has recently become interested in wearable computer prototypes. In fact, Newell feels so strongly about the potential of the devices that he stated he could envision a future where Valve designs and sells their own hardware, if existing manufacturers don't enter into the space.
With the development of Syndicate complete, and EA shipping the franchise reboot out to retailers next week, Swedish based studio Starbreeze has cut their workforce by 25 jobs. Additionally, Peter Tornquist will resign from his position as chairman of the company's board.
Bethesda announced today that they will release a double pack combo containing Fallout 3 and Oblivion for the Xbox 360 and PC in North America starting on April 3rd.
In what is probably the worst marketing idea since THQ filled the San Francisco Bay with red balloons to promote Homefront, Electronic Arts has announced that they are planning to put copies of Mass Effect 3 in weather balloons and launch them up into space.
Last night, Tim Schafer update his Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter campaign page to thank backers for raising "a little bit more money than they thought they would get". He also stated that the adventure game will be developed for PC, Mac, Linux, iOS and "certain" Android devices.
Speaking during an investor call today, Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemot revealed that Assassin's Creed 3 will be released on October 30, 2012 for the PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii U.
In a new Q&A session with fans, Rockstar Games noted that there will not be any further DLC released for L.A. Noire but said that we should not "count out" the possibility of a new game in the franchise at some point in the future.