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 recent leaks all but confirming that Call of Duty: Ghosts will be the title of the next game in the popular annual franchise, the time has come for Activision to officially promote the shooter with its own teaser website before its expected reveal on May 1st.
Ubisoft announced today that the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and PC versions of Watch Dogs will hack their way into retailers on November 19, 2013 in North America, and November 22nd in the UK. The PlayStation 4 version is still expected to launch alongside the upcoming console, and a mysterious "other next generation console" version (ie. the next Xbox/Durango) is also in the works.
Capcom has confirmed that a playable demo of Resident Evil: Revelations will be released on Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network, the Nintendo Wii U eShop, and Steam sometime before the game launches on May 21st. An exact release date for the demo was not announced, however, Capcom promises that details will be "confirmed shortly."
The Australian Classification Board has recently given an "MA 15+" rating to a Zenimax Europe published "modified" video game titled Endless Summer. Considering that no such video game has been announced by either Zenimax or Bethesda, this new rating has us scratching our heads a bit.
According to an IGN report, new display blueprints were sent out to retailers last week that seem to indicate the unconfirmed Call of Duty: Ghosts will be revealed next week on May 1st.
If you thought the rumor mill surrounding Microsoft's next Xbox (Xbox 720/Durango) would slow down its output now that the console's debut event has been scheduled, better think again. Fresh rumors from anonymous sources have provided unconfirmed information on everything from the next-gen console's always-on digital rights (DRM) plans to its anticipated launch price point.
Sony has finally updated the PlayStation web store to allow users to place content they have purchased into a download queue for either their PlayStation 3 or PS Vita. Moving items into the web-based queue will not automatically "wake up" either your PS3 or Vita to start the download, however, the feature will start to download queued up games/media the next time you turn your system on -- or during a PlayStation Plus automatic sync.
As promised, 2K Games has re-announced 2K Marin's long-overdue XCOM shooter today, revealing that the game will now launch on August 20, 2013 in North America (August 23rd internationally) under the new title The Bureau: XCOM Declassified.
Confirming that the recent string of viral videos are in fact XCOM related, 2K Marin has announced that they will be re-unveiling their XCOM "squad-based tactical shooter" in the "coming days." The post on the developer's website doesn't provide a specific date for the reveal, but the latest teaser video hints that it could happen tomorrow (April 26th).
As part of Nintendo's recent fiscal year-end report, Nintendo president -- and newly appointed CEO of Nintendo of America -- Satoru Iwata revealed that The Big N will not hold a traditional press conference at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Instead, the company plans to hold two closed events at E3 -- one for American distributors, and another hands-on preview for Western gaming media.