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.
Citing unnamed sources with "first-hand experience" on Microsoft's rumored next generation console, Edge is claiming to have been told several details about the Xbox 720 (Durango) and is reporting that the upcoming system will block users from playing pre-owned games.
During an earnings call this afternoon, Take-Two confirmed that XCOM -- that's the first-person shooter XCOM, not the strategy game XCOM: Enemy Unknown -- is still alive at their 2K Marin studio, and is still scheduled to launch during the company's fiscal 2014. This puts the game's release date sometime between April 1, 2013 and March 31, 2014.
The crazy old pinball wizards at Zen Studios have just announced that they have been developing Star Wars Pinball (a new collection of pinball tables based on the slightly popular Star Wars franchise), which they plan to launch across various platforms later this month.
With Dead Space 3 having just launched today, there is a good chance that you have not even had the time to tear the plastic wrap off your copy to get a whiff of that intoxicating "new game smell", let alone played though enough of it to know if you are interested in purchasing any downloadable content. That apparently matters little to Electronic Arts, as the publisher has already announced that you can extend the game with the Awakened DLC pack next month.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the extremely tiny (and cute!) Ouya Android console will fully launch this June and will be available for purchase at traditional brick and motor stores. The itty-bitty system (which is about the size of a Rubik's Cube, and just as cute as can be!) is priced at a very reasonable $99.99, plus another $49.99 if you want an extra controller.
Back in February 2012 Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson stirred up a bit of excitement among Double Fine fans when he publicly announced that he was interested in talking with Tim Schafer about funding the development of Psychonuats 2. Now, almost a year after that initial tease, Notch has confirmed that he will not be providing any "angel investing" to help develop the sequel to the 2005 cult classic.
Activision announced this morning that Vicarious Visions has replaced Toys for Bob as the developer for the upcoming third title in the popular Skylanders franchise, Skylanders Swap Force.
One of the biggest surprises to come out of THQ's bankruptcy auction last month was that Koch Media (the parent company of Deep Silver) ended up with both the Saints Row and Metro intellectual properties. Speaking to Gamesindustry, the company's CEO Klemens Kundratitz opened up about the philosophy behind the publisher's future growth plans and confirmed that both Saints Row 4 and Metro: Last Light will be released this year.
Sony has officially announced that they have ended their agreement with PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale developer SuperBot Entertainment, and have turned over the responsibility of future work on the PS3 and Vita version of the game -- including the development of additional downloadable content -- to their first-party studios.
The recently announced delay of Grand Theft Auto V has stirred up a few internet conspiracy theories that falsely explain why Rockstar Games had to push back the release of their flagship IP to September 2013. In an attempt to remind fans that missing initial launch dates is just a thing that Rockstar does with all their video games, the studio has issued a statement claiming that there are no "ulterior motives" behind the four month delay.