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.
Speaking to Gamer Syndrome, BioWare Montreal producer Mike Gamble confirmed that work has started on the follow up to Mass Effect 3 -- which has not been confirmed to be Mass Effect 4 -- however, the game's release date is at least two years away.
Team Ninja has announced that Dead or Alive 5 Plus is currently scheduled to launch for the PlayStation Vita on March 20, 2013 in Japan and two days later on March 22nd in the UK. A release date for North America was not announced, however, the Japan and UK dates seem to indicate that the fighter will meet its planned worldwide "March 2013" release window.
Ubisoft announced today that Assassin's Creed III has become the company's fastest-selling title ever, with over 7 million units sold worldwide (yes these are actual sell-through figures, not just units shipped to stores) during the first month after the game's release.
Irrational Games' Ken Levine has responded to the internet uproar surrounding BioShock Infinite's lackluster cover artwork and explained that it was never intended to please current fans of the series.
Ubisoft has released a new trailer and a few new details for the upcoming Assassin's Creed III downloadable content The Tyranny of King Washington, giving us a clearer picture as to what to expect from the three-part episodic add-on package.
When the PSN updates later today PlayStation Plus members will find that Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition and Rochard have been added to the free Instant Game Collection.
Square Enix has released a new Survivor trailer for Tomb Raider, which gives us a glimpse of Lara's transition from simply trying to survive being shipwrecked on an island to being the "survivor" who rescues her captured friends.
Over the weekend Team Meat continued their "Caturday" tradition of releasing some small nugget of information about their next project, Mew-Genics. Now that we have met the game's five characters and are armed with the knowledge that it has over 12 sextillion different cats, Team Meat felt the next important marketing step to take would be to let us listen to the its title theme, "Cat Chase".
In some circles, one of the more popular internet pastimes to partake in after the release of an Assassin's Creed title is to track down rumors and cryptic statements from Ubisoft employees that provide hints as to where/when the next game in the series will take place. With Assassin's Creed III now out the door the AC rumor mill has officially kicked off and is suggesting that the next game in the series will be set in South America.
Following up on Friday's The Last of Us release date announcement at the Spike Video Game Awards, Naughty Dog took to the PlayStation Blog last night to reveal several new details about the upcoming survival adventure title.