Dead Island: Riptide has officially received a collector's edition today properly called the "Rigor Mortis Edition." As the game's April 23rd launch date rapidly approaches, this news only serves to make us even more excited for the release.
The gaming industry is changing, and with that change digital distribution has slowly grown into a significant way for gamers to purchase their favorite titles. With the push into digital content, Microsoft has decided to shift their focus into the wave of the future while maintaining support for retail.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is receiving its second piece of DLC for free today, which will be arriving via a title update. The Second Wave content is intended to enhance your gameplay experience after completing the story campaign. So, if you have yet to stick it to the alien scum, then you will only have access to a limited selection option as you start up your single player game.
Lara Croft's bold return to gaming is rapidly approaching, and Eidos has finally decided to unveil information on the teased multiplayer component of Tomb Raider.
Ubisoft has officially released brand new multiplayer content for the online Assassin's Creed III enthusiast. The "Battle Hardened" DLC is available now for Xbox 360 gamers as they launch up their systems and the PS3 content should be made available shortly on the North American market. As for PC gamers, they can purchase the content on January 15th.
Joystiq has unveiled that Telltale Games' return to the point-and-click adventure genre with The Walking Dead seems to have been a very wise decision. Dan Connors, CEO of Telltale, recently unveiled the impressive numbers to The Wall Street Journal, you can check out what he had to say below.
It's a sad day in gaming when a console finally powers down for the last time, but that's what is happening today as Destructoid has uncovered news that Sony has officially brought an end to the decade plus gaming experiences on the second generation PlayStation. Hopefully, you've finally collected that backlog of PS2 classics and have them resting peacefully on your shelf. With 10,000 games in known existence for the PS2 it would be surprising if you were unable to find a game that made your thumbs bleed.
2K Games recently unveiled plans for the BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Edition which is set to release on January 14, 2013. The package will bring together BioShock and BioShock 2, along with all of the content and add-ons from both. If you've been cautiously dipping your toes into the water and waiting for the right time to dive in, now's the time.
MCV revealed the game blocking technology information that could be heading to the Playstation 4, telling us that it would restrict the use of previously used games by implementing a disk ID and player ID to use as form of identifying permission use tags. The gaming device will run an initial check that verifies "permission information" for the individual disc and will either, reject or permit, the game to initiate the "game start processing".
