Dead Space 2, the survival horror developed by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts, was one of the most highly anticipated games of the last twelve months. After its release it sky-rocketed in top positions in software charts across the globe and in the UK alone it stood anchored in pole position for two consecutive weeks with competitors such as Call of Duty: Black Ops and Little Big Planet 2 at its heels. And all this not without merit as the game takes the horror genre one step further. A little step, a tiny one even, but nevertheless taken in the right direction.

The action in Dead Space 2 takes place three years after the first episode which focused on the Ishimura tragedy, … More

Sega of America and SEGA Europe Ltd. announced that the demo of the next title in critically acclaimed series Total War, Total War: Shogun 2, will be released on Steam on February 22, 2011. The game is developed by The Creative Assembly and published by SEGA and it is set to be released on March 15, 2011. The demo that will be launched on February 22, 2011 will allow players to test their skills to some extent.

Shogun 2 returns to the 16^th century Japan when every warlord is fighting to control the divided country with the sole goal to conquer the other parts and to assume total dominion over Japan. … More

On July 20 2010 Electronic Arts announced a new project – Darkspore, a sci-fi action-RPG, designed by Thomas Vu and developed by Maxis that will feature a more advanced real-time character creation and editing than the one seen in Spore.

The game will have a full single-player campaign, but also the possibility to co-op with four other players, and PVP multiplayer Deathmatches that will allow one to test the heroes collected in normal gameplay against other player`s heroes. Defeating the evil Darkspores isn’t an easy job and protecting the galaxy from them falls on the genetic heroes the player will control. Darkspore will feature three classes of five types (Bio, Cyber, Necro, Plasma and Quantum), each hero possessing different features and abilities, … More

Two Worlds 2 or 2W2 is an RPG (Role-playing game), sequel to Two Worlds, developed by Reality Pump and published by TopWare Interactive. The game was released on November 9, 2010 in Europe, January 25, 2011 in North-America and on February 25, 2011  in the UK for Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. At first I was a bit skeptical about it, and that’s mainly because of the problems that the previous installment had, but giving the game a chance resulted in an amazing experience defined by hours of dynamic gameplay, challenging and sometimes frustrating battles, entertaining mini-games and moments of sheer joy which accompanied key moments of the game. … More

Today the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences picked 2010’s winners. Read Dead Redemption, the open-world western shooter developed by Rockstar was this edition’s top dog, taking home no less than 5 AIAS awards: action game, art direction, game direction, character performance and gameplay engineering. Read Dead Redemption’s success was already foretold by The Escapist Magazine which on January 21, 2011 awarded it with 2010 Game of the Year, praising the game for its engaging and well-told narrative and innovative gameplay and design. … More

It is widely known that hackers have been able to access the PlayStation Network on their modified consoles by using a custom DNS. This workaround blocked notifications received by Sony servers regarding the console’s firmware version and thus allowed access to these clients onto the network even if their firmware was not up to date. After the release of the revised PS3 firmware 3.56, Sony has patched the proxy and PSN bypass methods. With the DNS bypass useless, many users with modified consoles are now denied access to the PlayStation Network. It appears however that those who were logged in at the time of the patch and haven’t signed out since are still able to benefit from PSN features. That is at least until Sony finds a way to kick them off the grid. … More

Blizzard Entertainment Inc. announced today the plans for its sixth edition of BlizzCon gaming convention, to be held at the Anaheim Convention Centre in Anaheim, California on Friday and Saturday, 21st and 22nd of October, 2011. BlizzCon continues the tradition of celebrating the player communities built around Blizzard Entertainment’s popular game universes such as Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo.

“We look forward to holding another exciting BlizzCon this year, filled with some great entertainment and competition, as well as the latest news about Blizzard games,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. … More

Battlestar Galactica Online, a browser based Free-to-Play Sci-Fi MMORPG developed by Bigpoint, has just recently surfaced to the level of public awareness with the game going from closed beta to its open beta stage. With the Unity engine at its core, this space combat simulator sets new standards for browser games, as it looks, sounds and behaves countless times better than any other video game released for this media.

At the start of the game any new player will have to choose from the two available and rival factions: the Cylons and the Humans. There isn’t much information to help with this decision and you might wonder what the two factions stand for and what your role might be if you pick one or the other, especially if the BGO lore is not something you are up to date with. The truth is that … More

Earlier today Square Enix Ltd. announced that Dungeon Siege III, developed by Obsidian Entertainment, will be available in Europe and other PAL countries from May 27, 2011 on Sony PlayStation3, Microsoft XBOX360 and Windows PC. A limited edition of the game will also be available in the same countries exclusively by pre-order and will feature four unique in-game items available to activate on day of launch, enhancing and increasing your characters’ abilities as they venture forth through the Kingdom of Ehb.

“With DUNGEON SIEGE III we are bringing the rich world and lore of Ehb to an all new audience,” said Ned Browning, Brand Manager at Square Enix. … More