The “Never Fight Alone” beta phase of Gears of War 3 kicks off on the 8th of May and Epic Games invites everyone that has already enlisted in the game’s beta test to recruit their friends for this phase.

Starting today, everyone who’s played at least one game in the beta will receive a “buddy token” to share with a friend on Xbox LIVE, giving them access to the Gears of War 3 beta. The buddy tokens will be distributed via e-mail starting 8 May when the “Never Fight Alone” phase begins, giving beta participants and their friends a full week to enjoy the multiplayer mayhem together. … More

New screenshots for the upcoming all-new IP from Konami, NeverDead, have been made public today. The game currently under developing will be released on the PlayStation3 computer entertainment system and on the Xbox360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. The release date is yet to be announced.

In NeverDead players will enter a horror-influenced fantasy universe where extraordinary battles between ungodly creatures and humans are a constant reality. The third-person action gameplay comes packed with breathtaking encounters in which gamers will be able to use their butterfly design-inspired sword and enormous guns arsenal. … More

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. announced today the availability of a new branded clothing line for men based on Konami’s Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker for the PSP, released in 2010. This is the first complete clothing collection for the franchise, allowing fans to show their Metal Gear Solid love by dressing the part from head to toe.

“Our partnership will give fans the opportunity to ‘suit up’ for one of the most successful video game franchises of all time, specifically for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker,” said Careen Yapp, Vice President of Acquisitions and Franchise Development of Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. … More

Sniper Elite V2, the sequel of the critically and publicly acclaimed Sniper Elite, the third person tactical WWII shooter, has been announced today. Sniper Elite V2, a game to be released on the current generation of consoles, will bring a modern approach to the original concept.

Released in 2005, Sniper Elite saw gamers playing an American OSS secret agent disguised as a German sniper in Berlin during the final days of World War II. It earned considerable public and critical applause with its blend of stealth action – which emphasized patience and cunning over reflexes alone – culminating in being awarded ‘Best PC/Console Game’ at the TIGA awards 2005. … More

Get Gosu has announced today its set of cash prize video game tournaments for April. Daily cash tournaments will be held starting with April 8th and running through May 8th, and the money prizes the winners can take home will be boosted by Get Gosu by a total amount of $6,000.

The tournament schedule sets weekday tournaments to at 7:00pm EDT. The first weekend tournament is starting at 4:00pm EDT, Saturday and will feature larger prize pots. Players will be able to choose from a wide variety of Counter Strike maps and tournament types. … More

Riot Games, developer of League of Legends, has released today a set of high-def images showing the concept art behind Lin Sin – The Blind Monk, one of the game’s champions.
League of Legends is an online game based on the highly popular DotA concept, first introduced for Warcraft III: Frozen Throne. Teams of up to five player-controlled champions battle on a map filled with AI controlled turrets and minions. Killing those or any of the opposing champions yields experience and thus allows the players to develop the skills and abilities of their own champions. The game’s ultimate goal is to breach the opponents’ defenses and destroy their base, or according to the game’s terminology, their Nexus. … More

On the 1st of April, Enterbrain, publisher of Famitsu, has released its market report for fiscal 2010, composed of data for Japanese hardware sales, software sales and also the overall market. According to this report, Sony’s consoles came out on top in the last year, with the PS3 selling more than the Wii and PSP beating the DS. However the software sales for 2010 were again dominated by Nintendo.

The hardware sales in Japan for the last year are as follows: … More

In a recent press release PopCap announced that a new microwave that has been developed to allow computer games fans to play their favourite games while they cook a meal will be in UK and Ireland stores by Christmas 2011. Created by PopCap Games, the worldwide leader in casual video games, the ‘PlayWave’ features a fully functional touchscreen within the microwave door and comes preloaded with puzzle game Bejeweled. The 19 litre, 1,000 watt PlayWave will come with 167mb storage capacity as standard and will be able to connect wirelessly to the internet. In addition to the ‘full power’ and ‘defrost’ settings, the PlayWave will also have a ‘playtime’ setting, which will cook the food according to the player’s performance in the game. … More

There has always been a sort of gamer/developer pride regarding game genres, pride which made people blindly dive into arguments trying to decide for example whether an FPS can be considered a better or a more valuable game than an RPG. Pointless discussions really because there is no way to compare the two without doing a great injustice to one of them – it’s like comparing apples with oranges while stating from the start that the color orange is a must have for every decent fruit.

This kind of arguments have been going on for years, decades even, but not without beneficial results. That’s because when trying to decide which one is better and why, people … More

Capcom has confirmed that a new installment in the extraordinarily successful Resident Evil saga is currently in development for the PlayStation3, Xbox 360 and PC. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, currently scheduled for release this winter, is the result of a collaboration between Capcom and Slant 6 Games, a Vancouver based studio. The announcement comes with the promise that the game will take the series in a completely new direction and will introduce a style of gameplay yet to be seen from the franchise.

Set in the dark and sinister Resident Evil universe, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City takes the players back to 1998, time in which Raccoon City faces the T-virus outbreak and its horrific consequences. … More