Mass Effect 3 Rebellion Multiplayer DLC Outed

Posted by on May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment

BioWare is preparing to release another multiplayer DLC pack for Mass Effect 3, an accidental (and now-removed) posting on the Sony Asia website reveals. The information was snatched up by Kotaku and preserved for the gaming Internet to peruse… so peruse away. The DLC — which the removed web listing says is out as of today, May 16, 2012 — will add two new maps, three new weapons and six new classes to the game. If it’s anything like the previous Resurgence DLC pack, it’ll... 

Top Tips: Reality Fighters

Posted by on May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment

Become the ultimate Reality Fighter with these handy hints from the game’s producer, Mitsuo Hirakawa. Are you ready to fight as yourself anywhere and any time on PS Vita? In Reality Fighters, you can create your own customised brawler and take on your opponents wherever you like using augmented reality. To celebrate the release of three brand new Reality Fighters add-on packs available to download from PlayStation Store, producer Mitsuo Hirakawa provides his tips and hints to ensure you always... 

Tex Murphy Creators Reviving the Adventure Classic with Kickstarter

Posted by on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment

As announced last month, developers Chris Jones and Aaron Conners have launched a kickstarter drive to bring the world a new addition to their classic adventure game series Tex Murphy. Last seen in 1998’s Tex Murphy: Overseer, the Tex Murphy adventure games were known for their humorous noir-gumshoe tales, presented with a cheesy interactive live-action cinematics.Project Fedora will reunite creators Chris Jones and Aaron Conners and feature their trademarks of rich interactive storytelling... 

Halfbrick is Looking for Australia’s Fruit Ninja Master

Posted by on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment

It’s one of the most successful Australian-developed games for iOS (and now console), and to celebrate the second Anniversary of Fruit Ninja, developer Halfbrick is holding a competition across the country to find Australia’s Fruit Ninja Master.Next week, Fruit Ninja fans from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are invited to enter the official Fruit Ninja dojo (city location details below), where 30 iPad gameplay stations will feature for players to compete to win a place at the Fruit... 

Game Review: First Look

Posted by on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment

If you follow the game industry at all, you already know October/ November is a jam-packed month for new releases. Every week is loaded with big name, must-play games jockeying for a shot at your gaming budget. You can now add Dishonored to the list of big releases. Launching on October 9, Dishonored is dubbed a “…Supernatural Assassin Action Game…” by developer Arkane Studios. The game’s title is derived from its main character, Corvo, a former bodyguard accused of... 

Guild Wars 2 Release Date Revealed?

Posted by on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment

According to an ad spotted by game blog Kotaku, Guild Wars 2’s release date is June 28. Before you mark your calendar in pen though, the ad was supposedly spotted at a Fry’s in Texas, and retailers are notorious for using estimated dates for retail products. So it’s unconfirmed. Developers NCsoft has this to say in a statement:  "We have not released an official launch date within 2012 as feedback from our closed and open marketing betas will help us determine an exact... 

THQ Delays South Park: The Stick of Truth, Drops Devil’s Third Altogether

Posted by on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment

THQ had its annual investor’s call this afternoon, and with it came a few significant changes in the publisher’s upcoming lineup of games. Most notably, the Obsidian-developed South Park: The Stick of Truth has been pushed back into next year, and Tomonobu Itagaki’s Devil’s Third will no longer be published under the THQ banner. Itagaki’s first non-Tecmo title is now looking for a new publisher. South Park was announced just a few months ago, and had originally been... 

Here Are Some Diablo III Issues You Ought to Watch Out For

Posted by on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment

Since undoubtedly many of you out there in Giant Bomb land are either busy already plundering the depths of Sanctuary, or eagerly counting the hours until work/school’s end so that you can go home and play already, I figured it might be a good idea to wave a quick caution flag regarding a few bugs and issues that have been reported since Diablo III’s launch last night. Error 37 is the least of anyone’s worries now. The biggest and most terrifying of the bugs is a genuine game-breaker,... 

Halo 4 Box Art Revealed Thanks To Group Puzzle-Solving Effort

Posted by on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment

Microsoft is using the lure of Halo 4’s box art as an excuse to teach the fan community about a little thing called cooperation. A series of e-mails were sent out to the community, with each one containing a chunk of an image and a note that read: "Your piece of the Halo 4 puzzle." The NeoGAF hivemind then put its many heads together to assemble the image (via Kotaku), revealing the official box art for Halo 4. It’s a pretty sweet image, wouldn’t you say? We all got our... 

Battlefield 3’s DICE-Hosted Servers Return

Posted by on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment

Console-playing Battlefield 3 fans might have noticed that the server browser listing is looking a little more full now that Electronic Arts has upped the number of DICE-hosted servers. An outcry among players picked up steam on May 9, 2012 when reports emerged that the bulk of the DICE-hosted multiplayer lobbies had been replaced with player-controlled lobbies obtained via the new rent-a-server feature. This didn’t go over well, since player-controlled lobbies in Battlefield 3 are subject... 
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