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A demo for developer Croteam and publisher Devolver Digital’s Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter has been released on Valve’s distribution platform Steam. According to Croteam, demo includes: One Single-Player Level – Get a taste of the intense action by battling through a specially designed demo level set in sunny Karnak with redesigned gameplay and [...]

Speaking on Kotaku’s podcast, Bizarre Creations’ lead designer Gareth Wilson revealed that the currently-underway Xbox 360 multiplayer beta for the studio’s power-up racing game Blur will soon be opening up to everyone on Xbox Live. Access to the beta was limited by codes that were released, but Bizarre hopes to have the beta available for [...]

Trial will surprise players, reckons Bungie. Time to get excited. Bungie says that you’ll be surprised how polished the Halo Reach Beta will be and that it "surpasses a lot of finished games". Click here to read the full article Related Stories Red Faction movie in the works ‘$40m Natal game’ planned by THQ Violent [...]

It seems that spring has finally sprung here in North America, bringing with it an extra dose of deals and savings to the weekend’s usual digital distribution discounts. Borderlands and Fallout Among the weekend’s notable promotions: half-off shooter-RPG Borderlands, space jerkhole simulator Red Faction: Guerrilla, the original Fallout, and more: Games for Windows Live Red [...]

Sega could be closing Sega Studios San Francisco, previously known as Secret Level, most recently responsible for Iron Man and the upcoming Iron Man 2 video games. Sega Studios San Francisco’s Iron Man 2 Originally reported as a rumor by Sega Nerds, 1up is confirming the closure via an anonymous source. The studio could close [...]

Garnett, Brian, and Jeff hit the second Weekend Confirmed in full stride. Good thing, too, because it’s a full one. Two packed segments of Whatcha Been Playin? include Super Street Fighter 4, Just Cause 2, Metro 2033, Alan Wake, and more. iPad arrives this week and it takes top spot in the Four Minute Warning [...]

Answering the question no one dared ask, independent developer Unknown Worlds has revealed exactly how the Gorge–”the main builder/healer class” of the Kharaa in Natural Selection 2′s asymmetrical multiplayer mode–and its stubby legs handle stairs. [video]17959[/video] Shackvideo users can use the HD Stream. Keep your eyes open–if you’re paying attention near the end, you may [...]

Our own Arctic Fox spotted Google’s port of id Software’s legendary first-person shooter Quake 2 to HTML5, which contains numerous enhancements over HTML 4.01 and is largely regarded as the biggest competitor to Adobe’s Flash platform. HTML5 is currently supported in Google’s own Chrome web browser and Apple’s Safari browser. HTML5 is also useful for [...]

A new trailer for Black Rock’s explosive racer Split/Second has arrived, offering a taste of the various actions and shortcuts available to those racing in the downtown track. Priced at $49.99 on PC and $59.99 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Split/Second hits North America shops on May 18. That’s the same day as Red [...]

Owners of Pokemon HeartGold (DS) and SoulSilver (DS) can now obtain a new route for their Pokewalker–the pedometer accessory bundled with both games that lets players level up their monsters by walking–thanks to the magic of downloadable content. The free download, available through the “Mystery Gift” option on the main menu, unlocks a “Yellow Forest [...]

University boffins show what Pong can really do. Students have developed a computer game that can be operated by eye movement alone. Click here to read the full article Related Stories Red Faction movie in the works ‘$40m Natal game’ planned by THQ Violent games critics are ‘from an outside crowd’ Alan Wake DLC a [...]

In anticipation of the iPad’s release in the United States on April 3–that’s tomorrow–various iPad-enhanced applications and games have begun to pop up in iTunes. Thus far, well over a hundred games are already available, with prices ranging from free to $14.99, with. That’s a lot to dig through, so we’ve scoured the various listings [...]

As no one single artist can follow Jimi Hendrix, next week’s batch of Rock Band downloadable content will bring six tracks by six “alternative” rock acts. Anberlin – “Feel Good Drag” Hawk Nelson – “Live Life Loud” Skillet – “Monster” Superchick – “Stand in the Rain” Switchfoot – “Meant to Live” Thousand Foot Krutch – [...]

Remedy clarifies what we can expect from the future. Remedy has labelled the first bunch of Alan Wake DLC as being like a ‘Christmas special’ – bridging the gap between the first and second on-disc episodes. Click here to read the full article Related Stories Red Faction movie in the works ‘$40m Natal game’ planned [...]

Making the wait until May 18 all the more agonizing, a new trailer for Rockstar San Diego’s open-world western Red Dead Redemption has been released by the studio. Essentially a Grand Theft Auto set in 1910, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game looks amazing, and it plays pretty well too. For more, check out [...]

Video games get unfair rap says Kane & Lynch dev. IO Interactive’s Karsten Lund, game director on the upcoming Kate & Lynch: Dog Days, says violence in video games is incorrectly criticised by an unfamiliar ‘outside crowd’. Click here to read the full article Related Stories Red Faction movie in the works ‘$40m Natal game’ [...]

Prolific Fallout 2 modder ‘killap’ has released new versions of his two acclaimed mods, the Unofficial Fallout 2 Patch 1.02+ and the Fallout 2 Restoration Project. The Unofficial Fallout 2 Patch 1.02+ fixes over a thousand bugs that were still left in Fallout 2 after its final patch, with complete saved game compatibility with v1.02. [...]

Blood Bowl developer Cyanide Studio has announced an expanded ‘Legendary Edition’ of its violent sports strategy title based upon the Games Workshop tabletop game. The Legendary Edition adds a ‘Story Mode,’ casting players as a freelance coach who will “have to lead several famous teams and take up many challenges through a story revealing the [...]

What’s that grinding drone? Why, it’s the auto-starting sound of Alternative Hip-Hop Good Friday! Though certain people in the UK might be experiencing Working-on-Good-Friday-Bank-Holiday Doom Metal Friday, which is not quite as fun or outgoing.

But ‘we have to wait for install base to grow to justify money’. THQ has a "$40m Natal game" in the think tank – but will wait for the device’s install base to grow before starting development to justify the huge price tag. Click here to read the full article Related Stories Red Faction movie [...]

Film project coming as part of THQ’s "trans-media" strategy. Red Faction is set to get the movie treatment, which will come in conjunction with the next game, THQ’s core VP, Danny Bilson has revealed. Click here to read the full article Related Stories ‘$40m Natal game’ planned by THQ Violent games critics are ‘from an [...]

Erm, what?. Ubisoft has filed a trademark for ‘Horse Gaga’ – and, yes, it’s a video game. Click here to read the full article Related Stories ‘$40m Natal game’ planned by THQ Violent games critics are ‘from an outside crowd’ Alan Wake DLC a ‘Christmas special’ Eye-controlled games invented Halo: Reach Beta ‘surpasses many finished [...]

The best 360 games you’ll never play. They could have been contenders… but fate had other plans. Xbox World excavates the greatest games that never were. Click here to read the full article Related Stories Arkham Asylum 3D: Does it work? The next Pokemon – What we want to see CVG: The week’s best comments

Japanese developers discusses his vices. Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki has revealed that he can’t make a game without cigarettes, booze and gambling to get him through the process. Click here to read the full article Related Stories ‘$40m Natal game’ planned by THQ Violent games critics are ‘from an outside crowd’ Alan Wake DLC [...]