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ubisoft-abandons-its-always-online-pc

September 6, 2012

Assassin's Creed III/PC/rayman origins/Ubisoft

Ding dong, the witch is dead. The overlord has been slain. The counter-terrorists win. Ubisoft has announced that their always-online DRM has been officially scrapped. In an interview with PC gaming website Rock Paper Shotgun, Ubisoft has confirmed that its digital rights management solution, which forced users to have a…

Achievement/Trophy list revealed for NASCAR

September 5, 2012

Activision/Eutechnyx/NASCAR The Game: Inside Line/PS3/Xbox 360

Activision and Eutechnyx announced the full list of revved up Achievements and Trophies for their forthcoming racer NASCAR The Game: Inside Line. NASCAR is one of those sports that’s super popular in the US but really doesn’t have too much of a audience in the rest of the world. I’m…

Nintendo announces new Symphony of the Goddesses tour dates

September 5, 2012

Nintendo/symphony of the goddesses/The Legend of Zelda

Miss out on the Legend of Zelda concert series Symphony of the Goddesses? Well have no fear musical adventurer, because Nintendo has just announced a brand new set of dates. Kicking things off on September 14th (next Friday) is a very cool gathering at the Nintendo World Store at Rockefeller…

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – Screenshots, art and trailer

September 5, 2012

Artwork/Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn/MMO/PC/Release Information/screenshots/Sony PlayStation 3/Square Enix/trailer

Final Fantasy XIV got off to a really, really rough start when it first released. Initially touted as a top-shelf release for the PC and PlayStation 3, this MMO released to a variety of problems and some very vocal, critical reviews. Square Enix put a different team to the game…

Trailer: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing

September 5, 2012

NeocoreGames/PC/The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing/Xbox 360

Van Helsing gets into a rooftop rumble in the new gameplay trailer for Neocore Games’ upcoming action/RPG. Set in a gothic-noir universe and wrought with wry humor and snappy dialogue, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing follows the trials of the famed hunter’s son, a young man with a dark yet romantic…

are-you-ready-for-some-psn-updating-and

September 5, 2012

bioshock/Borderlands/Call of Duty/nfl/PS Vita/PS3/psn update

Not a tonne to get excited about in this week’s PSN update. Some new ‘full games’, some decent sales (including free Borderlands for PS+ members), and the arrival of NFL Sunday Ticket round things out. Sunday Ticket is a pretty popular little item among NFL fans. The App gives DirecTV-less…

Code of Princess – New Trailer and purchase offer

September 5, 2012

Atlus/Code of Princess/Order Information/screenshots/trailer

Code of Princess by Atlus released a new trailer yesterday along with some information about a purchase bonus when it releases on October 9th of this year. Code of princess looks to be a genre blend of beat ’em up fighting and RPG leveling with some co-op and versus multiplayer…

Greenlight and censorship: Valve’s first screw-up

September 5, 2012

Opinion/PC/Seduce Me/Steam Greenlight/Valve

I, like everyone else in the game’s industry, likes Valve. The passionate team over there has produced some of the finest games ever crafted, and Steam has almost singlehandedly made PC gaming relevant in an era of console and device gaming. But Greenlight proves the company is not infallible. I’m…

valves-jumping-in-to-hardware-market

September 5, 2012

PC/Steam/Valve

What does the company that owns and runs the largest digital platform for PC (Steam) do when they’re fed up with the current hardware that their products are distributed onto? They put together a team to develop better hardware; that’s what they do! Yes, Valve is hiring hardware development specialist.…

Review: Madden 13 (PS3/ Xbox 360)

September 4, 2012

Madden 13/Microsoft/Microsoft Xbox 360/National Football League/nfl/PlayStation/review/Sony PlayStation 3/Video Game

When a game comes out every single year, it is inevitably going to face some criticism. Players quite often find themselves feeling fatigued. They cite minor improvements, or small touchups as the only changes and have a tendency to feel that the publisher is making a quick money grab. There…

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