Electronic Arts’ chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen has said that the next entry in Bioware’s sci fi RPG series, Mass Effect Andromeda, will launch early 2017 during a technology conference earlier this week.
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Bad news, treasure hunters. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End has been delayed once again, pushing its worldwide release date back to May 10. Join us for a good cry after the jump.
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Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is so stupidly addictive and entertaining and I can’t stop playing it. Just thought I’d skip the formalities and set the tone here because I haven’t been this engrossed in a game for some time.
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Hi-Rez Studios’ MOBA Smite is headed to PS4, having just finished up its closed Alpha.
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Square Enix’s turn-based puzzle strategy game Hitman GO: Definitive Edition is now available for purchase for PS4, PS Vita and PC, featuring optimised gameplay and improved graphics. In celebration of the multi-platform release, for the first week only, the title will be 20% off the regular price of AUD $11.95 and can be purchased from the…
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The much-vaunted, long-ish awaited official mod support for Fallout 4 will arrive on PC and consoles during late spring (that’s late autumn for us here in Oz). The news comes from a new Game Informer interview with Bethesda director Todd Howard.
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Naughty Dog released a brand new trailer for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End this morning that digs a little further into Nathan Drake’s rekindled relationship with his brother, even as it damages his relationship with Elena and Sully.
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Street Fighter V feels like it yearns for a simpler time, for the fighting games from 20 years ago, before juggling and endless combos became the genre’s order of the day. It’s both stylish and disciplined, simple enough for newbies to jump into and technical enough that the hardcore can dig right in. But it’s also…
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Unravel, the newest game from Swedish developer ColdWood is so inherently magical and sublime that it has quickly become one of the most moving gaming experiences I have had the pleasure of embarking upon. And you should too, because at its core, Unravel blends a simple premise, head scratching puzzles and a sentimental story to…
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Street Fighter V has only been out a day and there’s already been an upset in the competitive scene. Rapper Lupe Fiasco has defeated current Ultra Street Fighter IV world champ Daigo Umehara 3-2 at Street Fighter V‘s San Francisco launch event and it seems no-one is more surprised by this than Fiasco himself.
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Hail wasteland wanderers! Ye have cried out for more Fallout 4 and Bethesda has answered, announcing an upcoming set of three very distinct DLC add-ons launching in March, April and May respectively, promising even more to follow.
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When I was a teenager in the late Nineties and early 2000’s, I was into anime in a big, bad way. I devoured every show and movie I could get my hands on and, towards the end of my fascination with it, I discovered Naruto. I ravenously followed the adventures of this boisterous ninja kid for…
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It would appear that Bungie’s wildly popular shoot-aliens-with-your-friends-simulator Destiny is still set to receive a full and proper sequel, but it’s likely we won’t see it until 2017. Destiny publisher Activision confirmed the unnamed sequel today during their earnings report for their 2015 fiscal year.
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In a bit of a surprise reveal, Ubisoft says that we’ll be seeing a new Watch Dogs game come to market within the next 12 months. The news comes from Ubi’s earnings release for Q3 of the 2015-16 fiscal year.
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There will be no new major Assassin’s Creed game in 2016, the first break in the series’ annual release schedule since 2009, according to a new blog post from publisher Ubisoft. The dev team will instead use the extra time up their sleeves by “stepping back and re-examining the Assassin’s Creed franchise.
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Ubisoft has announced that Trackmania Turbo, the latest instalment in the Trackmania franchise developed by Nadeo, is set for release on PS4, Xbox One and PC on March 24, 2016. The arcade racing game will feature a Trackbuilder tool allowing players to build their own dream tracks. In addition to player-created tracks, players will be…
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Firewatch is a game that had me intrigued from the moment I laid eyes on it. The first time I heard anything about it was a trailer during Sony’s E3 2015 press conference. It made me laugh, it made me wonder what its deal was and I quietly kept an eye on it over the…
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It kind of feels like Tom Clancy’s The Division has been coming down the pipe for a long time now. We’ve seen it at no less than three E3’s, I’ve seen it demo’d live at EB Expo, two PAX AUS conventions and in numerous trailers online. Despite all of this, I still didn’t really know…
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I’m torn. Officially torn. And this review is probably going to reinforce that a lot. Reason being is that Lego Marvel’s Avengers instigates a vicious conflict between me as a giant nerd and me as an objective game reviewer. And it wouldn’t surprise me if the very same struggle wasn’t exclusive to me, because while…
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Following a trailer leak yesterday, WB Games have officially revealed the game we all assumed was coming. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens will bring Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron to consoles when it releases June 29 .
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Considered criminally overlooked when it released on the PlayStation Vita back in 2012, Gravity Rush brought fresh ideas to an aging adventure game genre with its gravity-manipulation mechanic and irreverent character work. Thankfully, a vast new audience has a chance to be exposed the game, having found a new home on the PlayStation 4 thanks…
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We’re drawing ever closer to a new month and you know what that means. A new batch of freebies are about to become available for Sony console owners. As is usually the case, there are six titles up for grabs – two for every console. Playstation 4 owners gets the headliner in February with Helldivers:…
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PlatinumGames (Bayonetta, Transformers Devastation) have revealed that they’re working on a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game called Mutants in Manhattan and thanks to the trailer they dropped, we can tell you that it looks wonderful. First thing you’ll notice are those sweet cel shaded visuals. Granted, I’ve been a sucker since I first laid eyes on…
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Despite the fact that the last time Mike Tyson fought professionally was over ten years ago, he will nevertheless make his mixed martial arts bow as an unlockable fighter in EA Sports UFC 2 this year.
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There’s a couple of moments in the new Far Cry Primal trailer that made me wince in a great way. One involves your character being fed a skull full of blood and eyeballs in first person (sure to make for a visceral VR experience). If that sounds like your thing (and it was weirdly mine), hit…
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Disney Infinity 3.0 continues to dominate the toys-to-life genre in terms of big IP, leveraging excitement around the upcoming Captain Ameria: Civil War to drop its latest (and biggest) Marvel themed playset. The real star of the show, though, is that sweet Captain America figure.
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NetherRealm Studios has announced that Mortal Kombat X will relaunch in early March under the new name Mortal Kombat XL, a special edition that comprises all of the DLC made available for the game.
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Introversion Software’s Prison Architect, a simulator that tasks players with building and maintaining a prison of their own design against an limitless tide of angry convicts, is making the jump to current-gen consoles later this year.
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When the latest Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End trailer premiered at the 2015 PlayStation Experience, it revealed the game would feature branching dialogue options. While some fans wondered about the game’s direction, series co-director Neil Druckmann has now clarified that branching dialogue will be kept fairly sporadic.
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Ubisoft have announced that the long-delayed beta for Tom Clancy’s The Division kicks off on January 28 on Xbox One with other platforms to follow.
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