Gratuitous Space Battles Beta Opens to Pre-orders

Gratuitous Space Battles Beta Opens to Pre-orders

One-man outfit Positech has opened pre-orders for Gratuitous Space Battles (PC), offering immediate beta access to those that pay $19.99 for the strategy game.
“We are effectively selling the game early for people who want to play it while it is still in beta,” sole developer Cliff ‘cliffski’ ...

“Do the Move” PAIN Contest Live Tomorrow

“Do the Move” PAIN Contest Live Tomorrow

Alright PAIN Nation, we told you to start practicing those Double Pits to Chesty moves, now it’s time to show us what you’ve got. The Sony Computer Entertainment America and AXE “Do the Move” PAIN contest is on. This is your chance to earn some bragging rights for your Double ...

Final Fantasy XIII might get DLC, no story expansions

Final Fantasy XIII might get DLC, no story expansions

We know — it’s tiresome hearing about “DLC” when we’re still waiting on “regular ol’ C” — still, our interest was piqued by the mention of possible downloadable content for Final Fantasy XIII in a recent RPG Site interview with Squeenix’s Motomu Toriyama and Yoshinori Kitase. According to Kitase, the ...

Cage: Multiple playthroughs of Heavy Rain could ‘kill the magic of it’

Cage: Multiple playthroughs of Heavy Rain could ‘kill the magic of it’

In a recently posted except from a GamesCom 2009 interview, Quantic Dream’s David Cage told G4TV that multiple playthroughs of the upcoming Heavy Rain could “kill the magic of it.” Cage’s hope is that players approach the title as they do life — with no second chances — but the ...

Bayonetta demo will give you a taste of ‘non-stop climax action’

Bayonetta demo will give you a taste of ‘non-stop climax action’

Disrespectful bespectacled witch spectacle news now, with Platinum Games expressing the desire to release a demo for its “non-stop climax action” game, Bayonetta. Speaking at a demonstration event in Japan, producer Yusuke Hashimoto told Famitsu (as translated by Andriasang and hilariously mangled by Google) that the developers had already begun ...

US SingStore adds Blondie, individual Coldplay tracks

US SingStore adds Blondie, individual Coldplay tracks

Brace your faces, karaoke fans — SingStar’s US store has added even more content to help you sing the night away. This week the US SingStore has added a Blondie song pack comprised of five hits from the 70s-80s phenom as well as individual Coldplay tracks, originally released together as ...

EA’s Hilleman expects console growth to be iterative

EA’s Hilleman expects console growth to be iterative

From the dudes being shot in line to the comically large taxis, everybody loves the excitement of a new console launch. But Rich Hilleman, the chief creative officer of EA, says you shouldn’t expect similar events in the immediate future. Speaking at the Hot Chips conference in Stanford (via VentureBeat), ...

Net a free Avatar shirt with the purchase of The Beatles: Rock Band

Net a free Avatar shirt with the purchase of The Beatles: Rock Band

Specially marked boxes of the upcoming music title The Beatles: Rock Band include a unique bonus: an exclusive Avatar shirt. The freebie marks the first (and hopefully not the last) time Avatar apparel has been given away alongside the launch of a game, giving extra incentive for users to ...

Shadow Complex sets week-one sales record

Shadow Complex sets week-one sales record

That’s, um, sales of single-player games (multiplayer ones don’t count!). And, uh, you know, we’re just talking about Xbox Live Arcade titles — not that clarifying this awfully specific sales record is an attempt to take away from the much-deserved success of Chair’s excellent Shadow Complex or the 200,000-plus downloaders ...

Xbox 360 Fancast 132 — Flexibility

Xbox 360 Fancast 132 — Flexibility

We’ve got an interesting show this week. We spend quite a bit of time talking about the Elite price cut as well as the “flexibility” offered by not including HDMI or component cables in the new bundle. We also grill Alexander about GamesCom and his recent trip to Germany. Of ...

New Unlock Xbox contest offers $50k prize

New Unlock Xbox contest offers $50k prize

Microsoft and Doritos have announced that the “Unlock Xbox” competitionin which gamers compete to have their game ideas developed into a full-fledged XBLA titleis back. Xbox gamers will likely remember Dash of Destruction, the winner of the first competition, likely because it was free and offered some of the easiest ...

Military Madness Gets New Trailer, Xbox 360 Date

Military Madness Gets New Trailer, Xbox 360 Date

Backbone’s downloadable remake of classic TurboGrafx-16 strategy game Military Madness is due on Xbox 360 come September 30, publisher Hudson has confirmed.
The Xbox Live Arcade edition of Military Madness: Nectaris will sell for 800 MS Points ($10), with as-yet-undated downloadable PlayStation 3 and Wii versions also on the way.
In celebration ...

Assassin’s Creed Veteran Jade Raymond to Head Ubisoft Toronto

Assassin’s Creed Veteran Jade Raymond to Head Ubisoft Toronto

Ubisoft Montreal’s resident celebrity producer Jade Raymond (Assassin’s Creed, Assassin’s Creed II) is to lead Ubisoft’s new Toronto-based development studio, the company said today.
Slated to open by the year’s end, Ubisoft Toronto will be working on “AAA games and new intellectual properties,” Raymond noted.
The studio is eventually expected to provide ...

Shadow Complex Sets XBLA Sales Record

Shadow Complex Sets XBLA Sales Record

Microsoft today dubbed Chair Entertainment’s action-adventure game Shadow Complex “the most downloaded single-player title in Xbox Live Arcade history,” as the Metroid-inspired game sold over 200,000 copies in the week after its August 19 release.
Priced at 1200 Microsoft Points ($15), the downloadable Xbox 360 game has drawn high praise from ...

Serious Sam HD ‘Testimonials’ Offer Video Confusion

Serious Sam HD ‘Testimonials’ Offer Video Confusion

Serious Sam vs. SSHDContinuing in the whimsical glory of the Serious Sam HD “supermercial”, developer Croteam and producer Devolver Digital have issued some eccentric video “testimonials” and new screenshots via the game’s official site.
Unfortunately, we still don’t have a solid release date for the high-def remake of Croteam’s shooter. ...

Doritos Again Seeking ‘Unlock Xbox’ Game Ideas, Offering $50K Prize

Doritos Again Seeking ‘Unlock Xbox’ Game Ideas, Offering $50K Prize

Microsoft and Frito-Lay, which produces the Doritos brand of flavored “torilla chips,” have once again paired to turn a user-submitted pitch into a free Xbox Live Arcade game.
Whereas 2007’s original “Unlock Xbox” contest saw one idea transformed into an actual game–the dinosaur-themed Dash of Destruction–this year’s contest will see two ...

Episodes from Liberty CityCover Art Revealed

Episodes from Liberty CityCover Art Revealed

Presenting the unveiling of the official cover art for Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty Citywith scenes and characters from both The Ballad of Gay Tony and The Lost and Damned. 
Desktop wallpaper / Twitter background versions are now available at the Game Wallpaper Collection in the Downloads section. 
 
Debut ...