Pachter predicts $100 ‘Platinum’ Xbox Live membership

Pachter predicts $100 ‘Platinum’ Xbox Live membership

The bump in cost for a Gold membership on Xbox Live is just the tip of the iceberg, according to game industry seer Michael Pachter. Predicting a $100 plan as the next evolutionary step in subscription options soon to be available to Xbox Live consumers, he told IndustryGamers reports that ...

Bastion is Supergiant Games’ first title, playable at PAX

Bastion is Supergiant Games’ first title, playable at PAX

When Supergiant Games opened its doors during GDC earlier this year, it revealed it was working on a digital title to be released in 2011. This week, Giant Bomb unveiled that title — it’s called Bastion and should be available for public consumption by next summer. Supergiant explains Bastion as ...

Get hands-on with Killzone 3 multiplayer at PAX

Get hands-on with Killzone 3 multiplayer at PAX

Killzone 3′s multiplayer is set for its first public hands-on engagement this week at PAX. There will be 16 multiplayer stations set up at the show for players to compete in 8v8 matches. Sony will also have four pods set up for single-player, with an additional three featuring the game ...

Crackdown 2 ‘Toy Box’ DLC trailer gives us a taste of what is to come

Crackdown 2 ‘Toy Box’ DLC trailer gives us a taste of what is to come

In today’s fast-paced world, we do not always have time to read everything. You’ve got things to do, places to be — you anticipate a high quality video showing you what will be available in an upcoming DLC pack. That’s why we have posted this video showcasing Crackdown 2′s “Toy ...

Sega, Konami, Level-5 and Tecmo-Koei share TGS lineups

Sega, Konami, Level-5 and Tecmo-Koei share TGS lineups

Heading to Tokyo for the annual game show later this month, but your handmade convention center itinerary is sadly lacking ideas for how to divvy up time? No worries — Sega, Konami, Level-5, and Tecmo-Koei have announced their showings for TGS 2010! The highlight of, well, all of the listings ...

Puzzle Quest 2 embarks on a journey to PSP later this year

Puzzle Quest 2 embarks on a journey to PSP later this year

Aww, poor PSP — it’s like you have been sitting out in the rain, looking through the window at all of the other consoles, laughing and having a good time together with Puzzle Quest 2. Well, come on in, buddy! You’ve finally been invited to the party. IGN reports that ...

Rumor: Microsoft prepping new Xbox 360 controller with improved d-pad for the holidays

Rumor: Microsoft prepping new Xbox 360 controller with improved d-pad for the holidays

We’ve got it on good authority that sometime this Holiday season, Microsoft will launch a new Xbox 360 controller with a rather unique d-pad. According to our trusted source, when one rotates the d-pad ninety degrees on this new controller, it’ll raise up about a quarter of an inch — ...

Sony invites public to God of War documentary taping in Los Angeles

Sony invites public to God of War documentary taping in Los Angeles

If you live in Los Angeles and love God of War, you are in luck. Sony is getting the directors of all of the God of War games so far — that is David Jaffe, Cory Barlog, Stig Asmussen, Ru Weerasuiya and Dana Jan, for those of you keeping score ...

Company of Heroes Online gets new trailer, open beta starts next week

Company of Heroes Online gets new trailer, open beta starts next week

If you did not get in on the first wave of closed beta invites for THQ and Relic’s Company of Heroes Online, you are guaranteed to get your chance in the coming days. A new trailer for the on-line strategy title sent to us by THQ included the announcement that ...

DC Universe Online screens give us a brush with Bats

DC Universe Online screens give us a brush with Bats

Listen, we are sure whatever custom superhero you are planning on creating within DC Universe Online is going be a precious and unique snowflake — but you know who else is great? Batman and all his friends. You can check out their exploits, both heroic and villainous, in the gallery ...

Blacklight Tango Down patched up

Blacklight Tango Down patched up

Zombie Studios has been tinkering with its online-only shooter Blacklight: Tango Down, releasing a new patch this day for Xbox and PC that is rife with fixes. If you wanted more time to let players join your match, or if you wanted to switch the crouch and melee buttons, you ...

Fallout: New Vegas is progressing robot/human ‘relations’

Fallout: New Vegas is progressing robot/human ‘relations’

Fallout: New Vegas features robot sex. We know you prefer a tiny bit of easing into the main thesis of our news articles, but there is just no way we could contain our excitement for this delightful development. The ESRB rating for Obsidian’s desert-crawling action-RPG explains, “there is also an ...

WRUP: Our zombie apocalypse arsenal

WRUP: Our zombie apocalypse arsenal

Earlier this week we shared some of our favorite weapons from Dead Rising 2. It got us thinking of more weapons that we will use when the real zombie apocalypse occurs — because, do not kid yourself, it’s coming. We’re still huge fans of the Super Soaker Flamethrower (don’t attempt ...

StarCraft 2 patch 1.1 balances Zerg, Protoss, Terran and southpaws

StarCraft 2 patch 1.1 balances Zerg, Protoss, Terran and southpaws

Just one month after releasing its blockbuster RTS, Blizzard has announced a major upcoming patch for StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty. The update will open up left-hander-friendly hotkey options for all regions, will add some new mod and map editor functionality, will incorporate support for NVIDIA 3D Vision, and will ...

Nintendo bringing fall lineup, new WiiWare game to PAX

Nintendo bringing fall lineup, new WiiWare game to PAX

Visitors to Nintendo’s PAX booth will be able to try out some upcoming Wii games, including Kirby’s Epic Yarn and Donkey Kong Country Returns, along with anticipated third-party games Goldeneye 007 and NBA Jam. Next week’s Metroid: Other M will also be on display. Nintendo will also show a new ...

Video: What if Call of Duty was a Pokemon game?

Video: What if Call of Duty was a Pokemon game?

The problem with Pokemon is that it’s pretty humiliating to tell people you play it, especially if you are over the age of 13 — just ask Griffin. They’re great games, do not get us wrong. It’s just that we are adults, with actual utility bills and Netflix memberships, and ...

Wii Party developer purchased by Nintendo, probably has a party

Wii Party developer purchased by Nintendo, probably has a party

ND Cube, the developer behind the Nintendo-published Wii release Wii Party, has been brought into the Big N’s fold, according to a new “Iwata Asks” feature on the console-maker’s Japanese site. In it, it’s revealed that Nintendo has purchased a 96 percent stake in ND Cube, effectively becoming its new ...