The yearly convention returns this summer.
QuakeCon's dates have been revealed for this year. It will be open to the public and attendance is FREE! We all like free stuff, right? The convention will take place between August 2-5 at the Hilton Anatole hotel in Dallas, Texas.
Looks like that elf-rogue costume will have to wait till 2013.
Bad news for Blizzard fans this morning, as it was announced that there will be no BlizzCon in 2012. Blizzard announced that the reason for skipping BlizzCon this year has to do with their restricting schedules. BlizzCon will return in 2013 with some big announcements.
Titles from CD Projekt, Trion Worlds and more are coming soon.
Electronic Arts has gained the support of more game publishers for their PC platform, Origin. 11 more to be exact. Trion Worlds, CD Projekt Red, Freebird Games, Robot Entertainment, Recoil Games, 1C Company, Core Learning Ltd, Autumn Games, inXile Entertainment, N3V Games, and Paradox Interactive have all agreed to release select titles from their catalog in the coming months.
Pump up your multiplayer squad with your toys!
EA is a company that knows how to best leverage their brands, and with Mass Effect 3 on the way, we’re already seeing the cross promotion blitz. If you played the demo for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning you’ve already unlocked some gear for the conclusion of Commander Shepard’s story. You’ll grab some more swag for playing through the Mass Effect 3 demo that’s coming on February 14. But the hardest of the hardcore fans have something special to open their wallets for: new action figures complete with DLC.
New Flashpoints, bug fixes, and more. Plus, get a rare title for a limited time.
Star Wars: The Old Republic has had a pretty successful launch, but BioWare is not resting on their laurels. The team has been hard at work on new content, server upgrades, and bug fixes. The first major patch, 1.1, has just gone live, and there’s some interesting content to go along with it.
The "No Hope Left" ads prove to be official.
After days of culminating intrigue, Capcom has officially pulled the curtain back on Resident Evil 6. The "No Hope Left" ads can now officially be linked to Capcom as they were in fact teasing the upcoming game. The prominently featured date and time of 1/19/2012 2PM PST, marked the exact moment Capcom broke the news of the sixth iteration in the iconic series. A video showcases a portion of the plot of the game, as well as its expected release date and platforms. Coming on November 20 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, Resident Evil 6 is expected to feature both single and co-operative play.
Fans of 90s shooters should be pleased.
Take-Two’s Ken Levine revealed today that they’ll be creating a special difficulty setting for their upcoming release BioShock Infinite based on the results of a survey conducted on their web site.
The compact PC is about the size of an Xbox 360.
Alienware is known for building reliable and powerful PCs. Although it might be better (read: cheaper) to build your own by hand, Alienware gives you great tech for the price. Alienware's new X51 model gives you a new kind of gaming PC, one that looks an awful lot like a gaming console.
The saga continues this May.
Today, Rockstar Games officially announced the release date for the third game in the Max Payne series. Releasing first in America on consoles, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners will be able to pick up Max Payne 3 on May 15; May 18 it will release internationally. On May 29 the game will release for PC in America, followed by a June 1 international release.
CD Projekt RED stops their actions against pirates, but wants gamers to take a stand.
Piracy is the bane of the video game industry. Various companies have tried different ways to combat piracy, from the complex instruction manuals in old PC games to Ubisoft’s controversial DRM that requires their games to be online at all times, regardless of if the game is multiplayer or not. CD Projekt RED, developers of The Witcher series, have taken a firm stand against DRM, but that shouldn’t imply that they turn a blind eye to piracy. That had caused them to try a pretty drastic measure, but today, the company has backed down.
