Epic to reveal new IP

Epic Games Studios' design director Cliff Bleszinski has announced that in the upcoming Spike TV VGA Awards he will announce an 'entirely fresh' new IP currently being developed by his North Carolina team. Epic Games North Carolina has been responsable for the Gear of War franchise and Unreal Tournament, and nothing would celebrate their 20th …

South Park: The Game

THQ have officially announced their upcoming title, South Park: The Game, which will be available late 2012 for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. The game, which is being developed by Obsidian Entertainment in collaboration with Comedy Central, will be a Role Playing game with the user assuming the role of the lead characters and …

Day 1 studios lay offs

F.3.E.R. development team Day 1 have just laid off 95% of its workforce after loosing it's publishing deal with Konami for the upcoming Silent Scope Sequel. All the employees made redundant were working on the Silent Scope project, but Konami had other plans and declined all previous negotiations and deals. This might just be the …

Army of Four???

Sources close to EA's Visceral Studios Montreal have revealed that the Army of Two franchise shall be rebooted in the near future, in a bid to revive the franchise. Rumor has it that Dice are helping out in the development of the game, and the title will be using the Frostbite 2 engine (used in …

NeverDead gets a release date

Konami's upcoming third person action shooter, Neverdead, finally has an official release date. First announced during Konami's E3 showcase of 2010 and quickly forgotten after months of silence, the title then resurfaced during this year's E3, and today Konami finally announced a release date. This title will be available on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, …

EA acquire Klicknation

EA have just announced that they have successfully acquired social game developer Klicknation, just a few months after their massive acquisition of Popcap Studios. Klicknation might not be as renowned as Zynga, but the company has released several social network RPG games including; Superhero City, Age of Champions, Starship Command, and Six Gun Galaxy. This …

Fumito Ueda leaves SCE

Gaming website 'EuroGamer' has reported that team ICO director and lead designer Fumito Ueda will leave Sony Computer Entertainment after finishing his current project, The Last Guardian. Ueda is best known for his work on the renowned PS2 titles, ICO and Shadow of the Colossus, which have been recently re-released for this current generation in …

The next gen Xbox

Sources close to Microsoft's R&D Department, has shed some light of the Xbox 360's successor, stating that Microsoft might just penetrate the entertainment market with two separate products. If the rumors are true Microsoft will be launching an STB (set top box) bundled with a motion sensor (predecessor of the Kinect) as a home entertainment …

3Ds Update Delayed

Nintendo can't be described as a punctual company, but it's extremely rare to see an update pushed back, especially hours before it's release. The update, which was originally set to be available by tomorrow morning, will be now delayed to an undisclosed date before the 8th December marker, due to the unexpected need for more …

Zynga’s luck turns sour

Renowned developer and publisher, Zynga, which has been capitalizing on the huge success of their online facebook titles Mafia wars and Farmville, might be heading down the road of demise after the large work place complaints revealed to the press. The company has been trying to expand and merge with several other digital distribution companies, …