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'Left 4 Dead 2' (ALL) Adds Realism Versus Mutation Mode

by Rainier on May 9, 2010 @ 4:23 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

L4D2 promises to set a new benchmark for cooperative action games, adding melee combat to enable deeper cooperative gameplay, with items such as a chainsaw, frying pan, axe, baseball bat, and more.

'Legio' - New Screens

by Rainier on May 9, 2010 @ 4:16 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Legio is a turn-based strategy game for one to two players. The game takes place in a mythical fantasy world where magicians, warriors and monsters battle for domination. Playing Legio is an intense experience, requiring careful strategic thinking, rewarding both courage and cleverness!

'Puzzle Quest 2' (ALL) Details Character Classes - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on May 9, 2010 @ 12:05 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Puzzle Quest 2 features a blend of match-3 gem matching and fantasy, with a simple but meaningful role playing experience, using all-new weapons, spells, and shields that make every decision meaningful and never passive in the deepest puzzle adventure yet.

'BioShock 2' (ALL) v1.0.0.4 Patch In The Works, Fix List

by Rainier on May 8, 2010 @ 1:32 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Set approx. 10 years after the events of the original, the halls of Rapture once again echo with sins of the past. All along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to Rapture. You will play as the first Big Daddy as you travel through the decrepit and beautiful fallen city, chasing an unseen foe in search of answers and your own survival.

'Puzzle Quest 2' (ALL) Reveals Background Story - Screens

by Rainier on May 7, 2010 @ 8:29 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Puzzle Quest 2 features a blend of match-3 gem matching and fantasy, with a simple but meaningful role playing experience, using all-new weapons, spells, and shields that make every decision meaningful and never passive in the deepest puzzle adventure yet.

'Heroes of Newerth' Pins Down Release Date, Launches Next Week

by Rainier on May 7, 2010 @ 3:29 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Heroes of Newerth is a session-based multiplayer Action-RPG heavily inspired by the popular Warcraft 3 mod, Defense of the Ancients (DotA), but with vast improvements in graphics and gameplay.

'Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom' (ALL) - 10 New Screens

by Rainier on May 7, 2010 @ 1:00 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom, known in Europe as Majin: The Fallen Realm is an action-adventure game featuring an engaging storyline of enduring friendship that takes players through a seamless world where an agile protagonist and a powerful AI- controlled monster must forge an alliance to battle enemies, solve puzzles and conquer challenges.

'Transformers: War for Cybertron' (ALL) Adds Silverbolt And Brawl As Playable Characters

by Rainier on May 7, 2010 @ 10:36 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Transformers: War for Cybertron takes players to the Transformers characters’ home planet of Cybertron for a new look into the epic story of the grand civil war that spawned one of the most brutal rivalries of all time.

'Alpha Protocol' (ALL) - 5 New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on May 7, 2010 @ 10:19 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Loyalty carries a price and no one knows this more than agent Michael Thorton. A talented young agent cast out by his government, Thorton is the only one with the information needed to stop an impending international catastrophe.

'Modern Warfare 2' (ALL) Stimulus DLC Sold 17 Million Times, Second Pack Coming

by Rainier on May 7, 2010 @ 10:01 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing saga with an unprecedented level of action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse. During it's financial conf. call yesterday, Activision revealed that the Stimulus DLC has sold 17 million units, and that there will be, to no surprise, a second DLC coming later this year.

Rock Band Music Store to Get Judas Priest’s British Steel Live Tracks

by Rainier on May 7, 2010 @ 8:29 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Rock Band 2 builds upon the original to introduce co-op band gameplay, multiple instruments, online multiplayer, unparalleled downloadable content and raises the bar by delivering an entirely new level of depth, connectivity, authenticity and features.

'Hearts of Iron 3: Semper Fi' - Screens

by Rainier on May 7, 2010 @ 8:27 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Hearts of Iron 3: Semper Fi is a downloadable expansion to its World War II grand strategy game, giving players more control over their country’s warfare and politics, while pleasing history buffs with a variety of new features and events.

'Ninety-Nine Nights II' (X360) - New Screens

by Rainier on May 7, 2010 @ 5:19 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Set amid a dramatic, epic backdrop of a warring world, Ninety-Nine Nights II blends strategy and action, allowing players to take control of massive armies to defeat thousands of enemies in massive-scaled battles never before seen.

'Red Dead Redemption' (ALL) People of the West Part 4 - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on May 7, 2010 @ 2:40 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Red Dead Redemption is a Western epic, set at the turn of the 20th century when the lawless and chaotic badlands began to give way to the expanding reach of government and the spread of the Industrial Age. The story of former outlaw, John Marston, Red Dead Redemption takes players on a great adventure across the American frontier.

Impulse May 12 - May 15, 2010 Weekend Sale

by Rainier on May 7, 2010 @ 2:28 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Stardock's digital distribution platform, Impulse, is having its weekend sale, starting with a THQ Ultimate Bundle (17 titles for $99.99), knocking 50% off Immortal Defense, SimCity Societies, Democracy 2, Alganon, Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War: Gold Edition,  while also dropping the price on Pole Position 2010, Tropico 3 & Absolute Power Pack, The Whispered World, Arsenal of Democracy - A Hearts of Iron Game, Flotilla, and World War 2 - Time of Wrath.

'Runes of Magic' Dates Chapter 3: The Elder Kingdoms

by Rainier on May 7, 2010 @ 2:17 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

With an extensive range of features Runes of Magic prepares to redefine the standard of free-to-play MMO games. Even at the beginning Runes of Magic conveys its absorbing story in over 2,400 quests embedded in an atmospheric world.

'God of War: Ghost of Sparta' (PSP) - First Screens

by Rainier on May 7, 2010 @ 1:49 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

God of War: Ghost of Sparta is a single-player game that allows players to take on the powerful role of Spartan warrior Kratos combining intense action, an elaborate new storyline, stunning graphics, and depths of scale never-before-seen on the portable platform.

'Monopoly Streets' (Wii/PS3/X360) - New Screens

by Rainier on May 7, 2010 @ 1:15 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

For the first time ever, players will experience Monopoly as a fully dynamic, living, 3D world that continuously evolves with the video game action.

Friday, May 7, 2010 Shipping Announcements

by Rainier on May 7, 2010 @ 1:04 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:


We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

'EVE Online' Celebrates Its Seventh Anniversary

by Rainier on May 7, 2010 @ 12:29 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

EVE Online is an MMO game set in a world of galactic proportions, governed by a hyper-capitalistic economy where space flight is the path to all commerce, communication, and conflict.