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When Blizzard announced that it will include real world money powered Auction Houses in its upcoming Diablo III a lot of fans reacted angrily, accusing the company of only trying to create a new revenue stream for the game. But the developers have said that their only...

After unveiling the first downloadable content pack for Gears of War 3 earlier this month, Epic Games has now introduced the second add-on that will be launched for the game later this year, called RAAM's Shadow, that will allow players to engage in a prequel single-player...

Nielsen, the tracking firm well known for offering information on consumer products and how they are used, has released a new Cross-Platform report which shows that the overall time spent with game consoles by the public has increased by 14 percent during the last year. The...

Shank 2 is definitely one of our most awaited games here at Softpedia, largely because we loved the first one and had lots of mindless fun with it. As such, seeing as how Klei Entertainment, its developer, shared a couple of new screenshots of the title, we more than gladly...

The upcoming SSX titles from Electronic Arts has received more details recently, including a firm release date as well as a new trailer that highlights all of the dangers a snowboarder faces when trying to tackle some of the most perilous mountains in the world. EA confirmed...

Nintendo has confirmed that yet another streaming service, Hulu, Plus will be arriving for its current consoles, the Nintendo 3DS and the Nintendo Wii, after Netflix already appeared some time ago for the home console and more recently for the portable device. The...

Blizzard finally revealed to its fans at the BlizzCon event during the weekend the full details on its upcoming Blizzard DOTA release, which aims at bringing together some of the most impressive heroes from Blizzard�s own properties, like Warcraft, Starcraft or Diablo, and...

Sony and Sucker Punch are getting ready to debut the first standalone expansion for Infamous 2, in the form of Infamous: Festival of Blood, which is out today, in North America, and tomorrow, in Europe and the rest of the world. Infamous 2 impressed quite a lot of...

A series of website registrations from Sony Pictures suggests that the production company has managed to enter into a deal with video game publisher to create and launch an Assassin's Creed movie. Fans of the franchise have spotted no less than sixteen domain names that...

Batman: Arkham City, the new action game from developer Rocksteady and publisher Warner Bros. Interactive, has managed to take over the first position in the United Kingdom video game chart on its first week on sale. The game is a sequel to the very surprising Arkham...

We don't know yet what Rockstar has planned for the next installment of the Grand Theft Auto series but one of the original creators of the franchise says that freedom and good stories are something that the series will always try to deliver. Speaking to Gamespot Dan...

The analyst Michael Pachter, who is watching the video game industry for the firm Wedbush Morgan Securities, has stated that he believes that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will sell twice as many copies during this holiday season as Battlefield 3. Pachter believes that...

Bethesda is getting ready to deploy The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim next month and has now presented a stunning, to put it mildly, live action trailer for the new title, showing off the start of a battle against a dragon. Skyrim is expected by the legions of Elder Scrolls fans,...

Even if it's intended to be formally released tomorrow, October 25, quite a few Battlefield 3 copies have found their way into the hands of gamers, and many have noticed a rather interesting leaflet included in the retail package, which seemingly hints at a new Medal of Honor...

DICE, the studio behind Battlefield 3 has just deployed a pretty consistent day one patch for the first person shooter on the Xbox 360 console which adds in all of the improvements made by the developer after the game went gold. Battlefield 3 is being released in North...

Blizzard, after unveiling the massive Mists of Pandaria expansion for World of Warcraft, confirmed another interesting detail about the online role playing game and a new Annual Pass subscription program, which gives loyal players a free copy of Diablo III, the studio's next big...

Blizzard has revealed that the next chapter in the Starcraft II trilogy, Heart of the Swarm, will have a shorter single-player campaign, cutting down the number of missions to just 20, as opposed to the first installment, Wings of Liberty, which had 29. Starcraft II is...

Video game publisher Namco Bandai has released a new trailer for its upcoming Inversion shooter, which is being created by Saber Interactive, showing how the title will actually turn shooting upside down by manipulating gravity. The trailer is pretty straightforward and shows...

Grand Theft Auto V Is Official, Trailer Coming Next Week Grand Theft Auto V is finally official, as Rockstar Games, its developer and publisher, has put a massive splash screen on its website with the logo of the upcoming title. The Grand Theft Auto series is...

Eedoo, a subsidiary of electronics giant Lenovo, has announced that it will be finally launching its motion controlled iSec video game console on the Chinese market during the month of December. A wider launch which will include traditional markets like Europe and North...

Battlefield 3 has been eagerly awaited for quite some time, ever since Electronic Arts, its publisher, and DICE, its developer, confirmed it late last year. Since then, we've been assaulted with news, details, videos and screenshots of the stunning first person shooter. ...

One of the main issues that an open world role playing game developer needs to address is how to handle the fact that the players are evolving and becoming stronger while the game world around them is static. Some games have enemies that level up while others choose to...

Electronic Arts believes its Syndicate franchise, which is preparing to receive a full pledged reboot appear in early 2012, might still see a remake of the older strategy titles, if the new game manages to raise awareness for the series. EA and Starbreeze Studios...

Video game developer and Steam creator Valve has again talked about piracy and how the only way to reduce its impact is to deliver an experience that the illegal copies of video games cannot match up to. This means that digital distribution can reach and turn a profit...

Video game developer EA Sports has announced that the official cover image for the upcoming Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 will feature Rickie Fowler, in North America, and Rory McIlroy, in Europe, with Bubba Watson and Luke Donald being the rather unlucky runner-ups. Craig...

Sony has revealed that the hacker attack suffered by the PlayStation Network earlier this year actually benefited the company as it served to wake up dormant customers and get them more connected to the online service as a whole. Sony was faced with a serious problem...

The biggest challenge for the developers of first person shooters is to create games that manage to be familiar to players while changing enough to make them feel like they are exploring new ground. Speaking to Gamasutra Patrick Bach, who is the executive producer...

Battlefield 3 is being released this week all over the world, so the executive producer of the first person shooter, Patrick Bach, talked about review scores and how they relate to actual sales, as good ratings aren't necessarily a guarantee that a game will be profitable. ...

DotA is the most popular custom made map for Warcraft III. To give players a better idea of this complex and sometimes complicated game here is a hero guide. The Skeleton King is a strength hero that has received lots of tweaks and changes over time, with Reincarnation...

The X-Men franchise has managed to be very successful in the comic book medium, has seen a revival in the movie space with the recent First Class and, now, aims for a second chance at taking the world of video games by storm via X-Men: Destiny, from publisher Activision and...

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has just received the minimum and recommended PC requirements that need to be met by those who want to experience the new role playing game from Bethesda. Skyrim was announced late last year and, since then, has certainly made lots of gamers...

The announcement that the World of Warcraft MMO is getting a new expansion is usually greeted with excitement by the player base but when Blizzard made the Pandaren the official focus of future content a number of long term fans were annoyed by what they perceived as a joke...

Valve has shared some extremely interesting statistics about free-to-play games, confirming that the recent transformation of its popular Team Fortress 2 online shooter into a free-to-play title generated a massive increase in its player count, and a lot of these gamers even...

Video game developer and publisher Sony Online Entertainment has announced a number of special Halloween themed events for its line-up of MMOs, including DC Universe Online, EverQuest, EverQuest II, Free Realms, Magic: The Gathering -Tactics, PoxNora and Star Wars: Clone Wars...

Warner Bros. and Rocksteady Studios have just revealed the first figures for their recently released Batman: Arkham City title, showcasing that the new superhero game shipped more than 4.6 million units and actually sold 2 million copies during its first week of availability. ...

Diablo III might be one of the biggest launches for 2012 but Blizzard's decision, linked to the Auction House mechanics, of eliminating any modding possibilities, led to disappointment for some of the long term fans of the series. Talking to GameFront at the Blizzcon...

THQ and Relic Entertainment have made good on their word and released the cooperative Exterminatus multiplayer mode for their recent Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine third person shooter/brawler, for free, on the PC and PlayStation 3 platforms, while the Xbox 360 will also receive...

Video game publisher THQ in association with Cranberry Publishing has announced the launch of The Official Magazine of Saints Row: the Third, the upcoming open world video game coming from developer Volition. The magazine is described as being interactive and has just 14...

Video game publisher Ubisoft has released a new trailer for its upcoming strategy game Anno 2070, showing off some new features and talking about the online matches. The game will allow up to eight players to compete or to cooperate to create the best cities, will be...

Blizzard, after unveiling the massive Mists of Pandaria expansion for World of Warcraft, confirmed another interesting detail about the online role playing game and a new Annual Pass subscription program, which gives loyal players a free copy of Diablo III, the studio's next big...