By: Eddie Makuch The first expansion for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the vampire-themed Dawnguard, launched on June 26 for the Xbox 360. Now that Microsoft’s one-month exclusivity is up, when will the content come to the PlayStation 3 and PC? According to Bethesda, eager gamers will learn its arrival date by the end of the week. The news comes from Bethesda’s vice president of … Continue reading Skyrim: Dawnguard PS3, PC info later this week
By: Brendan Sinclair Resident Evil players have spent decades trying to bring the evil Umbrella corporation down and expose its sinister secrets, but now they can help promote the brand as well. Capcom today announced that preorders for Resident Evil 6 placed through its online storefront will receive a free umbrella decorated with the familiar red-and-white Umbrella logo. Set for release October 2, Resident Evil … Continue reading Resident Evil 6 preorders can get Umbrella umbrella
By: Adam Ma (@34thGingerbread) Gamers lash out at developers and publishers pretty hard for ‘features’ like on-disc DRM and pre-launch DLC announcements, but only because it’s the more recent wave in a tide of economics. Placing a pre-order for beta or early game access, exclusive content or gear that gives some players an inherent advantage over others in a multiplayer environment, and lifetime subscriptions are … Continue reading Industry Publishers Need To Clean Up Their Act
By: Connor Sheridan Valve wants Steam to pour forth onto Linux users, and the company is starting with Ubuntu and a work-in-progress Left 4 Dead 2 port. The developer’s efforts to mesh the digital distribution platform (and an accompanying library of Valve titles) with the open-source operating system were outlined on a post on the new Valve Linux Blog. The project, which began in 2011, … Continue reading Valve porting Steam to Linux
By: Darryl Boy have we got a treat for you lot today! Our own Brian “Tweex” Arnold has been slaving away (while also producing the Final Fantasy Union podcast) on an entire remix album for Final Fantasy XI! Called The Land of Vana’Diel, the album contains 18 songs that have been remixed/rearranged to feature full orchestration. It will be releasing on the 1st of August, … Continue reading Presenting: The Land of Vana’Diel – Final Fantasy XI Remix Album
By: Alex Today, Square Enix has announced the re-release for the game fans have been waiting anxiously for, Final Fantasy VII for the PC. Before you get too excited, this isn’t a HD remake, only a downloadable re-release of the PC version that was released in 1998. However, Square Enix has included some new extras to this version. These new features include 36 achievements, characters … Continue reading Final Fantasy VII Returning to PC
By: John Wippersteg The original Darksiders was the big hit of January 2010, surprising a lot of people by offering an interesting combination of gameplay mechanics and storytelling. Darksiders 2 hopes to build on that success and based on the demo we played at E3 it looks like it should do so with considerable ease. The segment of the game we were allowed to play … Continue reading E3 2012: Darksiders 2 Hands-On Preview
By: Beyhan Moustafa EA’s release of Origin, their dedicated online digital distribution service has been met with lukewarm feedback from its users and the company has come out to reassure their users that their ‘aim is to be a better version of Steam.’ In a recent interview with MCV, David DeMartini, EA senior VP of global ecommerce stated that, "I didn’t expect to be able … Continue reading EA Claims Origin Will ‘Be A Better Version Of Steam’
By: Connor Sheridan Two patches since Tuesday release still leave multiple game-stopping issues, according to support forums. Gamers who waited for Tuesday’s PC launch to get their Ghost Recon: Future Soldier on were greeted with a cornucopia of errors from unrecognized inputs to graphical issues, according to posts on the game’s official forums and on Steam. Ubisoft has since responded with two patches, though players … Continue reading Ghost Recon: Future Soldier PC has severe bugs, players say
By: Eddie Makuch Producer Mike Gamble teases additional add-on content for space-bound role-playing game to follow yesterday’s Extended Cut. Yesterday’s free Extended Cut downloadable content for Mass Effect 3 will not be the final add-on for the space-bound role-playing game. Producer Mike Gamble teased additional content for the game last night through Twitter, saying the developer is planning “much more.” “Would now be a good … Continue reading BioWare planning ‘much more’ Mass Effect 3 DLC
