WPT Enterprises, Inc., operators of the World Poker Tour, announced today the settlement of a lawsuit brought against it by several big-name poker players. The action, which focused on the player release form used by the World Poker...
Gaming peripheral maker Razer has sent wordthat the BOCOG has selected 10 professional gamers to actually carry the Olympic torch for different legs as ittravels through China. Razer is particularly proud of this since two of those gamers are sponsored
Most of the time, against the typical stud opponent, you will make most of your money by playing in a straightforward manner. You will make money from the mistakes of your opponents, mistakes that he makes because he is not...
On the heels of yesterday's announcement, publisher Activision has released a single screenshot, a piece of concept art and a debut trailer for Treyarch's Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.Web of Shadows will see Spider-Man's return to a free-roaming, open-ended New York
A new set of screenshots for Irem's R-Type Command were released today, giving a closer look at three of the game's ships.Known in Japan as R-Type Tactics, the strategy game tasks players with classic shooter play cast in a new
A pair of new Project Origin (PC, PS3, X360) trailers have been released, showing about a minute of (unfortunately blocky) in-game footage each. Monolith's F.E.A.R. sequel is expected later this year.Get the Flash Player to see this player. var s1
Publisher Activision announced today that the Variety Map Pack for Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare exceeded one million downloads in the first nine days of its release, setting a new record for paid downloads on the Xbox
As had been expected, an Iron Man demo is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace. The demo is a 643mb download and gives you a glimpse of the retail game which ships May 2 for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation
LucasArts has released a new batch of screenshots for the Wii version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS2, PS3, X360, Wii, NDS, PSP), offering a glimpse at the game's Force powers and lightsaber-centric combat.Due out on September 16, the
DC Comics announced today that it will team with developer Epic Games to publish a comic book series based on Gears of War (PC, X360), slated to debut in October on the DC-owned Wildstorm imprint.Wildstorm has previously published several comic
Publisher Atlus has released seven new screenshots of Operation: Darkness, a World War II fantasy/strategy Xbox 360 title by Tokyo-based developer Success.The title pits players with a squad of elite British troops against Hitler and his legions of bloodthirsty zombies
The Mortal Kombat franchise will be returning later this year in the form of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (PS3, X360), publisher Midway announced today. A trailer featuring Sub-Zero and Batman has been released to go along with the announcement.
Mastiff today unveiled a new set of screenshots and concept art for Moon (NDS), the upcoming sci-fi action adventure title from Dementium: The Ward creator Renegade Kid.Previously known under the code name "Project M" and officially announced last month, Moon
Xbox group product manager Aaron Greenberg said Thursday that Microsoft's Xbox 360 console has picked up the core gamer demographic, citing the Xbox 360's year head start over Sony's PlayStation 3."I think the battle for the core user is sort
Direct from the Midway Gamers Day comes a metric ton of screenshots and artwork from many of its upcoming titles, including Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (PS3, X360), the Xbox 360 version of Epic Games' Unreal Tournament 3, This Is
Publisher Midway has announced that the eighth entry in its Mortal Kombat fighting series' will pit the franchises' characters against the legion of superheroes contained within the DC Comics universe.Titled Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe and developed by Midway Amusement
Valve announced today that Q Entertainment's acclaimed music-based puzzler Lumines is now available for purchase on Steam, Valve's digital distribution platform.Created by designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Lumines features block-dropping puzzle gameplay in which music plays a key role, similar to othe...
Remember previous Highlights in which I'd say something like "we were really busy"? I was totally lying. But this week, we were really busy, with Chris, Nick and I all shipping off to dangerous and exotic destinations and hauling back
Developer Epic Games has confirmed that the Xbox 360 edition of Unreal Tournament 3 will arrive this summer with exclusive content, though it will lack the support for user-created mods found in other iterations."Quite simply, we aren't doing [mods] for
Epic Games has confirmed to Shacknews that it is not planning to release a demo of the cover-heavy action title Gears of War 2 (X360) demo in advance of the title's November launch."[There are] no plans for a demo," associate
