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Battlefield 3 DLC Reveal Coming Next Week By Josh Harmon
The next batch of Battlefield 3 DLC could be revealed as soon as next week.
During a Q&A session following EA's conference call to investors last night, VP of investor relations Peter Ausnit touched on the company's DLC strategy with major titles, indicating that a significant Battlefield announcement was on the way.
"We've got plans for all of our major franchises to turn them into more of as we're seeing with FIFA and with Battlefield more as games for service that have... More »
Realistic Skin Rendering a Reality With Separable Subsurface Scattering By Ian Miles Cheong
Graphics artist Jorge Jimenez released an impressive real-time skin rendering demonstration which, as I mentioned before, does not fail to impress.
A video of the demonstration details the realism in the 'separable subsurface scattering' technology used in this realtime demonstration. It's best viewed in high definition.
Jimenez describes the technology as follows: "This movie shows my latest and final advances on real-time skin rendering (Separable Subsurface Scattering), which enables to... More »
Alan Wake PC Priced and Dated, Now Coming to Origin By Josh Harmon
The PC version of Alan Wake will be released digitally on February 16, Remedy Entertainment has announced.
The standard version of the game, which both DLC epsiodes, will set you back $29.99, while the Limited Collectors Edition will cost $34.99. Remedy has yet to announce what extras the LCE will include, but we can expect to hear more details closer to launch.
The retail release, which is being handled by publisher Nordic Games, may differ slightly in both timing and price, but Remedy says they'll be... More »
Valve Concept Art for Possibly Scrapped Project Revealed By Ian Miles Cheong
Peter König, a Valve artist, has been responsible for producing concept art, models, and textures for many major Valve games including Left 4 Dead 2 and DOTA2. His personal website has a number of L4D2 concepts and a space shuttle with "SOB 49" stenciled on the hull.
According to HalfLife2.net, which spotted the news, last year's DOTA2 leak contained previously unreleased information about an IP in development at Valve codenamed "SOB", which suggested that the game was set in space. The... More »
Ubisoft to Disable Online Servers: Multiple Games Affected By Ian Miles Cheong
Ubisoft has warned that the online modes of many of its games on the PC and Mac will be unavailable next week when the company moves its gaming servers.
The transition is expected to take place on February 7, and will affect Tom Clancy's HAWX 2, Heroes of Might and Magic 6, and The Settlers 7 on the PC. Mac games affected include Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell Conviction, and The Settlers 7.
The Uplay service on the PC will go offline, and any games that use the service will be rendered... More »
Tribes: Ascend Gets Class Customization, New UI By Ian Miles Cheong
Tribes: Ascend is a resurrection of Dynamix's Tribes franchise, and aims to bring back the gameplay of the first two games with modern visuals.
Hi-Rez Studios, the developers of Tribes: Ascend, released a batch of new screenshots today previewing a number of enhancements slated to appear in the game in the coming weeks.
The game, which is currently in beta, has been receiving a steady flow of updates since November. The new patch is said to deliver the most significant update to date with the addition of class... More »
The Best Gaming Podcast Ever: Episode 23
By Ian Miles Cheong 
Welcome to another fine episode of The Best Gaming Podcast Ever. In this episode, we cover Irrational Games' announcement of the 1999 mode, and the complex topic of religion in games.
In this week's episode, we're joined by special guest Zack Finfrock.
This week's music has been contributed by Bafana, with his excellent tune Tekno Rocker, which indeed rocks.
We're a week late in uploading this one, but we hope you enjoy the podcast as much as we did. Personally, I can't... More »
Bioware: Xbox Live Gold Needed for Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Demo By Ian Miles Cheong
The 'beta' for Mass Effect 3 was leaked months ago, giving a few lucky players a taste of the upcoming RPG. The good news for everyone who hasn't yet had a chance to play the game and isn't sure if they want to buy it is that Bioware has plans to release a demo for Mass Effect 3 in the near future.
Intent on playing the demo, fans asked Bioware on the game's official forum as to whether they will require a Gold membership of Xbox Live to get their hands on the demo.
Speaking for the developer, Chris Priestly... More »
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Cast and Characters Revealed By Ian Miles Cheong
Capcom's Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is an offshoot of the popular Resident Evil series.
Taking place between the events of RE1 and RE2, players assume the role of Umbrella Corporation commandos tasked with containing the situation in Raccoon City and cleaning up their company's mistakes. Players will see how the disaster that consumed the city unfolded from an angle different from the one veterans of the series are familiar with. A new trailer has been released to show off the game's cast.
The player... More »
Resident Evil 6 demo available two months early for 360 By Mat Growcott
I can see it now: complaint after complaint on the PlayStation Blog as people unaware of this exlusivity deal struggle to understand why 360 users get the Resident Evil 6 demo on July 3rd and they are being forced to wait until September 4th (5th in EU). Expect the same question week in, week out for eight weeks.
Announced yesterday on Capcom Unity, to even access the demo you must purchase a new copy of Dragon's Dogma. I remember the good old days where demos were used to sell a product,, not as something that we... More »
Want Half-Life 3? Play Half-Life 2 By Mat Growcott
You may not have heard this lately, but people are excited for a new entry in the Half-Life series. It's been some four years since the last episode was released and, since then, nothing. Sure, there's been the odd hint, the odd glimmer of hope, but on the whole there's been absolutely nothing be disappointment and resentment.
Steam group A Call for Communication has had enough, the 30,000+ strong group are ready for a little more information, even confirmation that the game will one day see release.... More »
MechWarrior Online Role Warfare Detailed By Ian Miles Cheong
Some new details of MechWarrior Online have been revealed today with the release of a detail-fueled developer diary that covers "Role Warfare."
Role Warfare is a term the developers are using to describe applying in-game mechanics and features that assist a player in figuring out their favorite style of play. These gameplay roles, which can be applied in any team-based game, are split between four roles: scouting, defense, assault, and command.
Scouting – Gathering information as a... More »
BioWare Holding The Old Republic Guild Summit from March 4-6 in Austin By Josh Harmon
This March, BioWare will be hosting the first Star Wars: The Old Republic Guild Summit, allowing guild leaders from around the world to meet the development team and provide feedback on the MMO's future.
Announced today on The Old Republic's official blog, the Guild Summit will gather top guild leaders for Q&A sessions with the game's developers, roundtable feedback discussions, and exclusive previews of the game's upcoming features.
According to BioWare, the summit aims to... More »
Dragon Age Lead Writer Shares Some Writing Tips By Ian Miles Cheong
David Gaider is best known for his work on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and Dragon Age: Origins—two of Bioware's finest games. As a lead writer of the Dragon Age franchise, David has been involved with everything from Baldur's Gate II to Dragon Age II.
The writer was recently tasked with judging fanfiction for a writing contest held by Bioware. Titled "Asunder"—in celebration of Gaider's new Dragon Age novel, the contest received over 400 entries from the more writerly fans of the series.
David,... More »
