In a preemptive strike against community outrage, Diablo III (PC) lead producer Keith Lee explained the merits and practicality behind the game's new art direction at last weekend's Blizzard Worldwide Invitational."One of the things that we considered when we were
Age of Empires creator Ensemble Studios has released several new screenshots from Halo Wars, its Xbox 360-only stab at a Halo-themed real-time strategy effort.Expected to arrive later this year, Halo Wars will be on display at this year's E3 Media
Sales of video games in the United States surpassed those of DVD movies during 2007, the Entertainment Merchants Association and GameSpot report.Across 2007, the US gaming market brought in $18.85 billion according to NPD. Meanwhile, Nielsen reports that DVD sales
Ubisoft has delivered a new patch for the PC edition of Rainbow Six Vegas 2, brining a number of bug fixes and new features to the terrorist shooting game.Weighing in at 91MB, the 1.03 patch is available for download at
How do you improve on something that's already great? I don't know, but apparently Valve does with the Heavy being the next Team Fortress 2 class for PC to receive a revamp. And my whims and desires continued to be
The third of Team Fortress 2's nine classes to receive class-specific achievements and unlockable weapons will be the Heavy, developer Valve has revealed. One of the goals of the upcoming update will be to "make the Heavy more viable when
Mass Effect (PC, 360) developer BioWare is examining the feasibility of a product for Apple's iPhone platform, company president Greg Zeschuk revealed in an interview."We look at every platform that comes along. Obviously, something that's as big a cultural and
A new page on publisher Square Enix's Japanese website suggests that the company is planning to port its acclaimed SNES RPG Chrono Trigger to the Nintendo DS.Pointing to a directory marked "ctds", the page (pictured left) shows the Nintendo DS
Publisher Electronic Arts has provided us with the first official screenshots from Crytek's upcoming sci-fi shooter sequel Crysis Warhead, which hits PC this fall.
Publisher Funcom has issued a response to complaints arising out of the Age of Conan: Hyborean Adventures (PC) community over attack speed discrepancies between male and female characters.The complaints stem from an issue based in the MMO's basic combat system,
A new patch for the PC version of Valve's Team Fortress 2 has been released, addressing issues arising out of the recent Pyro Update and numerous other woes.The patch will be downloaded and automatically installed upon restarting the Steam client.
Publisher Ignition has passed in yet another live-action trailer for the PS3 edition of Artoon's Vampire Rain. While it carries on the campaign's tradition of hammy acting, we're somewhat disappointed that it's not as ridiculous as the last one.Officially titled
2K Games has submitted a new trailer for Firaxis Games' Civilization Revolution, detailing the game's world wonder buildings. As with the preceding trailer, commentary is provided by Civ Rev producer and former Shacknews staffer Jason Bergman.In development for PlayStation 3,
Sony has released a pair of new screenshots from Insomniac Games' upcoming shooter sequel Resistance 2, in development for the PlayStation 3.Additionally, new artwork from the game posted by GamePro reveals the website Get a War Job, which may be
Valve Software and publisher Gamecock Media Group today announced a partnership to bring Gamecock titles to Valve's PC gaming digital distribution platform Steam.The first Gamecock-published titles on the platform are Firefly Studios' Stronghold Crusader Extreme and the first installment of
Publisher Yuke's Company of America has released a new trailer for its downloadable title Double D Dodgeball, in development for the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade platform.Double D Dodgeball brings a new futuristic presentation to the classic playground sport, and
