You may not know Yoji Shinkawa by name, but if you've spent any time in Solid Snake's world, you've more than likely seen his work. An artist by trade, Yoji has gained quite a rep in gaming circles for his stylized designs and art direction for Konami's Metal Gear Solid and Zone of Enders series. Next year, Konami will be paying its respects to Shinkawa and his works during the “The Art of Yoji Shinkawa” exhibit in Tokyo...
After stirring up attention for its forthcoming Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Naughty Dog is putting the spotlight back on Uncharted 2 for the holidays with a multiplayer promotion that features 4x cash rewards and a 'best of' holiday edition of playlist 'The Lab.'
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Above: Reverie will send you back to the Castle to help Carmilla
Konami has announced two new DLC packs for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, which will introduce new areas, monsters, and story lines. Titled ‘Reverie,’ the first of the two new add-ons will take players back to the Castle to aid former vampire servant Carmilla. But it’s the second DLC pack, ‘Resurrection’ that sounds most interesting…
Sony expects that by the time its fiscal year wraps up on March 31, 2011, it will have sold 15 million PS3 systems over the past 365 days. That would be more than any year before...
Anyone who says the Call of Duty franchise is one big cash cow is right on the money (hah!). The latest entry in the series has become the quickest to reach a milestone most game publishers only ever dream about - $1 billion in sales revenue...
Valve has given Portal 2 a stone cold, uber official, 'we pinky swear' release date of April 21, 2011. And as usual, EA has signed on to make sure the sequel will also be available in stores to purchase for the PS3 and Xbox 360...
Aerith may have eaten sword over a decade ago, but the legend of Final Fantasy VII's most famous flower girl has lived on in countless fan tributes. Few, however, are as professionally produced or just plain fun to crack out at a party as US recording artist Random's newest hip-hop homage...
We've seen LittleBigPlanet 2 beta creations, gadget demonstrations, level building tutorials, and even the sublime Kevin Butler team-up, but up until now Media Molecule has been relatively quiet about the game's main campaign. It's with great interest then, that with just weeks away from its release and a day after its North American demo debut on PSN, we are finally able to get an official glimpse at the seemingly epic adventure that awaits Sackboy in January...
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Activision's feud with fired Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella is now officially just one illicit gay affair away from a full-blown soap opera. Seriously, it's popcorn time. There could not be a better start to the panto season.
As you probably remember, the ex-Infinity Ward men - now at new studio Respawn Entertainment, under EA - are suing Activision. They're saying that previous to firing them. Activision deliberately withheld staff bonuses in order to bribe Infinity Ward staff to stay onboard.
*boo! hiss!*
As of today though, Activision is claiming that EA boss John Riccitiello schmoozed West and Zampella to leave Activision as long ago as last summer, and that the IW men tried to "crush" rival Call of Duty dev Treyarch. Oh, and that Activision itself only didn't pay the bonuses because West and Zampella wouldn't let them. And it only gets juicier. Click on, and I'll relate to you the rest of these insane "Oh no, he isn't!" "Oh yes he is!" shenanigans.
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PlayStation 3 owners are about to get a taste of Mass Effect 2. The demo is live on the PlayStation Network for North American audiences and is scheduled to launch on Wednesday, December 22 in Europe…
