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There Will Be Blood in the Assassin's Creed: Revelations Story Trailer

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Oct 4, 2011 10:43 AM | Comment

The Assassins are in the killing business, and in the latest trailer for Revelations, business is good. Officially labeled the AC:R Story Trailer, the latest glimpse of the upcoming action game could just as easily be named the AC:R Combat Trailer. Get a peak at the brutal action within. Read More »

Assassin's Creed: Revelations Story Trailer

Busted: PayDay: The Heist Delayed

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Oct 4, 2011 7:48 AM | Comment

Put your hockey mask and black suit back in the closet; Sony Online Entertainment has delayed its upcoming crime caper FPS, PayDay: The Heist, until later this month. Originally set for launch today, the downloadable title has been pushed back until "later this month" for further polish. Read More »

SOE Delays PayDay: The Heist

DICE: Battlefield 3 Beta Six Times Bigger Than Bad Company 2 Beta

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Oct 4, 2011 7:24 AM | Comment

Battlefield 3's multiplayer runs on a new back-end dedicated server structure. The studio hoped to give that system a thorough stress test with the game's ongoing open multiplayer beta, and has it ever. According to DICE GM Karl Magnus Troedsson, the studio is seeing peak numbers of more than 12 million simultaneous players in the ongoing Battlefield 3 open multiplayer beta. Read More »

DICE: Battlefield 3 Beta Six Times Bigger Than Bad Company 2 Beta

The Ten Commandments of Battlefield

By Mike Sharkey & Don't Revive Me Bro | PlayStation 3 News | Sep 29, 2011 12:47 PM | Comment

The Battlefield 3 beta opens to all today, and to help you from becoming instant cannon fodder in Operation Metro, we've partnered with the Battlefield fanatics at Don't Revive Me Bro to create a list of 10 essential Battlefield tips that will help transform you from a wandering bullet magnet into a team-focused, elite Battlefield commando. Ready to up your game for Battlefield 3? Inquire within. Read More »

The Ten Commandments of Battlefield

Curve Bullets and Perform Brain Surgery in the Debut Trailer for Syndicate

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Sep 29, 2011 7:37 AM | Comment

Business is war, EA and Starbreeze tell us, and it certainly looks that way in the debut trailer for the new Syndicate. Mind hacks, curving bullets, impromptu brain surgery, and brutal melee attacks are all on display in the first look at the tactical strategy game turned first-person shooter. Read More »

Premier Trailer for EA's New Syndicate

Why Syndicate: The FPS Won't Suck

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Sep 29, 2011 6:44 AM | Comment

Like other fans of the Syndicate franchise out there, I'm folding my arms and shaking my head over EA and Starbreeze Studios' decision to bring the tactical strategy franchise back as a first-person shooter. I've got to admit it, though, after going hands-on with Syndicate at EA's Vegas Showcase on Tuesday, Starbreeze managed to crack through my icy layer of contempt and shift my opinion from, "This is not okay" to "This just might be okay." And in an effort to convince myself of the latter, I've decided to create a list that outlines why Syndicate: The FPS won't completely suck. Read More »

Preview: Starbreeze's New Syndicate

Shank is Coming Back, and He's Bringing Co-Op Survival Mode with Him

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Sep 28, 2011 11:40 AM | Comment

The man with the knives, the .45s, and the chainsaw is coming back for another tale of revenge in Shank 2. Klei Entertainment made the announcement yesterday at EA's Vegas Showcase event, promising to deliver the pulp fiction adventure fans of the original 2D platform brawler are hoping for. Stab the jump for details. Read More »

EA, Klei Entertainment Announce Shank 2

EA Announces Release Date for Syndicate

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Sep 28, 2011 9:29 AM | Comment

Syndicate has been in development for more than two years, Electronic Arts and Starbreeze Studios revealed at EA's Vegas Showcase yesterday, and though the FPS reboot of the tactical strategy franchise was just recently announced, the game will be set for launch on February 21, 2012. Read More »

EA Announces Release Date for Syndicate

Ninja Gaiden Creator Tomonobu Itagaki Punches Pedestrians in Saints Row: The Third

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Sep 23, 2011 1:29 PM | Comment

Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki's new game, Devil's Third, will be published by THQ. As such, Itagaki got a chance to take the publisher's upcoming open-world crime-spree, Saints Row: The Third, for a test run. See the results for yourself inside. Read More »

Saints Row: The Third Tomonobu Itagaki Gameplay Trailer

2K Marin Sits Down to Talk XCOM

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Sep 23, 2011 10:19 AM | Comment

If you've managed to move past the fact that 2K Marin's version of X-COM: UFO Defense is a first-person shooter, the studio would like to tell you a little bit about the title it's putting together. What is XCOM? Step inside and you'll find out. Read More »

Developers' Diary: XCOM

Joker's New Friend Mr. Hammer Takes a Swing at Batman in New Arkham City Trailer

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Sep 23, 2011 9:45 AM | Comment

The Joker takes center stage in the latest trailer for Batman: Arkham City, and he's brought a few friends along to share the spotlight. Click on through to see Bats, the Joker, Harley Quinn, and Mr. Hammer go at it. Read More »

Batman: Arkham City Joker Trailer

Valve Announces New Game Modes in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Sep 22, 2011 9:08 AM | Comment

Valve is packing an arsenal into Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and not just with digital weapons. The studio announced today that it is partnering with the modding community to transform Counter-Strike's popular Gun Game modification into two new game modes in Global Offensive: Arsenal: Arms Race and Arsenal: Demolition. Read More »

Valve Announces New Game Modes in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Everything You Didn't Know to Ask, or Ask to Know: An Idiot's Guide to The Elder Scrolls

By Drs. Eric Neigher and David Wolinsky | PlayStation 3 News | Sep 21, 2011 2:14 PM | Comment

The English language itself would be hard-pressed to come up with a proper description of how impenetrable the backstory of Bethesda's Elder Scrolls universe is. We like to call it "improvisational jazz with made-up words." That's why we, Phoenix University-licensed and fully accredited Elder Scrolls historians, are taking the liberty of boiling-, dumbing-, and distilling-down centuries of phony history to the handful of hard and fast facts you'll need to know as a level-grinding tourist in the dragon-filled land of Skyrim come November. Tallyho! Read More »

Everything You Didn't Know to Ask, or Ask to Know: An Idiot's Guide to The Elder Scrolls

Report: Battlefield 3 Tops 1.5 Million Pre-Orders

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Sep 21, 2011 8:55 AM | Comment

We still have over a month to go before Battlefield 3 ships, but the game has already surpassed Battlefield: Bad Company 2 in pre-order sales. According to a report, gamers have ordered up more than 1.5 million copies of the shooter, and that number is expected to climb quickly over the next few weeks, with the Battlefield 3 multiplayer beta kicking off on September 29. Read More »

Report: Battlefield 3 Tops 1.5 Million Pre-Orders

THQ Taps Crysis Dev Crytek for Homefront Sequel

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Sep 20, 2011 8:35 AM | Comment

THQ reignited our interest in its Homefront franchise this morning when it announced that the next game in the FPS series will be developed by the German studio behind Far Cry and Crysis, Crytek. Read More »

THQ Taps Crytek for Homefront Sequel

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