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Namco’s announced tonight Enslaved: Odyssey to the West has gone Gold, meaning it will now be pressed onto discs and released next month.The Ninja Theory title was announced in an issue of Game Informer last year after its project announcement ...

If some serious hinting from Team ICO boss Fumito Ueda is an indication, you are going to get The Last Guardian at Tokyo Game Show in two weeks time.It was shown yesterday the game was left out of Sony’s TGS list as far as playable games went, ...

Duke Nukem Forever is releasing for PS3, PC and 360 next year. Gearbox said so this morning in Seattle. After playing the game and sending back impressions, VG247’s Steph Nunneley got herself in front of Gearbox co-founder Brian Martel to quiz ...

Steph Nunneley just sent us back her impressions of playing Duke Nukem Forever immediately after the game’s reveal at PAX this morning. Gearbox has now confirmed the shooter will release on 360, PS3 and PC sometime next year.So, as you know, Ra...

SCEA’s just announced a February 22 launch for Killzone 3 in North America.The date was just announced on the US PS Blog by Sony product marketing manager TJ Consunji.Previously, the shooter was down for a February release by Guerrilla’s ...

BioWare’s just tweeted the female version of Hawke will debut at PAX beginning today. So you won’t just have to play as the chap above.The developer’s only shown off the male version since its reveal back in July.Here’s the tw...

That year-long wait may have just gotten even more painful.According to the latest OPM podcast, Batman: Arkham City is already content complete, meaning the game can be played from start to finish.But to make sure it gets treated right, developer Roc...

Gearbox, as has been heavily rumoured this week, has just confirmed that Duke Nukem Forever will finally release, with dev boss Randy Pitchford confirming the game is coming next year.The news will delight and stun those who’ve followed the sho...

EA dropped a fantastic gameplay trailer of Criterion’s Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit today, showing cars racing through the desert. Why would you not want this? It’s out on November 19. The game’s been on tour in the US recently, as y...

Protip: this is how you should probably sell your motion controller.Sony’s released a new Kevin Butler ad, featured specifically on PlayStation Move.It has everything in it: the controller, the games, the fighting, the food and the fat lady.You...

Alice: Madness Returns won’t be going “over the top” with gore and blood “for the sake of getting an M rating”, creator American McGee’s told Eurogamer.He told the site he would instead be going for “adult...

The ongoing crumb trail of Dragon Age: Origins: Ultimate Edition continues today, as its revealed the BBFC has rated the title.The UK ratings body gave the game an 18, and was passed with no cuts made.The listing also mentions the additional content ...

EG’s announced it’s holding two Bethesda dev panels for next month’s Eurogamer Expo, including the first showing in the UK of RAGE and an appearance from id’s Tim Willits.The id boss will be coming over to demo the game across...

And we thought yarn could never impress this much.Nintendo released a new trailer of Kirby’s Epic Yarn, following yesterday’s announcement of a release date in Japan.The game, announced earlier this year at E3, shows how the pink fluffbal...

Who knew?According to a poll from Japanese website 4Gamer, Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest are the most anticipated franchises for 3DS in Japan.Metal Gear Solid 3D: Snake Eater follows in third, followed by Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Mario Kart, Resident...

VG247 can exclusively confirm that Oddworld developer Just Add Water is to release a revamped, HD version of Oddworld: Stranger?s Wrath for PS3 next Easter. Get the first shots down below.The game marks the franchise’s first outing on a PlaySta...

Activision’s detailed some of the pre-order promotions for Goldeneye 007 in the US.For those buying from GameStop, you’ll get a code to activate Invisibility mode for split-screen multiplayer, where as if you head to Best Buy, you get to ...

Konami’s confirmed the demo for Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 will launch on September 15 on PS3 and PC.The taster will arrive before then for PlayStation Plus members, releasing next Wednesday.A release date for the 360 demo “will be announc...

Take-Two said last night it expects Mafia II to be a “profitable title”.CEO Ben Feder’s comments came in the company’s Q3 financial call last night in counter to those of analyst Michael Pachter earlier in the week, who said t...

Sega said today that Empire: Total War and Napoleon: Total War are going to be combined in a Gold pack for release later this year.The new SKU’s shipping on October 19 for $50.Both games and all their DLC will be included in the edition. That m...

Sega’s told Nintendojo it has delayed The Conduit 2 from it’s original ship date of November 2 in the US.Instead, the High Voltage Software shooter will release in the first quarter of 2011.The publisher also confirmed to the site you can...

The BBFC’s rated Blood Drive, a violent Activision racer due this year.The game hasn’t been announced by the publisher, but Amazon’s listing it for an October release. This doesn’t seem very likely, quite frankly.It’s ra...

Double the amount of body parts per unit. Flaming arrows. “Human” AI. Is this the game you’d hoped it would be? It seems likely.Sega’s released the first proper look at Shogun 2 in action, and it’s unlikely to disappoint...

A Gamestop conference yesterday apparently dropped details on a Necromorphs versus “soldiers” multiplayer mode for Dead Space 2.This GamerNode report (thanks, Joystiq) says the mode will consist of “deathmatch-style combat” an...

Something big, eh? Now, 2K, would you say it’s “Duke Nukem’s biceps” big? Or “Duke Nukem’s mouth” big?Excuse us. We seem to be on some kind of Duke Nukem kick tonight. Weird, huh?“That?s right? Somethin...

Crazy. Wacky. Zany. Wild. Hilarious. Unpredictable.All of these words can be used to describe gaming hall-of-famers like Tycho, Strongbad, Sam & Max, and TF2’s Heavy. The game of Poker, though? Well, let’s just say we can personally v...

We think we echo a lot of gamers’ sentiments when we pose this question: What on earth is Mega Man Universe? It’s been announced, and Capcom’s even taken a crack at explaining it, but MMU’s still as much of an enigma as life o...

Take-Two has delayed LA Noire into the first half of calendar 2011 as part of its third quarter results, while confirming some massive sales for Red Dead Redemption.LA Noire, The Team Bondi-developed 50s title, was due to arrive this fall according t...

Take Two’s just announced it’s held back LA Noire into the first half of calendar 2011, while also confirming some massive sales numbers for Red Dead Redemption.More soon.

All GameStop stores on US military bases are to stop taking pre-orders for Medal of Honor, according to a Kotaku report.The site claims all stores in military bases will stop taking orders for the EA shooter as of midday today in the US.It’s b...

Chances of this failing – zero.EA’s dropped video of a full, 11-minute match today, showing off what looks for all the world to be a game of football.FIFA 11 is likely to be amazing, given that FIFA 10 was amazing before it. This yearR...

It’s a fantasy platformer with Ikaruga-style colour-switching. Glad that’s sorted.IGN’s posted a preview and screens of Outland, Ubisoft’s PAX reveal.Basically:Outland can best be described as a cross between retro platformers...

Watch out. There’s “comic mischief” at play here.Sega’s put out a Labyrinth level trailer of Sonic 1 Episode 1. This may look as though it’s 15 years old, but you shouldn’t care. It’s got a hedgehog in it.The...

Is it F3AR or FEAR 3? Whatever. It’s got fighting robots in it.WB just released the PAX dev diary for the third FEAR game, confirming the horror shooter has mech combat.The footage explains the process of shifting the IP over to developer Day 1...

GamesRadar’s put up two new videos of Halo: Reach’s multiplayer. Get watching below.It’s Halo. It’s Halo multiplayer. It’s an automatic win.You should go ahead and watch, just to hear Bungie’s Brian Jarrard say ...

Cloud gaming service OnLive is to run a wireless test, it was announced today.“Wi-Fi support has been the most requested feature among OnLive members, so we made it a top development priority and were able to roll out a beta version ahead of sc...

You really need to buy this game, innit.Famitsu’s posted up several new shots of Killzone 3, detailing some of the new environments you’ll explore on Planet Helghan.There’s some concept art there too as well.Get them all at the link...

RZA is to feature in DJ Hero 2, Activision said today.The The Wu-Tang Clan founder joins Deadmau5, David Guetta, DJ Qbert, and Tiesto for the game, and will include two unique mixes.The tracks are, ‘LL Cool J “I Can’t Live Without M...

Waggle all you want; Shinji reckons it’ll be another decade before motion control is in the “mainstream”.“I don’t think motion controls will be in the gaming mainstream in the next ten years,” Mikami told UK mag PS...

It seems Capcom’s Keiji Inafune has confirmed the existence of Devil May Cry 5, after saying in an interview the next game in the series will have a “western touch” to attract potential UK-US buyers.Speaking to Spanish website 3DJue...

Want to dab your hand in MMO waters this weekend? Love should do the trick.The game will be going free-to-play this tomorrow from 6am Saturday morning BST and ends on midday BST on Monday.You can download the client for it here.If you don’t kno...

Capcom’s Keiji Inafune has told Eurogamer it’s aiming for Dead Rising to replace Resident Evil as king of IPs at the firm.“The goal for Dead Rising 2 is to replace the Resident Evil franchise and become number one IP within Capcom,&...

Following the release of Medal of Honor multiplay footage in the Fallen Angel video last week, EA’s just dropped a second movie, titled Gunfighters, showing off single-play.This is the second in a set of “Medal of Honor Experience” ...

We just got these from Ubisoft UK: three film posters, all spoofing famous movies. But for what?The movies involved are Jaws, Pulp Fiction and Friday the 13th, only this time known as Chew, Doll Fiction and Saturday the 14th.Our guess is these might ...

Free is good. PlayStation Plus subscription aside.The latest season of Sam and Max, The Devil’s Playground, is now available for free on the PlayStation Store to PlayStation Plus members. All five episodes of it.The Telltale crime caper release...

You looked at Kinect Adventures and put it in your casual box. You were wrong, buddy. Kudo says so.Kinect creative boss Kudo Tsunoda has told VG247 that Kinect’s launch line-up contains the right “skill-based gameplay” to satisfy co...

Think last night was it from Treyarch as far as multiplayer went? Wrong. It still has an ace.The developer’s community manager Josh Olin has told Gamerzines it’s still to reveal a co-op mode.While admitting there will be such a mode, he w...

Gas Powered Games has teased at some upcoming content for Supreme Commander 2.In RTS’s most recent update, which added fixes and balance changes, a new option popped up called, “No DLC units”.When asked about the feature, a GPG staf...

Activision has said it wants to beat Modern Warfare 2’s sales with Black Ops.Call of Duty’s European GM, Michael Sportouch, has told MCV that the publisher intends to surpass the sales record set last year by the Infinity Ward mega-shoote...

Following on from the first bunch of details from Black Ops’ LA multiplayer reveal this morning, Justin Kranzl drops full play details, including hands-on experience with the exploding RC car and time with the just-videoed Wager modes.Despite w...

People will be able to go hands-on with Killzone 3’s multiplayer at PAX Prime this weekend, and attendees will get a stab at being included in the beta.Sony will have 8-vs-8 matches going on at the show, as well as seven single-player-based dem...

Sega’s released a new trailer of Yakuza 4, and it’s about as subdued as a rampaging 30 ft-tall gorilla who flings helicopters instead of its own feces. Let’s see, we’ve got people running around with guns hanging out of their ...

And this morning was going so well. Sony’s announced Tokyo Game Show line-up, with most of its focus on Move and 3D – and no mention of The Last Guardian.The Team ICO title has been hidden as of TGS last year, when its last big trailer wa...

Sounds like we’re going to be waiting a lot less than eight years for this.Capcom’s Keiji Inafune has said in an interview with a Spanish website at a Dead Rising 2 event in Spain that we’ll hear the first information on Resident Ev...

Hey, isn’t Black Ops the sequel to some kind of multiplayer thingamajig? Call of Something or Other? Modern Whatsit? So, what’s new? Well, Treyarch’s been pretty tight-lipped.Until now.During a recent press event, Treyarch finally d...

According to scans from the upcoming issue of Famitsu, Square Enix is remaking SaGa 3: The Ruler of Space and Time-Shadow or Light – a.k.a. Final Fantasy Legend 3 – for DS.The game is a full 3D remake complete with new cutscenes.Siliconer...

Square and Double Helix released the latest developer diary for Front Mission Evolved recently, and it’s titled Saving the Alliance.In it, the developers talk about crafting the story, what it entails, how it’s reminiscent of the Cold War...

Sony has announced next week’s PlayStation Plus offerings, and it looks like subscribers will early demo access to God of War: Ghost of Sparta.There will also be a full game trail for Warhawk.Here’s what else you can expect come September...

According to scans from the upcoming issue of Famitsu, Square Enix is remaking SaGa 3: The Ruler of Space and Time-Shadow or Light – a.k.a. Final Fantasy Legend 3 – for DS.The game is a full 3D remake complete with new cutscenes.Siliconer...

Rockstar has announced Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will land on iPad September 9.Billed as Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD, it has updated, high-def graphics, more than 50 missions and loads of side activities, and the ability to customize t...

FreeStyleStudios is busy working on DJ Hero 2, and if you’ve ever wondered how those music mashups were created, hit the break and see for yourself.One of Swords was lucky enough to visit the studios in London recently, and took this nice video...

Infinite Interactive announced today it’s bringing Puzzle Quest 2 to PSP by the end of the year.It includes all Puzzle Quest 2 content like Tournament and Endurance Modes, as well as the new Elite Mode with tougher enemies and larger rewards.Pu...

Sony announced today at its IFA 2010 press event a firmware update for PS3, which will allow 3D Blu-ray playback.It’s set to arrive next month.According to Engadget, it is expected around 30-days from now, putting it around October 1 if our lim...

Roads?? Where we?re going, we don?t need? roads.Some rather awesome news hit today, concerning Telltale’s Back to the Future game: Christopher Lloyd, who portrayed Doc Brown in the movies, will lend his voice to the game.As if that wasn’t...

2K?s released a video for its second piece of Mafia II DLC, Jimmy’s Vendetta.Get it below.The content adds 30 new missions and follows Jimmy as he escapes prison, and then proceeds to go around punching and killing people. Nice.It?s out on Sept...

A Trophies, 3D and Move-enabled version of Metal Gear Solid 4? Sounds like the sweet life, huh? Too bad you’re most likely not going to be getting it now.Hideo Kojima has tweeted he would like to have seen an ultimate edition of Guns of the Pat...

Epic president Mike Capps took the stage at the Apple’s fall showcase today, to announce Project Sword for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.Project Sword, which is just the codename at the moment, is currently in development with Chair Entertainment...

During today’s Apple event, Steve Jobs not only bragged about iPod Touch outselling DS and PSP combined, but also announced that Game Center will finally be released along with iOS 4.1.The news came along with an announce that 1.5 billion ̶...

A video has been released for GoldenEye 007, and in it, you get to go behind the scenes a bit with the game’s developer, Eurocom.In it, the team talks about how a lot of time was spent on the AI in the game in order make your antagonists more &...

BioWare has released video for Lair of the Shadow Broker, which is slated to hit Mass Effect 2 next week.In it, not only do you get the chance to “continue a relationship with Liara”, but kill a bunch of bad guys as well.PS3 owners can ex...

BioWare has released a video for Dragon Age: Origins’ last piece of DLC, Witch Hunt. There’s a possible spoiler down there, so be warned.In the DLC, players are treated to the final chapter in the game, and finally find out what happened ...

CD Projekt has said The Witcher 2 will have quite a few more endings than the original game.There’s 16 endings to be exact.While multiple endings may not sound too shocking, here are some other Witcher 2 numbers for you – try not to burst...

Sony’s announced a brand new cloud-streaming music service for PlayStation Network, known as Qriocity.The announcement was made at the IFA conference in Berlin today. It was speculated earlier this morning.The service can be managed through one...

Looky here. Someone’s gone and put up what look very much like the first direct-feed shots of Batman: Arkham City.There’s 20 in total, and you can get them below. They’re from this Flickr account.Some shots feature Two-Face, Catwoma...

Tim Schafer has said Double Fine’s not an artsy developer, as its focus is to make marketable games, not necessarily eccentric ones, citing Psychonauts and Brutal Legend as prime examples.While some of Schafer’s titles have been less than...

LucasArts has confirmed earlier rumors, stating it was to reduce the headcount at its studios.Speaking in a statement to Industry Gamers, LucasArts confirmed a reorganization of its studios, but declined to specify how many employees were being made ...

The European arm of PSN was updated this morning with some nice sales, a trial and unlock of Alien Breed: Impact, a R.U.S.E. demo, the Sam & Max finale, and other goodies.Get the list of offerings below.Trial and Unlock (PS3): Alien Breed: Impact...

Sony updated the North American end of PlayStation Network last night, and it includes some price cuts, the final episode of Sam & Max: The Penal Zone, Castle Crashers, a demo for R.U.S.E. and tons more.It’s all below the break.Downloadable...

Irrational’s Ken Levine has reiterated that the development team’s “experimenting” with multiplayer in BioShock Infinite, and cannot say whether or not it will be included in the final product.Speaking with the Big O and Duke ...

Multiplayer beta for Black Ops? So fake, honey.Activision’s just told VG247 a rumour from earlier that Call of Duty: Black Ops was going to get a multiplayer beta is “completely false”.Website Leakerz.com had gotten ahold of what ap...

Some new Shogun 2: Total War shots just went up, showing off some Japanese men murdering each other and some kind of straw boat. It’s all go.The Creative Assembly RTS features naval warfare, AI again programmed according to Sun Tzu?s Art of War...

According to a post on fansite ArkhamCity.co.uk, Rocksteady’s confirmed to PSM3 that Batman: Arkham City will feature multiplayer.The developer didn’t detail how it would work, though.Rocksteady’s last attempt at multiplayer was eig...

Does one of them begin with E and end with pisode Three?Valve boss Gabe Newell has said the developer has three “big announcements” coming in the next year.Jebus prays for Ep Three.“I can guarantee you people are going to be surpris...

Those bugs can’t have been that “critical”.Square Enix just confirmed that the FFXIV open beta, which was supposed to begin yesterday before being delayed over “bugs,” will start tomorrow.The publisher just released the ...

Sega said today that the European version of the Vanquish demo won’t release for 360 until tomorrow, despite it hitting the US yesterday.Good news for PS3 owners, though.“The Playstation Network demo will still be released today ? hopeful...

That’s subtitles. Not “subs”.Square Enix, publisher of Call of Duty: Black Ops in Japan, has confirmed it will be including English subtitles and Japanese voiceovers, and vice versa, into the game.Both options will be available in s...

Free games. Awesome. There’s a catch, though.SCEE’s announced that anyone who signs up for a year-long PlayStation Plus membership, beginning today and ending October 5, will get a free copy of Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty to keep...

Oh boy.Sega’s opened up a teaser site for something which looks a lot like Valkyria Chronicles III. The site has something “not to be opened till 9.16″.Funnily enough, that just so happens to be the first day of Tokyo Game Show. Who...

Oh dear. Another PS3 jailbreak, known as PSGroove, has been released.Seen as an easier alternative to PS Jailbreak, PSGroove can easily be downloaded and transferred onto a USB dev key.We’re not going to link to it. Guess why.According to DF, t...

Ubisoft Europe MD Alan Corre has said the publisher isn’t planning to release any new IPs until the next generation of consoles.Speaking to GI, the exec said the upcoming release of R.U.S.E might be the last new IP it releases this generation, ...

StarCraft II has sold 3 million units in its first month on sale, Blizzard just announced.The RTS, the first in a three-part arc, launched worldwide at the end of July, and sold 1.5 million copies in its first two days on sale.It was became the bests...

Acti’s put out the Spider Man: Shattered Dimensions launch video, and it’s really not looking half bad.The video shows of Spidey’s various suits in the game, which grant boosted strength, speed and so on.The game’s plot sees t...

December 1, Japan. That’s when it’ll all go Monster Hunter mental again.Capcom’s confirmed a December 1 launch for Monster Hunter Portable 3 for PSP.The date was given in this week’s Famitsu.The game will also be playable on t...

Yeah. You’re not going to be playing this for a good time yet.Diablo III director Jay Wilson has told IGN that the gigantically anticipated game is at a pre-polish stage. It still sounds a way off.“What we’re doing right now is goin...

Pretty colours. And stuff.Namco’s confirmed it’s releasing a PSN taster of Tales of Graces F later this month.That’s according to the latest issue of Jump in Japan (via Andriasang). No details of what the demo will contain were deta...

Square Enix has announced its line-up for TGS, but hasn’t confirmed showings of Final Fantasy Versus XIII or Final Fantasy Agito XIII.The 3rd Birthday, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Kingdom Hearts: Re:Coded, Final Fantasy XIV and Lords of Arcana f...

Here we go. The embargo on Move reviews just went up ahead of the PS3 motion system’s launch on September 15 in the EU and September 19 in the US.Get everything after the break.As ever, if you have coverage you want us to link to, stick it in t...

This week’s Famitsu has the first details of White Knight Chronicles PSP, following a tease back in June.Known as White Knight Chronicles: Episode Portable Dogma Wars, the game takes place 10,000 years before the two previous games on PS3.The t...

Microsoft has confirmed that Kinect voice recognition won’t be switched on for mainland Europe until spring 2011.The company confirmed to Eurogamer this morning that the voice recognition software will only recognise American and British Englis...