Snowblind Studios joins WB Family

Snowblind Studios joins WB Family

Snowblind Studios, developers of Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance and Justice League Hereos, has been acquired by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. In a statement Kevin Tsujihara, President of Warner Bros., said “”This is a good fit for Warner Bros. and Snowblind Studios. The arrangement...

THQ Reducing ‘Core’ Game Count

THQ Reducing ‘Core’ Game Count

During a financial earnings call last night the head of THQ, Brian Farrell, (according to VG247) stated that they will be “putting fewer core gamer titles into full production” and will instead be focusing on improving the quality and marketing of their current catalogue. “The idea is...

Halo Wars Demo on LIVE

Halo Wars Demo on LIVE

If you weren’t lucky enough to have won one of our early release Halo Wars Demo download codes, you can now experience a taster of the game for yourself.  Coming in at 1.4Gb the download is hardly trivial but, considering the time we’ve had to wait, it’s worth it.  The demo allows you to...

Wallace & Gromit Confirmed for XBLA

Wallace & Gromit Confirmed for XBLA

Telltale Games, most famous for their episodic titles ‘Sam and Max’ and ‘Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People’, has announced it will be releasing it’s upcoming ‘Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Adventures’ on Xbox Live Arcade. The game, also due for...

Timesplitters Devs Acquired by Crytek

Timesplitters Devs Acquired by Crytek

The rumours were out in force yesterday that struggling UK-based developer, Free Radical, were on the verge of being bought out by German development studio Crytek; producers of the Crysis series.  Well, the rumour became reality earlier today as Crytek officially officially announced that it was indeed...

Xbox Live Charts – Week beginning Jan 26

Xbox Live Charts – Week beginning Jan 26

It’s been a great week for Twisted Pixels, developers of XBLA title The Maw, as they find themselves on top of the Xbox Live Arcade download charts.  As ever it’s the shooters that most of you have been playing, with each of the top five ‘full retail’ titles originating from that...

Street Fighter IV DLC Details

Street Fighter IV DLC Details

Japan’s Weekly Famitsu Magazine has revealed some tantalising details regarding downloadable content for the ‘fourth’ installment to the legendary fighter series. Alternative costumes for each of the game’s 25 characters will be available in separate content packs.  Each pack,...

Lumines Supernova Finally Set for EU PSN Release

Lumines Supernova Finally Set for EU PSN Release

Available since before Christmas on the US PSN, Lumines Supernova (from Q Entertainment) will launch on the European PSN tomorrow (Thurs. Feb 5). Lumines Supernova is an updated edition of the multi-platform, multi-remade, multi-themed block dropping puzzler come rhythm game.  Two additional game modes...

Mass Effect and Bad Company Sequels Coming 2010

Mass Effect and Bad Company Sequels Coming 2010

Alongside the announcement that Dead Space would be coming to the Wii, EA has also let lsip two other major nuggets of information.  BioWare’s highly anticipated Mass Effect 2 will be arriving sometime in 2010.  Information on which platforms would see a release has yet to be officially announced...

Dead Space Docking on Wii

Dead Space Docking on Wii

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello announced today that last year’s PS3 and Xbox 360 sci-fi survival horror shooter will be coming to the Nintendo Wii.  Details are extremely thin on the ground but Riccitiello stated that the title would retain the frights of the original.  Ea seem keen to exploit...