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Saturday 18th February

Get Mass Effect 3 Early When it Falls From Space

EA will be launching new copies of Mass Effect 3 into space as part of its marketing campaign for the game. Six games will be attached to weather balloons, that will land somewhere around the world a week before the game launches.
 
Saturday 18th February

Get Mass Effect 3 Early When it Falls From Space

EA will be launching new copies of Mass Effect 3 into space as part of its marketing campaign for the game. Six games will be attached to weather balloons, that will land somewhere around the world a week before the game launches.The balloons, launching from Paris, London, Berlin, New York, San...
 
Saturday 18th February

Star Wars: The Old Republic Launches March 1st in Australia

EA has officially announced that Bioware's latest MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic will launch in Australia on March 1st 2012. Gamers in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore will finally be able to play the game on dedicated regional servers.
 
Saturday 18th February

Star Wars: The Old Republic Launches March 1st in Australia

EA has officially announced that Bioware's latest MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic will launch in Australia on March 1st 2012. Gamers in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore will finally be able to play the game on dedicated regional servers.Bioware has also announced that players in...
 
Saturday 18th February

R-18+ Legislation Introduced to Australian Parliament

Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice Jason Clare today introduced legislation into Parliament to establish an R-18+ category for video games. Should the legislation pass without impedance, it is set to come into effect on the first of January 2013.
 
Saturday 18th February

R-18+ Legislation Introduced to Australian Parliament

Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice Jason Clare today introduced legislation into Parliament to establish an R-18+ category for video games. Should the legislation pass without impedance, it is set to come into effect on the first of January 2013.This legislation is the next step in...
 
Monday 13th February

Blizzard Sues Valve Over D.O.T.A 2

Blizzard has filed a lawsuit against Valve over the trademark of DOTA 2, evidenced by newly discovered paperwork
 
Monday 13th February

Blizzard Sues Valve Over D.O.T.A 2

Blizzard has filed a lawsuit against Valve over the trademark of DOTA 2, evidenced by newly discovered paperwork. Blizzard has made several complaints in the past to Valve using the name DOTA in its upcoming sequel to the popular Warcraft Three mod Defence of the Ancients All-Stars. Blizzard...
 
Monday 13th February

Double Fine Raises Over $1 Million For Point and Click Adventure Game

Over the last few days Tim Schafer from Double Fine took to crowd funding site Kickstarter to fund their next game. According to Schafer major publishers would have "laughed him out of the room" if he pitched a point and click adventure game. While the genre has fallen out of favour with the big publishers, Schafer was certain there was a group of gamers keen to play. Not much is known about the title other than it's genre.
 
Monday 13th February

Double Fine Raises Over $1 Million For Point and Click Adventure Game

Over the last few days Tim Schafer from Double Fine took to crowd funding site Kickstarter to fund their next game. According to Schafer major publishers would have "laughed him out of the room" if he pitched a point and click adventure game.  While the genre has fallen out of favour...
 
Saturday 04th February

THQ Posts a $56 Million Net Loss

THQ has posted a $US56 million net loss for the third quarter of 2011, significantly up from a $US15 million net loss for the same period in the previous year. The troubled publisher's gamble on a novelty Wii accessory and game called uDraw is the cause of poor performance. "...
 
Thursday 02nd February

THQ Stock at Risk of Being Delisted

THQ has been issued a delistment warning from the NASDAQ Global Market. The company's stock has closed lower than $US1 for the last 30 consecutive days, triggering the warning. They have 180 days to bring the closing price back to above $US1 or face delistment.If the stock cannot recover the...
 
Friday 27th January

Legend of Grimrock Developer Adds UI Tweak to Help a Disabled Fan

Legend of Grimrock developers Almost Human have taken Reddit by storm. A thread started by meandertal, details how the developers quickly implemented a request from a disabled fan that would enable him to play the game easier.Rich (also known as, HarpoonIPA) posted a comment on the...
 
Wednesday 25th January

Bioshock Infinite's 1999 Mode Will Shake You To Your Core

Bioshock Infinite's recently announced 1999 Mode is, according to Irrational Games Design Director Bill Gardner, not something they want gamers to stumble across by accident for fear of getting overwhelmed. The concern is justified by the very nature of the new game mode, which is...
 
Friday 20th January

Resident Evil 6 Release Date Announced

After GameStop leaked promotional materials for a new Resident Evil, Capcom has officially announced a November 20th release date for Resident Evil 6 along with a rather swank announcement trailer.Fan favorites Leon and Chris are confirmed playable characters while the trailer introduces a third...