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At an event held today to celebrate Gran Turismo’s 15 year anniversary, President of Polyphony Digital and creator of the series, Kazunori Yamauchi, announced that Gran Turismo 6 was in development for PS3 and would hit store shelves this coming holiday season. The game is said to boast around 1,200 [...]

Jacques Cousteau had nothing on these sub-aquatic shenanigans. The water zone in Rayman: Origins was a showcase of the game’s excellent marriage of animation, gameplay, and sound. Today, Ubisoft has released a trailer feature the follow-up title Rayman Legends’ own watery world; a darker zone full of sub-aquatic labs and [...]

Bethesda Softworks has announced Wolfenstein: The New Order, a new title in the long-running shooter franchise. Originally founded in 2010 by former Starbreeze employees, MachineGames will be developing the title, which will be available on PC, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and “next gen systems” and is slated for a release [...]

Interview talks Columbus, OH game developer’s Dangerous game. As rumors of always-online consoles continue to stir controversy, digital distribution continues to grow. Despite concerns, increased connectivity has one major advantage: independent developers now how more options for self-publishing their creations than ever before. This has led to an explosion of [...]

Ascend is a free-to-play title worth getting excited about. Signal Studio’s podium was decked out in plastic toy soldiers, but the rest of the booth was dedicated to a decidedly different kind of game. Ascend: New Gods is their upcoming free-to-play action RPG set in a brutal and gritty world [...]

Console version of Blizzard’s epic RPG is not just a quick port. Fans who have followed the development of Diablo III were not surprised when Blizzard officially announced console versions of the hit PC game. Still, nearly a year has elapsed since the game was released for PC, which raises [...]

Switchblade Monkeys’ creative director talks not-so-secret debut title. Just days after the game was officially revealed, developer Switchblade Monkeys had an early but playable pre-alpha build of their spaghetti-western Secret Ponchos at PAX East. We were fortunate enough to meet up with the game’s Creative Director Yousuf Mapara to find [...]

It’s like soccer, only more like a competitive platformer and not like soccer at all. BattleBlock Theater is set to release next week. We caught up with studio Co-Founder and Producer John Baez at PAX East to talk a little about the game, and the future of downloadbles. BattleBlock Theater [...]

Co-founder talks horror at PAX East 2013 Outlast is grounded in classic horror trappings; The game is set in a run-down asylum where cast-offs of a top-secret government project lurk in the shadows. You play the role of journalist Miles Upshur, a regular guy whose just looking for a scoop. [...]

Blocks. Battles. Theaters. What more could anyone want? If it feels like it’s been forever since The Behemoth’s BattleBlock Theater was first shown off, that’s because it has been. Relatively speaking anyway. Those who have been waiting patiently since the game’s reveal can breath a steamy, stinking sigh of relief: [...]