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The Extreme Makeover of Team Fortress 2

By Evan Hoovler | PC Humor | May 4, 2011 4:56 PM | Comment

Team Fortress 2 is a blockbuster first-person-shooter centering around teamwork and cartoon violence. Thought to be vaporware for years, it debuted to consumers in 2007 after a lengthy 10-year development process. Since then, it has been a mainstay of PC gaming, remaining popular for four years and ranked as one of GameSpy's top 10 PC games of the 2000s. Despite a decade of development, no one could have predicted the radical change the game has undergone in the past 18 months. In the past year-and-a-half, Team Fortress 2 has undergone one of the most eccentric makeovers in the history of hobbies -- let alone video games. Read More »

The Extreme Makeover of Team Fortress 2

BioWare Bumps Mass Effect 3 to Early 2012, Promises Biggest, Boldest Game in Series

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | May 4, 2011 12:13 PM | Comment

Saving the universe will have to wait until next year. In a brief statement, BioWare announced this afternoon that Mass Effect 3 has been bumped from a scheduled holiday 2011 release to sometime in early 2012. Read More »

BioWare Pushes Mass Effect 3 to Early 2012

Run Back to GLaDOS with the First Batch of User-Created Portal 2 Maps

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | May 4, 2011 11:57 AM | Comment

So you've managed to noodle your way through all of the single-player and co-op test labs Portal 2 has to offer, and you're still jonesing for more from Aperture Labs? You're not alone. Lucky for you, there's help in the form of user-created maps, and our friends at Fileplanet have tracked three of them down for you to download today. Read More »

First Batch of User-Created Portal 2 Maps Ready for Download

2K Games Dates The Darkness II, Releases Demon-Snake Filled Debut Teaser Trailer

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | May 4, 2011 11:29 AM | Comment

Jackie Estacado, wielder of Darkness, is set to make his video game return on October 4. Publisher 2K Games announced the release date for The Darkness II today, promising to deliver a supernatural horror game that breaks from the "sea of conventional first-person shooters." Read More »

2K Games Announces Release Date for The Darkness II

Sony Issues Letter to Congress on PSN Attack, Points Finger At Anonymous

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | May 4, 2011 9:00 AM | Comment

The U.S. Congress wanted answers from Sony regarding the PSN security breach, and it got them today in the form of a letter from PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai -- a letter which indicates activist hacker group Anonymous, despite denials, may have been responsible for the biggest theft of consumer data in history. Read More »

Sony Issues Letter to Congress on PSN Attack, Points Finger At Anonymous

Spec Ops: Duke Nukem, Deus Ex System Specs

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | May 4, 2011 7:10 AM | Comment

Duke Nukem and Deus Ex are two very different franchises, but they both first made their digital mark as PC games. Now that long-awaited new installments are set for launch, Gearbox and Eidos Montreal have revealed what it takes for today's PCs to run their games. Hit the jump for the minimum and recommended system specs. Read More »

Duke Nukem Forever and Deus Ex: Human Revolution PC System Specs Announced

Pack Your White Hood for Turkey, It Appears the Next Assassin's Creed is Set in Istanbul

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | May 4, 2011 6:27 AM | Comment

Ubisoft's campaign to reveal the next Assassin's Creed game stumbled out of the gate with what appeared to be a premature outing of Revelations. The viral beat goes on, however, and the publisher continues to offer teases of the soon to be announced game via Facebook. Read More »

Ubisoft Teases Next Assassin's Creed

Second Class Action Suit Filed Over PSN Security Breach Seeks $1 Billion in Damages

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | May 4, 2011 5:08 AM | Comment

As Sony works to restore PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment (sorry, still down), a second class action suit has been filed against the Japanese tech giant. This time, a Canadian law firm is leading the charge and seeking $1 billion in damages. Read More »

Second Class Action Suit Filed Over PSN Security Breach

Geralt Gets Physical in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Combat Gameplay Trailer

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | May 4, 2011 4:52 AM | Comment

The team at CD Projekt Red have gone in-depth on their creative goals and design decisions for upcoming fantasy RPG The Witcher 2 through numerous developer diaries. Today the studio cuts (hacks and slashes) to the chase with its first gameplay video focused on combat. Read More »

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Gameplay Trailer: Combat Overview

THQ Posts Steep FY2011 Loss, Promises Return to Profitability in FY2012

By Mike Sharkey | News | May 4, 2011 3:54 AM | Comment

Homefront has shipped 2.6 million copies worldwide, but the success of the debut IP wasn't enough to lift THQ out of its three-year financial slump. The publisher announced its fiscal year 2011 financials yesterday, reporting a steep $136 million net loss. Read More »

THQ Reports FY2011 Finacials

Darkspore Review

By Eric Neigher | PC Reviews | May 3, 2011 5:30 PM | Comment

Remember when you signed up for classes, and you got a really bad lottery pick, so all the classes you really wanted to take were full by the time you had the chance to pick? Remember how you had to select the best of what was left, and it was between an interesting class at a really bad time of day, or a semi-decent class at a good time? Remember how you chose the semi-decent class, because screw waking up at 7AM in the middle of February in New England? Darkspore is kind of like that class. It's not like you love going, but it's still better than almost anything that was available to you at the time. Read More »

Darkspore Review

Kitana and Mileena Share the Spotlight in Mortal Kombat: Legacy Episode 4

By Mike Sharkey | News | May 3, 2011 3:54 PM | Comment

Lose enough matches in the Mortal Kombat tournament and your realm is stewed. That's the big takeaway from the latest episode of Kevin Tancharoen's live-action MK web series, Legacy, which delves into the origins of Kitana and Mileena. Read More »

Mortal Kombat: Legacy Episode 4

GamersFirst Prepping for APB: Reloaded Open Beta

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | May 3, 2011 1:03 PM | Comment

GamersFirst is reloading cops and robbers MMO APB as a free-to-play game, and in two weeks, the world will have the opportunity to see what the studio has been working on in the open beta. Hit the jump for details. Read More »

GamersFirst Announces Details for APB: Reloaded Open Beta

Crime Fiction Authors Take on L.A. Noire

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | May 3, 2011 11:25 AM | Comment

Comic books are the tried and true trans media tie-in for video games, but there is a better fit for Team Bondi's upcoming Dashiell Hammett tribute. As such, Rockstar has partnered with Mulholland Books to create a collection of short stories based in the L.A. Noire universe, and an excerpt from the first piece is ready for reading today. Read More »

Rockstar, Mulholland Books Announce the L.A. Noire Short Fiction Series

Explore More of the Mojave with Three New Content Packs for Fallout: New Vegas

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | May 3, 2011 10:45 AM | Comment

Not one, not two, but three new content packs are on the way for post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout: New Vegas, Bethesda announced today. And this time around, PlayStation 3 and PC gamers won't have to wait until Xbox 360 players work their way through the expanded wasteland. Read More »

Bethesda Announces Three New Content Packs for Fallout: New Vegas

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