Many gamers have been enjoying free DLC at the hands of Criterion. The purchase of Burnout Paradise was by far one of the best deals I’ve ever gotten in a game, next to The Orange Box of course, simply because of free content. But now it’s time to pay up a bit for some new content and by the looks...

If you thought the end of Microsoft’s Days of Arcade meant the return of mediocre downloadable games, you were dead wrong. Tomorrow we see the re release of two amazing titles. The first: Sega’s classic arcade mech fighting series (Cyber Troopers) Virtual On comes back to the US on the 29th with...

After our last Community Scrapbook, I received a number of emails suggesting that we do one centering around the homes you’ve created for your characters in our games — so let’s run with that. Above (Wolverine House — Morrowind) is an example created by BGS moderator (and active modder) Princess...

Konami’s controversial shooter, Six Days in Fallujah, has been dropped following criticism of the game which aimed to realistically recreate a key battle in the Iraq war. Speaking to Asahi, a Konami rep said, “After seeing the reaction to the videogame in the United States and hearing opinions sent...

Batman’s name might be on the cover, but the Joker is stealing the spotlight – since it was announced that the clown prince of crime would be available as a playable character in the game’s standalone challenge mode, exclusive to the PlayStation 3, the Sony-branded version has taken the lead...

Rummagings of online modes in Uncharted 2 started last week, and was all but officially confirmed when images of access to the beta via inFamous found their way onto the internet. Now we finally have that confirmation on Sony’s “electrifying announcement” via a press release and a batch of screens. Right...

Companies should really be careful when naming their games. Some come up with overly generic names (Massive Action Game), some with unnecessarily long ones (Peter Jackson’s King Kong The Official Game of the Movie), and some with ones that shouldn’t be touched at all, as is the case with Under Siege....

Burnout Paradise’s new Cops and Robbers downloadable content will be arriving this Thursday and just in the nick of time, Criterion Games has given us some prices. Xbox 360 owners will be able to grab it for 800 Microsoft points, and for PS3 owners it’s $9.99 in the US, €9.99 in Europe and £7.99...

Rating: strong-caution Violence and Gore: Enemies spurt small amounts of red blood when hit, and the blood later pools around their bodies. Environments are sometimes have blood stained sheets, walls, etc. Gruesome looking monsters are present, and there are a few disturbing scenes that lack any violence. Oppressive...

World War II wasn’t all about storming beaches and large scale parachute drops. Spies and sabotage were a big part of the war effort as well. This week, Replay Studios brings us a game based on Violet Szabo, a real life spy, fighting for the allied forces. Velvet Assassin is a historic stealth game...