While applauded for its gameplay and narrative, BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origins didn’t quite tick all the check boxes when it came to graphical prowess. The PC version clearly looks the best but the console versions have had more than a few complaints thrown at their feet — a problem the studio aims to fix in future installments. For Dragon Age...

The LinkedIn profile of one Yegor Bondar suggests that Far Cry and Crysis creator Crytek has been working on an MMO first-person shooter for some time now. Bondar’s profile lists him as having worked at Crytek’s Kiev studio from November 2008 to July 2009 as a game and level designer for an unannounced “Online MMO FPS”. As things with these...

Here’s somewhat of a head scratcher: Gamestop is currently listing a $19.99 add-on pack for Borderlands including both The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned and Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot DLC on a physical disc. No official word from Take-Two or Gearbox, but the box cover looks like it could be legit, but then again it could be something a webmonkey quickly...

All that hand wringing over whether or not digital distribution would replace retail outlets at the top of the game buying food chain seems to have been for naught, as the sales of virtual videogames has yet to impact brick and mortar retailers. Interviewing several specialist retailers, Edge Online reports that though downloadable content is on the...

Despite being a bit of a disappointment, yet one of the “best” disappointments, the DJ Hero franchise seems to be here to stay, if Mr. Kotick’s words are to be taken into account. Let alone the announcement of DJ Hero 2. That is why it’s no surprise to read about developer FreestyleGames talking with “incredible musicians” to get involved...

First of all, forgive the pun in the title. I just had to do it. Secondly, the meaning of it was to point out the fact that Steam has now made Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening, the expansion to the ever so popular and award-winning RPG, available for pre-order. So those of you who’ve been itching to make your wallets $40 or €30 lighter, head...

When Mass Effect 2 was revealed to be shipping on two discs, Community Manager Chris Priestly said it was “because you cannot fit this much awesome on one disc.” We liked that. However, he also said, “You do not swap back and forth. One swap and then done.” But it seems that’s no longer the case. According to a report over at IGN, during...

The PS3 may have finally been hacked by George Hotz, the man responsible for the Jailbreak bypass on the iPhone. Hotz (known online as GeoHot) claimed on his blog on Friday to have gained read/write access to the system memory and also HV level access to the processor, after just five weeks’ work. Hotz is yet to post up any further details, but has...

Another week has passed by and that brings us another week filled with juicy MMO news updates. The news this week comes from all ranges of the spectrum: big studios, little studios, fantasy and sci-fi. But enough with the formal introductions, it’s about time we were on with it. The MMO that’s sitting at the top of our anticipation list is Hi-Rez...

“The first Volume of Secrets” as Burnout Paradise developer Criterion is calling it, has been revealed to the rest of the world. In a recent blog post on the official website, binned DLC packages were thrown forward and meant as a fun-fact holiday gift from Criterion. Which it actually was once you hear how far out there they were prepared to go. With...