Devolver Digital, who set out to bring us Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, which they call “a grab you by the jibblies run and gun, twitch FPS: BIG guns, TONS of enemies, 4-Player Online Co-Op and stunningly superfluous HD graphics,” did just that. Now, they’re set on bringing us Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter which should be available...

The current forerunner for western style RPG development, BioWare, has weighed in on the state of the JRPG. When asked about the genre’s current decline, co-founder Greg Zeschuk said, “The fall of the JRPG in large part is due to a lack of evolution, a lack of progression…They kept delivering the same thing over and over. They make the dressing...

The avatar-based virtual world in Sonyland that is PlayStation Home has reached ten million users according to Sony. Besides being yet another social community, the behemoth explained that Home, which is still a top priority, is an opportunity for developers to “showcase their products and creativity to their core audience,” which is not a bad...

Competition could be driving the move – after all, Ubisoft has a thriving studio in Quebec’s main city. Or it could be that they just want to add more fries poutine to their diet. Either way, THQ is opening a new studio in Montreal. Thew new studio will create 400 new jobs for the game developer in fields ranging from technology development...

When we spoke to EA Montreal’s Alex Hutchinson back at Eurogamer Expo 2009 about Army of Two: The 40th Day , he told us about how he and the team thought Europe misunderstood the original game. Apparently while America understood that that this was meant to be kind of like a buddy cop movie, Europe thought that this was a serious and harsh view on...

Lance Henriksen, aka Bishop from the Aliens, Alien 3 and the first Aliens vs. Predator movies, will have a role in Rebellion’s upcoming Aliens vs. Predator, Sega announced today, where he plays Karl Bishop Weyland, a descendant of the Weyland-Yutani corporation founder Charles Bishop Weyland. “They’ve made me look very good,” Henriksen himself...

While Bungie considers Halo 3: ODST to be a game standing firmly on its own two feet, it didn’t start out as such, nor did its marketing. The result was what they consider to be a AAA title seen in the eyes of many as an expansion pack carrying the price of a full game. The somewhat botched marketing is something they’re fully aware of, and own...

Good news for the Modern Warfare 2 fans in the United Kingdom. Those who ordered the game from The Hut and, by proxy, LoveFilm have been getting an early delivery on their doorsteps lately, but not by design. “We are dedicated to getting products to customers on release. We use Royal Mail as our preferred courier and were advised to dispatch on Thursday...

The shooter aspect of Mass Effect was lacking a little and was perhaps too rooted in RPG mechanics. Fortunately for us BioWare is making sure to make the shooter part more shooter-like and keeping the RPG elements very RPG-like. “The advantages of starting with all the technology is we can focus on just making the shooting fun. There’s always a...

Robot ninjas. Robot. Ninjas. If the world was fair and just we could end this preview now confident in the knowledge that we’ve said all we need to say about Plain Sight. But convention dictates that we continue, so here we go. Plain Sight is the debut title from UK-based indies Beatnik Games. It’s a competitive multiplayer game with a stonkingly...