The platforms of Dark Energy Digital’s long-awaited Hydrophobia have been cleared up once and for all. Following some prior confusing statements on the matter, boss Pete Jones has now made it clear that the title will indeed be an Xbox 360 exclusive, but only for a time. After a retail and Xbox Live...

Developer Rockstar won’t be holding back the dough on the release of their western-inspired GTA-like action adventure Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar UK general manager Neil Stephen says. “This is our most ambitious game to date and our biggest UK release this year,” Stephen said. “We are spending...

Xbox Live’s code of conduct has been updated to allow references to users’ sexuality in profiles and Gamertags, Microsoft announced today. Previously, “to prevent the use of these terms as insults or slurs,” Live’s general manager Marc Whitten wrote in the note announcing the changes, certain...

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...

During last week’s episode of GT’s Bonus Round, Wedbush Securities analyst and industry guru Michael Pachter predicted that the price for an Xbox Live Gold subscription would be going up. Said Pachter during the show, “You can’t hook a guy into Xbox Live Gold if he’s playing on a PC … that’s...

We all know that online, digital transmission will become a primary means of game delivery. But, the question at this week’s London Games Conference was, when will it happen? On this, there is some disagreement. Xbox Live executive Jerry Johnson was unwavering in his claim that cloud-based gaming...

It’s always thrilling to turn on a console and see that an update is waiting to be downloaded. More often than not they’re small changes that no one cares about (I’m looking at you PS3), but every once in a while the anticipation builds to the point of producing extreme excitement. This feeling...

Square Enix’s Yoshinori Kitase has told RPGSite in an interview conducted at GamesCom that there may be downloadable content in Final Fantasy XIII’s future. While answering how the game may utilize Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, Kitase said they are exploring the option of DLC, “perhaps adding...

A word of advice to our fellow gamers of the French persuasion – even if you managed to procure your early copy of Halo 3: ODST by legitimate means, as in not off the back of a slow moving van, might we suggest firing it up on a friend’s system juuuuust in case Microsoft-branded special forces...

Developer/Publisher: Ubisoft / Ubisoft Singapore Platform: Xbox Live Arcade Genre: Brawler/ Beat ‘em up Price: 800 Microsoft Points Verdict: Thoughtful rehash with little actual content Pros: Wonderfully accurate remake with 3D graphics, great multiplayer Cons: Repetitive, no content besides the story,...