When SimCity was released and things went quickly FUBAR, one of the things Maxis did to help improve server stability was to disable some “non-critical” features. One of those features that temporarily got the axe was the fastest speed available in the game, Cheetah Speed, which meant that you...

A few months ago it was noted that Warner Bros. had snatched up some new domain registrations for what seemed to be a new Batman game. Eventually it was revealed that there was indeed going to be a new game in the Arkham series, but there wasn’t any other details released at that time. We do know now,...

Last month IGN cancelled its big eSports event, the IGN ProLeague 6, and announced that it was selling off the league. After a month of searching for a new home it looks like they finally found one. Blizzard has purchased the technology and assets from IGN in effort “to provide world-class...

Aliens: Colonial Marines is one of those games that is so bad that you can’t help but ask “What were they thinking?!?!” The game has tons of issues, from poor AI to outdated graphics, a sloppy story and trailers that can be called “misleading” at best. If there’s a game...

The other day we reported on how the nextBlack Ops 2 DLC was leaked over the weekend. It is now confirmed that what was shown on that placard is indeed true. The DLC is entitled “Uprising”, and will be available for the Xbox 360 on April 16th and for the PC/PS3 at a later date. The DLC features...

Despite the fact that publisher/developer LucasArts wasn’t exactly putting out the greatest quality of work recently (cough Star Wars Kinect cough) it’s still a loss mourned by gamers everywhere. After all, they brought us lots of different games, from TIE Fighter, Escape from Monkey Island, and...

One of the great video game developers has fallen. Yesterday Disney made the announcement that they were shutting down LucasArts, effective immediately. Disney had acquired the studio last year when they bought LucasFilm from George Lucas back in October. One hundred and fifty people have lost their jobs...

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! That seems to be the thinking behind the box art for Grand Theft Auto V, which was just revealed yesterday. It’s sporting the trademark collage style that the GTA series is most known for, and let’s be honest, it looks quite a bit better compared to...