Quake Live is set to enter open beta on Tuesday, February 24th so that anyone who wants to get into the browser-based first-person shooting action will finally be able to do so. The game, in case you haven’t heard of Quake Live yet, it is a browser-based ad-supported free version of Quake III: Gold (which…

Steam is having a H.A.W.X. pre-order promotion whereby you get a free downloadable copy of the World War 2 shooter Blazing Angels: Squadron’s of WWII for free when you pre-order the upcoming Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. Blazing Angels was a flight-combat game released by Ubisoft in 2006. The game features 46 different World War II-era planes…

Nielsen Media Research has released new data regarding usage statistics for the Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 which provides some interesting numbers and confirms what most people expected as far as who is using the gaming systems and how often they are playing. The report covers between October and December 2008 (via GameDaily) and…

Codemasters has released their 2009 videogame release schedule at the San Francisco Gamer’s Day event where they revealed releases for a number of titles including no less than THREE Overlord games. Here is the full list and details: * Overlord 2 – Heralding the return of the “delightfully despotic Overlord and his Minion horde”, Overlord…

Microsoft is in talks to buy out the Israeli 3D camera technology company “3DV Systems” for a proposed $35 million dollars. 3DV has raised $38.6 million dollars in funding since it’s inception in 1997 that focuses on selling a unique consumer video camera called the Z-Cam. The Z-Cam mounts to any TV set or computer…

Microsoft’s Major Nelson has addressed the unrecoverable Xbox Live Gamertag issue with a post discussing what the company has in the works to address the problem. The problem deals with an Xbox 360 players worst nightmare, the chance that they could lose not only their GamerTag but all their Achievements, their GamerScore and the friends…

A horde (i.e. three) of new DSi puzzle games and one new WiiWare title have been announced by Namco Bandai via the Weekly Famitsu Japanese magazine. The games will all debut on the DSi’s online DSiWare shop with the exception of the last WiiWare title. Here is a short description of the games that were…

Electronic Arts has entered into a new multi-year partnership with manufacturer Toy Island to introduce “EA Sports” branded “interactive sports training tools” into the sports equipment young kids market with a line of sports toys designed to help players “develop form, speed, technique and power” and will be released to store shelves this fall 2009….

Codemasters has announced that they will publish Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Developed by Team 17, the game is the newest title in the classic Leisure Suit Larry adult adventure series and was originally to be published by Vivendi Games before they were merged with Blizzard…

Take a look at the above picture of the supposed “biggest Halo Wars fan”. See her bedroom? Full of Halo Wars posters (hey look, she even has multiples of the same ones!), banners, even a Halo Wars blanket & pillow set! Hot isn’t she? According to UK Resistance, her bio reads something like this: “Amanda…

Here’s a list of this weeks game releases. The most popular titles are Killzone 2 on PS3, Star Ocean: The Last Hope on Xbox 360, Puzzle Quest Galactrix on DS & PC, Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop on Wii, and Blue Dragon Plus on DS. On the downloadable games front we’ve got today’s Wii…

Nintendo has released a new launch video explaining the features of the upcoming Nintendo DSi which launches in Australia, Europe and America on April 2nd, 3rd and 5th (respectively) for a price of $170 (U.S. MSRP). There is also a new DSi Iwata Asks interview where they discuss how they created the system and what…

Disney Interactive Studios has revealed Spectrobes: Origins for Wii, which will mark the first time that the handheld franchise has made the transition to consoles after appearing in the original game and its sequel on the DS. Spectrobes Origins will be released this Fall of 2009 exclusively for Wii and is developed by Genki. Origins…