Time to delve into the ever controversial world of piracy as figures have emerged revealing the number of people who have pirated The Sims 3 before it is even released. Details after the break.

The sequel to one of the best Half-Life mods has been unveiled, a new site for Natural Selection 2 is now live and features a teaser video featuring what looks like an alien triceratops called the “Onos”. Hit the jump to see the trailer.

The Spy/Sniper update hit on Thursday night and there was one major complaint, the change to the unlock system. Valve have admitted that there are some problems, but it looks like they will be fixing them soon. Hit the jump for more regarding the update and the unlock system.

Recommending Killing Floor is ultimately difficult. It feels dated, plays like a mod for Unreal Tournament 2004 (who’d have thought?!) and hasn’t got the polish you’d expect off a modern retail title. I have had quite a lot of fun with it. It can be enjoyable, it really can. But it’s neither particularly deep, nor [...]

A sequel to indie melee-em-up Zeno Clash has just been announced by developers ACE Team, they plan for the next game in the series to include a heap of new features. Find out what they are and see a new video after the jump.

Most of you would have ‘Met the Spy’ over the course of the weekend when the video was mysteriously leaked onto YouTube, but now you can see it in all of its glory here and also check out the new Spy achievements.

I stumbled accross SimSocial after reading about it on Cliffski’s blog. Interestingly enough, SimSocial is based on Cliffski’s excellent Kudos 2.

The Sims 3 is due out in just a few weeks (I’ll be doing a Verdict on it then), suprisingly though we haven’t mentioned it here on The Reticule, not at all. Today this changes, especially as there is a Sims 3 spoof of Star Trek after the jump.