Amidst all the hubbub of E3, Valve have announced that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive will be released on the 21st of August on Steam, XBLA and PSN for a target price of $15. Now feel free to get back to the rest of the E3 goodness.
Has it been a full year already? Allow me to welcome you once again to another year of manic obsessiveness, hootin’ and hollerin’ and awkward simulated families on stage to promote another stack of gaming goodness exploding all over our synapses in another E3 megasplosion.
The world’s largest consumer electronics show, E3, will kick off later today, and the biggest games publishers and developers will be eagerly showcasing their wares in an attempt to build up anticipation, excitement and a shed load of hype for the biggest releases set to appear over the next twelve months. I’ve already waxed lyrical (or something) about what I’m most excited about in regards to Sony and Nintendo’s E3 presence, and now – last and kind of least –…
With E3 approaching, my inbox is becoming swamped with various press releases hyping this or that ‘E3 Video’ or ‘Brand New E3 Trailer’, or even that Hitman: Absolution trailer which frankly demonstrates just how far the games industry still has to grow up. Despite that, below the jump you can find a surprisingly impressive trailer for The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, a detective ’em-up from Ukrainian developers Frogwares.
Bethesda invite you to beautiful Dunwall, city of splendour and industry. Never mind the rats. And the plague. And the whores and robbers. And the crazed assassin with pseudo-magical powers slaughtering city residents.
Game Informer have revealed that the next Gears of War game is on the cover of its next issue and that it will be unveiled at Microsoft’s E3 conference on Monday. You can see the full cover here, the question is, who is that man in the chains?
With E3 around the corner next-gen gaming is the talk of the console town right now. Rumours and opinions are being spread all over the columns and the forums, suggesting anything from what the next Sony and Microsoft consoles will be called, to specs of said consoles, to games that will feature on said consoles and features that they may include. None of these rumours have yet been confirmed but what I’m sure about is the image in my mind…
Bethesda, owner of id Software, has announced they will be releasing a compilation of the Doom series to this date for Xbox 360 and PS3. They are calling it Doom 3 BFG Edition. UPDATED.
47 has come a long way since his days in the Italian monastery where he attempted to pay for his sins under the ministrations of a kindly Padre. Opinion is divided on whether he has travelled in the right direction.
Ahead of this year’s E3, the Into The Pixel judges have announced the 16 winners of this year’s competition. Chosen by a range of academics, artists and industry members with the support of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Scientists and Entertainment Software Association, the selected images come from a wide range of games across all the major systems and are, one and all, beautiful.