THQ today officially announced Company of Heroes 2, which was previously revealed by GameInformer. “As a true sequel, this game moves the battle away from the common Western Front focus of World War II and refocuses on some of history’s most brutal and devastating conflicts on the Eastern Front, challenging players to take command of [...] Continue Reading »
Scans from the June issue of PC Gamer UK have the reveal of Company of Heroes 2, a new sequel to the immensely popular RTS game by Relic that will focus on the Eastern Front of WWII. Here are a couple of snippets: “You can’t make a game about the Eastern Front and not have [...] Continue Reading »
Darksiders II is set to have great music as THQ today announced that Jesper Kyd has composed the musical score for the game and Giles Lamb has done the trailer music. “Kyd’s emotionally dynamic score for DARKSIDERS II combines dark ethereal themes and melodic fantasy that enrich the player’s cinematic journey through each of the [...] Continue Reading »
THQ and Volition today announced that Saints Row: The Third has been shipped and is now available. "Saints Row®: The Third™ gives you control of the Saints at the height of their power, and you live the life to show for it. Now Steelport is ripe for the taking, and it’s up to you to [...] Continue Reading »
Taking place fifty years after the events of Red Faction: Guerilla, Armageddon tells the story of Darius Mason, Grandson of Alec Mason from Guerilla. Armageddon deals with a terror attack by the enigmatic Nathan Hale that ends up destroying Mars’ terra-former, forcing the residents of Mars to move underground, as the weather and atmosphere on [...] Continue Reading »
THQ and Volition today released a new trailer for Saints Row: The Third, introducing the Deckers in the upcoming next installment in the action adventure series. The game is scheduled to be released on November 15th in the US and November 18th in Europe. "The Deckers… elite cybercriminals… hackers… unrelenting online gamers. Their next target: [...] Continue Reading »
THQ and Volition released a crazy epilepsy inducing pre-order trailer for "Saints Row: The Third", which reveals the Professor Genki Hyper Ordinary bonus pack. "Professor Genki’s Super Ethical Reality Climax takes contestants and puts them in friendly games of life and death, where success means fabulous prizes and continued life, and failure leads to other [...] Continue Reading »
Who would have believed that when Homefront was announced back in 2009, that it would become such a divisive and much-discussed game? The idea that a game from the creator of Red Dawn scribe John Milius, itself a similar story to Red Dawn, could end up being a lightning rod was a strange one indeed. [...] Continue Reading »
THQ today released new details on "Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine", announcing that the game will feature Orks and the forces of Chaos. In addition, a release date of August 2011 was revealed. "Space Marine puts players into the role of one of humanity’s elite soldiers, as they battle to protect an Imperial Forge World from [...] Continue Reading »
Eurogamer has a new interview posted with Eric Barker, studio manger at Volition, who states that despite the risks of piracy a custom version of a game should always be developed for the PC and not just ported. Here are some quotes from the article: "Some people say PC is dying. Some people say PC [...] Continue Reading »
THQ today announced that "Homefront", the FPS by Kaos Studios, has been shipped to retail stores worldwide. "Depicting the so-called US Resistance’s futile efforts to deny the liberating Korean People’s Army their glorious destiny, Homefront will prove to be an effective educatory tool for all citizens in possession of an Xbox 360® video game and [...] Continue Reading »
THQ today released a launch trailer for "Homefront", the FPS by Kaos Studios that's scheduled to be released tomorrow. Note, the video displays a release date of March 18 because it's a European video; the release date for North America is March 15. "Set in the year 2027, Homefront is an immersive first person shooter [...] Continue Reading »
A new launch trailer for "Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution" has been released in preparation for the game's launch on Tuesday. From the official blog: "Although the beta has come to an end, the team here is on the final push to fix a few more bugs before the game goes live [...] Continue Reading »
THQ today announced that the "Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution" beta is now open to owners of any of the previous games, as long as the title was purchased or is registered through Steam. "In addition, gamers can get access to the beta by registering on the Dawn of War Community site. [...] Continue Reading »
Relic announced that it will be closing down the "Company of Heroes Online" open beta on March 31. The bad news for fans is that it won't be moving past beta and will instead by shut down completely. A new FAQ page about the announcement is up on the site to answer some of the [...] Continue Reading »
