Beautiful Game Studios, a subdivision of Square Enix Europe, today announced a strategic partnership with Shanda Games Limited, a leading online game publisher and operator in China who offers some of the most popular MMORPGs and advanced casual games in China “Football is hugely popular in China, especially the European teams, so we are delighted to be partnering with one the biggest entertai... more.

The run up to the release of Halo: Reach will see a number of offers appear on Xbox live. Most of the offers consist of discounts on avatar items but there is also a number of video that will be released during the promotion. The full list is as follows: 7 September - Day 7: "Halo: Reach Premium Theme" 8 September - Day 6: "Campaign Preview" 9 September - Day 5: "50% off Avatar Warthog Pro... more.

A number of screenshots for THQ’s Homefront have been released. Home front is set in a near future America in 2027 when a now-nuclear armed Korean People's Army invades the USA, defeating the United States Army, toppling it from the superpower status it once held... Set for a February 2011 release. Allow us to tease you with some screenshots.  ... more.

Further details on Mafia 2’s DLC ‘Jimmy’s Vendetta’ have been released. The package will consist of 30 missions but the most interesting thing about the new missions is after a short intro the player will be allowed and encouraged to explore Empire Bay. The missions are said to be very combat oriented with bullets and explorations galore which are rounded off with the solid story tellin... more.

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero could easily be dismissed as a glorified demo requiring a small investment the question is does Case Zero deliver a satisfying experience or does it end up much like its Zombie counterparts shuffling aimlessly. Case Zero picks up three years after the events of the original Dead Rising and follows the exploits of Chuck Greene an extreme sports icon who is accompanied by... more.

Bungie plan to reset Halo: Reach’s online credits on launch day. The reset comes after a number of people managed to obtain legitimate copies and worries began to stem from the community that from release day onwards some people would be miles ahead of others. Bungie seemingly have agreed with the worries and have decided to level the playing field so to speak. Don't get too attached to any f... more.

With the recent events at PAX2010 involving the resurrection of Duke Nukem Forever further details have began to reveal themselves. Gearbox have officially announced at PAX that they now own the rights to Duke Nukem which means any further Duke Nukem titles are theirs. This news points towards Duke Nukem returning to a stable franchise which will no doubt be expanded upon after the release of F... more.

Borderlands is set to receive a update as well as new DLC.  The free update will increase the level cap as well as rebalancing the core game to suit the new level cap. The free update will only affect those who have bought all of the DLC on offer so far. The level cap is set to be increased to 69 and the update will be released in time for the Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition. As for the ... more.

The ‘Toy Box’ DLC recently released for Crackdown 2 has been causing players with crashing issues since release.  Ruffian games have opted to reissue the ‘Toy Box’ DLC instead of releasing a patch. This means that anyone who downloaded the old version of the DLC will be required to delete the DLC and download the reissued version in order for to play the ‘Toy Box’ DLC without any i... more.

The first patch for Uber Entertainments Monday Night Combat is on the way. Changes range from patching connection issues, adding new win/lose UI and a number of general gameplay changes as well as classed based changes. For full patch details can be found at: Uber Entertainment's forum Patch Details are as follow: Connectivity and Multiplayer: Reworked the way we handle partie... more.