The shutdown of GameSpy’s servers will affect a wide range of games on both PC and consoles, as we’ve learned over the past month. Halo: Combat Evolved on PC will be among them, but thanks to online service GameRanger, it won’t mean the end for the shooter’s online multiplayer component. Support for the first Halo […]

Sorry, co-op fans. The campaign for Ratchet & Clank developer Insomniac Games’ upcoming Xbox One exclusive, Sunset Overdrive, will be a single-player-only affair, the developer has confirmed. “There is a single-player campaign for one-player only,” reads a recent tweet from the official Sunset Overdrive Twitter account (spotted by TotalXbox). Sunset Overdrive will also have a […]

The PlayStation Vita version of Borderlands 2 retains much of what players know and love about its console and PC versions, but one thing that won’t be the same is the online multiplayer experience, due to a two-player limit for online cooperative play. The limitation was revealed in a PlayStation Blog post covering hands-on impressions […]

Bungie has hired former MLG pro Bonnie “Xena” Burton to work on the studio’s upcoming multiplayer-centric shooter, Destiny. Burton announced the news through Twitter, but there’s no word yet on what her title is at Bungie or what role she’ll play in forging Destiny. Burton was MLG’s first female professional, joining the league at 12 […]

The Elder Scrolls Online didn’t quite live up to our hopes, displaying occasional flashes of brilliance with its sweeping vistas and intricate quests, only to disappoint with its inability to marry narrative ambition with a massively multiplayer framework. But as with any MMOG, the game you experience on release date won’t be the same game […]

Those who preorder Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare from GameStop will be given an exclusive personalisation pack for Call of Duty: Ghosts and Call of Duty: Black Ops II. Game will provide the promotion for customers in the UK. Inside the Advanced Warfare personalisation pack is a new weapon camo, reticule, playercard, patch, and background. […]

Footage from the first few stages of the classic Super Nintendo game, Donkey Kong Country.

In the wake of the latest PlayStation 4 firmware introducing the ability to preload unreleased digital games, Microsoft says it’s an Xbox One feature that remains on its wishlist. That’s according to Xbox Live director of programming Larry Hryb, better known as Major Nelson, who responded to a Reddit post (via CVG) requesting this very […]

Connecticut lawmaker DebraLee Hovey, whose district includes Newtown, has written a new opinion piece in which she claims playing violent video games leads to “observable behavioral changes.” Also in this piece, she calls for violent games to carry extra warning labels and be taxed in the state. This isn’t the first time Hovey has rallied […]

When it’s released in October, a free version of Driveclub will be available for download by PlayStation Plus members. Even with the delays Evolution Studios’ new racing game has seen, the developer claims this free version has not been scaled down, revealing its contents in the process. Over on the PlayStation Blog, a user comment […]