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THQ Sells UFC License to EA, Dana White continues to be Dana White

Yesterday, THQ and Zuffa LLC announced the transition of the UFC license to Electronic Arts. “The agreement results in an undisclosed cash payment to THQ. Additionally, THQ will continue to publish its existing console and mobile titles through March 31, 2013.”  This comes as a coup for EA and unfortunately also highlights the financial hot water that THQ has found itself in. In the past year, THQ stock went from around $4.00 per share in June 2011, to a mere...

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Criterion’s Need For Speed Most Wanted. No, not that one, another one!

“Criterion is shaking up the franchise with Need for Speed Most Wanted” That is the quote to come out of Criterion and EA, and while it is strange to say that there will be two different racing games called Need For Speed:Most Wanted on the same generation of consoles, Criterion is looking to make 2012’s NFS:MW the one to own. Returning to the NFS franchise is the groundbreaking Autolog social networking feature that debuted back in 2010 for Need For Speed:Hot...

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Assassins Creed 3 New Trailer & Demo

E3 unleashed an epic new Assassins Creed 3 trailer yesterday, in which we see some assassin action amid the fight between the redcoats and the American’s, ending with an epic assassination as George Washington watches, right after which we see the exclusive E3 Demo we see our Assassin tracking down groups of redcoats to help the Americans and taking on a full redcoat firing squad with nothing but a tomahawk. Assassins Creed 3 is shaping up to be the biggest and best...

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Far Cry 3 Gives Us Shooting, Tribal Women, More Shooting

Yesterday saw some of the first gameplay for Ubisoft’s upcoming sequel Far Cry 3, and, while I used to look down at Far Cry as a series, this has changed my opinion completely. It looks like we’ll be playing Far Cry 3 on our Xbox 360’s, PS3’s, and PC’s this September, and that’s quite a good thing. Judging by this trailer, the island has completely lost all signs civilization, we’ll see our hero looking for escape from the horribly...

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More Dust 514 Beta Info, PS Vita App and Playstation Home Space

The first summer beta event for Sony’s Free-to-Play FPS shooter, Dust 514, is happening June 29th. If you’ve already been invited to the closed beta, then you’ll be able to access the game during all of the beta events over the summer. If you have yet to register, go here www.DUST514.com/beta. There will be several rounds of beta invites over the summer, so if you don’t make the cut the first time, don’t worry. Dust 514 will be taking over...

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Hey, I Just Met You, And This is Crazy, But Here’s a Wii U, so Play Me Maybe?

While Reggie’s body is certainly still ready, that’s not to say his vocal chords aren’t as well. Nintendo has just shown off the 3rd person singalong game “Sing” with an extremely cheesy trailer set to the song “Hey, I Just Met You.” U-Sing uses the Wii-U’s gamepad to give the lyrics to one person as well as on screen so everybody can join in on the just meeting of men and exchanging of phone numbers.