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Motorola vs. Microsoft Heats Up, Possible Xbox 360 Ban in US

The recent court trial between cell phone giant Motorola and gaming god Microsoft has heated up, as a federal judge is requesting the ban of all Xbox 360 sales in the United States. Yeah, he went there. Judge David Shaw is claiming Microsoft infringed on four video codec patents owned by Motorola and has requested the International Trade Commission to send out cease and desist orders for a ban on the 250 GB Slim model Xbox 360’s. It was also recommended that Microsoft pay...

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Trials Evolution Hits 500,000 Players in One Month

Yesterday, Ubisoft and Redlynx had announced that their rage and hate stimulator game, Trials Evolution, had amassed a whopping 500,000 people when it got released on Xbox Live Arcade a month ago. This is not surprising, especially considering Trials HD released three years ago was until recently, the best selling XBLA game of all time. So in addition to breaking controllers the 500,000 mark, Redlynx wanted to share that their user created content portion called Track...

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Become a god and smite humans in Babel Rising

Babel Rising in a new take on the god simulator. Coming to PSN and XBLA for Move and Kinect, Babel Rising gives you the powers of a god. Reign fire from the heavens, strike with lighting or destroy the human’s tower with your god-like powers. Stop the humans from constructing the Tower of Babel through 15 missions in 4 different modes. Play competitively or through co-op as you strike back against the humans many schemes. Coming this summer to PSN and XBLA

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Skate or Die: NHL 13 Improving Their Ice Hockey Game Edition

EA Sports sure has been busy. What with the changes that they are making to FIFA 13 (written by yours truly here), and with the NHL playoffs currently in the Semi-Final stage, EA is currently working hard on bringing the most realistic ice hockey experience that can be delivered. NHL 13 is bringing with it, two big changes that will help give the player even more control in what EA dubs as “the biggest change to the franchise since the introduction of the Skill Stick...

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Gas Guzzlers: Combat Carnage! It’s Carnage-alicious!

Croatia (located here) is a country contains many, many things. A Universal Health Care system, a soccer team by the name of Dinamo Zagreb, and now a videogame studio by the name of Gamepires! And they want you to know of their car combat game. Here is an excerpt from the press release. Strap on your safety belt and charge your turbodrive, because the other guys on this track have murder on their minds. But that’s the name of the game in “Gas Guzzlers: Combat...

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Time to jump into the Fray

There is an independent French developer by the name of Brain Candy that has geared up its efforts for the beta of their upcoming game called Fray. Fray is a turn based squad, strategy game with a sci-fi motif that is scheduled for release for summer. Until then, you can check out the beta, for the low price of $20 bucks! Let me clarify, by purchasing the game in advance, you get access to the beta that is out now. Along with getting a beta key, you also get a free copy to...

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Mad Riders Announced

Being developed by Techland, Mad Riders is a new off-road racing game set to hit XBLA, PSN and Windows digital download on May 30th. The game features 45 different tracks and an array of boost skills and hidden shortcuts for players to exploit. Mad Riders will have full online support including what the team is calling competitive features and full leaderboards. Up to 12 players can compete in an intuitive drop-in system across 3 separate multi-players modes. The game will...

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Ghost Recon:Future Soldier Launch Trailer

Here is the official launch trailer for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (or as I like to pronounce it, TICGRRFSS!).     TCGR:FS hits stores May 22nd for Xbox 360 and PS3. PC players will get their sweaty mitts on it June 12th.

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Worms Revolution Announcement

Worms Revolution is going to be at E3 and Team 17 is announcing some interesting new additions to the gameplay by inducing both dynamic water and physics objects. Water dynamics add another dimension to the landscape that was already treacherous for a worm to try to maneuver and will be delivered in a few different ways, water can be dispersed in the way of weapons and also as a large deposit within some sort of landscape barrier that once destroyed will unleash the...

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Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land on sale now!

Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land, the tactical RPG on both iOS and PC platforms and based on the Chaosism tabletop RPG, is now on sale for 50% off! Our own Edward Torbicki has reviewed the PC AppUp port of the game, so check that out if you’re a fan of the Cthulhu Mythos! The hit iOS game ‘Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land‘ is on sale for a limited time only. This madness is a celebration that the most recent version of the sanity-breaking title is now also...