Category Archives: Action

Thu, May 09, 2013 | 16:56 BST

Sony reveal Tearaway’s pre-order bonuses

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Sony has confirmed that a bunch of Tearaway DLC will be made available as a free bonus to those who pre-order the title.

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Thu, May 09, 2013 | 15:14 BST

Saints Row 4 has a new walkthrough video available

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Saints Row 4 has a new pre-alpha walkthrough video from PAX East below, featuring senior producer Jim Boone going over the finer points.

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Thu, May 09, 2013 | 10:55 BST

Metal Gear Rising Blade Wolf DLC trailer released

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Konami’s Japanese arm has released a trailer for the ‘Blade Wolf’ downloadable content for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.

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Thu, May 09, 2013 | 03:52 BST

SCE Santa Monica job ad drops hints for unannounced project

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SCE Santa Monica is recruiting for a project we know nothing about but already want to play.

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Thu, May 09, 2013 | 22:16 BST

InFamous: Second Son protagonist can control smoke, absorb powers

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Delsin Rowe is the new hero of InFamous: Second Son, and his powers are quite different from the electricity-fuelled abilities of Cole McGrath.

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Wed, May 08, 2013 | 22:32 BST

Son of Nor trailer gives a better look at Force powers

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Let’s make this clear; Son of Nor‘s protagonist is not a Jedi and does not use the power of the Force. That would be a copyright infringement. That said, see him throw shit around with telekinesis in the trailer through the break.

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Wed, May 08, 2013 | 09:57 BST

American McGee planning Alice revival and Oz Kickstarters

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American McGee, the developer behind Alice and Alice: Madness Returns, has been revealed to be working with his studio Spicy Horse on Kickstarters for a new Alice title and a title based on The Wizard of Oz.

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Wed, May 08, 2013 | 08:14 BST

Remember Me pre-order bonuses include art books, flash kicks

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Capcom has confirmed a selection of pre-order bonuses for folks who pre-order their upcoming action-brawler Remember Me – including a selection of cool cross-over nods to the world of Street Fighter.

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Tue, May 07, 2013 | 20:55 BST

The Double Fine Humble Bundle has gone live

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The Double Fine Humble Bundle has launched. The lovely pay-what-you-want pack comes with cross-platform and DRM-free versions of Costume Quest, Psychonauts and Stacking. If ou pay over the $8.28 minimum you will also get BrĂ¼tal Legend, If you pay $35 or more, you will also be pre-ordering Broken Age, the firm’s Kickstarter project. If you are feeling even more generous, if you pay $70 you will also get a t-shirt. All games are compatible with Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and just giving $1 opens the three main titles up on Steam. You have 13 days left on the clock. A video is below.

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Tue, May 07, 2013 | 20:26 BST

Krillbite Studio adds Oculus Rift support to Among the Sleep

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With 10 days left on its Kickstarter, Krillbite Studio has added Oculus Rift support to Among the Sleep.

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Tue, May 07, 2013 | 19:07 BST

Remember Me gameplay video explains the basics of combat

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Remember Me is out next month, and if Sam Clay playing the opening sequence of the game for you wasn’t enough to whet your appetite, maybe a video showing combat will do the trick.

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Tue, May 07, 2013 | 17:21 BST

Resident Evil: Revelations video shows off Wii U features

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Resident Evil: Revelations has a new video available showing off the features of the Wii U version. It’s below. Revelations will release on PC, PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360 in North America on May 21 and across Europe on May 24.

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Tue, May 07, 2013 | 16:32 BST

Gun Monkeys out this summer, new trailer and screens inside

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Gun Monkeys, the “procedurally-generated, physics-based, online deathmatch,” platformer from Size Five Games will release this summer.

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Tue, May 07, 2013 | 21:36 BST

Remember Me – gameplay video shows opening sequence

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A video featuring VG247′s Sam Clay playing the opening sequence to Remember Me is below.

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Tue, May 07, 2013 | 14:33 BST

Saints Row 4 video features an ass-kicking president

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Saints Row 4 has a new video available, which was released today by Deep Silver and Volition. It shows all-new in-game footage in which you, the new president of the United States, must deliver and add-kicking to an invading alien empire. Saints Row 4 releases on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 August 20 in the US and August 23 in the UK.

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Tue, May 07, 2013 | 11:25 BST

UK charts: Dead Island Riptide stays afloat at number one

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Dead Island: Riptide has held firm at the top of the UK game top 40 for a second week running. Techland’s zombie-basher might feel like an expansion to the original, but that’s not stopping the nation from getting stuck in.

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Tue, May 07, 2013 | 06:39 BST

Hotline Miami dev posts mysterious code

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Hotline Miami developer Dennaton Games has posted a strange message to its social media pages, apparently some sort of code.

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Mon, May 06, 2013 | 03:44 BST

Tomb Raider dev team picks its top ten moments

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All of the highlights Crystal Dynamics nominated as its favourites from Tomb Raider have one thing in common: Lara Croft is suffering. In the studio’s defence, that’s pretty much the whole game right there.

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Sat, May 04, 2013 | 21:34 BST

The Art of Remember Me from Dark Horse now available for pre-order

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Capcom has announced that “The Art of Remember Me” from Dark Horse is available for pre-order. Pricing varies from $39.99 to $24.68 depending on retailer. Your local comic shop may also carry it cheaper, or not, but it can be found through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Dark Horse among others. It releases June 5. Remember Me releases on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in the US on June 4, and across Europe on June 7.

Sat, May 04, 2013 | 18:15 BST

Project Awakened funding put on hold “effective immediately,” due to “alternative funding options”

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Phosphor Games has put funding on hold for Project Awakened “effective immediately.”

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