It looks like the USK, Germany’s version of the ESRB game ratings commission, revealed some upcoming and unannounced games from Konami. These three games were supposed to be unveiled at this year’s Leipzig Games Convention but as usual, word tends… Read More »

In some heroic news for the day, a 9-year-old boy saved his father’s life, who fell asleep behind the wheel of his tractor-trailer. The boy, Matt Lovo, took over the wheel of the 100,000 pound truck and called for help… Read More »

The latest in the battle between Too Human developer Silicon Knights and Unreal Engine 3 peddler Epic games, which has already seen an initial suit followed by a countersuit, is a harsh dismissal of Epic’s claim by Silicon Knight’s attorney… Read More »

Capcom is planning round #2 of updates for the PC version of their shooter Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (round #1 was released on July 17th). On August 16th, the update will contain DirectX 10 enhancements, a basic chatting system and… Read More »

Around this time next month, Xbox 360 and PC users will have explored the dark, art deco underwater city of Rapture in Irrational Game’s first title, Bioshock. If you’ve read our coverage of the game, it’s clearly shaping up to… Read More »

Initially hinted at yesterday, Microsoft confirmed today that all newly manufactured Xbox 360 premium consoles will include HDMI ports. A Microsoft representative confirmed with Shacknews saying, "Yes, we are offering an HDMI port for Xbox 360 simply as another choice… Read More »

Last month, we reported that developer Silicon Knights sued Epic Games for a variety of reasons, most of them surrounding the use of Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 and licensing and rights problems. Today, some updates were revealed that shed some… Read More »

Microsoft announced today that pre-orders for Halo 3 has exceeded over 1 million in North America. Retailers have just begun taking pre-orders for the three versions of Halo 3: Standard Edition, Limited Edition and the mega expensive but neat Legendary… Read More »

Two weeks ago, God of War and Twisted Metal creator David Jaffe announced the formation of a new development studio called Eat, Sleep, Play, which he and Scott Campbell will head up. Other than a port (with extra features) of… Read More »

Since launching the Name Your Fear contest back in June, Monolith Productions has narrowed the final choices to three impervious selections. So fans can now vote till August 10th for the final pick. The three finalists are: Dead EchoProject OriginDark… Read More »