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THQ laid off the entire staff of its San Diego office today. Reports surfaced ontwittereariler this evening, claiming the layoffs were timed to coincide with press coverage of the E3 conference taking place in L.A. this week. THQ has taken massive hits financially in recent years, and has closed several …

LucasArts has shown off the first ever gameplay video of its gritty sci-fi action title Star Wars 1313. In it we see a mix of both traditional cover and shoot third person gameplay, as well as an Uncharted-style climbing section in which the player must escape an exploding spaceship. Note …

Nordic Games will publish Painkiller: Hell & Damnation, a sequel to popular 2004 shooter Painkiller. Nordic Games has promised Hell & Damnation will recreate "the sensations and hardcore gameplay of the original Painkiller", according to VG247. The publisher’s business and product development officer Reinhard Pollice said: "We’re proud of the …

Publisher to release all titles within first six months of console launch

Sony is working on a new accessory that transforms the PlayStation Move controller into a steering wheel. The peripheral houses the standard Move controller – not to be confused with the Navigation controller – and also features the full array of face buttons and directional pad, according to Eurogamer. As …

In the fourth of a series of features answering the biggest questions about the industry’s future, Dominic Sacco evaluates the threat of the free-to-play model Will all games be free?NO The most played PC browser and mobile games cost nothing to play. Zynga’s CityVille is the most popular Facebook game …

PS Suite renamed PS Mobile

Electronic Arts has announced the next Crytek-developed shooter will be released worldwide in February. Crysis 3 was dated during EA’s E3 press conference, where the publisher showed off new footage of the sci-fi shooter. The game once again puts players in the Nanosuit and sees them stalking enemies through an …

Beyond: Two Souls has been officially announced, and you can see the first trailer for the game right here. It’s heavy in atmosphere but leaves us guessing as to gameplay details. It looks likely to play in a similar fashion to Quantic Dreams’ previous title, Heavy Rain, with a large …

Some surprises are always kept secret, and some expected announcements seem to disappear into nothingness. But, with a certain degree of accuracy, we can always predict what we’re going to get from the platform holders at E3. Is that depressing? No, not really. There are thousands of us around the …