NCsoft has announced the launch City of Heroes Freedom, whhich adds a free-to-play model to the superhero MMO. The decision to supplement City of Heroes with a free-to-play option was first teased in June, but today’s launch of Freedom also comes with a major update. To try it, you can …

Lately we’ve seen title after title leaving the incredibly crowded November release calendar for the safer, more open early 2012, so it’s pretty rare to see the reverse happen. Originally the console version of SNK’s newest arcade fighter was planned for a late October release. Now the most recent trailer …

Aisha Tyler (Halo: Reach, Archer [TV]) will be starring in the next downloadable Gears of War 3 campaign content, but the old cast won’t be joining her. In a post on neoGAF, Gears designer Cliff Bleszinski revealed that Marcus, Dom, Cole, and Baird will not appear in the next Gears …

The demo for Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster just dropped on Xbox Live, and we were practically falling over ourselves to give it the warm, FAPpy treatment. Why? Because childhood, that’s why. Because childhood. We were really surprised by how much dancing there was in this game. Don’t get …

Good news for Jedi achievement junkies. BioWare has confirmed Star Wars: The Old Republic will include unlockable achievements from day one, with further virtual performance awards set to arrive as the MMO evolves. The feature was revealed during an after-hours meet and greet between BioWare reps and Star Wars: The …

He may be more famous now for Game Of Thrones, but he was once a writer/producer on the original Beauty And The Beast TV show

Though flying out to Japan for Tokyo Game Show was loads of fun, TGS was all the weaker thanks to the absence of The Last Guardian, as the beautiful looking game that we once hoped would hit the PS3 this year seems to be a ways off. Still, we could …

Sure, playing as Wolverine is fun, but being able to feel immersed in a new character can be even better. Letting us choose our own path and create our own story can make us feel like the character is an extension of ourselves, instead of feeling like we’re a kid …

Sometimes it’s hard to jump into a sequel without playing the original. The story, the characters, the mechanics – they’re often lost on new players. 2K Games is hoping to avoid this pitfall with The Darkness II by releasing a trailer entitled “What is The Darkness,” in which Johnny Powell …

There are some actors you just have a gut feeling will make good directors. Judging by the many indelible characters he’s created and the fact that he pals around with Shane Meadows, Paddy Considine was always one of them. You can see Considine’s been taking notes from his regular collaborator: …