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Best known for his work on the Silent Hill series and last year’s Shadows of the Damned, Akira Yamaoka looks to be creating another memorable soundtrack in Grasshopper’s upcoming Lollipop Chainsaw. This time, he has enlisted the help of lead singer Jimmy Urine from electro-punk band Mindless Self Indulgence to …

Activision has a posted video highlighting 11 reasons why you should play Prototype 2. Granted, all of the reasons have something to do with creatively slaughtering the game’s enemies, but we assume “11 reasons why this game is not suitable for children” didn’t make it past Activision’s PR. Our favorite? …

The Game Developers Choice Awards were held last night during GDC 2012, and paid tribute to industry’s best games and game makers of 2011. Bethesda was the big winner of the event, scoring the night’s Game of the Year award for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (opens in new tab), …

Two years and multiple delays later, Namco Bandai has finally locked in a launch date for Saber Interactive’s gravity-defying shooter, Inversion. The title, originally slated for 2010, will now arrive in North America on June 5 in North America, followed by a June 8 arrival in Europe. “The extra development …

Having scored with HD remakes of previous-gen series such as God of War and Jak & Daxter, it’s reasonable to think Sony could well be casting around for another property to reinvent for the 1080p crowd. Such an assumption’s helped by the fact that Amazon’s French division recently just went …

While free of system launches, March is another grea­t month to be a gamer, thanks to an opening week that kicks off with the likes of Mass Effect 3 and Street Fighter X Tekken. Luckily, the action doesn’t let up after that, with each week offering a mix of ­big …

Grasshopper Manufacture and Digital Reality have announced a March 21 drop date for their jointly-made Xbox Live Arcade title, Sine Mora. The self-described “dieselpunk shoot-em-up” will retail for 1200 ($15.00) Microsoft Points and, judging by the action in this new “From Dust to Dust”, throw in a few grey hairs …

Spec Ops fans will have to wait a few more months for their next fix, as 2K Games announced Spec Ops: The Line will miss its spring launch window, and instead arrive in North America on June 26, and everywhere else on June 29. Mixing a little good with the …

Tracking down game soundtracks used to be a bit like being an aristocratic big game hunter in the late 19th century. It required a whole lot of groundwork, weeks of research, a raft of foreign help and a stack of money. Now though, digital distribution means that you can poke …

Twisted Metal’s Valentine’s Day release date might seem strange to some people. It’s not really a “loving” game by any means. There’s nothing romantic about shooting cars with rocket launchers until they explode. It’s just not… Valentine’s Day material, right? Well, David Jaffe begs to differ. He not only thinks …