Forza Motorsport 5 review: auto-topia
There’s no sensation quite like stepping behind the wheel of a new car for the first time. You never forget the first time you rev your new ride’s engine and, likewise, I won’t forget the first time I...
View ArticleBlack Friday Deals: Revenge of the 2013 Edition
Yes, it’s that time of year again. If recent episodes of South Park haven’t convinced you that stepping into a retail store this Friday is a fool’s errand, you’re probably all excited to fight for the...
View ArticleForza Motorsport 5 apologizes to Limited Edition owners with a free car
Forza Motorsport 5‘s in-game economy has been a hotly-contested topic since the game’s release. The topic is a particularly sore one to Limited Edition owners, who were promised that their 1,250 car...
View ArticleCommunity Spotlight: David Craddock’s Stay Awhile and Listen post-mortem
David Craddock has been a part of Shacknews for many years, as both a writer and as a part of the Chatty community. He most recently released the first book of Stay Awhile and Listen: How Two Blizzards...
View ArticleKillzone: Mercenary getting two new multiplayer maps for free
With Killzone: Shadow Fall taking up most of the attention for its arrival on PS4, it’s easy to forget that Vita got a Killzone title of its own earlier this year. But Guerrilla Cambridge hasn’t...
View ArticleSpace Hulk landing on iPad on December 5 with cross-platform play
Full Control’s Space Hulk releaesd on PC and Mac to some decidedly lukewarm reviews, but the game continues to roll on strong with a new iPad version of the classic Warhammer 40,000 board game set to...
View ArticleCo-op stealth adventure Clandestine goes back to the 90′s
Indie studio Logic Artists (Expeditions: Conquistador) is about to take players back to the 90′s with a new spy thriller called Clandestine. As the title might imply, the game will focus on stealth and...
View ArticleWarhammer 40k: Space Wolf first trailer deployed
What are you most thankful for? If it’s the God-Emperor who guides and protects humanity from his Golden Throne, you may want to see the first trailer for Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf. Developer...
View ArticleBorderlands 2 and Dyad headline December’s PS Plus lineup
Ho ho ho! What does Father PlayStation have in his bulging sack for boys and girls who’ve behaved well by ponying up for PlayStation Plus membership? December will bring another five free games to...
View ArticleVita skate ‘em up OlliOlli delayed into 2014 by daily challenge bugs
Totally bogus, dude! Wipeout. Sick meaning poorly, not sick meaning wicked (and that’s wicked meaning good, not wicked meaning bad). Vita-exclusive 2D trick skater OlliOlli has been delayed from this...
View ArticleReport: Lego: The Hobbit game coming in 2014
Surprising absolutely no one, TT Games and Warner Bros appear to be preparing another Lego game based on The Hobbit series of films. A teaser image was reportedly spotted in the new Lego Hobbit sets,...
View ArticleXbox One voice command guide
Now that Xbox One is out, you probably want to speak to your console. By saying “Xbox,” Kinect opens up a menu that lets you speak a command at it. As noted in our review, you have to be very specific...
View ArticleBattlefield 4 ‘player appreciation’ will offer double XP
Battlefield game launches are almost guaranteed to fumble out of the gate. DICE’s Karl Magnus Troedsson is apologizing for the unstable online performance of Battlefield 4, acknowledged that some...
View ArticleEA Sports apologizes for NBA Live 14
“I’m not going to lie; it’s been a rough week. As you can imagine, this isn’t exactly the NBA LIVE comeback story we were hoping for this year,” executive producer Sean O’Brien said in a public letter....
View ArticleOne million Xbox One systems sold on day one worldwide
PlayStation 4 sold one million consoles on day one. And so has Xbox One, Microsoft has bragged. Described as “the biggest launch in Xbox history,” the company promises to “replenish stock as fast as...
View ArticleLego: The Hobbit confirmed for spring 2014
Warner Bros. Interactive and TT Games have confirmed the Lego Hobbit game we heard about last week. It will be available in spring 2014 for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U,...
View ArticleXbox One owners with defective units getting free game
Microsoft has issued a make-good plan for defective Xbox One launch consoles. The company has acknowledged bad disc drives among a “very small number” of customers, and is offering those affected a...
View ArticleCall of Duty: Ghosts is the best-selling next-gen game
Early adopters of next-gen consoles are typically on the lookout for something brand-new to play on their shiny new systems. So, what next-gen game did gamers buy for their PS4s and Xbox Ones? Call of...
View ArticleReport: Xbox One costs $471 to build
Xbox One costs $100 more than PS4 at retail. And unsurprisingly, it costs Microsoft almost that much more to build their console versus Sony. Even less surprising: a bulk of that cost comes from the...
View ArticleInterview: Forza Motorsport 5 creative director defends in-game economy,...
Forza Motorsport 5 is shaping up to be an excellent playing game (our full review coming soon). However, gamers are angry at how certain locked cars are priced beyond the means of normal gameplay. With...
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