Attempting to capitalize on Thanksgiving football hysteria, EA will release Madden NFL Arcade right before the holiday weekend begins. It will hit the PS3 on November 24th and the Xbox 360 on the 25th. Arcade is a simplified, fast-paced version of Madden. Two teams of five players take turns attempting to score touchdowns on each other. To give themselves a boost, the offense and defense have 13 "Game Changer" special abilities. In other words, it's a bit like the 3 on 3 NHL Arcade game releas...more

Earlier today we gave readers a little bit of a glimpse into the new costumes and Tofu Mode in Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles with some new screenshots. In addition to those screenshots two new trailers were also released to showoff the in-game play of the character costumes and the tofu in action. According to the press release In celebration of Friday the 13 th, we are happy to announce that tofu mode is back in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles as an unlockable mode in the game. B...more

A new trailer has been released by Ubisoft featuring a brief mission montage of the Navi in the upcoming movie-based game, Avatar. I'm still not entirely convinced on this franchise being all that cool, but that doesnt mean I'm not going to give props to the art design team for creating an amazing looking interactive world mirrored after the movie. The new trailer mixes in a little melee combat with some aerial flying and even a little Rambo, bow and arrow tactics. But if I must be honest, the...more

After a half-decade of development, it seems the release of Alan Wake is finally in sight. A new report suggests that it will be released in May. MCV, citing "a source close to the game," reports that it will be released late in the month worldwide. They also report it will be advertised "in the style of a Hollywood movie." Makes sense - developer Remedy Entertainment is the outfit who made the first two Max Payne games. They had plans for a film adaptation from the outset with that franchise...more

Square Enix promised a big announcement today and yep, it's pretty big. They revealed when Final Fantasy XIII will arrive in Europe and North America. FFXIII will hit both territories simultaneously on March 9th, 2010. It's the same date for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, if you're curious. The game is a PS3 exclusive in Japan and arrives on December 17th. Square also mentioned that "A Moment Like This" singer Leona Lewis will sing FFXIII's theme song. It's called "My Hands" and will appear o...more

See, that wasn't too torturous a wait, was it? Those of us who have been salivating with excitement over the imminent launch of Google Chrome OS now have, at most, one week to wait. TechCrunch reported today that a "reliable source" has informed them that the new open source OS will launch within one week. This is fantastic news for everyone who has a browsing machine that they want to work, fast and regardless of the circumstances. TechCrunch notes that driver support is likely to measure in ...more

Today Xbox Live general manager Marc Whiten announced at industry conference NewTeeVeeLive that the autumn update for Xbox Live will be released on November 17th. The update adds support for social networking sites Facebook and Twitter, as well as a few other new features. The Video Marketplace is being rebranded as the Zune Marketplace and will now offer steaming HD videos in 1080p. Up to seven friends can watch videos together and communicate through voice chat to give it a "movie night" fee...more

The iPhone 3G and 3GS both offer GPS navigation capability thanks to built-in GPS receivers. The iPod touch on the other hand lacks a GPS receiver, which meant that it could not be used for navigation. GeoLife and PosiMotion have announced a new hardware and software solution for the iPod touch that brings GPS navigation to the device for the first time. The system is called G-Fi, provides a mobile network/GPS router, and provides turn-by-turn navigation for the iPod touch line. The G-Fi is a o...more

Wannabe game developers and future game designing hall of famers are probably salivating at the thought of gaining free access to certain Unreal Engine 3 toolsets. Epic let the news loose that the free UDK software release has been extremely popular and has already seen 50,000 users gaining access to the tools since its launch on November 5th. According to the press release, Mark Rein, vice president of Epic Games commented, saying "We are very excited to see the uptake of UDK cross over the 5...more

GameStop, the largest game retailer in North America, is making a move toward digital distribution. They plan to offer downloadable content for games through their stores soon. Reuters states that GameStop will sell game add-ons like new maps or characters. Presumably they'll sell vouchers with download codes that you can then punch into your Xbox 360 or PS3. GameStop will begin testing this program out in early 2010. "A large market for full game downloads is not imminent, (but) the add-on ...more