GameStop has begun taking pre-orders for the Nintendo 3DS. The system itself still does not have a concrete release date but sources state that should be sometime in the Spring (March-ish).
2011 is just around the corner for the PS3 owners. This coming year Sony has got a tremendous opportunity to reach a lot more gamers by offering a diverse selection of console exclusive titles on the PlayStation 3.
The guys at Digital Foundry has ran the "definitive" version of Mass Effect 2 on the PS3 up against the year old Xbox 360 version of the game. Here they address the statements from Bioware that the PS3 version which is due for release in early 2011 will be the definitive version of Mass Effect 2, due to the game running on the Mass Effect 3 engine.
Cliff Bleszinski has announced that a new title from Epic Games will be revealed at GDC '11. The Gears of War creator states that this game started off as his own idea but the design lead for Prototype was brought on board and has since taken over the creative vision for the project.
So you haven't had the opportunity to experience the joys of Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty? Well you can get in on the action with the demo that was recently released by the team at Blizzard.
The Xbox 360 brand has definitely come into it's own in recent years. The console offers a wide variety of gaming experiences from the most hardcore of FPS, to the casual stylings of Kinect.
Bobby Kotick is the CEO of Activision, and he believes that Treyarch is due much more credit than it gets for its development efforts in Modern Warfare 1&2. The CEO voiced his concerns in a recent interview with Computer and Video Games.
PC Gaming has been on it's heels for a long time now, despite having a huge install base, and many dedicated fans. Developers don't help the cause in many cases, developing games that launch in weird time windows compared to their console siblings, or not releasing on the PC at all.
Another set of listings popped up on the careers page at 343 Industries web site, furthering the argument that there is indeed a real game in the works over at 343. Up until now, the company has handled just about every other aspect of marketing that can be done for a video game, from making comic books to the online stats portal of Halo Waypoint.
