Gene Simmons and KISS are the poster children of the term “selling out.” You need not look any further than KISS Hello Kitty, which apparently is a thing. Apparently, Simmons and company are eager to return to games. But don’t expect a sequel to the Dreamcast-era game, KISS Psycho Circus. It appears KISS will be [...]
Every cloud has a silver lining, as they say. If you were upset by the news of a Metro: Last Light delay from a THQ earnings report, take heart. The same report also confirmed Darksiders 2 will be coming in June. The report also confirms that June will see the release for PC, PlayStation 3, [...]
The apocalyptic The Last of Us takes place at least partially in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A set of new screenshots and a few scant details shed a little more light on the game, which until now has been fairly mysterious. Game Informer reports that the setting is confirmed by one shot with a [...]
Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you’re eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily [...]
It’s no secret that THQ has not been doing well. As part of its restructuring, the company had planned on shelving licensed kids games. In addition, it appears THQ is no longer producing its uDraw tablet. The original uDraw tablet found success on the Wii, but plans to expand the platform to PS3 and Xbox [...]
A new bill before the Oklahoma State Legislature proposes an additional tax on Teen, Mature, and Adults Only games. Bill HB 2696 was proposed by Representative William Fourkiller, and would put the extra revenue generated by the tax to go towards programs aimed at solving bullying and childhood obesity. The bill (via GameSpot) was introduced [...]
Mass Effect 3 will be the end of Shepard’s story and, presumably, the Reaper threat. But, it’s far from the end of the series. As the third installment nears completion, executive producer Michael Gamble talks about how exploring the established fiction could serve as a basis for future games. “Without going down any specific path, [...]
Capcom has reported its earnings for the nine-month period ending December 31, 2011, and it shows a net sales loss. The company’s net sales were approximately $661 million, down 29% year-over-year, and operating income dropped 47.2%. In the remaining three months of fiscal 2011, Capcom is planning on sell 2 million copies each of Resident [...]
Warren Spector, the industry luminary responsible for overseeing the development of such beloved games as System Shock and Deus Ex, has been revealed as this year’s recipient of the twelfth Game Developers Conference Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Spector, whose most recent work includes Epic Mickey–and who also cut his teeth on a number of games [...]
Publisher Ubisoft has announced that it will be transitioning the hosting of many of its online services “from a third-party data center to a new facility” on February 7. During the transition, which is meant to “improve the maintenance of our infrastructure and deliver better uptime and greatly improved services for our customers,” some Ubisoft [...]