With a launch that hasn't exactly been smooth, SimCity has had a rough couple of weeks. It seems there's finally a light at the end of the tunnel for the game as Maxis and EA have upgraded and patched all the game servers adding almost 20 times the performance of what they originally had. This should hopefully alleviate connection issues players were having with the game. EA has also added a server status page to check just how full your favorite server is.
Modern gamers are soft. Back on the ZX Spectrum the concept of saving did not exist, you had to complete Jet Set Willy in one go - man up! Modern gamers expect a save point every few seconds just in case they die, boohoo. Pid is a local 2 player co-op game that was hard to begin with, but even harder when the save files did not always work on the 360. Now that is too tough, so a patch has arrived.
Skylanders might have more insane competition in the near future. The upcoming Wii U Pokémon game coming out in Japan will have the same sort of toy accessories that Skylanders has been known for, only with mega-popular Pokémon characters.
Overkill's shooter sequel to PAYDAY: The Heist has officially broken its cover to the pubic! We have a little video preview describing PAYDAY 2 details since the developer’s move from Sony to 505/Starbreeze Studios.
There is a new guardian on the block in Guardians of Middle Earth. You may recognize him as the infamous Saruman the White. He hails from Isengard, and comes as the latest DLC for the game. He is classified under the Enchanter class.
Did you hear? The good folks at Trion Worlds will be conducting another beta event for the upcoming MMO shooter, Defiance. Judging from the Co-Optimus community's response to our beta key giveaway, plenty of you want in on the action.
Capcom has released their latest trailer for Resident Evil: Revelations Unveiled Edition that features gameplay for one of the main characters, Hunk. Taking the Nintendo 3DS title and giving it an HD makeover, Hunk joins Jill Valentine on a cruise ship that of course is the site for the latest outbreak of the (insert letter here)-virus as they search for the missing Chris Redfield.
The tower defense/FPS hybrid Sanctum turned more than a few heads when it was released in 2011. It got enough attention that developer Coffee Stain Studios announced a sequel the very next year and has been hard at work ever since, building the game's engine anew and incorporating loads of player feedback. Now, Sanctum 2 is being teased out in small doses, and the first delivery includes just enough eye candy to get our attention.
A sort-of-new release in the classic arcade realm, Metal Slug X is a remake of Metal Slug 2 that has been reworked for iPhone, Android and iPad devices. The game, which marks the fourth mobile Metal Slug release, features tweaked controls for the touch screen as well as altered enemy positions and maps, making it a much different experience than the game it's based on. It's also just one letter away from Metal Slug XX, which is totally not confusing at all.
The word special, it used to mean something; you would expect something other than the norm. How many Special Editions does one game need for them no longer to be special? Splinter Cell: Blacklist is taking on this challenge with the details of four new Special Editions that will be spread across the retailers of the world.
A new Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 patch is incoming, this time featuring the free Nuketown 2025 Zombies map for all Xbox 360 users! We have the full list of notes on the changes/tweeks being made, so take a minute to read on.
How many times have you been rolling through a first person shooter with a shotgun or submachine gun and thought, "Man, I know there's a sniper over there. If I had a medium to long-range rifle, I could --" BANG!! Respawn. All the time? You know it.
