Splinter Cell: Blacklist got a lot of press at E3 2012 for having a really brutal torture scene where Sam Fisher cuts a little deep for information from a hostage. That scene, though, will not be making it into the final version of the game. “We’ve scaled a lot of that [violence] back, and as we’ve gone through the process of development there are always things that you feel are [...]

EDIT: I apparently can’t read well in my old age. The free game is Ninja Gaiden Sigma PLUS for the PS Vita, not the original release for the PS3. The story has been updated accordingly. PlayStation Plus users are getting Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus for free this week? That’s more like it, Sony! Certainly beats the hell out of the friggin Foosball game from last week. This mixed with the 3 [...]

Is your XBox Live Gold membership about to expire? Amazon’s got you covered with a pretty sweet deal! The 12-month subscription is currently $20 off from the standard $59.99, making it just $39.99. Couple that with the incredibly convenient redeem-by-e-mail service they offer, and you can top up your subscription today while you’re at work and have it ready to play when you get home tonight. What are you waiting [...]

Man, Aksys Games is on a roll lately, aren’t they? First they released the stellar Virtue’s Last Reward on the Vita and 3DS, then they announced the pretty awesome looking Hakuoki: Warriors of the Shinsengumi for PSP, and now they are the company releasing the remake of the incredible Wii title Muramasa: The Demon Blade for the PlayStation Vita under the title Muramasa: Rebirth. Muramasa Rebirth is completely redesigned for the [...]

Soul Sacrifice certainly has a lot going for it. When you have guys like Keiji Inafune and Yasunori Mitsuda working on the game, it’s bound to get a lot of attention. Thankfully it’s also now got a release date! Soul Sacrifice will be releasing for the PlayStation Vita on April 30th in North America, while Europe will be getting the game on May 1st. In addition to that, there are [...]

Nintendo have just released a trailer for Fire Emblem: Awakening on Nintendo 3DS showing off the character progression and class upgrades that the various characters in the game can have. Fans of the Intelligent Systems developed strategy RPG will find a lot to love here I reckon. Immerse yourself in all the details after the break

Remember a while back when Major Nelson posted on his blog that we were getting a new character and online functionality for the awesome Scott Pilgrim vs. the World game for five dollars? Remember the anguish you felt when the date came and went without a word? Well prepare to relive the excitement as Major Nelson is at it again. The promised pack is said to be coming to XBLA [...]

By now, we’ve all heard about the Famicom 30th Anniversary event going on with the Wii U Virtual Console. Each month, a select Virtual Console game will be getting a 30 day sale price of only 30 cents. As noted last week, Balloon Fight is available right now on the Wii U for only 30 cents and we will see more games for the next few months. Here’s the official [...]

After the recent auctioning off of THQ, Crytek has confirmed that they hired a good chunk of the Vigil team, the company behind Darksiders. Vigil wasn’t bought in the auction and all employees were laid off the day after the auction. While Crytek has offered some of the previous employees new jobs, they also stated that they weren’t interested in buying their main IP. As of right now the fate [...]

Today Nintendo confirmed that save files from the Wii virtual console won’t transfer to the Wii U. While Balloon Fighter is the only game available right now, when they eventually release all the original NES and SNES games that they have on the Wii, you won’t be able to transfer them over and play on your new shiny console. It’s a shame since no one wants to keep their Wii [...]