"exCiTeD tO mEAT NEw FrIEnDs sOon".
Borderlands 2 is getting another DLC pack, a character add-on starring Krieg the Psycho. He's down to appear on Xbox Live next week, 14th May, costs 800 MP, and is by all accounts a fair few sandwiches short of a picnic.
EA and Disney sign multi-game, multi-developer deal.
This week's Big News is very much EA's partnership with Disney to work on multiple - yes, multiple - Star Wars projects. DICE, Visceral and BioWare are involved. Just think, a few years from now we'll probably be re-enacting Return of the Jedi's Ewok battle using Frostbite - or at least, staring mournfully at "connection lost" screens while pop-up notifications attempt to sell us lightsaber extensions, at 400 MP an inch.
"These should 'just work' regardless of their current connection status.".
This just in: Microsoft's next Xbox is "engineered to be tolerant of today's Internet", according to what's alleged to be an internal memo, meaning it absolutely won't incite racial hatred against your broadband modem behind your back, or discriminate against your modem during job interviews in light of its customs or beliefs.
Is this the new Wolfenstein?.
Happy post-bank holiday! Feeling dejected? Quench your back-at-work misery with reference to these interesting new images from Bethesda, tweeted over the break. One of them's accompanied by the hashtag #1960. Swinging Sixties setting confirmed? Or is 1960 the number of frames per second it'll push? We'll find out more soon.
Silver subscribers get online multiplayer 3rd-5th May.
Good news, all - Xbox Live Gold is free this weekend for Silver subscribers, granting three whole days' worth of access to the heady world of online multiplayer. Read all about it here.
New Grand Theft Auto characters get the wallpaper treatment.
Here's a bunch of GTA 5 screens and wallpapers that slipped the net during yesterday's GTA 5 info blowout. They're not just for cooing at, mind - look closely and you may come away with a better appreciation of side characters characters like Jimmy (Michael's slothful son), Lamar (Franklin's bad boy chum) and "Nervous Ron", who looks exactly like he sounds.
South Park and the Stick of Truth still out in 2013.
Fallout: New Vegas studio Obsidian Entertainment - currently developing South Park: The Stick of Truth for 2013 release alongside Kickstarter-funded PC title Project Eternity - has confirmed that it's working on an unannounced game, but remains tight-lipped on the details.
New character skins for Batman and Wonder Woman also revealed.
Barbara Gordon is likely the next downloadable character for Injustice: Gods Among Us, if a recent Xbox Live Marketplace hiccup is any indication.
Famed hide and seek multiplayer returns to the fray.
Ubisoft has released a new Splinter Cell: Blacklist trailer which focuses on the long-lost Spies versus Mercenaries mode, in which men with torches on their heads try to obtain secret data, while men with chunky shoulder pads try to stop them. It's pretty enthralling stuff - the cat-and-mouse tension of Aliens, the hardware of Ghost Recon. Go watch.
Gearbox PR naps in presence of giveaway promo art.
Gearbox has confirmed a fourth Borderlands 2 add-on, Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep, for Xbox Live release on 25th June. That's in the wake of a rather embarrassing photograph. Word to the wise, Gearbox PR chap Steve Gibson - be careful where you sleep.
Check out Rockstar's technical improvements.
It is our very great pleasure to present no less than 21, decidedly lush new Grand Theft Auto 5 screenshots - OK, 20 screenshots and one artwork - for your eyes and brain to boggle at. They show the city of Los Santos from several angles, along with custom outfits (there's a touch of Army of Two and Saints Row to the facemasks) and seismic vehicular action. Seismic.
"The amount of data in MGS4 is just too enormous" for DVDs.
Let it never be said again that size doesn't matter, because Hideo Kojima says this is exactly why there won't be an Xbox 360 version of the Metal Gear Solid: Legacy Collection, which includes the impossibly large Metal Gear Solid 4.
Michael and Franklin look all thoughtful about stuff.
There's a load of Grand Theft Auto 5 coverage embargoed till 5pm today, in case you'd forgotten, but one of Rockstar's new artworks appears to have slipped the net, via this Newswire thread. It's been shot down by moderators, but Gameranx has saved us a snap. Good work, internet.
Turtle Beach launches a hunt for the UK's next top gamer.
Game audio experts Turtle Beach have launched a nationwide search for the UK'S top gamers, with big prizes on offer for the ten finalists - and we're helping out.
"Just give me what I've paid my #163;299 for, and that is to play amazing, incredible computer games.".
Former Microsoft and Lionhead bigwig Peter Molyneux Knows Things about the next generation Xbox, of that you may be very sure. Why else would he agree to speak at Microsoft's reveal event on 21st May? Why else would he say "I'm sworn to secrecy here", and "it should be really good fun, and maybe slightly contentious"?
Well of course it isn't Fallout 4.
It's been a rough few years in some ways for Knights of the Old Republic 2 developer Obsidian Entertainment, what with Bethesda cutting back on bonuses for Fallout: New Vegas, ensuing layoffs and most recently, a spell in limbo for South Park and the Stick of Truth, following THQ's collapse into bankruptcy. Still, there may be light at the end of the tunnel: the studio appears to be working on a "unique next generation game".
Principal lead artist's LinkedIn suggests that a reveal might not be far off.
We've known for a while now that Crystal Dynamics is busy cooking up a new IP. Twitter sleuth Superannuation has uncovered evidence that an official announcement may not be far off.
343 nearly done with weapon balance tuning, invites community to test.
Halo 4 multiplayer is to be updated with new maps next Monday, 343 has announced - the developer is adding a number of user-created Forge maps to several playlists. At this rate, there'll soon be more Forge maps in regular matchmaking than the official, vanilla variety.
"We're building a new sub-brand, a new engine, and a lot of new ideas and experiences for our players.".
Infinity Ward and Activision execs have broken their silence over development of Call of Duty: Ghosts, describing the game as a new "sub-brand" that will introduce "a lot of new ideas and experiences" on current and next generation consoles.
Game will also appear on Xbox 360 and PS3.
Activision has released a teaser trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts, which ends with a promise of live gameplay footage at the next generation Xbox reveal event on 21st May.