Classic MW2 map, HighRise, will return in Modern Warfare 3; hinted at the latest Call of Duty ELITE Trailer

I know, I know, the latest trailer for Call of Duty’s ELITE service is cheesy as hell. But we were surprised to find out that the classic MW2 map, Highrise, would return in a new map pack for Modern Warfare 3. Sad thing is that PC gamers will have to wait a little bit more as console gamers will be the first ones to get the new maps. In the following video, and at around 0:50, the Highrise map can be easily spotted, though it looks more like a mix between Highrise + Saffron City from Super Smash Bros. No ETA has been announced as of yet for this new map pack. Continue reading Classic MW2 map, HighRise, will return in Modern Warfare 3; hinted at the latest Call of Duty ELITE Trailer

PC gamers, meet Cross of the Dutchman; an action adventure game that is slated for a Q2 2012 release

Dutch independent game development company Triangle Studios is preparing a new action adventure game, called Cross of the Dutchman. Cross of the Dutchman is currently slated for a Q2 2012 release on the PC and tells the legendary story of “Grutte” Pier Gerlofs Donia. The game is build on the Unity engine and the company has revealed today its teaser, that can be viewed bellow. Continue reading PC gamers, meet Cross of the Dutchman; an action adventure game that is slated for a Q2 2012 release

Battlefield 3’s Daniel Matros clarifies: new stuff happening today, to be announced in a few weeks

Yesterday, we reported that some new stuff were hinted by Battlefield 3’s community manager, Daniel Matros. The way Daniel tweeted those new features, suggested that an announcement would be made yesterday. However, that’s not the case and Daniel decided to clarify his previous tweet. Therefore, DICE was indeed planning/creating some new stuff yesterday but they won’t be announced today or tomorrow. Continue reading Battlefield 3’s Daniel Matros clarifies: new stuff happening today, to be announced in a few weeks

Bethesda redeems itself with Skyrim 1.4 Beta; huge performance boost over its previous 1.3 version

It took Bethesda a while but finally, Skyrim has been re-compiled with some optimization tools and its 1.4 Beta patch comes with incredible performance gains over its previous version. In fact, Skyrim 1.4 Beta runs even better than Alexander’s awesome performance boost tool, SkyBoost. Yeap, Bethesda has finally redeemed itself and Skyrim performs the way it was meant to. We are talking about 16fps increase in most cases and sometimes, we can even notice a 30fps jump. That’s huge and shows how unoptimized Skyrim was in the first place. Continue reading Bethesda redeems itself with Skyrim 1.4 Beta; huge performance boost over its previous 1.3 version

Indiana Jones – Raiders of the Lost Ark recreated in Minecraft

And it’s time for another Minecraft video, hooraaaaaaay. CraftedMovie has recreated of one of the best movie scenes ever. Indiana Jones – Raiders of the Lost Ark is considered a classic movie and CraftedMovie has managed to recreate in Minecraft the scene where Jones explores a temple and retrieves a golden idol. Awesome scene, amazing recreation. Enjoy this Minecraft machinima after the jump! Continue reading Indiana Jones – Raiders of the Lost Ark recreated in Minecraft

Incredible Battlefield 3 Fan-Made Trailer

YouTube’s member ‘lmMonkeyGOD’ has managed to create an amazing, fan-made trailer for Battlefield 3. ImMonkeyGOD’s video is an entry to the “Only in Battlefield 3” Community Video Challenge that is currently underway and looks damn impressive. It’s so good that DICE could easily borrow and use it as one for its next, official trailer. Enjoy the this fan-made trailer after the jump! Continue reading Incredible Battlefield 3 Fan-Made Trailer

Dark Souls Online Petition was successful; surpassed 80K signs but won’t hit 100K anytime soon

It was good while it lasted, right? The Dark Souls petition seems to be at its end as it fulfilled its purpose and as a result of that, the amount of new sign-ups is slowing to a crawl these past few days. This basically means that the petition won’t hit the round number of 100K anytime soon. Nevertheless, achieving 80K signs in just two weeks is an accomplishment in its own right. To be more precise, the petition surpassed the 80K mark in January 20th and today it’s at 81500. Continue reading Dark Souls Online Petition was successful; surpassed 80K signs but won’t hit 100K anytime soon

Amazing fan-made trailer for Mass Effect

Well looky here, we got us a new, incredible fan-made Mass Effect trailer. YouTube member ‘xRaetastic’ felt the need to create a ‘random internet fan trailer’ for BioWare’s RPG series and we are pretty sure that he didn’t expect it to be featured in so many gaming sites. But we can’t help it as this particular fan-made trailer is one of the best edited things we have ever seen. There is perfect editing, wonderful choice of quotes and song that fits to it. Yeah, this could have easily been an official trailer and that says a lot in our opinion. Enjoy! Continue reading Amazing fan-made trailer for Mass Effect

Dear Esther OST Announced

The soundtrack to upcoming indie game Dear Esther has already received plenty of acclaim, and today it is announced that the OST will see its own release via digital channels. Composer Jessica Curry created the haunting music and soundscapes for the original Dear Esther, an experimental Source mod released in 2008. The music has been re-orchestrated and re-recorded by Curry for the upcoming indie remake, due for release via Steam on 14th February 2012. Continue reading Dear Esther OST Announced

Croteam is currently working on the console versions of Serious Sam 3: BFE

Great news for console gamers as Devolver Digital has just announced that Croteam is currently working on the console versions of Serious Sam 3: BFE. Both Devolver and Croteam haven’t revealed any possible release date or the platforms in which Serious Sam 3 will be ported. Devolver stated that Croteam is working on Serious Sam 3 for consoles, and since WiiU is nowhere to be found, we can safely assume that it will come to both PS3 and X360. Continue reading Croteam is currently working on the console versions of Serious Sam 3: BFE