On August 19, Chair Entertainment, a subsidiary of Epic Games and Microsoft delivered the next evolution in downloadable games with the launch of “Shadow Complex™” exclusively on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Officially recorded as the most downloaded single-player title in Xbox LIVE Arcade history to date, more than 200,000 people purchased “Shadow Complex” in the first week of its release. “Congratulations...

Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) announced today a new and exclusive PlayStation 3 (PS3) offering for the critically acclaimed God of War franchise, God of War Collection. Scheduled for release this holiday season, God of War Collection will feature reworked versions of both God of War and God of War II on a single Blu-ray Disc at full 1280 x 720 resolution. Both critically acclaimed games,...

Mad Catz Interactive today announced a Limited Edition ‘Femme Fatale’ Street Fighter IV Arcade FightStick: Tournament Edition, available for purchase at the official Capcom booth at the 2009 Penny-Arcade Exposition (PAX) taking place between September 4th to September 6th 2009, and via both the Capcom online store and the Mad Catz online ‘GameShark’ store beginning on September 4th 2009. The...

Valve today announced that Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) will be shown and playable during the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo (PAX), held September fourth thru sixth in Seattle, Washington. After debuting “The Parish” campaign (set in the New Orleans’ French Quarter) at E3, and “Swamp Fever” at Comic Con San Diego, the PAX showing will unveil “Dark Carnival” (pictured below),...

PopCap Games today announced the upcoming launch of Peggle Nights on the Xbox LIVE Arcade. Tuned specifically for the XBLA player, Peggle Nights is an expansion for the original Peggle and includes all the levels and challenges from the PC and Mac versions of Peggle Nights – along with the ability to play all the new Nights content in the exclusive multiplayer modes found only on XBLA. The Peggle...

Konami have released the final packshot for PES 2010, starring Lionel Messi and Fernando Torres. PES 2010 will be released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC-DVD and mobile phones on October 22nd, with versions for PlayStation 2 and PSP (PlayStation Portable) to follow on November 5th and finally the Wii version releasing on November 19th. The cover is obviously near identical on all the formats, so we...

Section 8 has been delayed by one week, it will now be available in the UK on September 11th, instead of the original date of September 4th. On a more positive note, SouthPeak Games has also revealed the exclusive in-game items that gamers receive by pre-ordering the game. UPDATE: We have received confirmation that “the US release date (September 1st) is unchanged“. UK Pre-orders By...

Following last week’s successful launch of the Demons of the Badland DLC pack for Red Faction: Guerrilla, THQ today announced details for a second downloadable content pack that will deliver destructive new multiplayer modes and maps. Along with Demons of the Badlands and the Multiplayer Pack, THQ has also announced a third DLC pack that will be available in October. Further details on the third...

In anticipation of the launch of this year’s biggest massively multiplayer online (MMO) release, Aion, NCsoft announced an exclusive cross promotion today giving players the ability to call upon the Aion wings emote within the Guild Wars family of games. Designed as an added value and a way to say thanks to our biggest fans of the Guild Wars and Aion franchises, players that purchase an Aion Collector’s...

The 1.50 Patch for SOCOM: Confrontation is now live, coming in at 578 MB. The EU producer for the game had the following to add: The team are also deploying a server update to sync with the patch, so you may not be able to connect for a little while once the patch is downloaded.  It shouldn’t take too long though before the servers are back online… For a full list of what the 1.50 patch...