Category:  GN

By Anthony LaBella, July 5, 2012 0 GN

Recently discovered documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seem to indicate that Sony is working on another model for the PlayStation 3. The new “super slim” design would be part of the 4000 series, and the specific name… Read More »

By Anthony LaBella, July 2, 2012 0 GN

It took quite a few years, but strategy game developer Creative Assembly has finally decided to create a successor to 2004’s Rome: Total War. Total War: Rome II will once again put players in control of the famed dynasty’s history,… Read More »

By Aled Morgan, June 28, 2012 0 GN

Usually Pokémon, the seminal critter capture/battle simulator, has a pretty regular release schedule. Two versions of the same game are released simultaneously. Later, a third version comes along, acting as a sort of best-of release. Not so for the fifth generation… Read More »

By Mike Murphy, June 28, 2012 0 GN

After five years of development and a release window of “when it’s ready,” Guild Wars 2 finally has a firm, official release date for both North America and Europe: August 28th. The announcement comes just under three weeks removed from… Read More »

By Jason Fanelli, June 21, 2012 0 GN

During Japan’s Nintendo Direct presentation tonight, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced Namco Bandai will co-develop the next Super Smash Brothers games for Wii U and 3DS with Sora, headed by long-time Smash Bros. lead Masahiro Sakurai. Yoshito Higuchi of the… Read More »

By Dominic Garcia, June 21, 2012 1 GN

THQ has sweetened the deal for fans of the Darksiders series that pre-order the game’s next installment, Darksiders II, from the THQ store. The company has announced that pre-orders placed through shopTHQ will receive an exclusive set of in-game armor… Read More »

By Jason Fanelli, June 17, 2012 3 Columns, GN, Videos

The kitchen was closed for a week of repairs, but we’re firing things up big-time with a double-sized helping of Hot Off The Grill! Every weekend, join GamerNode Senior Editor Jason Fanelli (with videographer Matt Boyle behind the camera) as… Read More »

By Aled Morgan, June 10, 2012 0 GN

Back in March, luminary and icon Peter Molyneux announced his departure from Lionhead Studios, the company he had co-founded in 1997, as well as his exodus as creative lead at Microsoft Studios Europe. Molyneux said he had decided to move… Read More »

By Dan McKenney, June 7, 2012 0 GN

The Miiverse, Nintendo’s new social network, will be open to all Wii U players at launch, as well as 3DS users in the future. As we previously reported, the service will allow users to post messages and draw pictures to… Read More »

By Dan McKenney, June 7, 2012 0 GN

Sometimes the timing of layoffs and studio closings is an unfortunate coincidence. Sometimes it’s a deliberate attempt to bury bad news during a major event so the company doesn’t look that bad. In the case of THQ closing their San… Read More »