"Painkiller Hell & Damnation" is ready to hit the Beta phase, with hell due to be unleashed today. Beta testers will have the opportunity to be among the first to trial the ultimate horror FPS with a limited-access closed beta. Registration is open at www.painkillergame.com, and the lucky ones might grab a key. The beta will run until the release, and will allow testers the exclusive ch... more.

"Painkiller Hell & Damnation" is ready to hit the Beta phase, with hell due to be unleashed today. Beta testers will have the opportunity to be among the first to trial the ultimate horror FPS with a limited-access closed beta. Registration is open at www.painkillergame.com, and the lucky ones might grab a key. The beta will run until the release, and will allow testers the exclusive chan... more.

Rising Star Games, today announced the release of the second episode of Carrier Command: Recruits, the four-part prelude to Carrier Command: Gaea Mission. In the second episode, "More Than A Thousand Words," players are assigned their first official task as a United Earth Coalition Technical Analyst. By completing a set of diverse challenges, a mysterious plot will be uncovered. Players ... more.

Arktos Entertainment Group and Hammerpoint Interactive today announced the launch of the official website for the upcoming, zombie-apocalypse MMO, The War Z (TWZ). The game was first announced on July 19 and, within 24 hours, gathered more than 100,000 registrations for the closed beta. The War Z is slated for release in fall 2012 for the Windows PC platform. “The response in the first w... more.

One year after its formation, Infernum will exhibit at Gamescom for the first time ever. The sandbox shooter "Brick-Force" launched several weeks ago and  has already built a userbase of over 1 million players. It will be on display at Gamescom booth B043/C044 in Hall 8, Entertainment Area. For trade and business visitors, Infernum will reveal current and upcoming Brick-Force features ... more.

IO Interactive A/S, a Square Enix studio, today announces the launch of the Hitman: Sniper Challenge PC version. An exclusive standalone pre-order sniper experience is available to play from the moment customers pre-order their copy of Hitman: Absolution. North American customers can pre-order exclusively at GameStop. For the past few months, players all over the world have been competing ... more.

CD Projekt RED made big waves with the announcement of a Cyberpunk game prior to E3. We've been rather quiet about the game since then, and... well... we're still being pretty quiet about it! However, CDPR Community Manager, Marcin Momot, took some time to answer a few questions from fans about the eagerly-anticipated game. Below you can find the original questions followed by answers fr... more.

CD Projekt RED made big waves with the announcement of a Cyberpunk game prior to E3. We've been rather quiet about the game since then, and... well... we're still being pretty quiet about it! However, CDPR Community Manager, Marcin Momot, took some time to answer a few questions from fans about the eagerly-anticipated game. Below you can find the original questions followed by answers from C... more.

BioWare a Label of Electronic Arts, announced today that it will be expanding the story-driven, massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic by adding a new Free-to-Play option this fall. This option will give players access to each of the eight iconic Star Wars character class storylines, all the way up to level 50, with certain restrictions*. Unlimited game access, inclu... more.

Nordic Games is bringing one of the best adventure games in the past 10 years to gamers around the world today, as KING Art Games’ “The Book of Unwritten Tales” (BoUT) makes its way to Steam, GOG.com, GameStop PC Downloads, GameFly and many more. Pricing for the PC and Mac title, which varies by region, is $19.99 / £17.99 / €19.99 / 299 Rubles (Russia only) for the Standard Editio... more.