THQ has announced that anyone in Europe that purchases Metro 2033TM on PC on the first day of sales will receive a free copy of the PC version of Red Faction: Guerrilla. How is that for bonus's? Most companies offer up a demo for pre-order and such (why is that?) but THQ goes above and beyond by giving day one purchaser's a complete, full game. Metro 2033 is all about the post apocalyptic wor... more.

Shatter, a homage of sorts to Breakout, is now available on PC's. Shatter's creators, Sidhe who are New Zealand's largest game production company, are adding PC exclusive modes including Endless Mode, Endless Mode Co-op Multiplayer, Time Attack and Time Attack Co-op Multiplayer. Shatter will also feature Steam achievements and leaderboards for PC players. Recently Shatter earned IGN's Best Pl... more.

Games coming from Russia are few and far between (I mean, when your country is known for being the birthplace of Tetris, really, do you need to make many more games to be popular?). JetDogs Studios, a casual games developer, hails from Russia and are bringing out Millennium Secrets: Emerald Curse to PC's worldwide through BigFish Games (one of the leading casual games hubs on the Internet). Em... more.

Shigeru Miyamoto is receiving the  Fellowship at this year’s GAME British Academy Video Games Awards.  BAFTA has been covered here at PPG before (links below), the basics are that BAFTA is an awards show for outstanding works in moving picture-they cover TV too (we have a few of these in the US, most are associated with a TV channel though and are just for games). On being invited to rece... more.

Iceberg Interactive and Mohican have just signed a distribution deal that will allow Mohican to bring to France several titles in full localized editions in the first half of 2010. Some of the titles that will be making their way to France soon include Adam's Venture: The Search for the Lost Garden and the Dark Fall: Lost Souls and Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. Adam's Venture is a non-v... more.

Paradox Interactive have just released a demo for Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943 for PC. This is great news for war grognards out there looking for their next fix. Along with the demo Paradox have announced a pre-order bonus of 15% off (last day to get that discount is March 3rd, this offer runs a little past the release date of February 25th). Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943 Main Features: •... more.

As most of our visitors know, it is not normal for us here at PPG to take the easy way out and just post a press release (most are boring and no fun).  Sometimes though, it is worded best just the way we receive it so in those instances (like this one) we will take the easy road and just put it up as is.  So here is the press release for the Final Fantasy XIII announcement.  Enjoy. Thursday ... more.

Team17 is offering something special to fans of the Worms franchise. European gamers can sign up for a chance to Beta Test the upcoming Playstation 3 version of Worms 2: Armageddon. Team17 have released information on their official forums to sign up for this event. Please visit Team17's- website for application and sign up details.... more.

We were under and embargo on this one (just to be safe, we waited an additional day out of respect).  Here is the complete list of nominees for this year's BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts for those that don't know). Action Assassin’s Creed II Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets Ubisoft Entertainment Ltd/Ubisoft Montreal Batman: Arkham Asylum Sefton Hill, David Hego,... more.

Still Life 2 by Iceberg Interactive has just gone gold and is just now entering the manufacturing process in preparation for it's European release. This is the sequel to the hit Still Life 1 (as you could probably tell from the title) and is expected to be avaiable on February 19th, 2010. Just like the first game, SL2 has gamers taking on the persona of two separate characters that share the s... more.