The Hacker Evolution Collection combines the games Hacker Evolution, the Reinsertion expansion pack and Hacker Evolution – Untold. They set the player into the role of Brian Spencer, a former intelligence agent, who specialises in computer security. After a series of severe incidents – stock markets crashing for no reason, a central bank’s computer system going crazy, satellite upl... more.

Eidos-Montreal is pleased to announce details for the European pre-order packs for Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Consumers can preorder the standard edition game to receive the explosive Mission Pack or alternatively go for the highly collectible and strictly limited Augmented Edition. The Explosive Mission Pack features an entirely new mission with a special cameo appearance from one of ... more.

TIGA, the trade association representing the UK games industry, today released a statement in response to the news that Dundee based Realtime Worlds has gone into administration. Dr Richard Wilson, CEO of TIGA, said: “This is a very sad day for Realtime Worlds, Dundee and for the Scottish and UK video games industry. Realtime Worlds is a fantastic company with an exceptionally talented team, ma... more.

This week GamersGate is offering special deals on point-and-click adventures where you can save up to 60% off select titles. Point-and-Click Week Campaign (Now through August 1st): - So Blonde – 50% OFF - Ceville –60% OFF - Broken Sword 2-3 – 60% OFF - Tales of Monkey Island – 60% OFF - Sam & Max Season 1 – 60% OFF - Sam & Max Season 2 – 50% OFF - Simon The... more.

Following on from the successful launch of its Moonbase in PlayStation®Home in March, GAME, the UK’s leading specialist videogames retailer, are excited to announce that a second mini-game, Lunar Duel, is now available to play. With the ultimate aim being to battle one-on-one against your opponent until their force field has been reduced to zero, Lunar Duel is a tense game where planning you... more.

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.

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.