Nuketown, the most popular multiplayer map in Call of Duty: Black Ops, is being reimagined for the hotly anticipated release of Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops II, published by Activision Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard. The Nuketown 2025 multiplayer map will be available with launch units of Call of Duty: Black Ops II. Anyone who pre-orders the game at participatin... more.

Ubisoft has announced today that Shootmania Storm closed beta begins early July and includes new competitive mode, Siege, for 5 vs. 5 player battles. Registration is now open at the official Shootmania Storm website to receive a closed beta key. Registration will close on July 2nd. According to Ubisoft, close beta content will include the following: • Joust: 1 vs. 1 • Elite: 3 vs. 3 • ... more.

Today, Ubisoft announced that Far Cry 3 will be released on November 29 in EMEA and on December 4 in the U.S. Far Cry 3 will be available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the Sony PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC. In Far Cry 3, players step into the shoes of Jason Brody, a man alone at the edge of the world, stranded on a mysteri... more.

Sony Online Entertainment has released a new gameplay video from its highly anticipated MMOFPS, PlanetSide 2. This video showcases some of the intense action that awaits gamers on launch. Check out the video and see for yourself why PlanetSide is loved by millions of gamers. PlanetSide 2 Ground Assault on Tech Plant Hvar Gameplay Video: ... more.

Capcom today releases Steel Battalion Heavy Armor, exclusively on Kinect for Xbox 360. Set in 2082, Steel Battalion Heavy Armor depicts a world devoid of computers, where war is waged with rudimentary weapons as new superpowers struggle for dominance. In this low-tech era, there is one weapon class that will determine the course of the war – the Vertical Tank. Utilizing a combination of Ki... more.

Following up on a great E3, City Interactive released the first screenshots of its upcoming XBLA/PSN shooter, Alien Fear. These screenshots showcase the beauty and power of the Unreal Engine 3-powered title and reveal some intriguing hints about the arcade action coming soon to Xboxes and PlayStations everywhere. Alien Fear puts the player in the role of a highly trained elite commando ... more.

One of the best parts of Renaissance Heroes is walking up to an enemy and blasting them to a bloody pulp! The new Weapons overview video shows just a few ways you can decimate your opponents. Renaissance Heroes is a brand new online multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS) developed by Bridea and published in North America by ChangYou (US). The game is set in the beautifully re-imagined wo... more.

Check out this hot preview of Far Cry 3, straight from E3. Beyond the reach of civilization lies a lawless island ruled by violence. This is where you find yourself stranded, caught in a bloody conflict between the island’s psychotic warlords and indigenous rebels. Struggling to survive, your only hope of escape is through the muzzle of a gun. Far Cry 3 will be available for the Xbox 36... more.

Next Gen Console, PC, and Mac Details Revealed. Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) is targeted for release on August 21, 2012. To be available via the Playstation Network, Xbox Live Arcade,... more.

Muse Games has just wrapped up Closed Beta Round 3 for Guns of Icarus Online (www.GunsOfIcarus.com). In this iteration, Muse Games has added clouds, a new map, and new weapons while improving local and server performance. Guns of Icarus Online is airship combat like you’ve never seen, featuring a fully co-operative ship with four players playing important, high-intensity roles. See the new sc... more.