Today we are proud to bring you the Making of “Faces of Rome” trailer, featuring directors commentary and behind the scenes footage from the shoot of the Faces of Rome announcement trailer for The Creative Assembly’s upcoming Total War: Rome II. Working with award-winning UK Director Will McGregor, the theme of betrayal soon solidified into three interwoven storylines which illustrat... more.

Paradox Interactive has decreed that pre-orders shall now be accepted for War of the Roses, the upcoming medieval squad-based combat title developed by Fatshark. Every knight loyal enough to purchase their copies in advance will be rewarded with delightful bonuses by the noble publisher. A new trailer has been released to celebrate this occasion, featuring the two factions of War of the Ros... more.

Today Ubisoft announced the Raven Strike DLC pack, the second Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier DLC package. A throwback to traditional Ghost Recon gameplay, Raven Strike features larger maps, complex missions and an increased level of difficulty. It contains three campaign missions and a new Guerilla Mode map, each playable with up to four players. Raven Strike will be available... more.

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is now available via Steam, with the North American PSN launch and worldwide Xbox launch happening later tonight and tomorrow morning. . CS: GO expands on the classic team-based action gameplay that Cou... more.

PopCap Games, maker of some of the world’s most popular video game franchises and a division of EA, today announced that the underground growth of the sequel to Plants vs. Zombies, one of the world’s most popular video games, is germinating and advancing with rigor. The sequel to Plants vs. Zombies is expected to launch by late spring 2013, and will include a bevy of new features, sett... more.

Konami Digital Entertainment, today announced that the action adventure title Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate will be available in early 2013 exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS system. "It's been two years since the enormous success of Castlevania Lords of Shadow, and with this next installment, we want to take the necessary time needed to give fans a handheld title unlike any o... more.

Gravity Interactive, a publisher of exciting massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), announced today that its online platform for gamers, WarpPortal.com, is providing special August VIP perks for three of its games. From now until September 3rd, players can purchase up to two special VIP packages for three of Gravity's most played titles.  Players can head to www.warpporta... more.

Paradox Interactive, in another cunning scheme to avoid paying for plane tickets, attempted to reach Gamescom this week by digging an elaborate tunnel from Stockholm to Cologne, but accidentally tunneled into a subterranean dwarven settlement instead. While they were down there, however, the Paradox team was able to capture the lives and daily activities of these enterprising dwarves on ... more.

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced that it will release a Windows PC version of its stunning Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, alongside versions for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. The Windows PC version of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is being simultaneously developed by Madrid-based Mercu... more.

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the launch of a limited access Beta for its new Steam Community features. The Steam Community Beta is now open to the first 50,000 players who earned the 'Pillar of the Steam Community' badge and includes another invite to share. Be... more.