We just heard about Kingdom of Amalur‘s online pass content, and have been hearing about online passes for years now. People are pretty not-down with online passes, but the industry has a bone to pick with used games and Microsoft may have a strategy which, if successful, will reduce the used game industry to nothing but, well, bones. According to Kotaku, the next generation Xbox might be implementing a system which prevents used games from being played. Now what this ..read the full article

As it turns out, Kingdoms of Amalur does indeed still have content that new players of the game will need an EA Online Pass for, but the circumstances are unlike they were assumed to be. Initially it was assumed the that the House of Valor content was on the disk and had to be unlocked with said Online Pass, but it appears that is not the case. EA and developer 38 Studios clarify in the following statements:

38 Studios Community Manager: ..read the full article

Modern Flight Simulators come in a variety of forms, from Take On Helicopters to the still quite broken IL-2 Cliffs Of Dover, but none have delivered the same level of acute reality as the Digital Combat Simulator series. Crafted by developers Eagle Dynamics, the DCS series so far has delivered near-perfect recreations of the Black Shark (a single pilot variant of the Russian Kamov-50, a ground-attack chopper) and the A-10C Warthog (the venerable and frightening depleted-uranium-firing U.S. ground-pounder still in active service). Now, ..read the full article

A Minecraft player and Red Dead Redemption fan has recreated the iconic town of Blackwater.

User technoanimate100 is the creator of this fine work of art, a total recreation of the biggest town in Rockstar‘s superb open world western.

You can view a gallery of images showing the town here, as well as download the world file and have a look around for yourself.  Despite being a Minecraft story really, I want to play Red Dead again now- despite the problems with ..read the full article

It’s been a little over a month since the official launch of BioWare’s much anticipated MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, which means the time is right for a retrospective look at how the game has performed following its release.

I currently play a level 50 Smuggler on the Republic side of the fence, with a level 43 Consular slowly climbing towards 50 as well. Sadly, when it comes to the Empire faction, I haven’t had the time to get any ..read the full article

It’s been a little over a month since the official launch of BioWare’s much anticipated MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, which means the time is right for a retrospective look at how the game has performed following its release.

I currently play a level 50 Smuggler on the Republic side of the fence, with a level 43 Consular slowly climbing towards 50 as well. Sadly, when it comes to the Empire faction, I haven’t had the time to get any ..read the full article

Obi-wan Kenobi, played by Chris Pratt, best known for his roll as Andy Dwyer in Parks and Recreation, puts Darth Vader on a strike count in this comical commercial conjured up to peek your interest in Kinect Star Wars as the title approaches its April 2012 release date. Check it out and let us know what you think of the two minute spot in our comments section below.

Kinect Star Wars and Theme Based Bundle Delayed Kevin Butler (VP of Silent ..read the full article

With only 27 days until the launch of PlayStation Vita, we are excited to announce two PS Vita 3G/WiFi bundles. If you were one of the lucky consumers to pre order the PS Vita First Edition Bundle, in addition to the PS Vita 3G/Wi-Fi hardware, a limited edition case, a 4GB PS Vita Memory Card and Little Deviants game, we will now be including an AT&T DataConnect Session Pass good for one free 250MB session, and a PlayStation Network ..read the full article

I started at Ubisoft around the time that we launched the first iterations of Michael Jackson The Experience. Being a longtime fan of the King of Pop, I always hoped that I could experience the game on the road. With Michael Jackson The Experience coming to PS Vita on February 22nd, my wish has been granted!

In Michael Jackson The Experience, you’ll experience the King of Pop’s chart-topping tracks as you draw shapes and tap on both of ..read the full article

I started at Ubisoft around the time that we launched the first iterations of Michael Jackson The Experience. Being a longtime fan of the King of Pop, I always hoped that I could experience the game on the road. With Michael Jackson The Experience coming to PS Vita on February 14th, my wish has been granted!

In Michael Jackson The Experience, you’ll experience the King of Pop’s chart-topping tracks as you draw shapes and tap on both of PS Vita’s ..read the full article

 Aliens: Colonial Marines has been in development a long time.  Like, since 2008 long.  It resurfaced at last year’s E3, where we were told that it would be coming this Spring.  Today, Sega revealed that they’re pushing the game back to this fall. Sega and Gearbox sent an email about their choice to push it back:

“Aliens: Colonial Marines is a process of creativity and invention and those don’t necessarily follow the structure of an assembly line. While setting clear goals, ..read the full article

Next up on our MLB 12 The Show developer blog tour is our Franchise mode and the improvements coming to players this year. One of our goals going into this development cycle was to enhance the trade logic for CPU teams to better mimic their real-life counterparts. In order to do so, we had to examine the current system and identify the faults to then build and improve upon it. This year we are considering more factors ..read the full article

Bioware today released a new trailer for Mass Effect 3, which shows the multiplayer mode in action. Besides exciting multiplayer action, the trailer includes details about different races and classes you’ll be able to play as.

Mass Effect 3 becomes available March 6th. Watch the trailer below.

So what do you think about the Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Mode? Is it something you look forward to or an unnecessary add-on? Casey Hudson Explains Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer In New Trailer New Mass Effect ..read the full article

Fighting games with console exclusive characters are slowly becoming a thing.  Soul Calibur IV did the whole Star Wars things with Darth Vader on PS3 and Yoda on Xbox 360 (presumably due to their natural color schemes) and Mortal Kombat had Kratos exclusively on PS3.

This time around Street Fighter x Tekken is getting a rather healthy cache of Sony exclusives including Mega Man… Okay now that that’s sunk in, his character is based on the US version Mega Man 1 ..read the full article

SSX is just over a month away, and we’re excited to give our PS3 fans in North America some exclusive content to keep you busy on the slopes. Mt. Fuji, the legendary Japanese mountain will only available on PS3 in North America. The mountain that owns the horizon in Tokyo is packed with six unique event drops. Three race drops and three trick drops will have PS3 players carving down and in the majestic landmark in true SSX ..read the full article

Earlier today we learned that the PS3 and PlayStation Vita versions of Street Fighter X Tekken will include five exclusive characters: Mega Man, Pac-Man, Cole McGrath and Japanese PlayStation mascots Toro and Kuro.

It got me thinking about cameos and guest appearances in games – an increasingly frequent occurrence, it seems, particularly in beat ‘em ups. And it’s not just other game characters popping up in other pixels’ playgrounds: the NBA Jam series has a long tradition of including Presidential ..read the full article

Twisted Metal is rapidly approaching its Valentine’s Day (February 14th for those living under lonely rocks) release, whereupon all future inter-relationship disputes should be settled with vehicular destruction, manslaughter and otherwise twisting of metal.

If enthusiasts didn’t think the free downloadable version of Twisted Metal: Black was enough (I know I did), there’s now a multiplayer-only demo releasing for Twisted Metal on January 31st as confirmed by Sony’s Senior Social Media Specialist during a recent episode of the PlayStation Blogcast.  No ..read the full article

If you could reach out and touch this week’s episode of Access TV it would feel small, sleek and curiously curvy. That’s right, episode 18 of Access is on YouTube now, and it’s decidedly PlayStation Vita-shaped, with our headline spot devoted to showing off the tricks, tech and awesome launch titles of the glorious new handheld. Check out the likes of Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Little Deviants and Reality Fighters right now.

And it doesn’t end there. We’ve also got a ..read the full article