Visceral Games showed off the latest Dead Space game during EA’s press conference, revealing the game’s new cooperative multiplayer mode. Co-op gameplay will be free drop-in/drop-out, allowing players to join anybody’s open game at will. It sort of takes away from the seclusion feeling of previous entries, but it nonetheless looks like it will be [...]

Crysis 3, Crytek’s FPS sweet-stuff, will hit consoles and PC early next year in February 2013. You play as a man named “Prophet” who returns home only to find it encased in a dome by Cell. Inside the dome are seven distinct environments which Prophet must fight through and bring down the corporation behind the [...]

The latest mature-ified Tomb Raider game was shown off at Microsoft’s conference in all its badass-Lara glory. In the live gameplay footage, Lara wields a bow as she effortlessly takes out merc after merc, then parachutes through a forest before finally painfully crashing to the ground. It’s looking fantastic so far. Check out GameTrailer’s coverage [...]

Splinter Cell Blacklist, the newest entry in the long-running series, made its official debut at Microsoft’s E3 conference. Taking place on the modern-day Iran/Iraq border, Blacklist sees the return of Sam Fisher as he seeks to find the titular blacklist before more assassinations are carried out by insurgent forces. Included will be Kinect integration, allowing [...]

Microsoft closed their conference today with an unveiling of the totally expected Black Ops 2. What may not have been expected, though, is vehicular combat. The live gameplay showed players taking control of a jet as they fly through a city, protecting a convoy, confirming previous rumors of the inclusion of playable vehicles. Other vehicles [...]

South Park: The Stick of Truth, the cartoon’s upcoming RPG developed by Obsidian (the makers of Fallout New Vegas and other acclaimed RPGs), has officially received a release date of March 5th, 2013. While gameplay footage is as-of-yet scarce, the game follows the four boys as they try to bring order to their destroyed city, [...]

In a welcome surprise, Nintendo showed off final hardware for the Wii U Gamepad tablet and more traditional Wii U Pro Controller today in their pre-E3 presentation. The Wii U Gamepad (that’s the touchpad) itself includes a TV switch button, used to switch the gameplay from the TV screen to the pad’s screen (as was [...]

We’re gearing up for a HUGE E3 this year. Expect a plethora of coverage with our biggest convention presence ever. In the coming days, look forward to: – A live up-to-the-minute blog of the latest E3 happenings that can only be seen on Hardcore Gamer. – Exclusive Interviews – Exclusive Previews – Pictures from the [...]

We’ve asked the Editors to list off their most anticipated games expected to be shown at E3. For a game to be on this list, the title has to be confirmed to have some form of presence at E3. Speculation on some scale will be fine, but if it’s an unrealistic prediction or was announced to [...]

Despite Mark Wahlberg’s best efforts, I still consider myself a Max Payne fan. Many would think over ten years after the first PlayStation 2 classic, Max Payne wouldn’t be able to offer anything more than the same monotone monologues, blood covered snow, and gritty characters. Yet, Max Payne 3 magnificently shrugs off every preconceived notion, [...]