Microsoft has spent the better part of the past few days explaining the Xbox One’s many new features while retailers have thrown pre-orders up to make the most of E3 and make some quick hypothetical bucks.  This gets them some theoretical sales and allows MS and other companies to trumpet “system X has the most [...]

Polytron, the team behind Fez, the 2D platform game that received as much love for its unique and innovative gameplay as it did hate as many gamers grew to dislike the people behind the game (covered here at Hardcore Gamer), announced at E3 that Fez 2 is now in development. Details are very scarce as [...]

The experience of being at E3 is completely different than you’d think from the articles rehashing the press conferences and giving out the highlights.  There’s so much going on everywhere you look that it’s easy to forget the show was more than just Sony giving Microsof the redheaded stepchild treatment, while Nintendo hung out off [...]

When Diablo III was released last year, it was met with mixed emotions. Longtime series loyalists lamented the final product after a twelve year long development cycle, newcomers failed to understand the mystique that the franchise had been known for prior to the third installment and those looking for a game with a host of [...]

Amazon did a giveaway for two OUYA console/controller packs yesterday, and they’ve got a second giveaway going on now. All you have to do is send an e-mail to gamerlove@amazon.com with “Oh yeah I want that OUYA!’ in the subject line. The 500th and 1,000th person will get the prize pack. Those in the LA [...]

With E3 coming to a close, the newest Indie Gala is out. The simply-titled June bundle lets you pay what you want for Creatures: The Albian Wars, Pirates of Black Cove, and a mystery Desura game that unlocks in the second week of the bundle. The next tier gets you Chester, Sword of the Stars: [...]

Puzzle games are in abundance this year. Tiny Brains is a new release developed by Spearhead Games, it follows the trials and challenges every scientific experimental rodent must face. You choose between four little critters and get to use unique abilities to successfully find your way out of a mad scientist’s menacing series of levels. [...]

Now that the big three have fired all their shots at E3, it’s time to take a look back and take stock of all we’ve seen. We’ll start with Microsoft, who is in the odd position of losing the console war before it even started. They’re currently standing atop their castle with a gun pointed [...]

After two critically-acclaimed games in Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, the franchise continues by taking a step back in time. In Origins, you play as Batman early on in his career as Black Mask has put a giant bounty on his head — resulting in a slew of bad guys coming out to try and [...]

Any game mixing old 80′s horror movies and arcade style beat’em ups should go to the head of the class. Final Exam is looking like an A+ title. If you were a fan The Simpson’s arcade or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, you’ll want to give this game a try. You choose from one of four [...]