Activision Publishing yesterday announced Skylanders Spyro's Adventure, another reboot for the Spyro franchise that could actually be quite interesting. Using a "Portal of Power" peripheral the game allows the player to transport 30 different and collectable real-world Spyro-based toys into the game, bringing the toy to life as a character inside the game across multiple platforms, remembering ach... more.

At a recent press conference, publisher Activision announced the death of the Guitar Hero and DJ Hero franchises, which will be discontinued (including all DLC) come February 2011. Development on this year's Guitar Hero game has been cancelled, and Activision Publishing's Guitar Hero business unit has been disbanded. Long story short, the Hero franchise is dead. Activision cites 'declines in th... more.

2K Games have today officially announced The Darkness 2, the sequel to the 2007 original. Set for release some time this Autumn on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, the game is being developed by Digital Extremes (most recently responsible for Bioshock 2's multiplayer), rather than the original game's developer Starbreeze Studios. Based on the supernatural horror comic series, the player wil... more.

While it has been known for a few days now that the PC version of the upcoming Battlefield 3 will be including a 64-player mode in its online component, US retailer Best Buy have today listed the console versions of the game as including a comparatively small 24-player mode, as available in previous series entries. The listing includes a "massive 24-player online battles" among the list of fe... more.

Ubisoft have today announced the latest title in the Call of Juarez franchise- Call of Juarez The Cartel- with some screens to go with it. Under development by Techland for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, Ubisoft are currently shooting for a Summer 2011 release date. Set in the present day (as oppose to previous CoJ games which were set in the 1800's), The Cartel is a FPS which is confirmed to ... more.

The timed exclusivity of Dead Money- the Fallout: New Vegas downloadable content that was released on Xbox 360 in December of last year- seems to be coming to an end, with it landing on PlayStation 3 via PSN and PC via Steam and Direct 2 Drive on Tuesday, February 22nd. In addition to this, over the coming months three additional add-ons will be released simultaneously on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 a... more.

Codemasters has today confirmed that DiRT 3 will be available in stores world-wide on May 24th this year.  The game boasts more cars, more locations, more routes and more events than any previously game in the series. With more than double the content of DiRT 2 it's set to be one of the biggest racing games this year. ... more.

DICE has released the first trailer for Battlefield 3 which teases some urban-looking warfare, complete with exploding missiles, falling helicopters and fighter jets. As is the case with any teaser trailer though, it gives almost nothing away about the game but as Battlefield 3 is Game Informer's cover game in March, we can expect to find out much more about the game and its new Frostbite 2 engine... more.

The upcoming sequel to 2009's Dragon Age: Origins is set for release on March 11th this year, but if you're bursting for some RPG action before then, the demo will be available for download on February 22nd on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. In the demo you can play through the prologue of DA:II, choosing one of three character classes and learning a little more about Hawke. After completing the p... more.

14 new images from the upcoming FEAR 3 (which I categorically refuse to stylise as 'F3AR') have been released by Warner Bros. showing the store areas from the game, with plenty of dangling carcasses and creepy children for you to take a look at. The guys at Day 1 Studios should probably get checked out for some kind of gore obsession, but if it makes a good game then who are we to judge? ... more.