Physics engine providers Havok announced this morning that they have signed a prepetual licensing agreement with Microsoft Game Studios for use of their Physics, Animation and Behavior products. Under the deal, the tools will be made available for all of Microsoft’s internal studios and development partners, as well as cover future Havok products to come.

“Microsoft [...]

Xbox 360 gamers have been playing the somewhat expensive $20 downloadable Penny Arcade Adventures since last month. The episodic RPG blends the website’s trademark humor with standard elements of the genre. However, PSN users wouldn’t know that. The game never released on their platform.
Better late than never apparently, the game will be heading to PSN [...]

After stating they weren’t going to patch the beta for Super Street Fighter II HD Remix, Capcom has taken that statement back. The simple blog post on their Capcom Unity website states that is coming soon and “the overall experience in the beta will be vastly improved.”
Gee, so maybe it won’t lock up anymore when [...]

Of all of the announcements made at E3 last week, a fairly significant one came from Microsoft when they unveiled the details on their new exclusive partnership with Netflix. Through the service, users will now be able to instantly access their online queue through their Xbox 360s and watch their films. To further illustrate how [...]

Del Ray, an imprint of Random House’s publishing group, announced this morning that they will publish three novels based on Epic Games’ Gears of War series. The first of which, entitled Gears of War: The Battle of Aspho Fields, will be written by Karen Traviss and will primarily feature mainstays Marcus and Dom.
“After finishing the [...]

The Nintendo Wii officially took the top spot for total hardware sales in the current generation console race, according to the numbers released tonight by The NPD Group. Moving 666.7K units for the month of June, the Wii has now sold 10.9 million units in the United States, surpassing the Xbox 360 to become the [...]

Following the postponed announcement of Bungies’ new game last night by Microsoft, MTV Multiplayer’s Stephen Totilo confirmed with company head Don Mattrick that they are indeed working on a new Halo title.
No other details were give other than that, other than to clarify that it’s a seperate project from Ensemble Studios’ Halo Wars and Peter [...]

Unreal has never been known for its single player. Purchasing almost any game in the series, even the ones that promised to offer full campaigns, was typically met with disappointment. The same holds true for Unreal Tournament III, and while this Xbox 360 port doesn’t offer all of the customization options of its other console [...]

After years of hype, Silicon Knight’s Too Human is finally playable in demo for the public. With the promises of an epic experience for action and RPG fans, it seems as if Too Human will struggle to match anyone’s hopes for a fulfilling hybrid experience.
With gorgeous visuals, Too Human is immediately eye catching, though [...]

One of the major standouts of Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference without question was the walkthrough for Gears of War 2. In the video (shown above), lead designer Cliff Bleszinski takes control of Marcus and Dom and guides them through a level that had me, and probably a lot of other people, speechless after watching it. [...]