Blizzard has posted on its official blog that the previously closed beta test for Diablo 3 is opening up to all you hungry hungry games hippos with a free and completely open “stress test” weekend. As of today, Friday the 20th, anyone can log in, create their account and begin downloading the beta client. The full [...]

Publisher Bethesda has confirmed that upcoming alien bounty hunter shooter/open world adventure Prey 2 is still in development, although it will not be releasing this year as planned. A short, if slightly mysterious statement blamed the delay on unspecified problems in development. “Development of Prey 2 has not been cancelled but the game will not be [...]

Sometimes, it’s the sound that does it. A snatch of half-recalled chorus can suddenly whisk you back to a lazy summer afternoon lounging in the park, the murmur of conversations overheard and the shouts of foot-to-ball enthusiasts wafting through the air. Legend of Grimrock, the new PC dungeon crawler from Finnish indie developers Almost Human, achieved [...]

Here at Citizen Game Towers, we’re getting pretty excited about the upcoming MMO that promises to do things a little differently — Guild Wars 2. I spoke to Colin Johanson, lead content designer, and Theo Nguyen, game designer, from developer ArenaNet about narrative, PvP and what drove them to approach the online RPG from a different [...]

Evening, minions. Been looking forward to the ArenaNet’s upcoming attempt to upset the MMO applecart, otherwise known as Guild Wars 2? If the answer to that question was anything other than a resounding chorus in the affirmative, you’re all going to have to stay after class to read my list of reasons why you should be [...]

It’s sometimes remarked that the early history of gaming held more creativity and humour than the current generation of titles, and while there is certainly something to that notion, retro gaming also has more than its share of skeletons in the closet. Leisure Suit Larry, for a certain generation of flat-capped codger, is a game [...]

On the mic – Joseph Barron, Nick Lynch and Richard Plant Runtime – 01:02:30 Content – Nick laments the passing of his bargain-bin digging youth and tells you why you should be packing your bags for Journey, Richard is seething with hatred for EA and Joe talks irritated avian astronomy and tries hard to skirt the Mass Effect spoilers (successfully, we [...]

TIGA, a trade association representing the British gaming industry has announced that it plans to hold a 24 hour development jam that it calls GameHack. Beginning on the 28th of April, teams will have a full day in which to design and build an original game to compete for thirteen prizes across seven categories, including best [...]

High street retailer GAME Group have officially announced the appointment of PWC as the chain’s administrator, alongside the closure of a significant of the group’s UK stores. Around 300 GAME and Gamestation locations are set to close immediately, according to a list posted by industry publication MCV . This is to include all of the company’s stores [...]

UK retailer GAME group, which also includes the Gamestation high street outlets, has dramatically announced that it is ending its relationship with huge industry publisher EA. According to a report on the Eurogamer website, a memo sent out this morning to staff across the company confirmed that the retailer would be cutting its ties immediately, with [...]

Many of you may know my opinions on the erosion of player rights, since I’m not shy about liberally spraying them all over the Internet. In particular, it seems to me, PC gamers have become the favourite chew-toy of publishers keen to hammer away at the coalface of piracy. I’ve stated before that I think that [...]

Valve have announced the availability of a mobile application version of their Steam games marketplace and social network. The app is now available for download from both Apple’s App Store and the Android Market . Valve have yet to comment on whether the app will eventually make an appearance on other mobile platforms, such as Microsoft’s Windows Phone [...]

Here at Citizen Game, we’re mighty fond of a bargain. But how do you know if a cheap or even free game is worth your valuable time? After all, you could be out walrus wrestling, or reading poetry to molluscs, or whatever it is important people do these days now that we no longer have an economy. Luckily, our [...]

Digital download gaming service Green Man Gaming have announced a deal with Gaikai, the streaming technology vendor, that will allow gamers to play demo versions of AAA PC titles directly in their browser. Players will be able to click straight through from the service’s Live Demo page into a version of one of the titles on [...]

Bad news for the UK game development community today, as Develop reports that Sony Computer Entertainment Europe have closed portable gaming specialist BigBig Studios as part of a larger reorganisation of their British studio structure. Founded in 2001 by a group of former Codemasters employees and based in Leamington Spa, the studio was acquired by Sony [...]

Sony Computer Entertainment chairman Kazuo Hirai has officially refuted the rumours that Sony would show their next-generation console platform at this year’s E3 trade show. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal at the CES show in Las Vegas, Hirai said that “Andy (chief executive of SCE) is absolutely right in that we are not making any [...]

Blizzard community manager Micah Whiple has confirmed the surprising news that hack and slash series Diablo will be making an appearance on some console platforms with the release of Diablo 3 . Responding to a question on Twitter, Whiple ( @bashiok) confirmed that veteran developer Josh Mosqueira of Relic Entertainment is heading up the company’s console push. Mosqueira’s [...]

Specialist video games retailer Game Group, which owns the high street chains Game and Gamestation, has seen shares tumble after announcing dire financial results today. It warned that continued poor results could mean it breaches its loan covenants. Shares took a significant hit in early trading on the London Stock Exchange, dropping more than 26 [...]