EA and BioWare are supporting the Dragon Age franchise with ambitious downloadable content plans and even an expansion. On top of that, we may have just discovered the release date for the upcoming sequel. Retail copies of Dragon Age: Origins Awakening arrived at the 1UP offices today, and included in the box was a placard with an intriguing hint (above). The iconic bloody dragon accompanies the date,... 

Some games we hear about all the time, they’re constantly in the news, screens are often released and videos get leaked. But there are some titles that we hear nothing about after they were initially announced or hinted at. Are they still under development? Continue reading here: I Am Alive, Beyond Good And Evil 2, The Outsider And More Still Being Worked On Bookmark It Hide... 

Valve Software and Epic Games have inked an agreement to include Valve’s Steamworks suite of tools and services to all licensees of Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 middleware, free of charge. “Epic’s technology is one of the most widely used engines in the industry and has powered many of the best games created in the past 10 years, on multiple platforms,” said Gabe Newell, co-founder... 

Stephen Timms MP, Minister for Digital Britain, has offered renewed hope to the UK games sector, revealing the argument for tax breaks is “getting stronger”, with an “update” likely in this month’s Budget. The Minister argued, in an exclusive interview with GamesIndustry.biz, that “things have changed over the past couple of years”, with the industry now viewed... 

A number of factors are pouring cold water on the launch plans for cloud gaming service OnLive, including an installed base too small to be meaningful for larger publishers, and a pricing model that could prove too expensive for consumers. That’s according to Signal Hill’s Todd Greenwald, who also pointed to problems with lag, and no support for home TVs or 1080p HD output until after... 

Harmonix and MTV Games announced today that Green Day: Rock Band is set for a worldwide release on June 8, 2010. The game features over 47 tracks, including “Brain Stew,” “Jaded,” “Hitchin’ a Ride,” “American Idiot,” “Wake Me Up When September Ends,” and “Boulevard of Broken Dreams.” We expect to see a full track list teased... 

God of War 3 is due out next week, and Sony is mulling over the idea of adding downloadable content. Go here to read the rest: Sony Considering God of War 3 DLC Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

A German edition of GamesIndustry.biz is to launch in April, with MCV founder Christoph Holowaty acting as managing editor. The site will offer market-leading daily news, analysis, interviews and features, with exclusive German market editorial alongside the current English-language content. “Launching a GamesIndustry.biz product in Germany is something we’ve wanted to do for a long time,... 

EA has announced that EA Sports Active 2.0 will be released this autumn on the Wii, PlayStation 3, iPhone and iPod touch – but not the Xbox 360 or Project Natal. The original title was released on the Wii last spring and used the standard Wii controllers, bundled accessories and, optionally, the Balance Board More here: News: No EA Sports Active 2.0 for Natal Bookmark It Hide... 

EA chief financial officer Eric Brown has claimed that BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic is the publisher’s most expensive game in the company’s nearly 30 year history. Speaking to a Wedbush Morgan Securities audience in New York, as reported by sister site Eurogamer, Brown commented that the massively multiplayer online game was the “largest ever development project, period,... 

Among the many gameplay demos Sony just showed off for their newly christened PlayStation Move motion controller was Sports Champions , a compilation of athletic events very much along the lines of Wii Sports. The first event from the game that Sony demonstrated today was Gladiator Duel, which used two Move controllers as a sword and shield in an arena-style, one-on-one fighting game. Vertical and... 

In addition to Sports Champions (which, let’s be honest, may as well be called “PS3 Sports,” but you can’t blame Sony for following the money), Sony also announced a slew of other games that’ll use the PlayStation Move motion controller, including Move Party , Little Big Planet , EyePet , Motion Fighters , and the recently revealed SOCOM 4 . First up was Move Party, which... 

Sony has finally announced the name of its PlayStation 3 motion controller – now officially known as PlayStation Move – revealing that it will also operate with a ’sub-controller’ alongside the PlayStation 3 Eye The platform holder said that a bundle of the controllers will sell for below $100 when launched in “fall”, adding that 36 third-party developers and publishers are... 

Live Streaming by Ustream.TV The 2010 Game Developers Conference is taking place in San Francisco this week, but you can watch Sony’s press conference today in whatever room of your home you deem fit thanks to the glorious live stream above (and yes, pants are completely optional, provided sans-pants is appropriate attire for the room you pick). The conference kicks off at 4PM PST (7PM EST),... 

Nope, it wasn’t Gem — and it wasn’t Arc, either. At their 2010 GDC press conference, Sony announced that the official name for their PlayStation 3 motion controller is PlayStation Move Excerpt from: Sony Motion Controller Officially Named ‘PlayStation Move’ Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

Capcom recently dropped off their upcoming downloadable double-pack that includes updated versions of Final Fight and Magic Sword , so we went ahead and put up some gameplay clips for your viewing pleasure. The entire package is slated for an April release and a price point has yet to be announced Read more: Final Fight: Double Impact Gameplay Footage Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →