Yeah, I'm that hard I'm going to beat you to death with my own arm! Violence and videogames is nothing new, it's always popping up in the mainstream media every now and again (you know when election season rolls around or there's nothing else news worthy out there). So, it's a little promising to see a developer already on the offensive when it comes to the violence in their game. Nigel Cook, executive producer ...

Capcom revealed the final character in the Super Street Fight IV roster last night in San Francisco.

Perhaps the world's most followed developer Robert Bowling (known to Twitter users as fourzerotwo) has just announced that a small title by the name of Modern Warfare two has reached the two million player milestone, presumably across all formats. In addition, it appears we're to expect an announcement on Downloadable Content for everyone's favourite insanely scripted war title some time later on this week. We're on tenterhooks. Not literally, like - we'd be in agony…

They're coming outta the DLC! For those of you that didn't pick up the special edition of Rebellion and Sega's Alien vs Predator last month will be able to download the extra multiplayer maps as of the 18th March. Collectively known as the Swarm Map Pack, for 540 Microsoft Points you'll  be able to indulge in two new maps for every game type; Docks and Machine and then switch over to Outpost and Hive, which will just be for those who want to ...

"Bodycount rips apart the first person shooter as genre-defining gunplay comes alive in a balletic orgy of bullets and destruction" Once again, the team behind the last-gen visceral shooter 'Black' are back on the FPS-wagon with their new title: Bodycount. Codemasters Studios, headed up by Black co-designer Stuart Black, is helping Bodycount look like a spiritual successor far more than anything else and is promising all the same press release bullet points as Black did all those years ago. Crazy action ...

Who needs a PC when Crytek can get Crysis 2 running on your 360! Obviously, these screens won't literally blow you away, that would be stupid, but they do look mighty impressive. The much anticipated Crysis 2, now for consoles, is finally starting to look like it might, just possibly, actually be able to work on the clearly inferior 360 technology. Not that were dismissing our beloved Xbox or anything, but compared to the ridiculous PC rigs required to run the original ...

No, he's nothing like the Master Chief... The  first batch of screenshots of Platinum Game's promising looking sci-fi third person shooter have begun to emerge and it's looking as curious as ever. With it's transforming suit and at war super powers (Russia and America, again!) fighting other resources it could be argued that it's lacking in the originality departments. But, there's just something about these shots that says stomping around in this suit is going to be awesome fun....

Good bye Tomb Raider and hello Lara Croft... again Square Enix came out today and announced that Crystal Dynamics, long running saviours of the Tomb Raider games, is working on a new title. The 'hinting at a reboot' Lara Croft And The Guardian Of Light is going to be interesting for a few reasons. Firstly, because it's a reboot of a much loved franchise and secondly because it won't be a traditional release ...

The curse of the movie licence... wwhhooo, spooky Let's face it, movie licenced games tend to suck. There may have been a time when we all looked forward to the latest Spider-man game, but now, who are we kidding, now we generally couldn't care less. That's why we spoke to Clash Of The Titans producer, Tomoaki Nanjo about the difficulties of developing games based on movies... "I believe there are 3 major points we need ...

I ain't scared of no... Necromorphs? Dead Space 2 may be a long way off but the original left us so traumatised we're getting ourselves ready for the inevitable horror onslaught now. The first Dead Space managed to blend lots of sci-fi staple cliche's and terror into a unique and horrible experience, but according to Ian Milham, Art Director on Dead Space 2, the sequel is moving away from the more obvious inspirations... "Although ...

Before the doors are even open, we're learning of some new juicy games... In an interview over on IGN, THQ CEO Brian Farrell (phew) has come over all game happy and confirmed that we will indeed be seeing sequels to some of the publishers biggest games of last year. That means Saints Row 3, a new Red Faction and even the Russia invades America (yet again!) Homefront. Not a bad line-up all things considered but it's interesting that he doesn't confirm Red Faction ...

Don't listen to reviews... they're probably wrong anyway According to an interview with Square Enix, FFXIII developers recently released (on CVG.com) explains they try not to listen to game critics too much. Producer Yoshinori Kitase explained that many critics view the first half of the game to be 'too liner' but ignores the criticism explaining that FFXIII is attempting to tell a story and a liner narrative is the best way to draw gamers into the world. Makes sense when you ...

As of this week, you’ll be able to buy every issue of your favourite Imagine magazines via the Apple iTunes Store and read it on your iPhone or iPod Touch and, for those lucky enough to get one, the apps will also be compatible with Apple’s iPad.

How to split an audience down the middle... For audiences across the pond in North America who pre-order Lost Planet 2, Capcom and Gamestop will throw in the maniacal Albert Wesker as a wonderful playable character. To complete the insanity of the cross pollination between not only Gears Of War and Lost Planet 2, they've now thrown in Resident Evil 5. That's a lot of modern day gaming heroes to fight the Akrid with and as X360 found out recently when we ...

Exactly what happened to Frank? More news from X10 and Capcom revealed that Xbox 360 owners will be able to play an exclusive DLC prologue that bridges the gap between the original and the impending sequel. Apparently, it will fill in a few blanks and in true zombie fashion set up Capcom's bloody sequel. Called Dead Rising: CASE ZERO it has yet to be given a release date but expect it sometime before Dead Rising 2's release on August 31 2010.