Here's a Max Payne 3 screenshot.

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 has been announced. GameStop posted an exclusive teaser trailer above and an interview with SEGA that contains the first info which can be found below.

Here are 6 new screenshots of Mass Effect 3.

Here is the final Twisted Metal boxart.

Watch IGN tackle a mission in Unit 13. Combining stealthy cover-based gameplay with action-heavy gun battles, Unit 13 could be an interesting addition to the Vita's arsenal.

Check out this awesome live action trailer of Skyrim by Bethesda.

Here is a skill training guide by Shiftyze, use it if you need to level a specific skill quickly. In general, you can take back the gold you get from skill trainers by making them your companion, and by pickpocketing it back from them after you get training.

For your magic skills, get 100 enchanting, all 5 enchanter perks, insightful enchanter, corpus enchanter, extra effect (extra effect not necessary, so i guess you only need like 70 enchanting). Enchant a ring, necklace, body armor, and helm with -25% [insert magic school here] magicka cost.

Here is a more accurate look at Skyrim.

It looks like Hitman: Absolution isn't the only Hitman game currently in the works. The trademark above was  recently filed by Square Enix and shows "Hitman Profession" filed on December 22, 2011 (Fixed, thanks anonymous :). Does this mean it will be the next Hitman game?

Source: Siliconera

The top 10 enemies as voted by the TES community at the official Bethesda forums.

Made by http://www.youtube.com/mans1ay3r

Here is the Phantasy Start Online 2 opening. The game was announced at the "Phantasy Star Portal 2 Infinity Nationwide Fan Thanks Festival 2011 and will be released sometime in 2012.

2011 was an incredible year for gaming. Skyrim, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, The Witcher 2, Skyward Sword and so many other great games. Bioshock creator Ken Levine said that he believes 2011 was the best year for gaming in a long time. Below is a quote of what he told Eurogamer.

“It's a year to be proud of, I always make time for games.

That’s important. If you’re not playing games you’re compromising your ability as a game developer to make good games.

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – 9.5
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – 9.0
• Assassin’s Creed Revelations – 8.75 / 8.25 (second opinion)
• Metal Gear Solid HD Collection – 9.0
• Jurassic Park: The Game – 5.5
• WWE ’12 – 5.5
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 – 8.0
• GoldenEye 007: Reloaded – 7.0
• Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary – 8.5
• Minecraft – 9.25
• Fortune Street – 8.5
• Mario Kart 7 – 8.5
• Kinect Disneyland Adventures – 7.5
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 – 7.5
• Stronghold 3 – 4.0
• Raving Rabbids: Alive & Kicking – 5.0
• Otomedius Excellent – 3.75
• Sword of the Stars II: Lord of Winter – 3.0

Here's a Resistance: Burning Skies PS Vita gameplay tour.

Here is the launch trailer for Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath for the PlayStation 3. Also below you can find the latest reviews for the game from many different sources.

The latest issue of Xbox World had a bunch of new Alan Wake's American Nightmare details which you can find below.

Check out this awesome homemade Mario chess set.

Here is the new Spec Ops: The Line Gameplay Trailer. Spec Ops: The Line is an upcoming third-person shooter being developed by Yager Development and published by 2K Games. It will be released Sping 2012 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

SCEA has announced the Vita Launch titles.

The latest Reckoning developer diary takes a look at the combat and art in Kingdoms of Amalur.

To get your Tribes Ascend beta key, all you have to do is go to the Tribes Ascend facebook page and like the page!

Once you click "Like" on the page, you will be able to Redeem your Beta key by entering an e-mail address for them to send the key.

That's it. Enjoy your beta key!

Check out this video of a guy destroying everything in sight with ease in Battlefield 3.

Street Figher X Tekken will be released March 6, 2012 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, and PS Vita.

Today Sonic Computer Entertainment Europe is launching a brand new look for VidZone, the free music video streaming service on the PS3.

"The navigation has been updated to make it easier than ever to find, discover and enjoy 1000s of music videos in amazing full-screen quality."

New Features:

Zones: Instead of browsing through thousands of videos, uses can go straight to a Zone that suits them most. Zones categorise music videos by genre or theme and direct users to the type of videos they want to see the most - making is easier and more fun to discover new videos or artists - Rock Zone, Pop Zone, Hip-Hop Zone, Party Zone or Live Zone are just a few examples.

Here is what Wheatley would have said in his acceptance speech, if he had won the 'Best Character' category of the VGAs.

Facebook has announced that Gardens Of Time by Playdom is its most popular game for 2011.

Sims Social by EA’s Playfish took second place, and Cityville from Zynga took third.

The charts are based on user reccomendations for titles with more than 100,000 monthly active users, as well as high user satisfaction ratings.

Here's the debut trailer for Game of Thrones on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.

The Twisted Metal Boxart has finally been released.

Today Youtube made an announcement that Machinima was the highest-viewed channel on the site in 2011. If you didn't know already, Machinima provides a lot of great gaming videos, news wraps, trailers, and more.

They also host the Inside Gaming Awards which are held the evening before the VGAs.

In comparrison, IGN was the second most viewed channel on Youtube during 2011.

Check out Machinima on Youtube.

The Planetside 2 beta signups have begun ahead of schedule. To sign up for the beta, you will need an SOE account.

Sign now now at the newly-revamped Planetside 2 site.

      

Here is the FFXIII-2 Xbox 360 exclusive content trailer. The DLC will be released Feb 7, 2012.

EA has announced that SSX has been delayed until February 28.

"Over the course of more than 10 years of making games I have not worked on a single project where our team did not wish, coming down the home stretch, that we could have just a bit more time. Time to do all the little things that may not be noticeable during the first hour or two playing the game, but are appreciated over the course of days, weeks, months and beyond."

"SSX was one of the games that always took the time to do exactly that. There is a reason why Tricky and SSX3 are still among the highest rated games of all time, and it is because even playing them today they still stand the test of time. Our goal from Day 1 was to re-launch this amazing franchise with a new SSX game that could live up to that legacy."

According to a new announcement on the European PlayStation Blog, the Starhawk private beta will be ending on January 3.

This means you still have a chance to try it out since Sony and LightBox will keep it running until the end of the year.

But if you miss it, don't worry because the Public Beta is next.

Here are the Japanese software / hardware sales for Dec 12 - Dec 18th.

You've probably never heard of Zenonia, but right now it's all the rage on the iPhone. The game is a fun action RPG that has a large following in South Korea, and today the newest entry in the series was launched on the iOS.

You can download the game right now 100% free in the app store.

1. Grand Theft Auto III ($4.99)
2. Poker by Zynga (Free)
3. DragonVale (Free)
4. Kick the Buddy ($0.99)
5. Infinity Blade II ($6.99)
6. Angry Birds ($0.99)
7. Card Ace: Casino (Free)
8. Tiny Tower (Free)
9. Modern War (Free)
10. Social Girl (Free)

Check out these 10 amazing screenshots of Trine 2. The graphics and stytle of this game are just incredible.

Trine 2 is also available on consoles starting today, so if you haven't picked it up for the PC yet, now is your chance.

Robert Bowling posted the first released image of the upcoming Modern Warfare 3 DLC.

The DLC will be free for Elite premium subscribers and will be released on January 24th.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 on the PS3 is selling really well in Japan, according to Andriasang, FFXII-2 has sold over 525,000 copies on the PlayStation 3 since it was launched on December 15th.

The Xbox 360 version is a different story though, as it did not even make the top 20 games sold for the week. As for console sales in Japan, the PlayStation 3 sold 65,000 new units the same week while the Xbox 360 only sold 3,500.

Japan...Y U NO LIKE XBOX 360?

The Gears of War 3 "Fenix Rising" Map Pack for Gears of War 3 will be released January 17th, 2012.

The DLC will go for 800 Microsoft points and will include five new maps, four new skins and the ability to "re-up" up to three times once you reach level 100.

 Below is a list of the five maps in Fenix Rising and their descriptions.

Gamefly.com's annual year-end deal starts today. A lot of used games have been marked down up to 50%, and they include free shipping.

The sale ends January 2nd, 2012.

Below is a list of just some of the Xbox 360 games on sale.

Here are some new Asura's Wrath screenshots.

The game will be release February 21, 2012 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Looks like the SWTOR queues are here to stay for now. Below are a few quotes from BioWare community Manager Stephen Ried about the long wait times as well as a list of servers to avoid.

“This is to be expected during launch, as a high number of people want to play the game, and for long stretches at a time.”

“We’re monitoring all of our servers around the clock, and we’re raising server population caps where required. However, to ensure our long-term goals of server stability and healthy populations, we do not want to raise population caps too rapidly. We want incoming players to populate lower population servers. At the same time, higher population servers will not be ‘locked’ because we want to allow people to join a server to play with their friends if they wish to.”

To fix the glitch, all you have to do is go to the Nintendo Shop Channel, download the repair channel for free and follow the on-screen instructions.

The Sims 3 is on sale for only $4.99 as part of the Xbox Live Deal of the Week.

You can find the deal for the Sims 3 on the Marketplace, the $4.99 price will last for a week.

Have you ever wanted to play as Link in an Elder Scrolls game? Well now you can...sort of.

The Skyrim Link Armor mod made by Handski takes some existing pieces of clothing in the game world, changes them and adds a Hylian Shield and a Master Sword.

It also gives tips on how to make your character look more Link style "Elven".

Download the Skyrim Link Armor mod from the Skyrim Nexus and try it yourself.

Well that's not very helpful...ENHANCE? All we can see in this image is two men and maybe the sky. Any thoughts on what it could be?

Amazon is having a Sega Day Sale and you can pick up Total War: Shogun 2 $7.50 and Sonic Generations $15 Steamworks.

Main page with games / Sega pack with 20 games

Steamworks Games
Total War: Shogun 2: $7.50
Sonic Generations: $15

Theres also a 48 pack of Genesis games for $7.50, a Sega pack for $50 and renegade ops.

Capcom has announced that since its release on December 10, over a million copies of 3DS RPG Monster Hunter Tri G have been shipped to retailers.

Monster Hunter Tri G is an updated version of 2009 Wii title Monster Hunter Tri. The original sold more than 470,000 units in its first week on shelves in Japan.

Shipments of the whole series are now in excess of 20 million units.

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Gran Turismo 5 received the v2.02 patch today.

 Below are the full patch notes containing all the changes.

• Power Smash 4 (PSV) – 9/9/9/8
• Dynasty Warriors Next (PSV) – 9/9/9/8
• True Night of the Kamaitachi: The 11th Visitor (PSV) – 9/9/9/8
• Uncharted: Golden Abyss (PSV) – 9/9/8/9
• BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend (PSV) – 9/9/8/8
• Everybody’s Golf 6 (PSV) – 9/9/8/8
• Lord of Apocalypse (PSV) – 9/9/8/8
• Army Cops of Hell (PSV) – 8/8/8/8
• Dark Quest Alliance (PSV) – 8/8/8/8
• Touch My Katamari (PSV) – 8/9/7/8
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (PSV) – 8/8/7/8
• Shinobido 2 (PSV) – 8/8/8/7
• F1 2011 (PSV) – 8/7/7/6
• Asphalt: Injection (PSV) – 7/7/7/7
• Michael Jackson The Experience HD (PSV) – 7/7/6/7

The Warrior DLC Pack adds four combat-ready outfits to your wardrobe. Outfits include Knight of Steelport Armor, Warrior Princess outfit, Kabuki Warrior Outfit and the Intergalactic Warrior Outfit for an out of this world look. The Warrior DLC Pack will be released Dec 20 for the Xbox 360 and PC, Dec 21 PS3 in Europe and Dec 27 PS3 in North America.

Here's an Armored Core V gameplay footage trailer.

Like previous Mass Effect games, a number of talented composers will play critical roles in the Mass Effect 3's musical development, with direction led by BioWares audio team. Electronic Arts announced.

The roster of composers for Mass Effect 3 includes Clint Mansell, Christopher Lennertz, Cris Velasco, Sam Hulick, and Sascha Dikiciyan (press 'read more' for details). Mass Effect 3 will be released March 9, 2012, for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.

Just a small update about the first week sales of the PS Vita, so far the Vita has sold over 320,000 units in Japan. For comparison, the PSP sold over 160,000 units in its first week when it launched back in 2004, and the 3DS sold over 370,000 units in its first two days on the market. Below is the full first week sales comparison for all the platforms.

ATLUS and SNK PLAYMORE have unveiled that the upcoming online patch for The King of Fighters XIII will seek to make the game's network infrastructure more consistent for users, ensuring that the evaluation given connections is more accurate to the actual play experience.

Moreover, the patch will introduce ranked host-side filtering, eliminating the frustration of match hosts unable to avoid matches with players with poor connections. In addition to a number of other improvements, the update will also address a number of rare glitches reported since the game's release.

Published by Softnyx, GunBound is a free online FPS created by South Korean developer Softnyx. Players ride legendary mobiles into battle against each other.

Players take turns firing shots at their opponents while compensating for terrain, winds, and the influence of the Londean moons.

Winners will receive their reward and with the reward the players will purchase avatar items of their choice which will benefit them in future battles.

Download Gunbound from the official website.

Check out the latest video of The Darknesss 2 which introduces us to the multiplayer mode. The Darkness 2 will be released Feb 7, 2012 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

Here's some Ridge Racer Unbounded gameplay footage.

Xbox 360 Sales

1. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks)
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision Blizzard)
3. Saints Row: The Third (THQ)
4. FIFA 12 (Electronic Arts)
5. Assassins Creed Revelations (Ubisoft)
6. Battlefield 3 (Electronic Arts)
7. Forza Motorsport 4 (Microsoft)
8. Need for Speed: The Run (Electronic Arts)
9. Batman: Arkham City (Warner Bros. Interactive)
10. Kinect Sports: Season Two (Microsoft)

Some Soulr Calibur V gameplay footage from SCR 2011.

Here is a picture guide of the 5 collectible bugs (insects, not game bugs) in Skyrim by rsjac.

There are no quests in the game for these, so they are just for your own personal collection. There is also writing on the bottom of every lid.

If you already ran into one of these and lost it, don't worry, they will eventually  respawn where you found it originally.

The mod creator of the Skyrim Online mod shared his vision and goals for the future of the mod.

"In future versions of Skyrim Online you will also be able to start your own shard (be it private or public) to play with your friends or start your own Skyrim Online private server."

Looks like this year, exclusives took a backseat as the real stars were multiplatform games. This is good thing, isn't it? Why should people who decided to buy a certain system be left out from playing all those great games?

Of course there are many great exclusives out there, I am not saying anything bad about them. I just think gamers shouldn't be forced to buy a specific system for a few select exclusives, they should be able to pick the platform they want.

Below is a list of all the multiplatform games that were released in 2011.

Activision released a new Prototype Developer Diary trailer.

The game will be released April 27, 2012 for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

While Trine 2 is already available for the PC, there is news that Trine 2 will be hitting consoles in a few days.

The release dates are December 20th on PSN and December 21st on Xbox LIVE.

If you haven't picked it up on the PC, now is your chance to get this gorgeous game for your console.

Here is some gameplay footage from Uncharted: Golden Abyss running on a PS Vita. The game is looking really good, but the animations seem a little off.

The Vita will finally be released on February 22nd in the US and Uncharted: Golden Abyss is one of the release titles.

Here is a list of 10 strengths and 10 flaws of the PS Vita by pramath.

10 PS Vita Strengths

1. OLED Screen: This probably justifies the system on its own. The Vita sports a great big gorgeous OLED screen that really is like nothing you have ever seen before. This high resolution OLED screen is the best on any handheld system so far (and far trumps and dwarfs the 3DS's screen in comparison). The best part is that it is also touch enabled, and that moreover, it supports capacitive touch as opposed to the resistive style touch screen that the 3DS supports.

Below are 3 fun playlists that should be implemented into the game as soon as possible.

1. Quickscoping
A lot of people hate it but a lot of people also love it. If they put this playlist in, all the people who love it can go quickscope in this playlist. The people who hate it don't have to and will end up having to deal less with quickscopers. Everyone wins.