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News You're Not Going To Believe This: Duke Nukem Forever Is Delayed...
.. But only until June! Duke Nukem Forever was originally due out at the start of May, but Gearbox has pushed the date to June 10th worldwide, and June 14th in North America. Hilariously, Gearbox gaffer Randy Pitchford has released a video announcing the delay. You can catch that after the jump.
News Hang On, Duke Nukem Forever Has A 'Capture The Babe' Multiplayer Mode?
Uh-oh, time for the sexist white knights to jump on their horse and ride to the rescue -- guess what, Duke Nukem Forever objectifies women? Hang on, wait a minute, Duke Nukem? Is that the sound of a thousand angsty nobodies dismounting their horse? Sure -- because in any other video game this would be deemed "sexist" by said sensitive types, but Duke Nukem always gets a free pass
Mainly because it's "funny". Supposedly. Take Duke Nukem Forever's "Capture The Babe" mode. It's a play on Capture The Flag. Get it? The twist is, instead of picking up a pole and ribbon, your letching after...
News Levine Rules Out PlayStation Move For Bioshock Infinite, Keen On 3D Though
Irrational Games' Ken Levine has ruled out any PlayStation Move support for the upcoming Bioshock Infinite, stating that gamers would feel "cheated" by it
"I'd never want to throw in Move support just because it's going to make some first party happy or because some marketing department wants it on the box because, at the end of the day,...
News Heads Up: Duke Nukem Forever Now Has An Official Website
Duke Nukem Forever now has an official website
Which is pretty crazy when you start to think about it. The game — which has been in development for, well, forever — is actually coming out in May (apparently). The website's packed with assets, terrible music and "hilarious" quips from the Duke himself. Click through here if you're...
Feature Why Top Spin 4 Is Disappointing With The PlayStation Move But Ace With The DualShock 3
Sports Champions just doesn't get enough credit
Its art-style might be as flat as a pancake, but some of the package's mini-games come closer to true simulation than sports franchise's that have been iterated upon for years. The reason behind its success is the PlayStation Move, which is a wildly responsive unit when used in the right regard. It may...
News Good Grief, Duke Nukem Forever's Campaign Is 16-18 Hours Long
The general consensus seems to be that Duke Nukem Forever is an old-school shooter
Run into a room, face a hundred monsters, circle strafe and shoot, rinse and repeat. There's nothing wrong with throwback at all, in fact games like Bionic Commando Rearmed and Super Street Fighter IV have had tremendous commercial success because of their reverence...
News Duke Nukem Forever: Balls Of Steel Edition Includes A Bunch Of Crap You Don't Really Want
We're not sure where we stand with collector's editions anymore
At first we thought they were a really novel addition to really big releases, but now that every game gets one, they're starting to feel less special. What's more, the stuff that's included is getting a bit predictable. We suppose they are still great for real fans of the franchises...
News The Darkness II To Get Cel-Shaded Visual Make-Over
The original The Darkness had a dark but predictable visual style
The sequel, however, will be cel-shaded. That's according to the game's lead designer, Digital Extremes' Tom Galt, who insisted that the new studio are "carving" their own path for The Darkness II, with a bigger emphasis on action and story. What Starbreeze did well, in a...
News 2K Reveals The Darkness II, Developed By Digital Extremes & Due In 2011
Remember The Darkness? Vaguely
Yeah, us too. We remember watching "To Kill A Mockingbird" with our polygonal girlfriend. Then it all went a bit weird and we had snakes coming out of our shoulders. Then it got even weirder, and we started walking around trenches, except the soldiers in them were all skeletons. Or something. Honestly, we...
News This Top Spin 4 "Legends" Trailer Cannot Be Serious...
.. The chalk came up all over the place. Look you cannot be serious, man. You cannot be serious. John McEnroe should be in the Top Spin 4 game. Chalk flew up, he should clearly be in. How can you possibly leave him out? You guys are the absolute pits of the world, you know that?
News Duke Nukem Forever Confirmed For May 3rd Release In North America, May 6th Elsewhere
Mark the date: May 3rd is the day that pigs will fly and Hell will freeze
Duke Nukem Forever will launch in North America after 13-years of development chaos. The rest of the world will have to wait until May 6th for the monumental occassion, but hey, what's three days in the wider scheme of things? The moment fans all over the world have been...
News Top Spin 4 Drop (Shots) Onto PlayStation 3 March 18th In The UK
After yesterday's March 15th US release date announcement for Top Spin 4, we anticipated the UK date wouldn't be far behind
2K's just sent us confirmation that the PlayStation Move controlled tennis title will launch on March 18th in good ol' Blighty. The game will feature Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Ana Ivanovic (please stop losing! <3) on the...
News Top Spin 4 Smashes onto PlayStation Move in March
Will it be ace?
Looks like Sega's Virtua Tennis 4 won't be the only Move-enabled tennis game next year: 2K Games has just announced Top Spin 4 will launch in North America on March 15th, with PlayStation Move support from day one. Promising the largest-ever array of past and present stars of the sport – early shots show Andre Agassi and Pete...
News Top Spin 4 Releasing In March, Nets PlayStation Move Support
Yes
Yes! YES! Seriously: get in! 2K Sports has slapped a release date on upcoming tennis title, Top Spin 4, stating that the game will release March 15th in the US. But that's not all that's got us excited; the game's PlayStation 3 boxart also comes with a PlayStation Move readily plastered all over it. This is basically our idea of heaven. The news...
News Irrational Promises That Bioshock: Infinite Will "Great" On The PlayStation 3
The original Bioshock did not release on the PlayStation 3 at the same time as its XBOX 360 counterpart
The game launched late, and suffered from a fairly inferior port. With Bioshock: Infinite due to launch day and date on the PlayStation 3, Irrational's taken to reassuring fans that the game will not suffer on Sony's platform. Lead technical...
News Borderlands Level Cap Update Coming Soon, Gearbox Pretty Promise
Are you still playing Borderlands? Thought you might be
That game is big. In fact, if we didn't have a back-log of about 5,264,631 games to review [slight exaggeration - Ed], we'd still be playing it now. And if we were still playing it now, we'd be hotly anticipating the game's level cap raising patch. Speaking of which, Gearbox claim that the...
News Joe's Adventure Hits Mafia II On November 23rd
If you loved Mafia II (like us) and are itching for the next instalment of narrative DLC, then know that the game's next pack of DLC, "Joe's Adventure", is set to hit the PlayStation Network on November 23rd
In the narrative flashback you'll play as Joe Barbaro during Vito Scaletta's spell in prison. The press release describes the package as...
News Bioshock Infinite Still Looks Like The Best Thing Ever (Ever)
Bioshock Infinite's not due out for years
It might have actually been announced too early; because there are still two years of development left on this thing. But the one thing we can be sure of when it ships is that it's going to be amazing. Absolutely amazing. Joystiq's got a batch of new screenshots. Catch them through the link.
News Duke Nukem Forever Demo To Be Bundled With Borderlands Game Of The Year Edition
2K has revealed that they'll be bundling "demo keys" of Duke Nukem Forever with all purchases of the upcoming Borderlands Game Of The Year Edition
Apparently the key will also provide users with a "wealth of goodies". As if Duke wasn't enough. How many people are going to end up with a second copy of Borderlands just so they can say...
News The Wait For Bioshock: Infinite Is Going To Be Long & Difficult
We were excited about Bioshock: Infinite the moment it got announced
The game's debut trailer was stunning. But nothing really prepared us for this 10 minute gameplay blow-out. Infinite looks distinctly Bioshock in gameplay, but the world and setting carries the same amazement as the initial encounters with Rapture. Columbia looks fascinating. From...
News The Latest Mafia II DLC Lets You Play As Ed Baines
We're not going to drop it
Vito Scaletta's side-kick in Mafia II, Joe Barbaro, is clearly based upon top restaurateur, and Britains Best Dish judge, Ed Baines. And now he's due to get his own DLC campaign in Mafia II. No, not Ed Baines; his video game counterpart - Joe Barbaro. The DLC, Joe's Adventure, takes place during Vito's stint in prison and...
Feature Is There Still A Place For Duke Nukem? -- "Twiggy" The Push Square Opinionator
The re-announcement of Duke Nukem Forever this week has put my thoughts to the test
I was semi pleased when the game was cancelled. Obviously, my thoughts went out to all those who had worked hard and were losing employment — but at the same time, I feel like we've moved on from the Duke Nukem character. Does he even matter anymore? I vaguely...
News Duke Nukem Forever Is Coming To The PlayStation 3, Just In Case You Were Wondering
We know you're exciting about Duke Nukem Forever
We don't know why, but it's fact. We were sitting in front of our site traffic counter just as the news of Duke Nukem Forever's re-existence broke, and were amazed by the impact. Suddenly it was like an avalanche of Duke Nukem search queries. Hit counter, high. We had been a little concerned though,...
News Confirmed: Duke Nukem Forever's "Coming In 2011"
Yep, it's happening
Hooray. Duke Nukem's "will they, won't they" story is finally over. We hope. Gearbox has announced that they are indeed picking up where 3D Realms famously left off, and finishing development of Duke Nukem Forever in time for 2011. More news is sure to follow later this evening, with Gearbox holding a press conference...
News It's Time To Kick Ass & Forget About Duke Nukem
Duke Nukem Forever's going to get announced tonight
There's no way it's not going to happen. The evidence has been mounting. First there was the Gearbox rumour, to which the studio's gaffer, Randy Pitchford, said we'd find out more at PAX. Then 3D Realms' George Broussard posted a picture of some flying pigs on Twitter, one of which was wearing...
News Get An Extra Slice Of Mafia II On September 7th
If Mafia II's main campaign and exclusive PS3 DLC weren't enough to fill your mobster cravings, then 2K's got your back
They've confirmed that the next slice of Mafia II DLC, Jimmy's Vendetta, will launch on September 7th for $9.99. The pack adds 30 new missions to Mafia's campaign. Jimmy, the DLC's protagonist, is described as "the guy the...
News Final Bioshock 2 DLC, "Minerva's Den", Hits The PlayStation Network On August 31st
Take Two's nailed down a date of August 31st for Bioshock 2's final slice of DLC, "Minerva's Den"
The $9.99 extension builds on the single-player narrative of Bioshock 2, and plunges players deep into Rapture once again. The additional campaign adds three new areas to explore, aswell as six new Little Sisters. The DLC's narrative runs alongside...
News Hey Mr. Levine, Could Bioshock Ever Return To Rapture?
The latest Bioshock game, Bioshock: Infinite, is notably set in the sky
Aside from going into space, you couldn't get further from the depths of the ocean. So is this the end of Rapture then? This was the question CVG put to Bioshock's creator, Ken Levine, during GamesCom last week. His response was decidedly indecisive (ooooh): It was a very...
GamesCom 2010 We're Guessing The Guy In This Bioshock: Infinite Screenshot Is Not A Happy Chappy
No matter how fresh, bright and exciting Bioshock's worlds are supposed to look; they're usually dark, sinisted and horrible
We assume Bioshock: Infinite's sky-city, Columbia, will be no different. See this guy holding a gun? Yeah, he's probably not a happy man.
News Ken Levine On Skipping Bioshock 2 & His Thoughts On The Game
With the announcement of Bioshock: Infinite, many people are asking the question as to why the series' creator, Ken Levine, skipped on Bioshock 2
The answer's simple, he told Joystiq that he "felt like we said what we wanted to say about Rapture". He continued: "That's one of the reasons Bioshock 2 wasn't the right project for us...
News Bioshock Infinite Announced: Plot Details Uncovered, First Trailer Goes Live
What is Icarus? It's Bioshock: Infinite, the latest title from Ken Levine's Irrational studio
Infinite lifts players out of the depths of Rapture and places them in Columbia, a heavenly estate in the sky. Set in 1912, protagonist Booker DeWitt is sent to the airborne city to rescue an imprisoned child named Elizabeth. The pair's powers are fused...
News Borderlands Gets New DLC This September, "Claptrap's New Robot Revolution"
It was nice of Gearbox to mention that there'd be even more Borderlands DLC
Assuming the third pack was the last, we eliminated Borderlands from our growing PlayStation 3 software tower a while ago. Wrong move, PushSquare. "Claptrap's New Robot Revolution" is due in September and will set you back roughly $10. The DLC will include 20 new...
First Impressions Mafia II on PlayStation 3 Demo
"Take out the fat guy," our partner declares as we point a sub-machine gun out of an upstairs window
Just moments earlier we'd been knocking back coca-cola while perusing a copy of Playboy magazine. Such is the life of a gangster. There's a good sense of place in Mafia II. Almost meticulously so. Take for example the afore-mentioned Playboy...
News Mafia II Demo Goes PlayStation Plus Exclusive For 24 Hours
Look, getting a demo 24 hours earlier than everyone else doesn't exactly justify the purchase of PlayStation Plus -- but as subscribers we can't help but feel like it's a nice little feel-good gesture
As the PlayStation Blog notes, European PlayStation Plus subscribers will get access to the Mafia II demo via automatic download or the Plus front-end...
News Mafia II "Behind The Scenes" Trailer Talks About Technology
Making open world games is hard
This "Behind The Scenes" trailer with the developers of Mafia II details just how hard. They make an excellent point when they state that Mafia II is not a "sci-fi game and therefore people have an understanding how things should work within the gameworld". And it's true — watching people wait...
News Story-Expanding DLC Headed To Bioshock 2
2K Games has confirmed that Bioshock 2 will be getting new single-player focused story content
The add-on, titled Minerva's Den, will see players taking on the role of a brand new character and teaming up with Brigid Tenebaum to fight a dictator's district in Rapture. "Minerva's Den is a substantial addition that will give players more of what...
News Wow, This Mafia II Trailer Proves That Gangsters Are Jerks!
Gangsters are jerks
This Mafia II trailer confirms as much. Shoot-outs, bribes, cabaret, dead bodies, drugs and stupid accents. Could the mid-1940s have been any worse? We guess they could have been without Frank Sinatra. Yeah, that would have been worse.
News Irrational Teases New Project With "WhatIsIcarus.com"
WhatIsIcarus
com</a> may be a smokey charade of nothingness, but its launch suggests one important thing: Irrational Games are about to announce their new project. We hinted as much last week when Irrational announced a special press event scheduled for early August. Despite there being nothing on the page at the moment, we're assume things...
News Irrational Games Announce August Event, Announcement Presumably Incoming
It's been three-years since Ken Levine's Irrational Games started work on "Project Icarus", but we've still not heard a peep about what's in development
That could all change next month however, as the studio are sending out invites to a New York event on August 11th. One might assume that an announcement will follow. Levine already confirmed in...
News Mafia II Demo Drops On August 10th
Curious about Mafia II but not sure whether you want to drop the cash for the gangster package? 2K's got your back
According to an advertisement in the latest issue of trade magazine MCV, the game's getting a demo on August 10th, a couple of weeks before its official release date. We're looking forward to checking it out. Don't forget, the PS3...
News "Protector Trials" Single-Player DLC Headed To Bioshock 2 This August
2K's lifted the lid on the first set of single-player DLC that is headed to Bioshock 2 this August
The pack riffs on some of the best moments from the game's campaign, where you're tasked with protecting a little Sister from a host of Rapture's nasties. The new "Protector Trials" DLC will include six maps "based on favorite...
E3 2010 Spec Ops: The Line Trailer Is All Stylish & Slow-Mo
The Alice In Chains soundtrack is pumping and the action's in slow-mo -- it must be a trailer for 2K's upcoming cinematic shooter, Spec Ops: The Line
Looks like they're really pushing the style angle in this desert based shooter — everytime we've seen it the trailers have been swish. Differentiation is a good thing with so many familiar looking...
News Hey Y'all, X-Com Is Totally Back As A First-Person Shooter, Skipping PS3 Release
We've got to be straight-up: as a publication PushSquare has no affinity with the 90's turn-based strategy game X-Com
A lot of people do though, and are giving mixed reaction to the announcement of a new game in the series coming from Bioshock 2's development house 2K Marin. The thing that's confusing most people? The new X-Com's not going to be a...
News Bioshock Man Is Working On An "Original Title"
Ken Levine created Bioshock
But over the last few years he's been working on a new project we still don't know about. A business piece in the LA Times today fails to uncover any new details about Levine's next project, but does offer some interesting soundbytes. The interview with Take-Two man Strauss Zelnick reveals that Levine was...
News Oh Yeah, In Case You Were Wondering: Mafia II's Out In August
We remain upbeat regarding 2K's Mafia II
It looks neat. But it's still some way off, with 2K announcing this morning the game is due in August. It'll hit the US on August 24th, with international folks having to wait just three days until August 27th. If you happen to be heading to PAX East this week, the game will be playable there. And that's...
News Yep, There's More Borderlands DLC Incoming
It's been out for roughly six months now, but we're still talking about Borderlands
Why? Well mainly because it's awesome, but partly because 2K keep committing to new content for the game. Take-Two's committed to even more content for the game with CEO Ben Feder stating, "Well continue to support the title with more digital content."...
News Awesome News: Borderlands DLC Coming To PSN This Week
Oh hell yes
We're ready for more Borderlands - and that's exactly what we're going to get this week. Gearbox has announced that the latest pack, The Secret Armory Of General Knoxx, will launch on PSN this coming Thursday. That's like, 2 days away guys! It'll cost $8.99 on the American store, so expect something like £7.99 here in the UK. We'll have...
News Bioshock 2 Single Player & Multiplayer DLC Announced By 2K
There's new DLC incoming for Bioshock 2
And while the first batch is totally all about the multiplayer, 2K's promised there is single-player DLC incoming too. 2K described the "on-the-horizon" single-player pack as a means to provide more narrative, new tools and new challenges that extend the lore and fiction of the failed Utopia under...
News Aliens vs Predator Shoots Straight To The Top Of The Pops... Erm, Charts
Another week and another shooter has taken the crown from Ubisoft's current Wii phenomenom, Just Dance
Amazingly for Rebellion, Aliens vs Predator has become the fastest-selling game in 2010, topping last week's record holder, Bioshock 2 (now in third). Of course, they're both gonna get crushed by Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Either way, big congrats...
News "Many Stories" To Tell In Bioshock Lore, Claim 2K
Bioshock 2's Michael Kamper has told CVG that there are many stories to be told in the franchise's universe, mainly thanks to the uniqueness of Raptures setting
Rapture is probably one of the most unique places ever invented. I have to imagine that there are many stories that could be told within its walls. But right now were just focused on...
