Crytek says “A free demo is a luxury”

Crytek co-founder and CEO Cevat Yerli predicts that the time of free game demos may be coming to an end.In an interview with Develop, he explains that putting together a Demo is a luxury that’s becoming expensive.“A free demo is a luxury we have in the game industry that we don’t have in other industries such as film. Because we’ve had this free luxury for so long, now there ar... more.

Starting this May, the 4th to be exact, the US PlayStation Store will be updated on Tuesdays. The news was dropped in the April 15th Edition of Pulse.  In Europe, content will be updated on Wednesday.... more.

Announced  last September at the Tokyo Game Show, the PlayStation Home-like service was supposed to arrive on the handheld this winter but, following the ending of a Japan-only beta, Sony’s announced that the release of the  service has been canceled.... more.

Assassin's Creed 2 has been awarded with a Guinness World Record. However it has nothing to do with how good the game is.  Assassin's Creed 2 has been awarded the world record for "being the most cover-featured video game." Which just means  it appeared on more magazine covers between April 2009 and April 2010 than any other game.According to the press release, Assassin's Creed 2 appeared... more.

Infinity Ward has seen the departure of two more senior staff members today, according to Kotaku . Lead animator Mark Grigsby and lead character animator John Paul Messerly have updated their LinkedIn profiles indicating that they are no longer with the COD developer. Grigsby had been with the company for five years, working on Call of Duty 2, 4 and Modern Warfare 2. Messerly was with the com... more.

What do game journalist think of Ubisoft stealth shooter you ask?We will have a review up in a weeks or so.GamePro (5/5): "A satisfying conclusion to Sam Fisher's saga; improves upon the franchise's shooting mechanics in almost every tangible way; co-op and multiplayer modes feel like "classic" Splinter Cell. " IGN (93/100): " It's an amazing game, but so different from its predece... more.

EA has said that the issues with the Army of Two 2: The 40th Day DLC Chapters of Deceit will be fixed soon.Speaking with Eurogamer,  EA has said that it’s looking into a fix for the faulty Achievements and Trophies.“There is a known issue affecting Achievements in an Army of Two DLC pack. We are looking into a solution and hope to provide an update soon,” said the rep.... more.

Ubisoft has laid out their downloadable content strategy for Splinter Cell: Conviction today. DLC is to be made available every Thursday, for free, it will be content ranging from the aesthetic to practical. Players can expect additional weapons, skins, as well as a new Deniable Ops maps.First DLC will be a new weapon, the MP7A1 machine pistol which can be found through the game’s ‘Extras... more.

Bailing from a plane just to hijack a military helicopter mid-air and using it to lay waste to the  Military base it was supposed to be protecting  just never gets old.StoryJC2 follows ass-kicker extraordinaire Rico Rodriguez, as he does his thing in the fictional South Pacific nation of Panau. Rico has been dispatched to the region by the company in order to oust Panau’s new dictat... more.

Ex Infinity Ward bosses Jason and Zampella  has announced the formation of Respawn Entertainment, a new studio set on duplicating the successes of Infinity Ward.As I'm sure you know by now Activision fired both West & Zampella a month ago, accusing them of violating their contracts. West & Zampella deemed this unjust and has sued Activision.EA is said to get exclusive distribut... more.