This is the sort of news you never like to hear. THQ has confirmed that they have laid off over 30 employees between Kaos Studios, the team behind Homefront, and Volition, the guys working on the next installments of the Red Faction (my personal favorite) and Saints Row franchises. “We have had to let go [...]

One of the biggest moments of the year has now passed by with the launch of the Nintendo 3DS last week. By now the console is undoubtedly being played by millions of people all around the world. Even the fairly unremarkable launch lineup is unlikely to deter the money-making abilities of Nintendo. With high profile [...]

The successor to Nintendo’s money-printing console, the DS, has launched and we brought in a special guest to give us first-hand impressions from the brand new Nintendo 3DS. Join Robbiejo, Forgetfool, Shayward and Faitios as we listen to 360Cookie tell us all about the greatness of Nintendo’s new system. Aside from the significant time spent [...]

Deus Ex: Human Revolution continues the franchise’s trademark variety of different play styles. Want to shoot your way through a room? Lock and load. Want to sneak past everyone without bloodshed? Tiptoe away. Want to keep your options open? Play it by ear. The key to Deus Ex is not getting from point A to point [...]

Do you know why “Knock, knock” jokes are funny to children but not adults? Because they target a very immature sense of humor that people grow out of by the time they are grown up. Duke Nukem Forever is the same way. The humor revolving around this game’s longer-than-it-takes-for-a-newborn-to-reach-puberty development cycle stopped being funny years [...]

Well it seems the FPS genre is popular huh? THQ announced today that Homefront has already sold-through an estimated one million plus units across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific markets on shipments of approximately 2.4 million units. “We are very pleased with strong worldwide shipments and sell-through for Homefront, and we continue to fulfill [...]

Do you see this picture? It’s pretty gruesome, the way that hanging body forms the “I” in “Island,” isn’t it? Well, don’t get used to it if you’re in North America, because the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) deems it inappropriate for their audiences. Publisher Deep Silver confirmed the censorship to IGN today, revealing that [...]

With the gaming industry having just passed through two big conferences the week was a little slow for new stuff. The biggest news was the announcement of Prey 2. The original Prey was well received but also quite overlooked and it will be interesting how the sequel fares. The trailer certainly showed off some interesting [...]

We cover a lot of games on Talking About Gamers but rarely do we see a game that we enjoy and recommend playing while at the same time adamantly declaring that no one should actually buy it. Join Robbiejo, Golf Rat, Forgetfool, Shayward and special guest HeroicSuperman as we face this conundrum with Homefront. We [...]

The next piece of downloadable content for Mass Effect 2 has been teased and hinted at for some time but today Bioware has officially announced its existence. Mass Effect 2: Arrival is scheduled for release on March 29 and will feature Commander Shepard rushing to the edge of the galaxy to rescue an under cover [...]