Online encyclopedia Wikipedia became the latest high profile website to announce its intention to stage a 24-hour blackout on Wednesday January 18 in protest of the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act, just days after Reddit confirmed to the world it was doing the same. The decision that will affect around 100 million visitors to the English language version of the website was made after a month long... more.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 starts off where Part 2 ended. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are on the run, fleeing Death Eaters, Snatchers, Dementors, and even Voldemort himself in their mission to destroy Horcruxes and collect the Deathly Hallows. Harry, Hermione, and Ron have just escaped the Malfoy Manor and learned where the next Horcrux is located. Paired with that knowledge, the ga... more.

Ubisoft likes to keep with the franchises it knows will perform well. For 25 years now, Might & Magic has been one of those series. To celebrate the venerable franchise’s anniversary, Ubisoft has announced they will give beta access to anyone that pre-orders the newest game in the series, Heroes 6. The beta began on June 28th, and will include both single-player and multiplayer maps.... more.

Battlefield 3 is the "true successor" to DICE's award-winning Battlefield 2. Like its predecessor, Battlefield 3 will feature large scale military combat with vehicles, jets, up to 64-player multiplayer on PC and 24 player multiplayer on PS3 and Xbox360 and the return of going prone. It's due out in Fall of 2011. In addition, the game will also have a single-player campaign and a co-op cam... more.

Need for Speed: The Run is a racing video game, the 18th title in the Need for Speed franchise, and is being developed by EA Black Box and will be published by Electronic Arts. Though EA has already published one title under the Need for Speed moniker this year, the publisher is ready to put forth another racing experience, but this time focus on an action-driven, exhilarating presentation. Af... more.

In the world of video game franchises there are a number of publishers and developers who consistently deliver high quality titles. Rockstar would be one, Blizzard another and in the racing game genre we have Polyphony Digital (Gran Turismo), Bizarre Creations (Project Gotham) and one other... Codemasters. Over the past 5 years or so a number of high quality games have been released under the... more.

Ubisoft announced this week that it will launch the latest version of Assassin’s Creed this coming November for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. The announcement was made live on the Assassin’s Creed Facebook page, which was showing screenshots from the game available to the game’s 1.7 million fans. First launched in 2007, the Assassin’s Creed franchise has sold more than 28 million ... more.

Bulletstorm is a 2011 first-person shooter video game developed by People Can Fly and Epic Games, and is published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows. The game was released on February 22, 2011 in the US, and on February 25, 2011 in the UK. Bulletstorm is a colorful game. Most of those hues come from gushes of blood and blue bursts of profanity, both of wh... more.

Max Payne 3 is an upcoming third-person shooter video game in the Max Payne franchise published by Rockstar Games for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Development is taken by Rockstar Studios, a collaborative effort led by Rockstar Vancouver along with New England, London and Toronto studios. This is the first game in the series not to be developed by Finnish game developer Remedy... more.