All the giddy fun of jetpacking, stomping around in mechs, roaming around in tanks, zooming about in VTOLs, and generally shooting faces will be opened up to everyone on November 20, when Sony Online Entertainment's free-to-play MMOFPS PlanetSide 2 will officially launch. Read more

The much-anticipated "Scanned" trailer for Halo 4 debuted last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, giving a glimpse into the origins of Master Chief. It also makes it quite clear that Spartan 117 and the alien Prometheans aren't going to be getting along very well. Read more

Late Night Computing for October 18, 2012 packs quite a punch tonight. Read more

Sleeping Dogs developer United Front is letting fans decide which DLC pack it will develop next: one based on fire fighters, or a supernatural Chinese epic novel. Read more

Max Payne 3's "Hostage Negotiation" DLC is coming on October 30, Rockstar has announced. Read more

Nintendo has put up some of its first-party 3DS titles on the eShop today, as it continues its efforts to offer select parts of the library as digital downloads. Read more

Medal of Honor Warfighter launches in a mere five days, and as with any upcoming game launch, the Electronic Arts marketing team has cranked out a new trailer, this one focusing on multiplayer. Read more

New indie developer Red Barrels, composed of a team that has worked on such titles as Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell: Conviction and Prince of Persia, has announced its first game called Outlast for PC. Read more

Join Ryan Calavano on this episode of Shacknews Daily. Today's Stories: - Battlefield 3: Aftermath continues year of the bow - BioShock Infinite special editions pack fine figurines - Starhawk dev LightBox lays off 24, steps away from consoles Read more

Wii U manufacturer Foxconn has admitted it used underage workers in its plants, prompting Nintendo to investigate if the company broke its internal guidelines. Read more