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by Alice O'Connor, shacknews.com, May 22, 2013 10:30AM PDT

Hardcore strategy specialist Slitherine has revealed the first fruits of its partnership with Games Workshop to make Warhammer 40,000 games and yes, it certainly sounds hardcore. Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon is to be a turn-based, hex-set game pitting the Imperial Guard and Space Marines against ork hordes invading a Hive World. Read more

14.5 million players have killed 3.3 trillion monsters in Diablo III, Blizzard has revealed in a whopping great infographic released as part of the action-RPG's first birthday festivities. Yet only 33% of them have even beaten even Normal difficulty, which is arguably the point where it starts to get interesting, and a measly 6% cleared Inferno. If you like numbers, big numbers, and lots of them, it's a fascinating look. Read more

by Alice O'Connor, shacknews.com, May 22, 2013 9:20AM PDT

You've had a week with Metro: Last Lightnow and perhaps finished it, so what next? You hardly need me to tell you it's getting DLC, but now it's all properly official and everything. Publisher Deep Silver today announced four add-ons are coming over the summer, including new single-player stories. They'll be covered by a $15 season pass. Read more

Remember when Microsoft used to make games for PC? However, with their Xbox business thriving, the company has long shifted focus away from PC gamers. That attitude will continue in the Xbox One generation, it appears. Read more

With the next generation of consoles now revealed, EA has announced that Battlefield 4 will, surprise surprise, hit both Xbox One and PlayStation 4. It also confirmed a release date for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 of October 29 but, as neither new system has a launch date yet, merely said it'll be on them this holiday season. The pre-order bonus will be BF4's first multiplayer DLC pack, named 'China Rising.' Read more

We got an early look at Call of Duty: Ghosts and got a bit of detail on the story, a new character, multiplayer and the new engine. Read more

More details have finally been revealed for Call of Duty: Ghosts, courtesy of the Xbox One reveal event on the Microsoft campus. All DLC for the... Read more

by Steve Watts, shacknews.com, May 21, 2013 9:35AM PDT

The original Planetside is going free-to-play, according to SOE president John Smedley. Read more

by Alice O'Connor, shacknews.com, May 21, 2013 9:00AM PDT

Retro RPG wonder Zeboyd Games, of Cthulhu Saves the World and Breath of Death VII fame, has pinned down a release date for its next game. Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4 will launch on June 7, the developer announced yesterday, on PC and Xbox Live Indie Games at $5. Read more

Kevin Conroy briefly issued a tweet to clarify yesterday's report that he would be playing a voice in the next Arkham, but quickly deleted it. It seems to imply another Arkham game in the works besides Origins. Read more

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