Things are looking disappointing forGamecockrelease #1, asFurydevelopers have announced they are closing up shop at Auran due to lukewarm response on the game. Gamecock’s CEO Mike Wilson confirmed the game’s performance but seemed more or less unphased, saying,”Would have loved for it to have been a hit, but all in all, not a tragedy from Gamecock’s point of view.” Auran has set upFuryas a separate business and will continue to support it....

GameStop has the exclusives, folks. Until supplies run dry, the bastion of civilization is offering a decent exclusive bonus for those willing to reserve a copy of Ubisoft’sSplinter Cell Conviction. It’s an “in-game” semi-automatic shotgun, which by the way, is better than those silly “out-game” shotguns. The GameStop writers must have run into the same problem we have: there isn’t much to say about a semi-automatic shotgun. It’s a shotgun. It probably kills people....

Opening Night Live Once a top destination for platform-holder press conferences, the likes of Microsoft and Sony have cooled on gamescom in recent years. Cologne, Germany is no longer a place that breaking news comes out of. But, it wasn’t all that long ago thatPTwas revealed to the world from a gamescom stage. Now, everyone’s mostly content to treat gamescom like the (ridiculously huge) fan convention that it is. Geoff Keighley’s trying to bring some of that magic back to the world’s biggest convention....

Steam has let me know that Hi-Rez’s rather cool looking third-person shooterGlobal Agendais coming to digital distribution and stores onFebruary 1, 2010. If you’ve never heard of the game, it’s one of those games with optional subscription models. It’s exclusive to the PC, and plays something like a cross betweenCrackdownand a day in the life of Boba Fett. Pre-ordering the game gets you exclusive beta access along with an exclusive Commonwealth helmet and Elf head with which to customize your character....

Let’s hear it for affordable, DRM-free games, folks! For those of you unfamiliar withGood Old Games, it’s the latest and possibly even greatest place to purchase older PC titles. A closed beta for the service has been going on for a while now, but it was just recently opened up to the general populace. Whether you were never into PC gaming and need a good starting point or you’re looking to relive your fondest memories of classic PC games, GoG is your best bet....

Starting with Samurai Beatdown Serving as a nice reminder that PlayStation Mobile games exist,Sony has initiateda promotion that offers a free game once per week for six weeks. The first title,Samurai Beatdown, is on the house right now forPlayStation Vitaand certified mobile devices. It’s a slash-heavy game with rhythm elements, but don’t go in expectingRhythm Heavenhere. Each Wednesday for the duration of this event, there will be a new PS Mobile game offered....

The days keep getting longer Harvestellaarrives on Nintendo Switch and PC this week. And ahead of launch, Square Enix is detailing some updates it made toHarvestellaafter getting feedback from the demo. TheHarvestellaSwitch demo went live on the eShop following theSeptember Nintendo Direct. Players had feedback from it, it seems, and Square Enix is making some tune-ups in a day one update forHarvestella. As the studio outlines ina new blog entry, one major point is longer days....

If you’ve been a part ofThe Sims 4community for a little while, then you’ve likely heard of the Rags to Riches Challenge created by community favorite James Turner. Start with nothing and build up to becoming wealthy, it’s a pretty simple concept. With the addition of theBusinesses and Hobbiesexpansion pack forThe Sims 4, James has done what he does best and has created a new challenge. It’s not official yet, at least not by the standards of the rules being uploaded to his website, but he’s currently working his way through his own playthrough, and I’ve absorbed all the details....

Keeping a weapon in hand is a perfectly normal way to explore the woods inSons of the Forest.After all, cannibals and mutants are lurking everywhere looking for an argument. And a fire axe, in my opinion, offers a succinct retort. But that doesn’t mean you always want to have a weapon in hand while traveling. Thankfully, there are multiple ways to unequip your weapons inSons of the Forest. The most reliable way to unequip your current weapon inSons of the Forestis by hitting the ‘G’ key....

Armed Heroes, a mobile MMORPG, is the latest game on iTunes to be caught shamelessly stealing stuff from other studios. The victim this time isTorchlight, with Runic Games’ Travis Baldree calling out the thieving party — EGLS Ltd —on Twitter. Naturally, Runic has reported the game to Apple for a takedown, butArmed Heroesis currently still on the store. Of course, since the studio’s shenanigans were rumbled, the title is getting slaughtered in the user reviews, with a plenty of one-star summaries warning potential customers to keep away....

We will never run out of Harry Potter jokes The rumours were true— Daniel Radcliffereallyisgoing to starin the BBC’sGrand Theft Autodocumentary. “Game Changer” (a working title) (thankfully) will also star Bill Paxton in a 90-minute factual drama depicting the “controversy” of one of the world’s most successful gaming franchises,GTA. “The violent gameplay coupled with its outstanding commercial success leads to fierce opposition: from parents worried about children immersing themselves in such a violent world; from politicians, alarmed at the values they say it encourages; and above all from moral campaigners, who fight passionately to ban it,” says thefantasticallydramaticpress release(you owe it to yourself to click and read it....

You’ve met with a terrible fate, haven’t you? If you’ve been even tangentially connected with anything resembling internet culture within the past… I dunnoseveral years, then you’re probably aware of the fact that there’s a decent chunk of society that thinks that the world will end tomorrow. One musician,Theophany, decided that there’s no better time than now to release a free Majora’s Mask remix album. He created a reallyunnerving websitethat is counting down to midnight, the release of the album, and possibly the end of all life in Termina....

Well, that’s my bank account screwed U.S. retailer Target has reportedly released images revealing the first wave of Lego sets based on Blizzard’s multiplayer shooterOverwatch,and they all look fantastic and adorable. The supposed sets include minifigs for some ofOverwatch’shuge roster of heroes, including Mercy, Reaper, Soldier: 76, Widowmaker, McCree, Winston and the Shimada brothers. Bastion, Reinhardt and the mech-riding D.Va get their own individual builds, while locations such as Watchpoint: Gibraltar, Dorado, and Hanamura are also on offer....