Considering thatLittle King’s Storyhas already been delayed from thesupposed Winter 2008 release date, another little shove doesn’t come as much as a surprise, but when you are looking forward to a game, every little delay hurts a bit. According toNintendoWiiFanboy, XSEED’s Ken Berry has said that they are shooting for a February release date, but it’s looking as if the game will be delayed again. I’d rather play a great game later than a less-than-perfect game right now, so I’ll focus my attention elsewhere until this one is ready to go....

Counter-Strikehas 25 years of history behind it. At this point, it’s one of the longest-running FPS series that remains relevant today. Some maps that still feature in the game have been involved from the very start. Choosing the 10 bestCounter-Strikemaps of all time is a difficult job, considering the series’ long history. But someone’s got to do it, so let’s try, shall we? 10. Office There’s something nostalgic aboutOffice, and it’s not thatCounter-Strikefans were allreallyinto playing the Hostage Rescue game mode back in 2004....

When Major Nelson said that the 60GB Xbox 360 was going to mysteriously show up on store shelves without Microsoft making a big spectacle out of it, he obviously meant it. Previously, we only knew that they were expected to hit retail outlets sometime inAugust, but thanks to our fellow bloggers atJoystiq, we now know that the various sightings of the console are not a result of broken release dates. Too bad, because nothing makes us salivate like the thought of getting our hands on something special that’s reserved for a future date....

Amazon’s on it Bethesda kicked off E3 2015 with a nice little press conference last night. The stars of the show wereFallout 4,Doom, andDishonored 2. Each title got a fair chunk of time dedicated to it, so we know what they look like (even if it was under tightly controlled circumstances). Amazon already has listings up for each of these Bethesda games. One of those titles even comes with abig ol’ Pip-Boy....

Summer down-under? Update:XSEED and Marvelous Europe have confirmed to me that the Australian version will indeed launch in the same time-frame as the European summer release. I was just being silly after all. Summer is the season for beaches, peaches, and water gun fights. What better time for Marvelous Entertainment to finally deliverSenran Kagura: Peach Beach Splashto the west? Well OK Australia is not considered west but we all count them with America and Europe anyway....

Big Head Bash, the upcoming browser-based arena shooter from Spicy Horse, has officially started its open beta today onKongregate. To start engaging in vinyl toy slaughter, all you need to do is swing by the game’s page and sign in to (or register for) an account and you’ll be experimenting with the weird and wonderful weapons in no time. As previously announced,Mr. Destructoid is playable inBig Head Bashand even available at launch — though you’ll have to earn quite a few levels to have the right to command the helmet....

Award to be given in March Despite having retired from the videogames industry justover six months ago, BioWare co-founders Dr. Greg Zeschuk and Dr. Ray Muzyka will receive aLifetime Achievement Awardat the annual GDC Awards next month. The Choice Awards ceremony will be hosted by Double Fine’s Tim Schafer on March 27. It’s good to see the good doctors receive this award; one has to feel their departure from the company they created in 1995 was not on the best of terms, what with the mixed reception ofStar Wars: The Old Republicand the controversy overtheMass Effect 3ending....

Better late than never! Blacklight: Retributionon the PlayStation 4 justgot a new update today, and with it came the Onslaught horde mode. This new mode sees four players working together to fight off endless waves of infected creatures. You know, typical horde mode stuff. Today’s update also includes two new multiplayer maps called Metro and Decay, the addition of private servers, matchmaking improvements, better frame rates, faster loading, and various other fixes to the overall game....

Looking sharp, Spyro Playstation Underground has released a new video, featuring 12 minutes of footage from the upcomingSpyro Reignited Trilogy, which remasters three of the fire-breathing marvel’s classic PlayStation adventures. In the video, developer Toys for Bob show off gameplay from the second title in the compendiumSpyro 2: Ripto’s Rage, which originally launched back in 1999. The Reignited Trilogy features ground-up rebuilds of the 3D adventure titles, along with new visuals, sound and other cool, modern day tweaks to keep the games feeling as fresh as they did twenty years ago....

Every so often, an indie game bursts onto the scene and steals the limelight for a little bit. We’ve hadPalworldandLethal Company. Now it’s time forContent Warningto do its thing. And its thing it’s most certainly doing, as the developer recently reported the game has sold 1 million copies. According to a post on X from a couple of days ago, this is on top of the 6.6 million people who downloaded the title when it released at the start of April....

Reality Bites Remedy has released both a new trailer and further details regardingThe Foundation, the first DLC expansion for its stylish and weird adventureControl.The Foundationwill launch on PS4 and PC March 26, but unfortunately Xbox One players will have to wait until June 25 to get in on the action. The Foundationtakes place immediately following the events of special agent Jesse Faden trippy day at the office. Still on the case, Faden continues the search for Helen Marshall, the M....

Halo isn’t going anywhere The newHaloinstallment teased during Microsoft’s E3 2013 press conference is no longer the second game in theReclaimer trilogy.“While we originally said trilogy, we’ve actually expanded this to more of a saga, so we don’t want to limit the Reclaimer story within a trilogy,” a Microsoft rep confirmed toGameSpot. In other words, there’s much moreHalowhere that came from. This upcoming Xbox One title is indeed the real deal — not some sort of spinoff — even if it wasn’t explicitly announced asHalo 5....

Anime adaptions are fine but bring on the original work CyberConnect 2 isn’t screwing around in 2018. Not only has the company’s CEO published a 12-minute video detailing their plans for the year, but they’ve also written a giant missive, filled with info and half-info on what they’re doing. Basically their plan is four-fold, and involves developing more games, publishing, animation jobs, and comics/novels with original stories. Three of their original game ideas are based on the philosophy of “small-scope/short-period development, short playtime, and low-price....