Surpriiiiiiiiise! Call of Duty: Black Ops IIis not having the best of times on PlayStation 3. Because, of course, that’s totally surprising andhasn’t happened before. Chief among the problems are connectivity issues, with users unable to get stable online matches going. OnTwitter, Activision acknowledged the problems, saying,“We are aware of connectivity issues that some players are facing inBlack Ops IIon PlayStation 3. We are working on resolution, thank you.” Elsewhere, some customers are having problems getting their Nuketown 2025 codes to activate....

The best and brightest of Rare are slowly coming back to Nintendo Chris Seavor, director ofConker’s Bad Fur Dayand voice of the titular squirrel, recently expressed hisdesireto acquire Wii U dev kits for his studio Gory Detail’s next game. Well, the chicken is in the pot, so please welcome our new mechanical canine friend, Rusty Pup! Seavor and Shawn Pile, also of the oldConkercrew, spilled the beans onThe Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pupearlier today over on Nintendo Life....

The most important splatfest of the day As I write this, it’s breakfast time here in the U.K. I’m having some coffee, a satsuma and half a chicken. The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast, as The Man once said. I am reminded, however, of this weekend’s splatfest, taking place on Switch shooterSplatoon 2. Indeed,the topic of discussion this time covers The Most Important Meal of the Day, (or so I had drummed into me as a youth)....

Podtoid 381 Bungie’s loved/hated shared world shooter series just saw its second full release withDestiny 2. How’d it turn out? Jordan Devore, Darren Nakamura, and Ray Porreca gathered around the broken fountain on The Farm to talk about luminous engrams, Dominus Ghaul, and Frumious Blue. Also, how Hunters are the best class, and Nightstalker is the best subclass. Later on answered a few listener questions, then capped off the episode with a Hot Dish revolving around the glorious idea of putting Asher Mir into a rocket ship and shooting him to some far off land....

It starts on December 3 Every so often, when the seasons align, Epic Games kicks off a “chapter ending event” that typically involves some sort of catastrophic damage being done to the island map: and allowing to to be reborn anew, alongside of an emergent storyline.Previously the island flipped completely over, and was accompanied by a Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson cameo. Just to give you an idea of the stakes....

There was a long time when no one knew who the composer for the critically acclaimedBit.Tripserieswas. That pained me. I desperately wanted to know who the man or woman was who deftly fused dubstep with classical piano, chip tune, and multiple other styles of music to create one of my favorite game soundtracks ever. When I finally found out that the man behind the music was Matt Harwood, and that he had worked on the symphonic soundtrack forHomefront, as well as the indie classicAlien Hominid, I was pretty freaked out....

Winner of the 2009 Independent Games Festival Seumas McNally Grand Prize,Blueberry Gardenis now available on Steam for the borderline ridiculous price of five dollars.Grim already told you this. He did not tell you thatBlueberry Gardenis also one of the best indie games of this year. On its surface,Blueberry Gardenseems almost boring; a quasi-nonlinear platformer with a minimalist art style and some unspectacular powerups you can activate by eating different kinds of berries....

But that’s a long, long way away God of War, a series about taking revenge on the gods, really only hinges on one thing: It needs to take place within a polytheistic culture. Kratos (or whomever a future protagonist might be) must have a conflict with the gods and then he must attempt to kill the gods. That’s the formula and more gods makes for a grander time. WhileGod of Warhas temporarily shifted from Greek to Nordic mythology, it’s not necessarily settling there....

It’s actually his fur! What’s a “Splatooncat”? Sifting through my email this morning for gems to share with you, my eyes darted straight to one from Holmes with that subject line. Whatever it is, I’m in. As translated byNeoGAFuser StreetsAhead, the cat’s name is Judge, which is fitting since “he has the ability to instantly distinguish the status of the entire turf war field,” and also judges the round’s winners and losers....

Ding dong the witch is…slightly insulted For the first time sinceWii Play(2008), aCall of Dutygame was not the number one selling game of the year. In 2013, that honor goes toGrand Theft Auto V, according to the NPD Group. Given that it brought in$800M day oneand$1B three days later, this may not be surprising. Equally unsurprising is thatCall of Duty: Ghoststook the number two spot, despite a surprisingly tepid critical reception....

Get your console MOBA on Guardians of Middle-earthjust got some downloadable content today in the form of a new survival mode. Up to five players can work together to fight wave after wave of increasingly harder enemies. Yup, sounds like a horde mode alright! The new survival mode will cost you $3.99 or 320 Microsoft Points on the PlayStation Network or Xbox Live Arcade. By the way,Guardians of Middle-earthis still free on PlayStation Plus until March 4....

See Sony’s E3 presser in a theater for a PS4 code Word has it that folks who watch Sony’s E3 2014 press conference at aparticipating movie theaterwill be treated toBattlefield Hardlinebeta access on PS4. Some people who RSVP’d to the eventhave receivedemails welcoming them to the beta as thanks for attending. Although these emails do not currently contain working links to join theHardlinebeta — they redirect to the standard PlayStation site — it is said to feature “two new game modes on the High Tension map....

Hideaki Itsuno needs no introduction, as he’s the creator of theDragon’s Dogmafranchise and the director ofDevil May Cry 3,4and5.In 2024, he announced his departure from Capcomand his new position as head of LightSpeed Japan Studio, where work on his next project had already begun. A new project has already started. We will do our best to announce it to everyone as soon as possible. We are also looking for people to join us in developing the game!...