GameCity festival to be held at the Japanese Embassy in London

GameCity, the World’s best-loved video games festival, with the National Video game Archive, both initiatives of Nottingham Trent University’s Centre for Contemporary Play, have announced an evening of video games discussion at the Japanese Embassy in London. The event is strictly by invitation only. All attendees must bring a valid form of photo ID and their booking details. Entry is 18+ only.

Intense Multiplayer First Person Shooter 'Archetype' Video Game Blasts onto iPhone App Store from Villain

Villain, an independent producer and publisher of portable game titles, announces the release of Archetype, its intense new online multiplayer first-person shooter game developed exclusively for iPhone and iPod touch, is now available in the App Store. A full-featured online FPS, Archetype brings a new breed of mobile mayhem to the iPhone - particularly iPhone 4 - and iPhone touch platforms worldwide with multiplayer deathmatches with teams, experience points, and player ranks for the player-friendly price of £1.79.

Video Game 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2' Resurgence Pack Released Tomorrow

The second pack of new multiplayer maps from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is now available in the UK for Windows PC with the release of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Pack. The map pack will be available for download on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system tomorrow, 7th July.

GoldenEye 007 to be released on Nintendo Wii

Designed exclusively for Wii, GoldenEye 007 allows players to channel Daniel Craig’s lethal and gritty James Bond in an innovative, modern take on the legendary Bond adventure, GoldenEye. Blending fast-paced first-person shooter (FPS) action with covert gameplay, GoldenEye 007 epitomizes the modern “thinking man’s shooter” by offering varied ways to complete each mission, destructible environments, the use of cover and multiple control scheme options, including the Wii Remote, Nunchuk, Classic Controller Pro and the Wii Zapper.

EA goes behind enemy lines with the special edition of Medal of Honor for PlayStation 3

In 2002, EA introduced the world to Medal of Honor Frontline, a groundbreaking game and massive hit. The game starred a courageous young soldier, Lt. Jimmy Patterson, who fought arm-in-arm with his brothers on the German frontline during WWII. Nearly ten years later, the franchise continues the tradition of telling the soldier’s story; this year, with Medal of Honor set in Afghanistan. Today, Electronic Arts Inc. announced a special edition of Medal of Honor exclusive for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system that will include the classic, Medal of Honor Frontline. Available on PlayStation 3 for the very first time, Frontline has been completely remastered in HD with improved graphics, and all of the heart-wrenching battles of the original game.

New Infantry Fighting Vehicles in the NATO Module

Although the three nations present in the module use the Leopard 2 MBT, the mechanized infantry units use three different IFVs. What you find in the module are two very different concepts: wheel versus track; light armored vehicle versus heavier infantry fighting vehicle. All of them share some aspects though.

Metro 2033 Official HD video game launch trailer Xbox 360

First person shooter - the amazing Metro 2033 will be released on 16th Mach 2010 in the US and 19th March 20010 in Europe. Limited edition versions of the game will be available for both PS3 and Xbox 360, they will include exclusive weapons plus art cards by Russian artist Anton Grecko who has produced exclusive Metro 2033 artwork.

Blacklight: Tango Down FPS video game for Xbox PS3 and PC

Zombie Studios’ New First Person Shooter to Deliver Intense Multiplayer, AAA Game Quality through Downloadable Channels on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Ignition Entertainment, a UTV Media Communication Company, and Zombie Studios are developing Blacklight: Tango Down, a near-future first person shooter that will offer AAA-quality military shooter action in a downloadable package.

Section 8 "Seek and Destroy" Map Pack DLC Available Now

SouthPeak Games and TimeGate Studios are proud to announce the release of the first Downloadable Content for Section 8 on both the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Games for Windows-LIVE Marketplace. The “Seek and Destroy Map Pack” expands upon the game with three new maps for Multiplayer and Instant Action modes as well as adding 10 brand new achievements.

'Killing Floor' Video Games Wins Several Voodoo Extreme Awards 2009

Iceberg Interactive is proud to see that its adrenaline rush, horror first-person shooter Killing Floor for PC has won several Voodoo Extreme 2009 Readers’ Choice Awards.

Koch Media Announces Distribution Agreement for S.T.A.L.K.E.R : Call of Pripyat in UK, Nordic and Italy

Koch Media, a leading distributor and publisher of video games today announced their partnership with bitComposer Games to distribute the forthcoming title S.T.A.L.K.E.R : Call of Pripyat in the UK, Nordic and Italian markets, while also confirming that the game will be available to buy in those territories on February 5th 2010.

Bohemia Interactive Community Awards 2009 update!

Bohemia Interactive together with NaturalPoint and RockPaperShotgun.com today announces the end of the nomination stage of the “2009 Community Awards”. The Bohemia Interactive Community Awards is an event which invites the extensive ARMA and ARMA 2 community to nominate and vote for their favorite fan made content.

The nomination phase officially ended at midnight on the 31st December. Each category now has its five finalists:

ARMA II video game Patch 1.05 released!

As a continuous commitment to its dedicated fans, Bohemia Interactive and IDEA Games announced today the release of the new patch for ARMA 2; one of the most critically acclaimed sandbox PC military simulators of 2009.

Hellion: Mystery of the Inquisition video game fact sheet PS3 Xbox 360 & PC

Today Flying Fish Works officially presents new screenshots to their upcoming product “Hellion: Mystery of the Inquisition”. Presenting impressions form the actual game code the team is demonstrating the way of fighting and the power of the holy sword. “Hellion: Mystery of the inquisition” is in development for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC and is targeted to hit the shelves in Q3 2010.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves wins three prizes including 'game of the year' at VGA awards

The cinematic action adventure "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" nabbed three prizes including game of the year at the Spike TV Video Game Awards.

The PlayStation 3 exclusive was named top game for that console and honored for its graphics at the awards show Saturday night at the LA Live complex in downtown, which featured appearances from Stevie Wonder, Green Day and Jack Black. Snoop Dogg and The Bravery performed.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves All of the new unlockable features - descriptions, costs and requirements

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves all of the new unlockable items, some not found within the beta game have a star next to them, and their description can be found on the bottom.

Warning, there are “spoilers” below!

'Hypertension' FPS video game!

For the first time since the initial releases in 1997 and 1998, see inspiration from the classic first-person-shooter Blood completely reimagined into a new and original title by TDGMods for a new generation with releases on a number of formats from the PC to the classic SEGA Dreamcast! Entering into its next phase of development, the team is pleased to reveal a brand new trailer for Hypertension along with even more details about this anticipated independent release.

1.5 million grenades launched and a billion explosions in Combat arms FPS video game

FPS Combat Arms is about more than just shooting at other players, it’s also about blowing them up. And Combat Arms players have tried their best to blow up anyone in their path, throwing 1.5 billion hand grenades since the game launch in 2008.

Modern Warfare FPS Mercenary Wars All New Content to Feature Free-For-All Mode, A New MapAnd New Weapons-Starting Today at 5 PM PST

Uforia, an online game publisher specializing in massively multiplayer online games, today announced that its online modern welfare FPS, Mercenary Wars kicks off its second Closed Beta test today at 5 PM Pacific Standard time and running through November 5th at 5 PM PST. Now through November 5th, players may obtain a beta key from www.mmosite.com or www.onrpg.com, or by signing up for an Uforia account at http://mercenarywars.uforia.com.

Shattered Horizon First In-Game Footage of Zero Gravity Shooter Revealed

Futuremark Games Studio today released a new trailer showing the first in-game footage from Shattered Horizon, their upcoming multiplayer first-person shooter for the PC. www.shatteredhorizon.com

In Shattered Horizon, a catastrophic explosion on the Moon has filled near-Earth space with billions of tons of rocky debris. Survivors on the Moon are forced into conflict with those trapped on the battered International Space Station. Teams of players fight in zero gravity to control the limited supplies that mean the difference between survival and death in the cold of space.