Bethesda and id Software have released their next behind the scenes look at RAGE, this time discussing the various weapons, ammo types, and gadgets you'll come across in the wasteland. There is some big weapons, and some big gore. The boomstick is back and there are some interesting new additions such as the boomerang-like "Wing Stick".

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EA recently posted a list of the digital distribution services that Battlefield 3 will be available on. That list included Direct2Drive, GamersGate and EA's own Origin. It failed to list Vave's thirty-million user strong Steam, however. This likely has something to do with the recent dispute between the two industry giants. EA has since removed the post containing the said list of digital retailers. For those of you who aren't willing to pay Australian retail prices or stray from Steam for your di...

Another Deus Ex: Human Revolution "Behind 2027" video has been published at CVG, and takes us on an explanatory look at how combat will work. To run you through it are development team members Francois Dugas, David Anfossi, Jonathan Jacques-Belletete and Antoine Thisdale. The fourth in the series will be made available next week.

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EA's David DeMartini has spoken to Gamasutra on the topic of the recent conflict between Origin and Steam. He reveals that "Crysis was taken down [by Steam] because the DLC was not available through Steam; it was available through [Direct2Drive]." Yet despite that exclusivity arrangement, David goes on to say "We believe in absolute freedom of choice to allow customers to buy through whatever retail outlet... as long as they're buying an EA game, we're delighted. "By all means if your preferred r...

If you jump onto a US VPN, you can buy and download right now! Otherwise, you'll have to wait another couple of days, but for $40 you can start the pre-load. If you already own Street Fighter IV on Steam, you'll save 10% on the purchase price, too. Arcade Edition features 39 characters, adding the 10 characters from Super Street Fighter IV and 4 new characters; Yun, Yang, and Evil Ryu as well as the all-new Oni....

Aram Bartholl has made a submission to the Rhizome Commissions...

It has been announced that Orson Scott Card, the writer of legendary sci-fi novels Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead, will be working with developer Red 5 Studios on their upcoming MMO shooter Firefall. "I think the game is a great one," Card said. "I was delighted to be a part of it." Featured in the latest Firefall developer diary, Card continues to explain "when they started talking to me about the story line of Firefall, when I looked at the material they had already developed, ...

Yesterday we reported that Limbo was heading to the PlayStation 3. Now we're pleased to confirm that not only is it hitting the PSN, but Steam on the PC as well. It'll be making its way onto Microsoft's competitor console in July, and with any luck we'll see it on Steam at the same time - but we'll have some more information next week, hopefully with some concrete dates for you....

Square Enix has delivered their second behind the scenes look at Deus Ex: Human Revolution. This time Jean-Francois Dugas, Jonathan Jacques-Belletete and Mary DeMarle take us on location with the captivating cities of Human Revolution, and what makes them so spectacularly atmospheric. I have sci-fi goosebumps.

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A new video from Bethesda has been unveiled, showing off id Software's upcoming first person shooter; Rage. There's not really many Rage specifics detailed, but a whole lot is said about how awesome and amazing id Software is. You'll hear from John Carmack and a bunch of other studio veterans, who talk about their invention and perfection of the genre, with some nice snippets of the forthcoming Rage itself.

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