In this latest Syndicate trailer the skill-embedded DART6 chip gets a demonstration, allowing the agent to perceive environmental information in real-time, as well as breach other user's chips and chip-based systems via a series of different Applications. "Master the combination of Syndicate's futuristic arsenal and chip-based gameplay to dominate the market." Fun times are sure to be had on February 24, 2012.

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Yesterday it was discovered that amidst the Steam registry there were references to Remedy's Xbox 360 exclusive Alan Wake. Wasting little time, Remedy has now confirmed the PC port, is which set to be released in early 2012. Both DLC episodes, The Signal and The Writer, will be included at no extra cost....

Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand landed on Xbox 360 and PC last night. If you weren't aware, it has already been available on the PlayStation 3 for a week. Owners of the Limited Edition get the DLC pack including Wake Island, Strike at Karkand, Gulf of Oman and Sharqi Peninsula at no extra charge. For those that didn't buy a LE copy of BF3, you'll have to shell out a few extra bucks for it. With the release is a new gameplay trailer, embedded below, featuring gameplay on Sharqi Peninsula. We'll be havi...

The 4th Humble Indie Bundle has just hit the nets. The latest offering has a staggering array of Steam-enabled goodies attached:

• Jamestown - an over-the-top arcade shooter with co-op support.
• Bit. Trip Runner - a music platformer
• Super Meat Boy - an insane platformer
• Shank - a stylised 2d brawler/platformer
• Nightsky - a physics platformer

And if you beat the average price (currently $5.16 USD as of this writing) you'll also receive:

• Cave Story+ - a Metroid-esque platformer
• Gratuitous

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Generals was perhaps the most impressive Command & Conquer title since the days of Red Alert, so it's fitting that a sequel to Generals was chosen for the franchise hand-over to BioWare Victory. Generals 2 is set for a PC release in 2013 and is powered by Battlefield 3's Frostbite 2.0 engine. The official blurb sets the tone: "World leaders are mere seconds away from signing a peace treaty and bringing an end to a global war when a devastating terrorist attack rips through the conference, killing eve...

Transfers Fall of Cybertron is made to look mighty freaking fantastic in this new cinematic trailer, again screened at the currently running Spike Video Game Awards. The Autobots fight for thier lives during their last hours on their homeworld of Cybertron, and plenty of explosions ensue. Essential viewing for Transformers fans.

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Another treat has been gifted to RPG fans at the Video Game Awards, this time in the shape of a new Mass Effect 3 gameplay trailer. In it, Shepard mounts an attack against the odds as a spectacular sequence of events unfold. It's excitement++ all-round. Also: giant sand worm things.

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Are you one of the many millions sleeping restlessly in anticipation for Blizzard's latest masterpiece, Diablo 3? You'll probably enjoy the opening cinematic then, which was just presented in full at the Spike Video Game Awards by Mike Morhaime, Frank Pearce, and Allen Adham. Evil has returned.

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Agent 47 returns for the next chapter of Hitman. This new trailer, seen at the Spike Video Game Awards, is a well crafted cinematic teaser that is sure to send fans of the franchise into a giddy spin. Three of IO's employees recently moved from Copenhagen to Montreal to direct the development team in crafting a game that's "faithful to the Hitman experience," and it's looking fantastic.

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I don't think there was any doubt in the mind of many shooter enthusiasts that Battlefield 3 was going to convert some Call of Duty: Modern Warfare players, pinching some of Activision's profit margin. It appears that is the case, with EA's Peter Moore saying that while the latest Call of Duty continued the trend of breaking sales records, that doesn't mean Battlefield 3 missed out on nabbing some market share from the FPS giant. "Ten million sold in and five million sold through doesn't come out of...