Deus Ex: Human Revolution Gets Aug 23 Release Date

New screenshots have appeared online for upcoming downloadable content pack ‘The Da Vinci Disappearance’ for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. View the screenshots here.

Sony and Sucker Punch have released a new inFamous 2 trailer showing off the moral aspects of the game. Watch it below:

EA has released a new Dead Space 2: Severed DLC gameplay trailer showing off the gravity in action. Watch it below:

Activision has said that the Modern Warfare 3 countdown website that appeared online yesterday is a hoax. The publisher added that it’s equally unaware of the promotional dogtags that were dispatched to the press. The dogtags referenced both the countdown website and characters from the Modern Warfare series. Read more here.

NowGamer: Battlefield 3 developer Dice has spoken to NowGamer about its recently-released Battlefield 3 gameplay trailer. Patrick Bach, executive producer on Battlefield 3, spoke about the use of pre-rendered, CGI trailers to promote video games, as with the recent Dead Island trailer. He said, “If you cannot market your game with your game you have [...]

Think the recently unveiled Gears of War 3 boxart is mind bogglingly awesome? So do we. Check out GameInformer’s feature on the secret behind the Gears of War 3 boxart.

The Nintendo 3DS has enjoyed a successful launch in Japan today, despite thin stock supply. According to Reuters, gamers lined up at the Bic Camera electronics store in Yurakucho, Tokyo – even though initial 3DS stocks sold out in a single day of pre-orders on January 20. Read more here. Read Kotaku’s reaction: The Nintendo [...]

Sony has reportedly advertised two positions as part of the development of an anti-piracy program. Read more here.

The Da Vinci Disappearance is an ambitious piece of DLC for Ubisoft, granting players access to a large chunk of single-player content, but also some new modes, skins and a map for the multipayler side. At the February Games Showcase in San Francisco, Joystiq was able to play through two missions in an Xbox 360 [...]

Customers who preorder Rockstar’s latest at GameStop and Wal-Mart will get codes to download new cases; Best Buy and Amazon offering attribute-enhancing in-game suits. Read more here.

Microsoft confirms launch plans for Windows edition of Lionhead’s action RPG; $7 Traitor’s Keep add-on heads to Xbox 360 March 1. Read more here.

2011 will be “an incredible year” for hardcore gamers on Xbox 360. That’s according to the senior producer of Microsoft’s interactive entertainment business, Kevin Unangst, who told CVG that this afternoon’s Xbox 360 announcements are “just the beginning” of what 2011 has to offer. Read more here.

The boxart for Gears of War 3 has been released. View it here.

The Gears of War 3 beta has been officially confirmed for the middle of April, a good five months before the game launches in September. Read more here.