Hitman: Absolution Spike TV Trailer

With Spike TV's VGA ceremony we were delivered a bunch of new game trailers. This one is for the upcoming Hitman: Absolution featuring our favourite shiny headed assassin, Agent 47. Really looking forward to seeing what this new game can add to an already stellar series. The trailer features a rather gung-ho Agent 47, not like the sly devil we all know and love, nevertheless it makes for an exciting trailer.

News Minion Incoming

D.R. Ninja (also known as NintendoNinja or Dom if you're old fashioned)

Dom is our shiny new news writer who will probably be posting on the site at more regular intervals. He spends the majority of his time playing PC games and spending a ridiculous amount of money on steam (Dammit Valve!). He also enjoys writing, drumming, listening to music and gazing at Reddit or Tumblr. He is also currently studying magazine journalism at Sunderland University, training to become a games journalist.

Dom has had lots of experience with writing gaming blogs and hopes to add some of his experience to make the site a better place to be. More specifically he runs his own gaming blog Load Screen , a drumming blog Drummer's Den and is also in development of starting another site specifically aimed at PC Gamers. Dom has also had experience with Podcasting and audio production and has appeared on Podcasts such as Control Point and The Daily Gamer by popular podcasters The Dead Workers who are famously known for their Minecraft podcast The Shaft.

If you want to get to know our new recruit, he can be contacted through the following means:

Twitter: @NintendoNinja
Steam: NintendoNinja

New Command & Conquer Announced

It was announced last night at SpikeTV's VGA ceremony that EA developers BioWare, would be heading up the development for the new Command & Conquer game. The game will be set in the C&C Generals universe, providing a sequel to one of the highest regarded games in the C&C franchise.

Not much is currently known about what the game's mechanics will be like, although a new trailer was shown at the award ceremony. It was announced that the game would be using the Frostbite 2 engine, which is the engine currently employed by Battlefield 3 (developed by EA's Swedish developers DICE). 

Despite this exciting announcement there has been much scepticism at EA's decision to have BioWare produce the game, who are more suited to creating RPGs than real-time strategy games. Fans of the franchise are wary of what will become of the game, now it has left the core design team that first created C&C (Westwood Studios who are now EA Los Angeles).

The game is destined to be released in 2013.

The Bother With Bethesda

Skyrim is arguably this year's biggest PC game release. Despite its release on console platforms we all know its roots are as a classic PC series. Sadly Bethesda have yet again released a game that seems to be teeming with bugs.

Although I do recognise that there are teething troubles with most games that come out on PC.This is usually down to time constraints that Publishers and Investors pressure gaming companies with, so they can't complete the games construction properly. Alternatively it can be down to inadequate testing on a wide variety of hardware. 

The Closure of GSC

As a fan of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R series, I was deeply saddened to hear reports of the closure of GSC Game Worlds. Rumours of the companies closure were released on an Ukrainian news site and on the blog of Sergey Galyonkin, who spoke with members of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R Developer team.

GSC first released a tweet that denied their closure, but this was promptly deleted and their twitter page now states that an official statement will be released on Monday. GSC's former Social Media Manager Joe Mullin, has tweeted hints that GSC is in fact closed. This includes a tweet that read "Looking for a job in the Social Media field. If anyone knows of something please let me know ASAP!" obviously confirming the developers demise.

i44 Interview with Riot Games' Matt Knott

Here is the second of Fatal's Insomnia 44 interviews!

This one features Matt Knott League of Legend's and Riot Games' community manager, enjoy!

Total Biscuit Interview from i44

After a LOT of work editing and running about we finally get to give you the gift of interviews!

This following one is Fatal's midnight interview along with G3 Radio's Sebbo with Total Biscuit from Insomnia 44 talking over Starcraft, TB himself and hats or lack there of..