PopCap Dublin shuts its doors for good

EA Games has closed the PopCap Dublin studios, just over a year and a quarter since it bought out the casual game developer and a month since 50 other employees were fired from the US branch. Apparently most of the 96 people affected by the closure will be offered places at other PopCap or EA studios, but of course that would mean up and moving to a different location. However there are quite a... more.

The highly anticipated Star Wars: The Old Republic MMORPG is almost here!  Less than a month away (December 20th), it takes place in a war between the Republic and the Empire, 300 years after the Xbox game Knights of the Old Republic. Knights of the Old Republic was highly successful, integrating individual choices for alignment with the Dark or Light sides.  One of such choices involved kil... more.

Electronic Arts has just announced Special Editions of  Star Wars: The Old Republic are available for pre-order. These include the Star Wars: The Old Republic Collector’s Edition, Digital Deluxe Edition, and Standard Edition. EA is also offering Star Wars: The Old Republic Beta test weekends starting in September. Below are the features and pricing of each edition as provided to us by E... more.

We here at Kitguru try to stay up to date on the News, and this one should be smoking. A plethora of old school Battlefield players are at hand we are sure, but this release might create some excitement within that group. Interested yet? Let us know this PC only platform is set for release soon. Expanded to a total of 10 languages, including French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Po... more.

Harry Potter and friends are preparing for their final battle with Voldemort, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. Although Voldemort has been defeated and resurrected more times than Jason from the Friday the 13th Horror flick series, we here at Kitguru can only report the News as we receive it. Electronic Arts has just released a trailer for the Nintendo DS version of the game. ... more.

Gatling Gears has just been released for the PS3, on the PlayStation Network. Released on May 11th for the XBox 360, the reviews have been for the most part positive. Let's take a look at the launch trailer, and then some details regarding the game itself. Set in the world of Mistbound, Gatling Gears has ties to another game entitled Greed Corp. Both games are "top down" shooters and induce... more.

Amongst the plethora of reviews on the net for Crysis 2 one key element was noted as missing, no DirectX 11 support. Crytek has announced today that this will be available in the form of an Ultra Upgrade package. The game will be automatically updated on PC when players start the game. In addition to DX11 support Crytek is also offering an optional high res texture pack, as well as a map e... more.

Yesterday at Kitguru we were sent some further details and a projected release date for Battlefield 3. We awaited the release of the E3 trailer, and the EA press conference at E3 before posting this article. The "Operation Metro Multiplayer Gameplay Trailer" was featured at E3, and "Thunder Run" released today. Let's take a look at both, Thunder Run is over 8 minutes in length. So grab your favori... more.

Originally debuted at the Electronic Arts E3 press conference, this trailer was released by EA earlier today. According to the trailer a new release date of March 6, 2012 has been set. This supersedes the initial date of release planned for the Fall of 2011. Kitguru has received a press release from EA confirming  a March 9th release date. This highly anticipated title is being devel... more.

Well Kitguru has been informed the wolfpack is back, so hide your liquor and malted beverages! Set as a parody for the  Nintendo 3DS version released earlier this year, we thought our readers might like to take a peek at this. This series has done exceptionally well on a number of platforms including the PS3 and Wii. The only difference with the 3DS obviously, is the 3D aspect. The Sims s... more.