For those of us who are at work or otherwise don’t have Diablo III, or who don’t have the hours available to go through the game in meticulous detail, Youtube user AlexinSixty has posted what appears to be the first video of the Diablo III secret level.  For sake of avoiding spoilers, we’re not going to mention anything about the level here, but be warned, the video itself is highly-revealing.  Also, we’re not going to state how you unlock the level in question, although a Google search can find that out if you really want to know.

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Even since the first title, Crysis games have been known for looking breathtakingly beautiful. New Crysis 3 screenshots released today show that Crytek doesn’t intend to take it easy just because it’s the third time around. The screens showcase Prophet going on the hunt with his signature composite bow in a variety of stunning settings. A number of concept art images also released today display a selection of different game environments, and the composite bow in more detail. You can look through everything after the break.

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Halo 4, which comes out November 6, will feature an all new multiplayer experience called Halo Multiplayer Infinity. The hub for all multiplayer activity will be a spaceship, the UNSC Infinity. This will tie in to a secondary campaign, released on a weekly basis, called Spartan Ops.

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The next Sins of a Solar Empire game enters into final stages of its beta testing today as the nomadic Vasari rejoin their TEC and Advent counterparts in a struggle to rule the stars.  Adding in the third and final race from the original games is a good sign the real-time 4X strategy game is on track to make its June 12th release date, and we’ve got the full patch notes after the jump!

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As Grim Dawn sails into the final three days of its Kickstarter funding drive, the team behind the game is revealing more details about their core design and how coming in over $100,000 above their original goal will polish and improve the final product.

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Despite all the positive buzz coming off the multiplayer beta for the next Ghost Recon squad-based shooter, Ubisoft isn’t done stoking the excitement machine just yet.  Witness Ghost Recon Alpha, a professionally produced short film about the squad’s last mission just before the events of the game.

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Two downloadable Pokemon games, Pokemon Dream Radar and Pokedex 3D Pro, will be released for the 3DS this Fall. Both titles are related to the upcoming Pokemon Black Version 2 and Pokemon White Version 2. Pokemon Dream Radar will use the 3Ds camera and augmented reality technology to allow players to catch Pokemon, which can then be transferred to their copy of Black Version 2 or White Version 2. Pokedex 3D Pro is a Pokedex including all of the Pokemon from the upcoming games, allowing players to look up Pokemon they haven’t found yet. Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales and Marketing, said this:

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Australian gamers woke up to a nasty surprise yesterday when GAME, one of the country’s biggest video game retail chains, filed for “voluntary administration.”  That might not sound terribly threatening to those of us in the United States, but down under, it’s a polite way of telling a nation of anxious gamers that all their existing preorders were gone.

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Man, the wait for Diablo 3 is kind of a pain, isn’t it? Not so much the waiting part, but the fact that it isn’t even really necessary. As the guys at Penny Arcade know, for those of us who have purchased the game online, this title is not only finished – it’s literally downloaded onto our hard drives at the very moment. There it is, ready and playable, or at least it would be if we could decrypt it. And we can’t decrypt it until Blizzard gives the say so, and they won’t decrypt it because it would upset retailers, who – for the time being – remain important. So while we sit and grumble about the little inconveniences that come with gaming, here’s something most of us can say to make ourselves feel better: At least we’re not Australian gamers.

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Handheld gaming has come a long way since the old Game & Watch days. From Gameboy to the DS, Lynx to PSP, the ability to enjoy our favorite pastime in the palm of our hand has gone through many evolutions. Lately, however, those changes have gone in a different direction, one that appears to be moving away from handheld pioneers Nintendo and challenger Sony: smart phones.

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If you have played Ascension, either the board game or on iOS, then you know how addictive it can be.  Playing it on your iPad or iPhone makes the experience go very quickly since the computer takes its turns very quickly.  Now Playdek has not only released a free upgrade for Chronicle of the Godslayer, but they have Storm of Souls as an in-app expansion.

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The number of fighting games on the PC is pretty small.  There aren’t many controllers that connect to the PC that are useful for fighting games.  Still, Capcom has answered the call of fighting fans with the release of Street Fighter X Tekken on the PC.

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