http://www.gamearena.com.au/ GameArena - BigPond Games Channel http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112995 The GA Podcast - Joaby, Luke and Heath talk about playing Diablo 3, Ghost Recon Future Soldier, Dragon's Dogma, Max Payne 3, Far Cry 3 and more. In the news they discuss all the news on Bungie's next game, Aliens Colonial Marines date slipping and more.... http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112995 Fri, 25 May 2012 14:31:34 +1000 http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112992 Andy is back for another edition of The Weekly Update! This week Andy takes a look at Ghost Recon: Future Soldier out now for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, with the PC version to follow in June. He follows that up with a look at the 'virus' feature of... http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112992 Fri, 25 May 2012 13:55:25 +1000 http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112983 You may remember at the end of last month when MP Ed Husic announced it would be inquiring into Australia's exorbitant prices for video games and other consumer goods. Yesterday the committee formed for the inquiry announced they are now accepting submi... http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112983 Fri, 25 May 2012 11:01:19 +1000 http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112981 Remember how Blizzard said they were going to honour GAME pre-orders for Diablo 3? They've now established the process necessary for players who had pre-ordered at GAME to get their money back! I'll quote the relevant information, but if you'd like to ... http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112981 Fri, 25 May 2012 10:57:12 +1000 http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112980 38 Studios has laid off their entire staff today, including the staff of Big Huge Games - the development team responsible for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. 38 Studios was originally founded by Major League Baseball star Curt Shilling, drawing on an ag... http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112980 Fri, 25 May 2012 10:24:14 +1000 http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112954 The team behind the Trackmania games - including last year's sensational Trackmania 2 - are finally ready to reveal the next evolution in... Mania. Shootmania is the new hotness - a fast-paced first person shooter built with the same philosophy as Track... http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112954 Thu, 24 May 2012 15:23:14 +1000 http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112953 Blizzard's Action RPG launched last Tuesday, and while the launch wasn't flawless, at least it seems like it was for a half-decent reason... they set a record for the fastest selling PC game on the day, with 3.5 million games getting snapped up in the f... http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112953 Thu, 24 May 2012 15:14:50 +1000 http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112947 Last night, roughly around the time when Greg Inglis was sort-of-not-really scoring a try to seal Queensland's victory in the first State of Origin game, GameArena was getting attacked. Luckily our team of Super Admins were on the ball (probably because... http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112947 Thu, 24 May 2012 10:30:01 +1000 http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112945 We have reset the passwords of some GameArena and Games Shop members, after the sites were victims of an attack. Information that might have been obtained was limited to GameArena or Games Shop usernames, the email address used to join the site and th... http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112945 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:40:48 +1000 http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112926 Mechwarrior Online will be Free to Play once it launches, but if you want to get in on the action beforehand, you can now developers Pirahna Games have outlined the game's Founders program. The program comes in two tiers and will be available from June ... http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112926 Wed, 23 May 2012 13:06:43 +1000 http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112924 Firaxis have announced the release date for their tactical XCOM reboot, so mark it down on your calendars - October 12th, this year - for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. With games getting pushed back to 2013 left right and centre, it's nice to see a ga... http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112924 Wed, 23 May 2012 12:30:14 +1000 http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112869 And the saga continues. When attempting to explain that Vince Zampella and Jason West chose creative control over larger royalties, the situation was compared to the contract Bungie set up with Activision Blizzard when they moved to the publisher's stab... http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112869 Wed, 23 May 2012 09:08:16 +1000 http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112867 The game that wasn't there. Aliens: Colonial Marines has been in production since 2006, with a release date set for 2008. Following lay-offs at developer Gearbox Software, the development was pushed back to 2010, then 2012, then late 2012. Once again th... http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112867 Tue, 22 May 2012 11:13:34 +1000 http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112848 Just a little under a week after it launched we've got our Diablo 3 review ready to go for you - and we'd love to hear your thoughts about the game as well. I reviewed this one, and I've got some nice things to say about the game, The story is perfect ... http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112848 Mon, 21 May 2012 17:30:40 +1000 http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112846 As spotted by Kotaku AU, JB Hi-Fi have begun selling parallel imports in store, rolling out the games to stores over the past week. Titles include the Call of Duty series and Nintendo games - games which have generally remained expensive instead of decr... http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112846 Mon, 21 May 2012 17:24:52 +1000