Closed beta kicks off July 23 Oh, that’s right — Ubisoft and Carbon Games are bringingAirMechto Xbox 360 this year withAirMech Arena. The original browser-based release (which has since come to Steam) was good fun. It’s real-time strategy, but instead of being an omnipresent commander, you play as a transforming mech. Like a modern take onHerzog Zwei, if you played that back in the ’90s. A closed beta forAirMech Arenais set to run from July 23 – 29, and sign-ups areavailable here....

‘Bash the cute out of each other’ Arcana Heart 3: Love Maxis air-dashing its way to PlayStation 3 and Vita in North America this autumn, Aksys Games has announced. The all-girl fighting game from Examu and Arc System Works is an enhanced version of the title that landed on PlayStation Networkback in 2011. A few years before that, we took a peek at the first title in the series, which our corgi-loving overlordappreciated, despite its fan service-y nature....

Big plans for next year “Make Arma Not War” is the name of an upcomingBohemia Interactive contestwhich should greatly help incentivize community-led content creation forArma 3. The studio is giving out €500,000 in prize money and here’s the kicker: “Projects which show a lot of potential might also be offered a contract by Bohemia Interactive, whether they have won the contest or not.” Potentially the start of someone’s career, in other words....

Deep down we doubt this game will launch Deep Downwas originally announcedthree long years ago this month, at the debut event for the PlayStation 4. Since then, the PS4 has gone from strength to strength, but poor littleDeep Downis still nowhere to be seen. Fortunately, we’ve just had another hint the game is still being worked on, as Capcom hasfiled an extension to their copyrightwith the US Patent and Trademarks Office....

It’s already a great raid Hard mode forDestiny‘s latest raid dropped this week. Some of you haven’t finished normal yet (I’m a maniac, so I did my 15th clear this week). And that’s okay! Because you’ll have plenty of time to do it given that there doesn’t seem to beanythingsubstantial in the pipeline outside of time wasting micro-events untilDestiny 2. Given that the hard mode patch made it easier than ever to gear up, you should give it a go though once you reach 385 Light at minimum (really, if you know the mechanics, you can go in a little lower) — it’s not wildly different, but it’s still a blast....

Titanfall Those that managed to play Respawn Entertianment’sTitanfallat E3 this year had the ultimate bragging rights. Players were like small-time celebs at evening events, with others asking everything they could about the title. Show attendees ran as fast as they could when the doors opened at the Los Angeles Convention Center just to get in line for the behind-closed-doors showing of the game. This was a totally hands-off experience, but it was still enough to be the talk of the show....

This is going to be quick and hyperbole-filled. After the Nintendo press conference, Jim Sterling and I made our way to a section at the back of the theater where some lovely ladies were letting us demo the Nintendo 3DS. The actualgamesare on the show floor, but they showed us a demo of sorts that shows off the new handheld device’s technology. Moving images from famous Nintendo franchises faded in and out, from Mario to Pikmin, Metroid to Zelda....

Do you like watchingStarCraft IIstrategy videos? Then you’ll dig this. Our friends atJustin.tvhave announced a new site calledTwitch TV, a site dedicated to showcasing gameplay video from their most popular gaming broadcasters. The premise is simple: here’s where you can discover the best players and games. Spinning it off as its own site makes a lot of sense given how big the gaming community is on JTV: 3.2 million unique readers, 4....

Aiming for seamless, ‘full-scale’ ships At the start of this year,Final Fantasy XVdirector Hajime Tabata called airships“a huge technical challenge” and “to be determined,”but they make sense for the game’s big, organically connected world. At gamescom last week, Tabata talked Fantasy XV, and went further in an interview withFamitsu, as translated bySiliconera. Tabata began talking withJust Cause 3‘s Avalanche around GDC 2015. “We don’t have any knowhow when it comes to that, so during this year’s GDC we spoke with them, and they also showed some interest in the technology behindFinal Fantasy XV, so the talks continued from there....

Job security, I guess After Microsoft acquired theGears of Warrights, Black Tusk studio was doomed. It wasrebranded as The Coalition, a less discrete and more boring name, and will be toGears of Warwhat 343 is toHalo. Black Tusk had been working on an original game, showed off in a concept trailer at E3 2013 (above), but that has beenshelved forGears. According to studio manager Mike Crump, speaking toPolygon, “We could continue working on the IP we were working on....

If THQ’s next-gen action title,Conan, has one thing going for it, it’s the fact that it’s retarded bloody. Also, after looking at this video, it’s hard not to compare it toGod of War; that’s good company to be in.Strike one? Unfortunately, the next-gen title manages tonotlook as good asGod of War. Is it me or does Conan’s face look like a slab of handled, raw beef? Still, looks aren’t everything; and if the gameplay is solid, we could have a winner on our hands....

The gameplay isn’t the only good-looking thing here It’s not just me, right? I don’t know what happened, or where in the timeline the latestSherlock Holmesgame takes place, but whatever it is has definitely done some good things for Sherlock’s partner in crime. Watson is only one of the many pretty things shown off in the seven-minute-long gameplay video above, which includes a first look at Sherlock’s investigative abilities and his Cumberbatch-esque reaction to between-case boredom....

Site details the legacy of the series since 1987 The Japanese websitefor the upcomingMetal Gear Legacy Collectionhas opened up, and it features an overview of the game’s package for the first time, as well as a general timeline of the entire series from start to finish. The site chronicles the franchise’s history, fromSnake EatertoMetal Gear Solid 4. Even if you’re able to’t read Japanese, it’s still a neat opportunity to see how far the series has come....