Randy Pitchford Announces Duke Nukem Forever's Delay (Yep..)

It's gonna come out, it's gonna come out! Wait...oh god damnit, again?! Yep, Randy Pitchford of Gearbox Software and Executive Producer of Duke Nukem Forever has announced that the long-awaited installment in the franchise has, unfortunately delayed.

"I'm very sorry for the added delay. We've all been working extremely hard and are very eager to deliver the game to you," Randy says in a statement. The release date is now going to be June 10th. Honestly, I'm not surprised. I'm not saying I'm the kind of person who goes on with the jokes about the development time of the game, but GearBox got their hands on a unfinished product so there's bound to be lots of glitches, bugs, etc.

To check out the official announcement, watch the video below. You can also see Randy's full statement over at GearBox's forums

Batman: Arkham City Officially releasing October 18

Finally, after a bit of waiting, but with a bit more waiting, Batman: Arkham City finally got itself a release date. The first to get their release date info was videogame website, Eurogamer, which confirms that the UK will get it on October 21. Not too long ago after that, Warner Bros. confirmed that The States will be getting it October 18.

Batman: Arkham City is the sequel to Batman: Arkahm Asylum, both developed by Rocksteady Stuidios.

SOCOM 4 Beta Release Date(s) & Details

Notice the (s) above? Yep, that means more than 1 release date for the beta! The Official Sony Playstation Blog announced today that the beta will begin in just a few weeks, but certain batches of people will begin to play up until it's up for everyone else.

• On March 15th, a private beta goes live. We’ll be contacting eligible players soon.
• Beginning March 22nd, PlayStation Plus members will gain access to the beta
• On March 29th, anyone with a beta code included with Killzone 3 gains entry
• Starting April 5th, the beta will be freely downloadable to anyone via PlayStation Network

Via the Playstation Blog, "The SOCOM 4 Multiplayer Beta will include each of the game’s competitive multiplayer modes — Suppression, Last Defense, Uplink and Bomb Squad — all playable on the maps “Port Authority” and “Assault & Battery”. And of course, you’ll be able to play each of our modes in either of their Standard or Classic variants."

I just realized this, but there sure are a crapton of betas being released

Shadows of the Damned to raise hell June 7

Today at the Game Developer's Conference, EA and Grasshopper (who are collaborating for this title) announced that Shadows of the Damned will release this summer, on June 7th.

In case you don't know anything about this game, let's fill you in! Suda 51, the man behind cult hits such as Killer7 and No More Heroes is behind this game, but that's not all if that gets you interested. As some know, Shinji Mikami, the man behind the legendary survival horror franchise "Resident Evil" left Capcom after Resident Evil 4 for better things. The same goes for Akira Yamaoka, who had worked on the music for the Silent Hill franchise when he was employed at Konam, who left after Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. Little did we know, it had been confirmed that all 3 will work together and collaborate with EA to make this; Shadows of the Damned.

Shadows of the Damned had been announced at last year's Tokyo Game Show, aka TGS 2010, but not much has been revealed since, besides it's first trailer:

During the unveiling of the game's release date, it's been said that Shadows of the Damned was inspired by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez films, such as Grindhouse. They also stated that it will "forever change the way gamers perceive puzzles, combat, and action.".

As a fan of all 3 and fun over the top awesomeness and hilarity, I want to see more of this as time goes on!

Gears of War 3 set to release September 20

Get your chainsaw cleaned up because even though it's far off, Gears of War 3 has a release date! Not much info has been given out besides the release date. In the meantime, play some Bulletstorm. I guarentee the you'll be laughing your ass off over some of the dialogue and the names of the skillshots. Also, remember that just by owning this over the top shooter, you do get access to play the Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta, which still has an unannounced release.

Until then, engulf yourself in some action of what the multiplayer beta has to offer