Epic Games has confirmed that there will be other ways to get into the Gears of War 3 beta aside from picking up Bulletstorm. Read more here.

BioWare has confirmed that the demo for Dragon Age 2 is now available on Xbox Live, and it weighs in at 1.98 GB. Read more here.

Microsoft is reaching out to give the Kinect modding community a big, warm hug with the release of official PC development tools this spring. Read more here.

Guerilla has released a new developer diary for Killzone 3 detailing the game’s Engineer class and multiplayer features. Watch it below:

The first eight minutes of XBLA and PSN update, Beyond Good & Evil HD have appeared online. Watch it below:

EA Sports has released an update for FIFA 11 freebie Ultimate Team. The update includes two new friends list-related features and over 50 “refinements”, the publisher says. Read more here.

A new job ad for a YouTube software engineer suggests the company is looking to expand its video content distribution presence on game consoles. Youtube videos are currently available through a specially designed YouTube website on the PS3 and Wii web browsers Read more here.

The PS3 version of Mass Effect 2 has been patched and, in the process, has revealed details on an upcoming DLC pack called “Arrival.” The BioWare forums have been abuzz with theories on what the expansion, which features three new Trophies, will entail. One of the Trophies, “Covert Action,” refers to a Dr. Amanda Kenson, […]

Gran Turismo 5 shifted 6.37 million units between its launch last November and the end of 2010, according to developer Polyphony Digital. Read more here.

The first Bulletstorm review has appeared online and it’s a 4/5 from Empire. The movie mag boldly calls Epic’s new IP “the most innovative first-person shooter in years,” praising its “addictive” skillshot system and “instantly endearing” arsenal of weapons. Read more here.

Valve is still “not prepared to talk about” Half-Life: Episode Three “at the moment”, despite the last episodic instalment having been released almost three and a half years ago. Read more here.

PC games piracy is in decline, according to the president of the PC Gaming Alliance, Matt Ployhar. The boss of the Alliance, which is made up of members including Epic Games, Capcom, Intel and Dell, reckons the shift to free-to-play models and supplemental content via download has lessened the value of pirated games. Read more […]

More dismay has been expressed over the Crysis 2 leak earlier this month, as Crytek producer Nathan Camarillo calls it a “really ugly version” that the studio didn’t want people to see. Read more here.

Over the weekend the Bioshock 2 Protector’s Trials DLC appeared for sale on Games for Windows Marketplace in spite of the fact that it’s not finished, doesn’t work, and promised for free. The DLC has since been removed from the store, but not before a number of people had bought the pack. Read more here.