The past year has seen the unparalleled rise of Minecraft in the capable hands of Notch and his team at Mojang, and a lot of chatter has been circulating lately about the indie developer’s next project. At the GDC earlier today, Mojang unveiled Scrolls, the developer’s attempt to revitalize the card game genre. Head past the jump for more information on the praise indie team’s newest undertaking. (more…)

Veteran shooter developer DICE revealed its newest gameplay footage for the eagerly-awaited Battlefield 3 at the GDC earlier today, revealing a portion of the game’s single-player campaign set in what appears a conflict in the Middle East of 2014. Readily apparent in the gameplay trailer is the wonders of DICE’s lauded Frostbite 2.0 engine, claimed by the developer’s executive producer Patrick Bach as “the best piece of technology on the market.” Even in its current pre-alpha state, Battlefield 3 possesses some of the smoothest animation and most impressive lighting that we’ve ever seen. Head past the jump for the full video. (more…)

CoD4 and CoDMW2 both broke sales records when they were released. Both were hailed to be the next step in video game progression. Both were well loved (hated by some) and enjoy continuing success. The question is: do we need another one just like them? (more…)

We finally know what FindMakarov.com is counting down to. Earlier today, Geoff Keighley of GameSlice discovered that the website is counting down to the launch of a Modern Warfare inspired project being put together by the Toronto-based media group We Can Pretend. So it’s not a hoax, it’s just not for Modern Warfare 3. (more…)

The gaming community can often learn a lot from a company’s job postings. For instance, a few weeks back we learned that Infinity Ward would be getting a lot of help creating the next Call of Duty game, technically the eighth in the series. Now we’re learning that Sledgehammer, a company that apparently now has a big stake in the Call of Duty series, seems to have a pretty lofty set of goals for this November’s release. (more…)

Just a few days after the full list of achievements for Portal 2 was leaked online, it looks like another source has gotten their hands on the Xbox360 Avatar Items you can earn in-game. It looks as though after two months, we’re all going to be able to score some nice swag for our avatars by doing some of the same tasks as the achievements. (more…)

The upcoming THQ release Homefront, due in mid-March has recently had most of its Xbox 360 Achievements leaked online. Mostly, these achievements are quite bland and don’t quite incite interest in playing the game. Could this be telling to the quality of the game, or are we trying to judge the proverbial book by its cover? (more…)

The Grand Theft Auto series has been known for it’s satire-based radio shows, with over-the-top personalities and advertisements for hilarious faux-products, like Giggle Cream. Last month, Take-Two Interactive registered five domain names that seem to suggest GTA V is in development. It also suggests an online marketing campaign may occur prior to the games release. (more…)

Ubisoft is releasing a new Wii video game called We Dare on March 11th, and they just released a video advertising it on their YouTube channel. The video is awkwardly sexual, and includes female “players” sticking the Wii remote into their pants, while their male companions spank the remote, apparently trying to complete an objective in the game. Ubisoft describes We Dare as a “sexy party game.” Watch the video after the jump. (more…)

[UPDATE 2]: More information has been released and it is moved to its own article. You can view it here

[UPDATE]: According to an Activision spokesperson, both the FindMakarov website and its matching mailed dog-tags are evidently an elaborate hoax. Kotaku was told by the spokesperson that Activision is “not revealing anything yet” and that anything implying so is nothing but a clever ruse, meaning no reveal Modern Warfare 3 reveal will occur at the GDC next week. We’ll continue to follow the story as it unfolds.

Modern Warfare 3 has been a game surrounded by rumors and mysteries, but it appears that in about 5 days we’ll have some new information regarding its release. Earlier today, That Videogame Blog received bloody dog tags which contained a link to a mysterious website, FindMakarov.com. The site appears to be a countdown for something relating to the next installment in the Modern Warfare series, and features that green, “digitalized” theme associated with the games. More details after the jump. (more…)