The GameShadow Blog

One of the most, if not the most, popular game genre is that of first-person shooter. 2010 has already revealed plenty of the them, but we want to know which is really the one for you? It is going to be a big year with Crysis 2, Medal of Honor, F.E.A.R. 3 and of course, [...]

Electronic Arts, People Can Fly and Epic Games have announced a new first-person shooter. Bulletstorm tells the story of a futuristic confederation protected by an elite band of mercenaries named Dead Echo. It will launch on PC, XBOX 360 and PS3 in 2011.

Development studio Starbreeze has halted work on its next game. What game was that? It was the next Bourne title, due to be published by EA. EA has confirmed that no Bourne-related games are on the horizon at present.

We all know about the success of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and that the DLC is on its way. EA has responded now of course, with the re-vamping of the Medal of Honor series. The Senior Creative Director has revealed more details about the game in the following video. Will EA be able [...]

Following on from the Armor and Shotgun DLC, Bioware has revealed a second dose of Mass Effect 2 DLC. The Firewalker Pack will include 5 new missions to experience. It will be released at the end of March.

Let the World Cup hype begin. Electronic Arts has announced 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, the official game of this year’s FIFA World Cup. Featuring all the teams from the qualifying campaigns, as well as the venues from the host county South Africa. The game is out at the end of April on XBOX [...]

Dead Space 2 has been officially revealed by Electronic Arts. The follow up to 2008’s Dead Space will be developed by the team at Visceral Games. Central character Isaac Clarke returns to fight the Necromorphs, complete with new tools, characters and locations. Platforms will be PC, XBOX 360 and PS3, with the release date yet to be [...]

Electronic Arts has announced that Battlefield Heroes has hit the 2 million registered players mark. The end of the month will see a brand new map and update released as well. EA is also accepting proposed names for the new map from players via the Battlefield Heroes website.

TIME magazine has unveiled the Best Inventions of 2008.  In amongst the scientific, engineering and architectural feats is the god-type management computer title from Electronic Arts, Spore. Released in September, it has reached the top spot in various global game charts.

Electronic Arts has announced it is cancelling all work on Tiberium.   The first person shooter title, set in the Command and Conquer universe, is being killed off because of what the company said were problems with design that it couldn’t correct.    

I know you guys love to hear about the new ways you can team up with your mates to slay monsters or overthrow a Nazi invasion but I really had to post about FIFA 09’s demo. I downloaded it on my 6th xbox (a post for another time maybe), and instantly took a liking to [...]

OK, so everyone is probably playing SPORE. I’ve been looking forward to this game for two reasons. The first being I genuinely love this type of game and secondly I’ve been looking for something my son can play without me constantly worrying that there is some profound violence or language just around the corner. I’ve [...]

With the announcement of the closures of EA Chicago and EA Chertsey, some industry watchers have been asking if EA’s days are the games industry’s 800lb gorilla are numbered. I don’t think so. This looks more like a aggressive spring (autumn) clean of the company by incoming CEO John Riccitiello.  He announced a restructuring of [...]