There is a niche market for augmented reality shooting games on mobile devices. These games use a smartphone’s camera and accompanying software to bring actual gameplay into the real world. In an attempt to make this experience more enjoyable, a company called Metal Compass is releasing a peripheral for smartphones called the XAPPR gun.

Xbox Live Gold access has already been granted to everyone until February 5, but we won’t have to wait too long before free Gold access will become available again. The Mass Effect 3 demo, which will be released on February 14, will unlock Xbox Live Gold until the full game launches on March 6.

Believe it or not, there is still plenty of new Team Fortress 2 content in the works. Valve has something super secret up its sleeve and it doesn’t have anything to do with hats or maps. TF2 is already free-to-play, so whatever Valve is doing may turn out to be pretty significant.

Sometimes videogame publishers tend to gravitate towards a certain console when promoting multiplatform games. Activision for example clearly favors the Xbox 360 with its Call of Duty games, and Ubisoft gives the PS3 a slight advantage with the Assassin’s Creed franchise. For Resident Evil 6, Capcom will show special attention to the Xbox 360 crowd.

Syndicate will not require EA’s Online Pass when it is released. This is somewhat unusual since EA tends to tie its Online Pass into its multiplayer (and single-player) games. With Syndicate, EA Partners wants everyone to experience Syndicate‘s cooperative multiplayer mode regardless of whether they purchase the game new or used.

Gotham City Impostors was originally going to release in January, but it’s obvious that didn’t happen. Fear not, new release dates have been announced. You’ll be able to customize and tear up Gotham with your own impostor starting February 7 on PC and PSN in the United States. On February 8, Gotham City Impostors will more »

The countdown is on as Mass Effect 3‘s March 8, 2012 release date draws nearer. It’s just about a month away and we’re starting to get into the good stuff now. Character reveals are coming up, there have been more leaks and now BioWare and EA have revealed the full voice cast for the game. more »

Staying true to tradition, the PlayStation Blog has outlined PlayStation Plus releases for the upcoming month. Of all the content that will be available, nothing grabs my attention more than The Simpsons Arcade Game. We saw the ESRB listing for this game some time ago, and we’ll finally be able to play it again in more »

The Summer 2012 arcade release of Gunslinger Stratos is getting close, which means more details about the game’s abilities and development process are trickling out. Square Enix and Byking just revealed a pretty interesting tidbit today, in fact. It turns out this arcade shooter was made using the Orochi Engine developed by Silicon Studio. It more »

Best Buy’s got a great ad filled with quite a few good deals and shoppers have until February 4, 2012 to take advantage of them. Whether you need a new HDTV with 3D capabilities for your PS3, want to get something extra when you buy one of the three major console releases coming out this more »