If your a fan of TF2 and have actually stopped playing BF3 for more than 5 minutes, how about trying something different? With new Modes, Weapons, Outfits And More the Open Beta Phase has just opened up their beta doors for all!

NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe today announced Ridge Racer Unbounded will be released on March 2, 2012 on the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and Windows PC. The latest version of the series will feature full environmental and vehicular destruction, reminding us of another game that seems very very similar…

EA has just recently up the new Need for Speed The Run trailer featuring never before seen gameplay footage.

Abu Dhabi based developer Karkadann Games has just announced that their new game Pound for pound will be out in November on the IPhones App store. The game will feature  Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Dapidran Pacquiao, the Filipino professional boxer and will be out for Android soon after.

We came across Deus EX for PS3 at just $19.90 and thought its actually hot enough to post about…so we did.

Seems like a hot video news day today as we have another new Trailer out. This time from EA’s Syndicate which features some 4 player Co-Op action. Trailer after the jump, enjoy.

Interwave has recently released a new “Training Trailer “, this time focusing on the Commander part of the game. It was definitely one of the things lacking at launch as players were thrown straight into the deep end.

Not much to say and I’m sure even if i did, you wouldn’t care. Trailer after the jump.

A survey conducted on 1000 industry types for the London Games Conference has voted that Apple founder Steve jobs was the most influential person on the video games industry?

Paradox Interactive have today announced compilation collections for three of their most popular franchises, Magicka, Hearts of Iron and Cities in Motion, all set to release on PC come November 22.

Several members from the community have had the same complaint about EA’s Origin. They couldn’t change their name resulting in Battlefield 3 showing a name that they didn’t want to use. Well now there’s a way for you to change it.

We are big fans of Frozenbyte here so we are pretty stoked to here that Trine 2 is almost out! Good news is pre ordering is now available and for those that do there’s a nice little pre Order bonus for you in there too!

So for the final in this 3 part series we take a look at the Digital Distribution Sales market over the last 12 months, the alternatives to Steam, and how you can find the cheapest game out there at any given time.

When Men of War Vietnam Launched recently, the 1C MoW forum had one major complaint from the fans, the lack of an editor like previous versions of the game. Well all those threads can be locked now, 1C has just announced that the editor is now available.

Mojang has recently released a teaser trailer on their upcoming Xbox360 version of Minecraft. Just like the dragon video from a few weeks ago, this video is also short and sweet.

It doesn’t really come as a surprise but EA have just announced that soon Origin, the gaming platform that has begun competing with Valve’s Steam will add to its library a range of games from several other publishers.

Kazunori Yamauchi, the producer of Gran Turismo 5 has just announced that N. American and European gamers will be getting an update tomorrow, as for everyone else not sure yet as he only mentioned a few of the updates included and the 2 regions specifically.

The longest-running and largest independent gaming festival has just announced that next years festival is looking like the biggest yet in its 14 year history.  So far this year’s Main Competition has had 570 game entries from both leading indie developers and first-time entrants. That’s a lot of good news for gaming fans and a lot of games to play next year.

Konami has today announced the release date of its eagerly-awaited METAL GEAR SOLID HD Collection. The pack will be made up of five classic Metal Gear games and will be released for both the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360.

CCP, developer of EVE Online, has recently announced that they will be laying off 20% of their staff as they will be going back to their roots and re focusing on the game that made the company what it is today, the  monster MMO, ‘EVE Online’.

Microsoft and Epic Games have just announced “RAAM’s Shadow,” the new campaign experience Gears of War 3. Starring a cast of characters both new and eerily familiar to the series, “RAAM’s Shadow” will apparently deliver an additional three hours of gameplay with a storyline that precedes the events of the first “Gears of War” as well as a few extras.

NCSoft has just updated Aion to version 2.7 for the North American and European servers with the new patch including a new PvP instance, a new PvE raid for Alliance and numerous adjustments on PvP, quests, rewards, UI and more.

I know what you are thinking. Yet another MMORPG that goes Free To Play! While many games go free to play to save themselves from the “remember that game” list, having played this game myself, I can tell you that DC Universe has a lot of potential, its just a matter of Sony actually putting that potential to use.

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad recently launched with excellent reviews across the board and has quickly built a solid and dedicated following of gamers. I can hear the cheers of joy from fans as 1C has announced an expansion to the game, bringing the Japanese head to head against the Americans in the Pacific theatre.

Capcom has announced today the new Devil May Cry HD Collection for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.  The Devil May Cry HD Collection will brings together the first three original Devil May Cry titles; Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2, and Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening Special Edition in one new high definition package.

There is a lot of interest from the community in Payday: The Heist and I’m sure some of you are already playing it because the game is now out for the PlayStation 3! We are still waiting for the PC details though.

Saints Row is a game thats known to be more than out there. With its characters, with its story line and now, with its trailers. The latest takes a good poke at MW3 and adds some bzzzzt bzzzzt for the BF3 fans. It’s the bunny costume that got us interested.

Majesco has just launched their new game Pet Zombiez. while we don’t cover too much int he way of 3DS stuff here, the trailer for the game was too cool to skip. Developed by 1st Playable Productions, Pet Zombies is the first undead pet sim that lets you raise your own zombie, customize it to your liking, manage its diet, and play truly twisted games to unlock even more macabre fun in 3D.

Microsoft has just announced a new 320GB Media Hard Drive which is the largest drive for the console yet. It looks like they are going all out for your money as they have included an extra download code for a game in there too.

We just came across this one and just in time by the looks of it as they have just release a beta you can try. From what we can tell its a media center style interface which enables you to play games, both single player and multiplayer and also allows you to watch movies and even download ones you don’t have, all within the mod.

In part 1 we showed an example of how making a mistake in your purchase gives you no recourse when it comes to Valves Steam. Unlike brick and mortar stores or even places like Ebay which allow you to exchange and refund, Steam has “accounting” issues with this. In Part 2 of this series we look at some of Steams EULA clauses and things you should know.

Australian readers will know of the Chaser boys. A group of guys that have had the one of the funniest shows on TV for a few years now. They used to have the Chasers War on Everything, then they had a show about the royal wedding and their latest show is The Hamster Wheel. Their latest episode had a great section on the Burqa.

Millions of gamers around the world turn to Steam daily to get their fix of games. They are a clearly the leader when it comes to the digital distribution method of games sales and have introduced a lot of features which have been or are trying to be emulated by others. But as with any other empire in history, as one rises, another is falling in its wake. Is Valve’s Steam really that good and is it time to look elsewhere?

Salams all, since the launch of the site a couple months ago we have tried to give something back to our community here at Muslim Gamer by having a give away each month. Continuing in that tradition we have today started the latest giveaway, a Total War pack including Total War Empire and Napoleon valued at $49.95.

Splinter Cell is one of the classics of the stealth genre and a leading game for the Xbox console. Thulfiqaar and Snake have decided to take a look at the PC version to see how it stacks up today, a year after launch.