Bethesda’s parent company ZeniMax Media has been in a longtime dispute with Interplay over rights to develop a Fallout MMO. Bethesda originally acquired the rights to Fallout from Interplay in 2007. Under the conditions, Interplay retained the rights to develope a Fallout MMO. However, this was only to be true should Interplay have had $30 million and have began development by April 2009. When this did not occur, Bethesda tried to revoke their rights, Interplay would not go down without a fight as it alleged it would develop it eventually. The court has now decided on Bethesda’s side as the license granted to Interplay has been deemed null and void and...

Bastion audio director Darren Korb and vocalist Ashley  Barrett recently had a get together with the rest of the team at Supergiant Games. On a whim they decided to perform a couple of the game’s compositions live. It sounds just as good as it does in the game. Korb says that he made one mistake, but I didn’t even notice it, see if you can find it. The entire soundtrack is available for preview and purchase.  

I was a little unsure of how I would like Halo: Evolutions given the fact that it was simply a compilation of many short stories. Typically I find myself to be a fan of longer overarching stories, however, I thoroughly enjoyed Evolutions. Since the stories are condensed into a much smaller page number, they get to the point right away. “Pariah” by B.K. Evenson tells the gripping story of Soren-66 who was given a choice by Dr. Halsey, if he wanted to become a Spartan or not. The ramifications of that decision on Halsey are evident by the end of the story which becomes one of the more gripping stories in the anthology. “Headhunters”...

With the next Gears of War 3 downloadable content, Fenix Rising, releasing on January 17, Epic Games has brought even more reasons to keep you playing. Players will now have the opportunity to level to 100 not once, not twice, but three times. So you completionists out there will need to “re-up” at least twice to get all the gamerscore in the game. Read ‘em and weep. Now They Begin To Understand - Complete all 12 waves of Beast on all Fenix Rising maps. 20G Defending The Past - Complete all 50 waves of Horde on any of the Fenix Rising maps. 25G Come To Poppa! - Win a Versus multiplayer match as a team...

Consumer website MCV reports that the next generation of consoles will be debuting at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). “Microsoft has long been rumoured to detail its next-gen plans at E3 2012, and MCV’s third-party publishing sources claim the firm had signalled to partners this will happen.” The report continues, “The 360 is one of the longest-serving games consoles in history. But the real surprise is an  early move from Sony. Execs at the PlayStation firm have made it clear to third-parties that they will not be left behind this time.” If you havent kept up on the rumors we first reported that developers would have the next Xbox in their hands...