PC Gamer is pleased to present the exclusive first look at the follow up to our 2007 Game of the Year, Crysis. This announcement answers a lot of questions - like why did Crytek cancel plans for a Crysis 1.3 patch (’cause they’re too busy building an awesome new game!) - but asks so many more: Will Warhead be a PC exclusive? Will it run better in DirectX 9 mode? All the answers, plus amazing screenshots and an interview with Crytek’s …

A psychiatrist specialising in treating those who worry about spending too time playing videogames has said pornography is more accepted than World of Warcraft.

“People feel a lot of shame around computer games,” Dr. Jerald Block told The Boston Globe. “Whereas, it’s socially acceptable to have a porn problem.

“As a society we understand that porn is something people do, and you can see a psychiatrist and get treated for …

Turbine, Inc has revealed that a number of investors have pumped $40 million into its coffers, including Time Warner, for the development of “new titles”.”With this funding we are uniquely positioned to change the future of online entertainment as we bring new titles to market, as we expand the platforms we support and introduce new technologies to sustain self-evolving game worlds.” said Turbine president Jim Crowley.

Bring new titles …

James Scalpello, wireless director of THQ, has claimed that girls don’t play as many videogames as guys because they have different lifestyle requirements.

“When girls play console games, they have to have gone through a whole other list of things they could have done before sitting down with them,” he told CasualGaming.biz.

“Guys get home, have dinner, and play a computer game. It’s much higher up the list of priorities. To …

Sega has unveiled a whole bunch of release dates for its upcoming line-up, including Sonic Unleashed, Aliens: Colonial Marines and Space Siege.

The, dare we say, promising-looking Sonic Unleashed has been given a strong November date, while Aliens FPS Colonial Marines has unfortunately slipped into 2009. Golden Axe: Beast Rider, if anyone cares, hits shelves in September.

Chris Taylor’s Space Siege has also been branded with a …

EA has unveiled the brand new expansion pack for The Sims 2, entitled Apartment Life. Check out the screens.

The add-on takes the Sims out of the suburbs and puts them into a busy apartment building. New character types fill the assortment of coffee shops and playgrounds that surround your flat.

You can choose from five new buildings that range from converted lofts to roomy, posh studios or luxury apartments that …

No, it’s not a mistake. Take-Two head honcho Strauss Zelnick has actually said that the Gore Verbinski-helmed BioShock movie will be released alongside number three in the series, not the currently-in-development sequel.

Zelnick mentioned the third game in an investor call related to the newly released Q2 financials (via Kotaku). “It’s more likely that it would be released coincident with BioShock 3,” he said.

We …

As the perfect excuse to remind you we’re well excited for Crackdown dev Real-Time Worlds’ new MMO, the Scottish dev has released a pair of concept art pieces of All Points Bulletin (APB).

It is, in a nut shell, an online game of cops and robbers, where player coppers get dynamically dispatched to apprehend player crooks whenever they commit a crime. It sounds fantastic.

The artwork here shows two characters in the …

Valve has put out a job advertisement for a voice over role in Portal 2, which amazingly gives up some spoilerific info on the game’s plot. Read no further if you don’t want to spoil things for yourself. The casting is for character Cave Johnson - the boss of Aperture (the company that developed the Portal Gun) who, according to the plot of the first game and the real-world Aperture science website, is dead. …

Obsidian Entertainment is working on a new expansion pack for Neverwinter Nights 2, tentatively titled Storm of the Zehir.

According to the Neverwinter Nights Vault, the game will be set after the defeat of the King of Shadows in the original campaign.

It’s promised that the game will be non-linear in a way never before seen in the NWN series. Players can form their own party of adventurers instead of being grouped with NPCs …