After the well received Darksiders had hit shelves Play was given the chance to chat exclusively with the game's creator and developer's founding father, Joe Madureira. As a legendary comic book artist with credits on such publications as Uncanny X-Men and The Ultimates we were very excited to have the chance to grill Joe Mad, who was candid in his assessment of the Darksiders development process and his place in the industry.

The original 50 Cent game, Bulletproof, was a diabolical mess and, when we heard there was a follow-up in the works that would see you, as Fiddy of course, shooting your way through an unspecified Middle Eastern country on the trail of a gang of thieves who’ve stolen the crystal skull you received as payment for a concert, we were somewhat gleefully expecting another laughable disaster. But then the finished game arrived in the office and we all gathered ...

It was rumoured to the point where we just out and out believed it - mainly because we just want new Red Faction and Saints Row - but THQ have now confirmed the existence of both titles, along with a new Darksiders game and Homefront. During a recent THQ investors call, whatever that is, CEO Brian Farrell let loose the information along with very vague release dates circling around fiscal years. The new Red Faction and Homefront are set for fiscal ...

The internet just makes things better - it also makes the act of gathering news a much simpler process and throws out apparent secrets with aplomb. Take, for example, this latest rumour: one Duke Tong - man with a fantastic name - listed on his LinkedIn profile that he had, until October this year, been managing art assets for a few THQ games. What's most interesting is the two listed at the bottom: Saints Row 3 Red Faction 4 It would come as ...

As is the common vogue to boost those all important first week sales THQ is offering a whole bunch of pre-order incentives for Darksiders in order to get you that little bit more excited. You won't get to see our review of Darksiders until the new year, but the outlook is positive. Anyway, here's a rundown of what you could be walking away with from various UK retailers and websites.

Either the voiceover actor on this new trailer of Vigil Games’ epic chop-‘em-up has one of those nasty colds that’s been going ‘round lately, or he’s supposed to sound like a demon. We think it’s actually probably the latter, although he does sound uncannily like the way Play news editor Jon did on the phone last week when he called in sick. Watch the trailer for yourself and see what you think.

UFC president Dana White has hit out, figuratively speaking, at EA over the announcement of its new mixed martial arts franchise, MMA, leaving EA lying semi-conscious in a bruised heap with its own blood spattered all over its broken, battered face, figuratively speaking. White was particularly incensed by EA Sports president Peter Moore’s claim that he’d been wanting to launch an MMA brand since joining EA two years ago, “Really?” White spat over the front row of a press conference, ...