After 12 years in development, Blizzard has finally released its long anticipated game, Diablo 3. The game had a hellish start, and I'm not talking about its gameplay.

As with all online games, the first day of release is expected to have server issues as gamers flood in to play the newest game. Diablo 3, of course, is no exception. Gamers were marred with various server errors, preventing them from playing the game they've waited so long for. When the server goes down for a region, no one can play the game. And I literally mean no one. Even those who wish to play single player are unable to play if the server goes down. The issue is that Diablo 3 is an online-only game. You must remain connected to the internet to play the game. If you lose connection at any point, you get booted out of your game. And this is exactly what happened to thousands, if not millions, of people on its launch day.

As a surprise to absolutely no one, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has been announced yesterday alongside a trailer. The trailer, having only been released yesterday, already has over 1 million views.

In an attempt to change up the formula, developer Treyarch has decided to take the game into the future... Well, near future. Treyarch plans to add new game modes including branching missions in hopes to break the stagnation that the series has been mocked for in the past few years.

Not that it really matters, the game will most likely make yet another few billion dollars as the previous games in the series have.

A pleasent surprise came from Capcom today with their announcement of Lost Planet 3. The Lost Planet series was created by Kenji Oguro, and never really reached the same popularity as Capcom's other franchises, such as Devil May Cry or Street Fighter. However, Lost Planet 1 and 2 were very solid games; the former was an early next-gen title that really showed off the power hardware. Lost Planet 2 came out years later, and focused on large scale coop battles and multiplayer. This time, the game is a prequel to the first one, and it brings back the original game's barren, arctic environments. In addition, Capcom has said that the series' mechs are returning, and that your character will be able to enter and leave his mech at anytime throughout most of the game. With an emphasis on story for singleplayer and a full multiplayer suite, it seems like Capcom is trying their best to make the biggest, most complete Lost Planet game. Lost Planet 3 is being directed by Kenji Oguro, and devloped at Spark Unlimited, a western studio. The game will be released in 2013 for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

Resident Evil 6 (or Biohazard 6) has been announced after a long time of speculation! It's coming out for PS3 and 360 on November 20th, 2012, and for PC at a later time. A new trailer has been revealed, revealing that the main characters are Leon Kennedy (the main character from RE4) and Chris Redfield (the main character from RE5) are both starring in this new game. Leon will be stationed in the USA, and Chris in China, working together to control a new outbreak. Check out the trailer after the jump.

The awfully embarrassing Spike TV Video Game Awards aired this weekend, complete with a full set of announcements to actually get people to care. Hideo Kojima appeared on stage at the very end of the show in order to reveal new information about the long-awaited Metal Gear spinoff game, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. That's right, the subtitle is revengeance. All jokes aside, the game looks really good, and it's being developed by Platinum Games, the geniuses behind Bayonetta and Vanquish.

Check out the trailer below the jump, courtesy of Gametrailers.

Happy 20th birthday, Sonic! It's been 20 years since the speedy mammal ran for the first time on the Sega Genesis. Since Sonic hasn't exactly been considered great in the past few years, the developers decided to do something special. Take us back in time! (...to another world?)

The chubbier, shorter blue hedgehog from the days of yore has returned thanks to a creature called the Time Eater. The story isn't the greatest thing, but when it comes to Sonic the Hedgehog games, the story never is.

Anyway, thanks to the strange creature, we get to play levels as if they were in 2D (with 3D graphics, of course). The visuals are amazing with some parts that absolutely took my breath away. There are 9 different levels with 2 acts, one with classic Sonic, as mentioned earlier, and the other with modern Sonic with levels laid out similar to his newer games, especially Sonic Colors. The level remixes (including music remixes to match the era), were fantastically done. Aside from some visual issues which lead to a few cheap deaths, these levels were some of the best ones I've played in a really long time.

One of my favorite parts of New York Comic Con was the section maintained by Rockstar Games. Rockstar held giant booth located near one of the entrances, decorated in Max Payne artwork. In addition to playing their tablet version of Grand Theft Auto 3, we were given the pleasure of watching a press showcasing of Max Payne 3. I was very impressed.

Welcome to the first of our many New York Comic Con game previews. This year's con was packed with high profile developers showing off their most anticipated games. One of the most popular booths belonged to Capcom, who brought a playable build of Street Fighter X Tekken, the first game in a two-part crossover series between Capcom and Namco.

Earlier today, Valve Software and Hidden Path Entertainment announced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for the PC, PS3, 360, and Mac platforms! This is after all of the rumors floating around yesterday, due to some tweets that were sent too early. This will be the first Counter-Strike game since Counter-Strike Source, which was released in 2004.

Valve states that CS:GO is a brand new game, with new weapons, maps, and modes. They've also promised new versions of classic maps, such as de_dust. The game will also feature leaderboards, and a matchmaking system, similar to the one that was introduced to TF2 earlier this year. CS:GO will be released in early 2012, and will be playable at PAX Prime this month, as well as Eurogamer next month!

Din's Curse: Demon War is an action RPG, similar to games like Diablo 2 and Titan Quest. It's technically an expansion set for the PC and Mac game, Din's Curse, but this review will cover the original game and the content added in the expansion. This is a game that sticks to what matters most: gameplay. It isn't a graphical or sound powerhouse by any means, albeit still pretty good looking. The game doesn't have fancy CG cutscenes or a Hollywood presentation. But who cares? It's some of the most fun I've had in years, and it lasts practically forever.

When you start this game up, you're given the choice between a decent amount of classes. Warrior, rogue, priest, wizard, ranger, conjurer, and the newly added demon hunter. The game also allows you to choose the Hybrid class, which allows you to create a custom class by choosing two talent trees from any of the classes. Soldak Entertainment, the developers of this game, claim that there are 196 total combinations. This is a very interesting addition to a game like this, and it's something that will please old school PC RPG fans, and add more hours to this game's hefty replay value. Before starting, the game gives you an impressive amount of options to toggle the difficulty in various ways. There's the standard Hardcore option that makes death permanent and limits your character's item stash.