Strategy Informer  

It's been a year since Diablo III welcomed us into the new Sanctuary, and Blizzard want to celebrate the "millions of heroes" that have been created during that time. We're all getting an Anniversary Buff.

Logging into between now and May 21st will see a 25% boost to Magic Find and +EXP stats. It will stack with similar buff boosts you may already have equipped. "Happy demon-hunting, Nephalem."

Sonic the Hedgehog is gearing up for a new adventure it seems as SEGA just yesterday has filed for the trademark of 'Sonic Lost World' in Europe. Details are non-existent for the game but we know its name at least.

Now let the speculation run wild. So 'Lost World' sounds dinosaury, right? Okay then Sonic gets 'lost' in a 'world' full of dinosaurs. Mystery solved. Next trademark please SEGA - that one was too easy.

Metro: Last Light's 4A Games is that developer from... erm, er - where are they from? That's precisely the problem, says Jason Rubin - the former Naughty Dog man thrown the hot potato that was THQ.

Rubin is doing what he can to tell the story behind the game of Metro, and it's far, far from an ideal situation for any developer - or any company for that matter. Electricity would've been nice.

Ubisoft has revealed the preorder bonuses that will be attached to Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag. Unfortunately, every retail chain and major site will have different bonuses, so gamers will have to be choosy about what appeals to them.

Coffee Stain Studios has announced that their first person shooter / tower defense hybrid Sanctum 2 is now available on Steam and on Xbox Live Arcade.

It seems that a GameStop ordering POS has revealed the release dates of several Xbox Live Arcade titles, including such notable games as State of Decay, DuckTales Remastered, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.

Electronic Arts has ended its Online Pass program intended to curtail used games. The Online Pass gave each game a one-time code to play online, and to purchase a new one, a $10 fee was charged.

Kalypso has released a new gameplay video for their upcoming vampire stealth action game Dark. The video shows off more of the protagonist Eric Bane's possible skills and moves, and how to apply them.

Warner Brothers has just announced Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure is coming to PC! Yes gamers will soon get to enjoy the Scribblenauts take on over 2,000 DC Comics characters and items.

It's also coming to 3DS and Wii U, but whatever. Maxwell is on a quest to aid the DC Comics heroes and will get visit their lairs. You'll use the notebook to stop villainous schemes and save the world.

Free titles for next month if you're a PlayStation Plus subscriber include RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, ICO and Shadow of the Colossus HD, and the totally unmerciful and dark action-RPG Demon's Souls.

Those will start to stalk your PS3 HDD May 29th, while also sees this month's stock of freebies come to an end; Hitman: Absolution, Joe Danger 2 and Dead or Alive 5.