Vice President of Codemasters, Gavin Cheshire, has confirmed with VG247 that a third game in the series is currently in development. Speaking to Edge, Cheshire said, "Really, it’s all about letting the teams just innovate. There’s some great stuff coming from Birmingham that’s going into Dirt 3, and obviously you’ve seen Bodycount. “I guess in today’s world, every day you’r... more.

Senior Producer behind Mafia II, Denby Grace, has told VG247 that the game will have two driving modes, and a new and improved combat system. Speaking at GDC yesterday, Grace spoke on; Cinematics The things we felt we did right with the first Mafia was this cinematic presentation of the story, the level of quality with the story, the authenticity – our last game was really highly rated. S... more.

Hideo Kojima has said that he believes that Metal Gear Solid: Rising will bring in a new kind of crowd. “The next MGS… “RISING.” this game will create new users, be developed by the new generation, a new MGS,” Kojima tweeted. “But on the other hand, [Peace Walker] is made by Hideo Kojima, a new but classical MGS. PW is a new type of game design and experimental for future end... more.

Gamingbolt has been tipped off that a new Xbox 360 dashboard update is coming soon, as we have a photo to prove it. An image was sent in which appears to show a new Xbox 360 dashboard. The update appears to have been accidentally added by Microsoft after a console repair. Judging by the screenshot we can guess that the next dashboard update will be 2.0.9195.0. NOTE: CLICK THE IMAGE TO SEE IT... more.

EA Sports Active was released last year for the Wii, but now it is scheduled for a comeback across multiple platforms utilizing motion control technology. The second iteration of the workout game will be released for Ps3, Wii, iPhone and iPod Touch this fall. Surprisingly, the 360 is not included in the lineup, as Natal seems ideal for this sort of game. Maybe it will be introduced later as... more.

Battlefield Bad Company 2 hasn't revolutionized the shooter genre, but it takes everything good about FPS's and combines it in one fantastic game. The Good: Better than the sum of its parts, stunning visuals, decent single player campaign, incredibly rewarding and addicting multiplayer, stellar sound The Bad: Relies heavily on teamwork, some server issues yet to be fixed on PC version, some ... more.

A source has told VG247 that we can expect a firm release date for the Sony Motion Controller as well as list of partners as soon as tomorrow. An announcement is expected at 5pm PST/1am GMT tomorrow, just before Sony's press conference in San Fransisco on Wednesday. Rumors also suggest that there could be a name change from Arc to something completely different, although this has yet to ... more.

VG247 has just released the first ever gameplay video from the upcoming Prince of Persia game. The game will take place between Sands of Time and Warrior Within. Ubisoft released the video today. The game hits alongside the upcoming movie in May for consoles, and June for the PC. Check out the video below. [HTML1]... more.

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has said that there could be new functionality and pricing for the 360 soon to come, ThatVideoGameBlog reports. “For that big screen device … there’s no diversity. You get exactly the Xboxes that we build for you. We may have more form factors in the future that are designed for various price points and options, but we think it’s going to [be] important,” t... more.

While Natal is going to be aimed slightly more towards casual gamers, MS has said that they won't be discarding the hardcore minority. In an interview with MCV the Big M stated that 2010 releases such as Alan Wake, Halo Reach, Crackdown II and Fable 3 will make this year one of the best in the Xbox 360's history. “From the beginning, Xbox has always had a very deliberate strategy to fo... more.

A three year old Tennessee toddler, Cheyenne Alexis McKeehan, mistook a loaded gun for a Wii controller and killed herself. Allaboutthegames.co.uk reported that the girl shot herself in the abdomen allegedly after mistaking a semi-automatic handgun for a Wii remote. The girls stepfather, Douglas Cronberger, had left the .38 calibre weapon loaded on a table in the living room, where the toddl... more.

There's a lot of movement in the rumor mill about technology waiting to be unveiled at E3, and we decided to stoke the fires of gossip with a wishlist. Of course we can't be certain what is going to come up, but speculation is mounting for these cool gadgets; PSP 2 It recently slipped out that we could be seeing a PSP2 as early as this year's E3. And frankly, we're excited. Sony didn't re... more.

Ubisoft has just slipped back the release date from May to June. VG247 stated that the developer has yet to give a reason for the change, but the console versions remain on track for a release in May. This will not come as a surprise to many PC gamers, who are typically becoming shunned more and more by Ubi; first by pushing back the release date to Assassins Creed II, and then by attach... more.

THQ today stated that Metro 2033 is not a simple horror game, and in fact uses aspects from many genres. "Metro has horror elements, but it’s not a ‘horror’ game,” producer Huw Beynon told VG247 in an interview. “I hope when people finally get their hands on it they’ll see it’s greater than the sum of its parts. And there are a lot of parts.” Despite a ghostly new trailer ... more.

The dates for this years QuakeCon have been released. The free gaming event will be held in Dallas, Texas, and will feature a multitude of new tech demonstrations, announcements of upcoming games and tournaments VG247 reports. The event has been dated for the 12-15th of August, and is to be held in the Hilton Anatole Hotel. With demos of great games such as WET and Wolfenstein shown last ... more.

One analyst has said that he believes a GTA V announcement could be comig pre-E3. VG247 reported that Mike Hickey of Janco Partners said that a GTA V announcement could come before E3 later this year, but was unlikely to make a show at the LA event. “There is building suspension for a pre-E3 GTA V announcement, although we expect nothing from Rockstar at this year’s official E3 event,”... more.

Naughty Dog co-founder Jason Rubin has said in GT's Bonus Round that Natal might 'revolutionise more than gaming'. Rubin, now developer at Monkey Gods said that the 360 peripheral may be 'more than just a gaming machine'. “Putting Natal in the Xbox gives it the opportunity to become a lot more than just a gaming machine… the things you can do outside of gaming justifies buying Natal.... more.

This year's GDC (March 9th-13th, San Fransisco) will be headlined by a speech from Sid Meier, as there will be no main keynote from either of the Big Three, VG247 was told. There will however be a demo of the Sony Motion Controller; this isn't keynote though, and will be carried out by the Sony support developers. Think Services did not comment on the absentees. Peter Molyneux (Fable ... more.

The racing beta for Blur that was hinted at recently begins next week. Tokens will be handed out starting from tomorrow. The primary place to get one is FilePlanet, but Activision's Dan Amrich said that there are many other participating sites. “Several websites will be launching contests and giving away beta tokens starting on Tuesday, March 2,” he said. “The gameplay sessions ... more.

Napoleon adds enough new content to make it a worthy addition to your Total War collection. The Good: Easier to manage campaigns, nice artistic style, lots of cool units, marginally smarter AI, drop-in battles and multiplayer campaigns are a blast The Bad: New HUD is cumbersome, jerky animations, some familiar bugs When Empire Total War released at the beginning of 2009, it was met with s... more.