In an interview with UK mag, PC Gamer UK, Gabe Newell, Valve boss, told all readers he has three big surprises coming up for all gamers in the next 12 months. Let's hope it's the inevitable but never-announced Half Life 2: Episode 3."I can guarantee you people are going to be surprised at stuff we do. That isn't going to stop any time soon. I'm just laughing because... people will be shocked a... more.

Activision have declared that their upcoming Cold War FPS, being developed by Treyarch, will be the best Call of Duty title released till date, trumping Modern Warfare 2, their previous, hugely successful, Infinity Ward developed CoD title, in every possible way. Not only that. Black Ops will also be "the biggest entertainment launch of the year.""We've a fantastic game and a fantastic marketi... more.

Creator of the upcoming title, Vanquish, Shinji Mikami says he wasn't very satisfied with Microsoft's motion sensing camera, Kinect, and says motion controls aren't detailed enough yet to be called mainstream.In an interview with PS3M, the creator of Resident Evil said he doesn't expect upcoming devices like Kinect and PlayStation Move to have much of an impact on the market."I don't t... more.

AMD is thinking of dumping the ATI brand name, and are looking to opt for a more "customer-centric approach."The Register reports that AMD wants to get over processor-centric branding. The spokesperson speaking to The Register said that internal surveys show that the AMD brand name is bigger than the ATI brand.AMD WILL stick with the Radeon and FirePro brands until the new Radeon GPUs are... more.

Microsoft aren't short on funds, yet they still greedily suck their customers of all their money, being the filthy bas*ards that they are. No, no, it's not that bad this time around, but still, I'm pissed.For European users of Microsoft's Xbox 360's online community, Xbox Live, one month subscriptions will be going up from £4.99 to £5.99. For those few who DO use one month subscriptions, thi... more.

Famous industry analyst says Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto series will not be getting a mainstream canon sequel to their highly acclaimed Grand Theft Auto IV till 2012. This has come after speculations last week that GTA5 and L.A Noire will be released next year. Pachter, though, thinks otherwise."Take-Two's share price has taken a battering recently, reflecting investor disappointment that ther... more.

EA has registered a web domain for The Sims 4, the unannounced, unreleased fourth game in their hugely successful, The Sims franchise. Having recently announced The Sims: Medieval, an all new off-shoot The Sims franchise created by Maxis, set in the medieval ages, EA look all set to go all guns blazing with their Virtual Reality franchise.The Sims 3 will be releasing on the PS3 and the Xbox 36... more.

Rare Kinect development head, Nick Burton, wants core gamers to give Microsoft's new motion sensing camera a chance before dismissing it outright as casual and gimmicky. "All I can say to the core is go and have a go. It doesn't even have to be necessarily Kinect Sports. Go and have a go on Kinect, period," Burton told Eurogamer.He says negative impact against the announcement of Kinect seem... more.

On Monday, that is the 30th of August, PlayStation Network will be down for 'routine maintenance,' between the hours of 08:00 and 21:00 BST, says Sony."During this time you will not be able to access PlayStation Store, PlayStation Home or any part of Account Management, such as your Download List," they say.However, you will be able to play games online, and you'll be able to sign in on t... more.

Portal 2 was originally supposed to have competitive multiplayer, Valve have revealed, but they recently axed the idea, since the puzzle solving was turning into "chaos" for the players.In an interview with 1UP, Portal 2 writer Erik Wolpaw said that the Portal 2 MP mode was more like Speedball having portals- obviously, it didn't work."Along with co-op, we had the idea of sort of a compet... more.

Yeah, so,we've been waiting for Gran Turismo 5 for like five years, and it gets delayed every year- it's almost like an annual routine. Though the game is supposed to be out in November this year, and Sony have confirmed there will be no more delays this time around.But Polyphony boss Kaz Yamauchi already has plans for a new GT title. And we won't even have to wait for Gran Turismo 6 as long a... more.

Microsoft will soon release an Xbox Live- compatible Windows Phone 7 Operating system, which will provide a gaming experience "much more like Xbox and Xbox Live Arcade," says Microsoft exec Kevin Unangst (not Butler).The aim is to make the Windows Phone 7 gaming "much more like the Xbox and Xbox Live Arcade portfolio." All games released for the Windows Phone 7 will first pass through a rigi... more.

As if the Uncharted games aren't already the best looking console games till date, Naughty Dog has expressed interest in Sony's new tech, and they think 3D could raise the bar for Uncharted's graphics even more- but the story always comes first.When asked about the new 3D tech by PlayStation University, and if it can ever be incorporated in future Uncharted games, Naughty Dog's community strat... more.

Crytek has promised to all its gamers that all the future Crysis games will be playable in 3D, just as their upcoming Crysis 2 will be playable in 3D on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. In an interview with CVG, Crytek boss Cervat Yerli said, "Crysis on consoles for us is pretty much taking the ground that Crysis games will be 3D now and in the future. Console gamers haven't seen the original Crysis ye... more.

EA has confirmed its lineup for their upcoming GamesCom conference, which will be taking place in Cologne, Germany next week. The list is given below:At the EA Booth Crysis 2, Darkspore, Dragon Age 2, FIFA 11, FIFA Manager 11, Medal of Honor, Need For Speed Hot Pursuit, Rock Band 3, The Sims 3 on console, Star Wars: The Old Republic.For the iPod The Sims 3, The Sims 3 World Adventures, E... more.

The lead designer- Takashi Iizuka- for Sega's upcoming DS and Wii platformer, Sonic Colours, has admitted that his upcoming title has not been made to cater to the core gaming audiences, and Sonic 4, which will have several similarities to the MegaDrive Sonic titles, is the Sonic game that core gamers should look forward to. Sonic Colours will be for under 12-year olds."We know there are somet... more.

Famous horror films' producer Don Carmody recently told Fangoria that the Silent Hill 2 movie is "a bit stalled," due to the writer/director of the movie, Roger Avary having spent some quality time- not really- in prison, after to a hit-and-run case in 2008."Silent Hill 2 is a little stalled now because of writer/director Roger Avary's legal problems, so a little unsure yet," said Carmody. ... more.

Irrational Games' Creative Director Kevin Levine, currently working on the next Bioshock title, says his upcoming Bioshock Infinite is not merely a sequel, rather a re-imagining of the series."In the game industry, people have a particular sense of what a sequel is. You know, they're going to follow the story, it will be the same world, a lot of the same weapons," said Levine."I guess "re-... more.

After selling 1.5 million units in 48 hours next weak, Starcraft II officially became the fastest selling RTS of all time. Today, along with the July NPD Figures, the NPD Group also announced that around 721,000 units out of those 1.5 million of Starcraft II were sold for the PC and the Mac in the States alone, and this figure is only for the boxed retail copies, not the virtual copies that one ca... more.

The NPD figures for July '10 are out, and this month seems to have been really good for the developers and publishers. With the combined US sales of non-PC game software, hardware, and accessories decreasing by just 1 % to $846.5 million, the analysts, who were predicting sales in the US to be on an all time low this year, were surprised.The hardware sales saw a 12 % increase in sales, when co... more.