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Steam Mac beta begins today!

Steam Mac beta begins today!

Calling all Mac gamers- grab your Steam beta while you can! Go here to sign up. First make a Steam account, then sign up! It's all free, naturally. [caption id="attachment_7490" align="aligncent... Read More

Crysis 2 author guilty of assaulting U.S federal officer [Important Updates within]

Crysis 2 author guilty of assaulting U.S federal officer [Important Updates within]

[This article will continue to be updated as developments unfold, stay tuned!] Peter Watts, the Canadian science fiction author who wrote the story to Crysis 2 and Homeworld 2, has been found guilt... Read More

Tretton “saving the batter” for E3, promises Killzone 3

Tretton “saving the batter” for E3, promises Killzone 3

SCEA boss Jack Tretton said that GDC was "only the frosting on the cake", meaning Sony's saving their huge surprises for E3. "Im saving the batter for E3. We will absolutely bring the heat," said ... Read More

Bioware would ‘love’ to make some new IPs

Bioware would ‘love’ to make some new IPs

Speaking at GDC last week, Bioware's Ray Muzyka has said that the developer would love to work on some new IP's after the huge success of Dragon Age: Origins. He said, “We would love to build som... Read More

Steam removing games with Ubisoft’s DRM

Steam removing games with Ubisoft’s DRM

Valve is beginning to drop titles from the Steam store that are afflicted with Ubisoft's new DRM. According to VG247, among the removed games are Assassins Creed 2 and Silent Hunter V- links to the... Read More

Heavy Rain will be patched very soon

Heavy Rain will be patched very soon

Some people have reported that while playing Heavy Rain, they were experiencing glitches and freezing problems, well no worries, Quantic Dream is up for the investigation, and it will be solved soon.... Read More

Killzone 2 didn’t “hit the limit”

Killzone 2 didn’t “hit the limit”

Guerilla Games, the developer of one of the best looking games of all time - Killzone 2, recently claimed that Killzone 2 hasn't hit the limit of the PS3 and  that they are capable of doing more. ... Read More

Valve- Steam on Mac OS X is the ‘biggest event in it’s history’

Valve- Steam on Mac OS X is the ‘biggest event in it’s history’

John Cook, Valve's director of Steam development has stated that Steam coming to Mac will be one of the 'biggest events in history'. [caption id="attachment_7490" align="aligncenter" width="505" ca... Read More

“Phat” PS3 is officially the heaviest console ever

“Phat” PS3 is officially the heaviest console ever

According to Famitsu, the PS3 is the heaviest console to ever hit the market. The original "Phat" PS3 that was released in 2006 weighs 11 pounds! while the Xbox 360 weighs 7.9 pounds, and the Slim ... Read More

Skate 3 release dates announced

Skate 3 release dates announced

EA has announced that the sequel to one of the best skating games around - Skate 3 , which was announced for the PS3 and 360 in September, will be coming out in May 11 in the US and on May 14 in the U... Read More

Sony: Lots of SCE and third-parties working on 3D games

Sony: Lots of SCE and third-parties working on 3D games

Sony showed a bit of 3d tech at GDC last week, and Ian Bickerstaff, senior engineer with SCE's UK-based 3d Team, said that Sony is very optimisic about the new tech, but it's also remaining "cautious"... Read More

ModNation Racers release date and more!

ModNation Racers release date and more!

The kart racing game with the Play. Create. Share elements - Modnation Racers, has an official release date, and a few more surprises! Modnation Racers will be released on the PS3 and PSP on May 25... Read More

Nintendo comments on Third Parties

Nintendo comments on Third Parties

With so many Third Party devs working on the PS3 and the 360, what's going on with the wii? In a recent interview with Reggie Fils-Aime the Nintendo of America President, he was asked a few questi... Read More

Mac Starcraft II Beta pegged for April Release

Mac Starcraft II Beta pegged for April Release

Blizzard aims to release Starcraft II in Limited Beta on Mac sometime this april. A developer mentioned in the battle.net forum that the game was still being tweaked at this stage and asked fans to... Read More

Crackdown 2 dated in the UK

Crackdown 2 dated in the UK

One of the biggest releases for the Xbox 360 this year is Crackdown 2, and its release date is now official. Crackdown 2 will come out on July 9 in the UK. UK is the only region right now that h... Read More

Kitase wants a sequel to Final Fantasy XIII

Kitase wants a sequel to Final Fantasy XIII

The developers behind Final Fantasy XIII, Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama, told WriteAboutGames that they would take the oppurtunity to make a sequel to Final Fantasy XIII if the chance came alon... Read More

Insomniac games going multiplatform?

Insomniac games going multiplatform?

Insmoniac games - best known for their successful franchises Ratchet and Clank and Resistance, both of which are Playstation exclusive, are rumored to start developing (or already developing) multipla... Read More

GT5 release date will be revealed soon

GT5 release date will be revealed soon

The long awaited Gran Turismo 5 was getting delays over and over again, but this time, according to SCEE's Penrose Tackie, the official release date for the game will be revealed soon. “Completel... Read More

Metal Gear Solid: Rising to bring in new audience

Metal Gear Solid: Rising to bring in new audience

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 gen... Read More

PlayStation Move is finally real – everything in one place

PlayStation Move is finally real – everything in one place

At Sony's Press Conference in the start of this GDC, SCE WWS boss Shuhei Yoshida announced the PS3 Motion controller, PlayStation Move. Here, you should find all important news from the press confe... Read More