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PS3 Motion Controller detailed

PS3 Motion Controller detailed

Yesterday (March 10) Sony was on the stage at GDC, there were some small announcements such as Modnation Racers will be coming out this spring, but that's pretty much it. The big thing about this c... Read More

Final Fantasy XIII – 5 million units sold

Final Fantasy XIII – 5 million units sold

It should come to no surprise that the game sells well and will sell well, and that is exactly what happened. Yesterday the U.S. and Europe got their hands on with Final Fantasy III which was relea... Read More

Sony Arc dates and partners to be announced tomorrow

Sony Arc dates and partners to be announced tomorrow

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 tomorro... Read More

Little Big Planet 2 to be released this year?

Little Big Planet 2 to be released this year?

One of the biggest and most unique titles this generation is non other than the Play, Create, and Share game - Little Big Planet. As some of you know or may not know, this week is GDC, a place wher... Read More

SCEA: 2010 will be one of ps3’s best years ever!

SCEA: 2010 will be one of ps3’s best years ever!

VG247 states that according to SCEA comms boss, Patrick Seybold, 2010 is one of ps3's best years ever! Seybold also added that there's a lot of great content in store for us, involving titles such ... Read More

New 360 features and price points on the way?

New 360 features and price points on the way?

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.... Read More

Portal 2 officially announced via GameInformer

Portal 2 officially announced via GameInformer

Portal 2 has finally been confirmed thanks to the next issue of GameInformer! VG247 reported that the newest issue of the GameInformer magazine includes the newly announced title, Portal 2 in it's ... Read More

GTA V to be announced before E3?

GTA V to be announced before E3?

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 ye... Read More

Red Dead Redemption Delayed Into May

Red Dead Redemption Delayed Into May

A rough first quarter causes Red Dead Redemption to be delayed until a May release.

Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo keynotes absent at GDC

Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo keynotes absent at GDC

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 ... Read More

Sony buys Media Molecule

Sony buys Media Molecule

Media Molecule, the team behind the most innovative game this generation: Little Big Planet has been bought over by Sony. Looks like Sony are bringing whatever studios, for example Guerilla. I wonder ... Read More

Developers only scratched the surface of the Playstation 3

Developers only scratched the surface of the Playstation 3

Perhaps one of the biggest claims this generation is that the Playstation 3 still doesn't utilize its full potential, even with masterpieces like Uncharted 2, Killzone 2, Gran Turismo 5, Jack Tretton ... Read More

WoW boss resigns

WoW boss resigns

The Chinese boss of the World of Warcraft franchise has resigned. VG247 reported that Li Riqiang stood down recently, but gave no reason for his sudden departure. According to JLM Pacific Epoch, no... Read More

Rocksteady bought by Warner

Rocksteady bought by Warner

Rocksteady have been happy to announce that Warner have just bought a majority share in Rocksteady, developers of Batman Arkham Asylum. “We are proud to strengthen our association with WBIE, a wo... Read More

Success with Red Steel 2 ‘crucial’ for continuation of franchise

Success with Red Steel 2 ‘crucial’ for continuation of franchise

Ubisoft's creative director Jason VandenBerghe has said that sucess with the FPS/slasher hybrid Red Steel 2 is crucial if the series is to continue. He stated at a press conference in London that t... Read More

PlayStation 3 Slim triumphs in Engadget 2009 awards

PlayStation 3 Slim triumphs in Engadget 2009 awards

The PS3 Slim has swept the Engadget awards with flying colours. Taking both 'Home Entertainment Device of the Year' and 'Games Console of the Year', the PS3 Slim trumped rivals, taking close to hal... Read More

New PS3 SKUs are not what you think

New PS3 SKUs are not what you think

The two rumored PS3 SKUs CECH-2101A and CECH-2101B were supposedly filed to the FCC by Sony. The "Sand Dollar Enterprise, Inc" Which also revealed the 250GB PS3 Slim, uncovered the CECH-2101A an... Read More

How much space will God of War 3 fill up?

How much space will God of War 3 fill up?

Back in 2008, The first game to fully utilize the Blu-Ray space capacity was Metal Gear Solid 4, taking up about 50GB. And now Sony Santa Monica revealed that God of War 3 will fill up about 35GB o... Read More

Pachter’s Predictions: Natal will sell 10 million units in a year, will outsell PS Arc 5-1

Pachter’s Predictions: Natal will sell 10 million units in a year, will outsell PS Arc 5-1

Earlier, Michael Pachter predicted that Natal will sell for $50. Now he has said that he believes that Natal will sell 10m units in 1 year. He also said that he believes that Natal will outsell... Read More

Uncharted 2 Garners More Love with More Awards

Uncharted 2 Garners More Love with More Awards

The 13th Annual Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) were held on February 18th, 2010 and surprisingly they happened to not be shown on Spike.  This despite the fact that the award cer... Read More