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Sony Speaks Out on Insomniac Going Multiplatform

Sony Speaks Out on Insomniac Going Multiplatform

Insomniac Games is doubtless one of Sony's premier game development studios, having crafted such fine games as Ratchet and Clank and Resistance, all exclusively for the Playstation family. However, wi... Read More

Kojima’s Next Big Project: Metal Gear Solid 5?

Kojima’s Next Big Project: Metal Gear Solid 5?

In an interview with Famitsu's publisher Enterbrain CEO Hirokazu Hamamura, the man, the legend, Hideo Kojima said that his next project "might be Metal Gear Solid 5." "The next project is amazing,... Read More

LucasArts Not Planning on a Star Wars ‘reboot’

LucasArts Not Planning on a Star Wars ‘reboot’

LucasArts has dismissed the idea of a Star Trek-type Star Wars reboot. They feel the series still has a lot of gaming potential, and that they can re-imagine their formulas and implement them correctl... Read More

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 DLC on PSN

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 DLC on PSN

The recently released 'Onslaught' mode which could be downloaded as DLC for the Xbox 360 version of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is now availible on PSN. The new add-on will have four players pla... Read More

FIFA 11 Release Date Confirmed

FIFA 11 Release Date Confirmed

FIFA 11, which will be releasing this year on the PS2, DS, PSP, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC and mobile, will be releasing on September 28 in North America and October 1 in Europe and Asia, EA has confirmed... Read More

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair Release Date Confirmed

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair Release Date Confirmed

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, the much anticipated XBox LIVE Arcade exclusive title, is set for release August 4, says Microsoft. Castlevania: Harmony of Despair will give you and upto five othe... Read More

Sony Working On New Playstation

Sony Working On New Playstation

Sony is working on new hardware in the Playstation family, Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has revealed The hardware is supposed to be an 'all new concept,' and is being worked upon behind close... Read More

Microsoft Thinks Activision Doesn’t Support PC Gaming

Microsoft Thinks Activision Doesn’t Support PC Gaming

Kotick went on record recently, talking about Activision being platform agnostic, and friendly to all forms of gaming, including, yes, PC gaming. Apprently, he's rubbed Microsoft off the wrong way. ... Read More

Capcom: Super Street Fighter IV ‘Nothing’ Compared to New Game Project

Capcom: Super Street Fighter IV ‘Nothing’ Compared to New Game Project

Super Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono recently tweeted about his new project, hinting at what we could and should expect from the newest title from Capcom's stable. Said his tweet: "Super ... Read More

Kotick wants to eliminate dependencies on PSN and XBL

Kotick wants to eliminate dependencies on PSN and XBL

Actisvision Boss has stated that he wants to eliminate dependencies on the PSN and XBL while playing a game online. He says that almost 60% of the players that use XBL play Call of Duty. He aims at re... Read More

3D may be making its way into Mortal Kombat

3D may be making its way into Mortal Kombat

Co-creator of Mortal Kombat Ed Boon at NeverRealm Studios says he has been working on getting 3D into Mortal Kombat 'for a few months now'. [caption id="attachment_9390" align="alignnone" width="50... Read More

New title coming ‘soon’ from Warhawk devs

New title coming ‘soon’ from Warhawk devs

The developers behind the Sony-exclusive Warhawk series say that they have a new game coming out 'soon'. Developers Lightbox claim they have been working on this title 'for a while' now Sony Wo... Read More

Japanese Aren’t Interested in 3DTV’s, Says Survey

Japanese Aren’t Interested in 3DTV’s, Says Survey

Yesterday, Sony made the 3D wars official when they somehow implied that Nintendo was pitting the 3DS against Sony's push for 3D gaming against the PS3 (yeah, a handheld competing against a console. G... Read More

Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft Respond To May NPD

Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft Respond To May NPD

The May NPD figures were just unveiled today, and they firmly reaffirmed Nintendo's vicegrip upon the market. With their hardware taking the Top 2 spots, and four of the Top 10 games being Nintendo ga... Read More

Sony Thinks Nintendo Should Stop Bashing 3D With Glasses, and That The Two Companies Should Work Together To Promote 3D

Sony Thinks Nintendo Should Stop Bashing 3D With Glasses, and That The Two Companies Should Work Together To Promote 3D

After probably having a Guiness record registered in their name for the most incessant bashing of their competition ever, Sony has expressed its disapproval of Nintendo's emphasis on the 3DS' ability ... Read More

Konami unveils their GamesCom line-up

Konami unveils their GamesCom line-up

Konami just released a list of the games (or at least some of the games) that are sure to make an appear at this year's GamesCom. Some of the games that will appear is a first world premier of  Ca... Read More

Hulu Plus Coming to Xbox 360 and Playstation 3

Hulu Plus Coming to Xbox 360 and Playstation 3

Hulu is launching its own premium service that will cost $9.99 a month.  For those of you who live under a rock and are unfamiliar with Hulu, it is currently a free service that lets you watch your f... Read More

RUMOUR: Nintendo 3DS and PSP 4000 To Hit Retail By Year End

RUMOUR: Nintendo 3DS and PSP 4000 To Hit Retail By Year End

Yep, we're at it again. The rumour mill refuses to die, and we've got more speculation concerning the release date of the 3DS and an as yet unannounced PSP 4000.  And while we have no reason to suspe... Read More

PS3 Firmware 3.40 Upgrade Details Inside

PS3 Firmware 3.40 Upgrade Details Inside

Sony announced that they will be releasing the PS3 firmware upgrade 3.40 soon, adding full functionality of PlayStation Plus. PlayStation Plus launched yesterday, which means the firmware upgrade will... Read More

Capcom: PS4 and Xbox 3 Will Be Here in Two Years

Capcom: PS4 and Xbox 3 Will Be Here in Two Years

Capcom's David Reeves, who previously worked with Sony, recently said that he feels the next generation consoles will be here within the new two-three years, despite Microsoft's and Sony's claims abou... Read More