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Steam launches on Mac tomorrow

Steam launches on Mac tomorrow

Valve announced that Steam will launch on the Mac platform this Wednesday, May 12. On subsequent Wednesdays, additional collections of Mac titles will become available, each designed to highligh... Read More

Little Big Planet 2 info blowout

Little Big Planet 2 info blowout

Update: This video is no longer available. Get ready for a Little Big Planet 2 overload. We got screenshots, release dates and the debut trailer. Little Big Planet 2 will be host to countless new fe... Read More

Halo Tops Guinness World Record’s 50 Best Video Game Series

Halo Tops Guinness World Record’s 50 Best Video Game Series

Guinness World Record have revealed their Top 50 Best Video Game Series. And the winner is a no brainer. Halo which has been Xbox's biggest franchise to date has managed to take the top position. The... Read More

PES 2011 announced; trailer within

PES 2011 announced; trailer within

Konami has officially announced Pro Evolution Soccer 2011, promising the most 'radical revamp' the series has ever undergone. The football game, which will release for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, ... Read More

Modnation Racers gets PS3 and PSP bundles

Modnation Racers gets PS3 and PSP bundles

Sony are planning to release 2 bundles for the upcoming kart racer Modnation Racers for both the PS3 and the PSP. The PS3 bundle will include Modnation Racers and a 250GB PS3, while the PSP bundle ... Read More

Sony patents new PSP controller

Sony patents new PSP controller

Sony has filed a patent for a new design for a PSP controller. The patent, which appears to show a PS3 controller hooked up with a PSP, will look to correct many aching hands and sore thumbs by using... Read More

High Voltage doing “whatever it takes” to make Conduit 2 a success

High Voltage doing “whatever it takes” to make Conduit 2 a success

High Voltage boss Eric Nofsinger has said he won't allow Conduit 2 to fall flat like its predecessor. The shooter, which will be releasing on Wii this autumn, has low expectations from many fans af... Read More

New PS3 graphics chip?

New PS3 graphics chip?

Although the new CECH-2100A  SKU hasn't been formally announced by Sony, there's sayings that Sony updated the Playstation's Hardware by changing the RSX for a cheaper one, which uses 15% less power... Read More

Xbox 360 sales surpass 40 million units

Xbox 360 sales surpass 40 million units

According to Microsoft, the global sales of the Xbox 360 have surpassed the 40 million units mark. After Microsoft has posted its results for the past three months, which showed that the Xbox/Enter... Read More

Development on Fallout MMO resuming?

Development on Fallout MMO resuming?

A report stating that Bethesda, the developers behind Fallout 3, have dropped their appeal for an injuction against Interplay may result in work on a possible Fallout MMO (Project V13) continuing. ... Read More

Over 320K Warcraft III and Diablo II accounts banned

Over 320K Warcraft III and Diablo II accounts banned

Blizzard has dropped the ban hammer on over 300,000 Warcraft and Diablo players for violating the terms of use. The developer behind the RTS and RPG games stated in a forum post, "If this is a firs... Read More

Activision Bigwig Promises New Call of Duty Will Broaden Audience

Activision Bigwig Promises New Call of Duty Will Broaden Audience

Activision has announced that there is a third studio working on material for the Call of Duty franchise. Here's how Thomas Tippl, COO and CFO of Activision, presented the news: “Today, we hav... Read More

PS3 Sold 5 million copies in Japan

PS3 Sold 5 million copies in Japan

The Playstation 3 has been selling like crack ever since September, with the release of the Playstation 3 Slim, and games like Final Fantasy 13 in Japan (which is exclusive to the PS3 over there), the... Read More

Playstation Move Sub-Controller gets a name

Playstation Move Sub-Controller gets a name

Playstation Move, which if you didn't already know, will have a "Nuncuck" like controller, Sony calls it the "Sub-Controller", but until now, that controller didn't have a name. Navigation Controll... Read More

Netflix will gain 2 million subscribers this year says Pachter

Netflix will gain 2 million subscribers this year says Pachter

Michael Pachter's been at it again, and this time he's talking about Netflix. "The company remains confident about its growth prospects, expecting net subscriber additions in 2010 of 3.2 – ... Read More

NCAA Football 11 not coming to the PSP

NCAA Football 11 not coming to the PSP

If you are a fan of Football and you actually play these games on your PSP, don't be happy, cause just like the title says, the newly announced NCAA Football 11 which by the way will have Tim Tebow as... Read More

Sony’s E3 Press Conference confirmed for June 15th

Sony’s E3 Press Conference confirmed for June 15th

Sony have just confirmed their E3 Press Conference date, June 15th. Sony's conference is being held a day after Microsoft's second conference (the first is dated for the 13th and is based on Natal o... Read More

Final Fantasy XIV factions detailed

Final Fantasy XIV factions detailed

Square Enix has drip fed us some more details on the various races we can expect to encounter in Final Fantasy XIV. According to the Final Fantasy XIV Online website, there will be 5 main races, wh... Read More

THQ to plan a ‘$40m Natal Game’

THQ to plan a ‘$40m Natal Game’

Project Natal is surely gaining some momentum.  THQ are planning a $40m Natal Game but are still waiting for Natal's install base to grow before starting development. THQ vice president, Dann... Read More

Ex-Pandemic lot forms new studio, DownSized Games

Ex-Pandemic lot forms new studio, DownSized Games

Ex-Vets from EA Pandemic has set up a new studio with the name DownSized Games. Their first game is called BulletTrain, a title for iPhone and iPod Touch. No release date as to when it'll hit the... Read More