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Activision Blizzard launching two new IPs in 2010

Activision Blizzard launching two new IPs in 2010

During the company’s fourth quarter 2009 results conference, Activision Blizzard confirmed they will be launching two brand new IPs in 2010. According to our previous knowledge these two IPs inc... Read More

World at War map packs sell 8.5m

World at War map packs sell 8.5m

Treyarch's Call of Duty World at War may have just been a reskinned Modern Warfare, but evidently that hasn't stopped people from buying the map packs. 8 and a half million WaW map packs have been ... Read More

3D Video Output in PS3 firmware 3.20?

3D Video Output in PS3 firmware 3.20?

Some pictures have been released that clearly show a 3D Video Output button in the XMB following the latest firmware update. We can clearly see from this image the menu and the famous 3D Video ... Read More

Attendee and media registration open for E3

Attendee and media registration open for E3

Registering for attendance at the worlds largest games expo has opened to the media. The ESA has said that 90% of exhibitor space has already been booked by developers looking to advertise their la... Read More

No Dead Space 2 on PC- Extraction coming to XBLA and PSN?

No Dead Space 2 on PC- Extraction coming to XBLA and PSN?

An EA representative told Blue's News that ,'As of right now a PC sku is not in the plan'. This comes after the PC version of Dead Space 2 was left out of EA's fiscal year 2011 release line up. No ... Read More

Keighley: L.A. Noire on PS3, Xbox 360 this September

Keighley: L.A. Noire on PS3, Xbox 360 this September

If the recent tweet from Geoff Keighley is to be believed then the new open-world crime game L.A. Noire from Rockstar and Team Bondi is coming as early as this September. According to Geoff, he got an... Read More

Tom Clancy’s EndWar 2 put on hold

Tom Clancy’s EndWar 2 put on hold

According to Michael de Plater's interview to VG247, the development of Tom Clancy's EndWar 2 by Ubisoft Shanghai studio has been suspended. The sequel to this voice controlled real-time strategy game... Read More

Fable III to upset some people

Fable III to upset some people

From Copenhagen, Peter Molyneux was speaking in a gaming convention about the current state of video games, Project Natal and the upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive Fable III. According to TheVideoGameBlog ... Read More

Mass Effect 2 holds on to top spot in UK

Mass Effect 2 holds on to top spot in UK

Since its release a week ago on January 29th, Mass Effect 2 has held on to the #1 place in the UK charts. Despite an alarming drop in sales of 65% Commander Shepard still retains his post at number 1... Read More

The PS3- now only making a small loss for Sony

The PS3- now only making a small loss for Sony

When the PS3 first came out in 2006, it cost $600, and of that, Sony were losing a good couple of hundred dollars per console. Now, they are losing a little less. Thanks to decreasing labor costs a... Read More

Konami revenue down 18%

Konami revenue down 18%

Konami has released its financial results for Q3 2009, and revenue was seen to take a dramatic drop of 18.4% or ¥190.9 billion. This is despite 'strong sales' of Dance Dance Revolution and 'ga... Read More

EyePet 2 on the horizon

EyePet 2 on the horizon

The original Sony Eyepet hasn't even been released in the USA, but Sony is announcing EyePet 2 for a Europe release. The loveable animal from Sony's previous Sony Eye game ventures is returning, an... Read More

Bayonetta sales over a milliion

Bayonetta sales over a milliion

Bayonetta is easily one of the best action games around if not the best ever. After gaining critical acclaim, Sega have announced that their over the top action title featuring a "witch" has sold over... Read More

Marcus Nispel to direct F.E.A.R 3 promo

Marcus Nispel to direct F.E.A.R 3 promo

An anonomous source has granted information on a F.E.A.R 3 promotional viral to VG247,com. The auditions for the promotional video took place on the 14th and 15th of January in a Los Angeles studio... Read More

Alien versus Predator demo to arrive tommorow

Alien versus Predator demo to arrive tommorow

SEGA® Europe Ltd. and SEGA® of America, Inc. can today reveal that an online multiplayer demo will be released for the upcoming FPS action sci-fi title, Aliens vs Predator. The demo will be released... Read More

Kojima Productions itching for another exclusive

Kojima Productions itching for another exclusive

Published in the latest issue of Famitsu, Hideo Kojima has expressed his interest in making another game for the 'home console'. KP is already part way through development of Metal Gear Solid Risin... Read More

Forza dev starts work on “next big thing”

Forza dev starts work on “next big thing”

If anyone who has actually played Forza 3, than there is no doubt in your mind  the amount of potenial and the talent the team behind Turn 10 possesses. However Turn 10 are not applying the "brakes" ... Read More

Future Ubisoft Games To Require Constant Internet Access

Future Ubisoft Games To Require Constant Internet Access

With the ongoing phenomenon of digitally distributing games, Ubisoft with its new On-line Services Platform has announced a few interesting tid bits which might actually please gamers or it may fir... Read More

“We’re breathing down their necks”: Sony to Microsoft

“We’re breathing down their necks”: Sony to Microsoft

Speaking to IGN.com, Sony's senior vice president of marketing and the man in charge of the PlayStation Network, Mr. Peter Dille has claimed that its only a matter of time before the PlayStation 3 wil... Read More

Mass Effect 2 tops UK charts (Week ending 30th January, 2010)

Mass Effect 2 tops UK charts (Week ending 30th January, 2010)

January 26th saw the release of the years first block buster game; Mass Effect 2 is not only doing well critically but is also bringing in the cash for Bioware. According to Chart Track weekly charts,... Read More