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Xbox 360 on top in US despite PS3 price slash- Analysts

Xbox 360 on top in US despite PS3 price slash- Analysts

Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter and analyst firm EEDAR have released their predicted hardware sales figures for the month of August in US, and they have placed the Xbox 360 at the top, despite the f... Read More

Supremacy MMA – New Gamestop Pre-order Bonus Trailer

Supremacy MMA – New Gamestop Pre-order Bonus Trailer

[HTML1] Check out this Supremacy MMA trailer of Shane Del Rosario fighting on the exclusive Gamestop pre-order level, The Glass Slipper.  Shane Del Rosario is also part of the Gamestop pre-order.  ... Read More

Rugby World Cup 2011 – Out Now, Launch Trailer

Rugby World Cup 2011 – Out Now, Launch Trailer

[HTML1] Rugby World Cup 2011 is now available in North America for Xbox 360 as well as the Playstation 3 and here is the Launch Trailer above.  For more on the game check out the full press release ... Read More

Gears of War 3 Avatar Awards!

Gears of War 3 Avatar Awards!

We don't know if these are all the Avatar Awards you can unlock in Gears of War 3 but here are some of them at least.  One is a shirt that says "For the Horde", which I think is pretty ob... Read More

Halo 4 director quits due to lack of ‘excitement’

Halo 4 director quits due to lack of ‘excitement’

Ryan Payton, creative director of Halo 4, who's also worked as assistance producer on MGS4, has left 343 Industries, because he says he isn't "creatively excited about the project anymore." Payton ... Read More

Square Enix Stock Price Crashes by 11%

Square Enix Stock Price Crashes by 11%

Looks like Square Enix are in deep trouble, as their stock price has fallen by more than 11% today. You can check out the image below. The reason, however, as noted by Bloomberg was, "Asian stocks ... Read More

Halo 4 “a direct continuation and evolution of the Master Chief’s story”

Halo 4 “a direct continuation and evolution of the Master Chief’s story”

[caption id="attachment_42038" align="aligncenter" width="505" caption="Halo 4- Concept Art"][/caption] While 343 Industries might be kicking off an entire new trilogy with Halo 4 with its own name, ... Read More

Rumour- Vita Releasing In November

Rumour- Vita Releasing In November

It was was announced some time ago that the PlayStation Vita would see a late 2011 release in Japan and an early 2012 one for western audiences. Recent rumours say the Vita will release on November ... Read More

Syphon Filter 4 Release Date ‘Winter 2012’

Syphon Filter 4 Release Date ‘Winter 2012’

Run Gabe run! Fans of the original PS1 Syphon Filter trilogy, a grossly under appreciated series, rejoice as the fourth installment proper, we can forgot those crappy PS2 games, will be coming Winter ... Read More

Gaming Journalism Pioneer Bill Kunkel Passes Away

Gaming Journalism Pioneer Bill Kunkel Passes Away

[caption id="attachment_42930" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Bill Kunkel left with Joyce Worley and Arnie Katz."][/caption] Bill Kunkel, quite literally the co-founder of gaming journali... Read More

Call of Duty XP EVENT – Recap With Video Footage

Call of Duty XP EVENT – Recap With Video Footage

[HTML1] Call of Duty XP Recap Call of Duty XP has got to be the best experience for the biggest Call of Duty Fan. From a life size replica of the map Scrap Yard from Modern Warfare 2 to a zip line t... Read More

GAME will no longer sell used Xbox 360s

GAME will no longer sell used Xbox 360s

GAME and Gamestation stores will no longer sell used Xbox 360s, though they still will accept trade-ins. Customers like to buy the new SKUs rather than old used models, a GAME spokesperson told Euro... Read More

New PSP price tag targeted at younger audiences

New PSP price tag targeted at younger audiences

Sony announced a new budget SKU for the PSP some time ago, which will be exclusive to Europe. It lacks Wi-fi capabilities, has no mute button, no brightness button, but costs only €99, and will b... Read More

Microsoft is “protecting an inferior technology”- Sony

Microsoft is “protecting an inferior technology”- Sony

Xbox UK boss recently said that he wasn't very keen on seeing former PSN exclusive titles hitting XBL, and that MS wants to protect their customers and their service. SCEA's senior vice-president of... Read More

Sony patented the ‘Wii U style’ tech in 2009 – Report

Sony patented the ‘Wii U style’ tech in 2009 – Report

According to a latest patent uncovered by a NeoGAF user, it has been revealed that Sony has patented the Wii U style tech in 2009. You can check out the description of the said patent below. The pa... Read More

Gears influenced by fan feedback, metrics and other games- Cliffy B

Gears influenced by fan feedback, metrics and other games- Cliffy B

“The first thing we do is always pay attention to forums and Twitter and social networking, that’s a good temperature check,” Cliff Bleszinski told GameSpot in a Q&A session. “The secon... Read More

Dragon Quest X is an MMORPG, Coming to Wii and Wii U

Dragon Quest X is an MMORPG, Coming to Wii and Wii U

If anyone remembers, Square Enix announced Dragon Quest X for the Wii way back in 2008, before the DS exclusive Dragon Quest IX had even released, in fact. Since then, the title had pretty much been... Read More

Need for Speed: The Run Update and Pre-order Bonus Cars

Need for Speed: The Run Update and Pre-order Bonus Cars

Just recently some new vehicles were announced to make in to Need for Speed: The Run coming out November 15th for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC, Wii and the 3DS.  The just revealed cars are the... Read More

Rejoice, Persona 2: Innocent Sin Coming September 20th

Rejoice, Persona 2: Innocent Sin Coming September 20th

[HTML1] There has been a lot of Persona related news over the past few days, but that still shouldn't undermine the significance of 'the missing persona' finally seeing a release outside of Japan. ... Read More

Star Fox 64 Alternate Routes Trailer

Star Fox 64 Alternate Routes Trailer

[HTML1] Do you know what made Star Fox 64 awesome?! Alternate routes, among other things, and they are what feature heavily in this trailer, making it a little more awesome than some of the other S... Read More