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Deus Ex: HR PC patch improves load times

Deus Ex: HR PC patch improves load times

Deus Ex: Human Revolution saw its long awaited release three days ago in the US, and only today in Europe. It has received great praise from everybody, including us. However, one problem a lot of pe... Read More

Rumoured Xbox 360 bundle includes five pre-installed games; Halo, Gears, Fable and Alan Wake

Rumoured Xbox 360 bundle includes five pre-installed games; Halo, Gears, Fable and Alan Wake

According to a picture that was tweeted by a game store employee, a  new Xbox 360 bundle is on the way, and it will include five pre-installed games- Halo 3, Halo Wars, Gears of War 2, Fable III an... Read More

Dropkick Murphys Also Added to the Roster of Call of Duty XP Event Preformers

Dropkick Murphys Also Added to the Roster of Call of Duty XP Event Preformers

The Celtic rock group, Dropkick Murphys will be preforming live on opening night at the Call of Duty XP Event at 8:00PM Friday, September 2nd.  This in addition to Kanye West closing the event on d... Read More

Inside the New Unreal Development Kit Video – Fall 2011

Inside the New Unreal Development Kit Video – Fall 2011

[HTML1] Most of you probably don't care about this at all, but the fact is that you have most likely played a game made from the Unreal Development Kit.  You might have played 20 games using the Unr... Read More

Shepard and everybody else can die in Mass Effect 3

Shepard and everybody else can die in Mass Effect 3

Mass Effect 3 is the epic ending to the Mass Effect trilogy, so obviously, there will be a lot of deaths. We knew all along that Shepard could die in ME3 (ig he isn't already dead in your ME2 save f... Read More

Worms 2 DLC Hits Xbox Live and Playstation 3

Worms 2 DLC Hits Xbox Live and Playstation 3

Team 17 announced new DLC for Worms 2: Armageddon on Xbox LIVE Arcade call the The Worms 2: Armageddon “Puzzle Pack” is now available on Xbox LIVE Arcade, with more DLC coming in a few weeks.... Read More

Heroes of Ruin To Be At PAX 2011

Heroes of Ruin To Be At PAX 2011

Square Enix has announced that they will be showing off the upcoming 3DS RPG, Heroes of Ruin, at PAX 2011. A new are called "Coral Tombs" will be shown. Info, preview and screenshots can be found... Read More

“A new generation of consoles is needed”- Activision veteran

“A new generation of consoles is needed”- Activision veteran

Activision's former executive vice president of publishing, Robin Kaminsky believes the current generation of gaming is lacking innovation, and the next generation of consoles is needed desperately... Read More

“I’d be lying if I said the AI meets all of our expectations”- Deus Ex: Human Revolution dev

“I’d be lying if I said the AI meets all of our expectations”- Deus Ex: Human Revolution dev

Deus Ex: Human Revolution has been getting nothing but praise from all gaming publications. But a major problem a lot of critics have had with the game is that it has sub-par AI. The game director,... Read More

Kanye West Set To Close Call Of Duty XP Event

Kanye West Set To Close Call Of Duty XP Event

Much like many of the players you'll hear on your headset whilst playing Call Of Duty, Kanye West is no stranger to controversy, so having Kanye close the upcoming Call Of Duty XP event makes perfec... Read More

Kirby Returns Again, Classic Style

Kirby Returns Again, Classic Style

[HTML1] Kirby's back and this time there's no yarn and only one of him: 'Kirby's Return To Dreamland' is classic gobble up enemies and absorb their abilities Kirby, the twist is that it will suppor... Read More

999 Designers Working On 3DS And PS Vita Title

999 Designers Working On 3DS And PS Vita Title

The folks behind the highly acclaimed DS title 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors are hard at work on a new visual novel, or so Japanese retail blog Sinobi reports. The game's script and direct... Read More

Sega to revive old IPs in next 3-5 years

Sega to revive old IPs in next 3-5 years

Sega West president Mike Hayes has confirmed that the company will be reinventing classic Sega IPs in the next three-five years. “We constantly review the IP we’ve got in the locker because tha... Read More

LucasArts hiring to work on an “open-world RPG”

LucasArts hiring to work on an “open-world RPG”

According to a tweet by LucasArts' creative director Clint Hocking, the developers are looking for people to start work on an "open-world RPG." See the job listing here. The firm is looking for a G... Read More

Parasite Eve II FINALLY Makes It To PSN

Parasite Eve II FINALLY Makes It To PSN

A good while back Parasite Eve II was announced for PSN. After what seems a very long wait (and even the release of the games sequel), the 2nd installment of the Parasite Eve series has finally made i... Read More

Why Isn’t Silent Hill 4 In The Silent Hill HD Collection?

Why Isn’t Silent Hill 4 In The Silent Hill HD Collection?

There are two main kinds of answer to this question, either: 'Because it's rubbish' or 'because it tried doing something different.' I'm going to be difficult and say its because half the game is lite... Read More

Sonic CD Coming To XBLA?

Sonic CD Coming To XBLA?

Sonic The Hedgehog CD, a great platformer on a rather unpopular console addition - the Sega Mega CD wasn't exactly a smash hit... The game has  been ported to PC, Gamecube, PS2 and, if the rumour mil... Read More

Saints Row Arcade Game – Money Shot Achievements & Screens

Saints Row Arcade Game – Money Shot Achievements & Screens

There is not a lot known about the game but Saints Row: Money Shot is with out a doubt a stand alone Xbox Live Arcade game.  We don't know when it's coming the Achievements let you know you can u... Read More

“Cross-platform experience is better on Xbox”- Microsoft

“Cross-platform experience is better on Xbox”- Microsoft

Xbox Europe boss Chris Lewis says that while exclusives are very important, and Microsoft is constantly working towards making more exclusive titles and promises that we will see more exclusives soo... Read More

Xbox 3’s release could ‘overlap’ with X360’s life cycle- Microsoft

Xbox 3’s release could ‘overlap’ with X360’s life cycle- Microsoft

[caption id="attachment_12223" align="aligncenter" width="505" caption="This is not an official logo, it is a prototype."][/caption] Xbox Europe boss Chris Lewis says the release of Microsoft's th... Read More