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Koller – “We’re making a profit on $250 PS3”

Koller – “We’re making a profit on $250 PS3”

John Koller, director of Hardware Marketing, had a lot to say about the price drop to IGN. He revealed that Sony isn't making any loss on $250 and they've been planning for the price drop for a long... Read More

Little Big Planet PS Vita Gamescom Trailer

Little Big Planet PS Vita Gamescom Trailer

[HTML1] Check out this new LBP Vita video, straight from Gamescom, which shows off  how the PS Vita camera can help design levels as well as a skateboarding dinosaur.Read More

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron – Now Available for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 – Latest Trailer

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron – Now Available for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 – Latest Trailer

[HTML1] El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is Now Available for PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. Check out the trailer above for this unique title and the full press release below. Marina Del Rey,... Read More

PS3 finally gets a price cut of $50

PS3 finally gets a price cut of $50

The price cut was on the cards for a long time, and now at GamesCom it has been finally announced. Andrew House, head of SCE, officially announced the price drop of $50 for the Playstation 3. The UK... Read More

Gamescom Lifts the Lid on All Microsoft Kinect Game Release Dates for 2011

Gamescom Lifts the Lid on All Microsoft Kinect Game Release Dates for 2011

Microsoft's Gamescom 2011 press conference revealed a bunch of things and one of them was the  announcement of all the Kinect games coming to the Xbox 360 in 2011 including third party developer ... Read More

Microsoft ‘confident’ that Xbox 360 can be No. 1 worldwide

Microsoft ‘confident’ that Xbox 360 can be No. 1 worldwide

Speaking prior to Microsoft's Gamescom press conference, Microsoft Europe's interactive entertainment business VP, Chris Lewis said that MS is still confident that their home console can be the top... Read More

Epic on why there’s now Shadow Complex 2

Epic on why there’s now Shadow Complex 2

Shadow Complex is an awesome game, truly, one of the best Xbox Live Arcade games on the scene, if not the best. We all loved it, and many of us go back to it and play it even today, two years after ... Read More

Hedone Beta Sign Ups with New Trailer

Hedone Beta Sign Ups with New Trailer

[HTML1] Ever heard of "Hedone", well we have and you can try and get in on the Beta as it is something rather unique.  In the world of Hedone, it's all about personal pleasure, fun and fame but hand... Read More

Bodycount demo out on XBL

Bodycount demo out on XBL

The demo for Bodycount is now out on Xbox Live, Codemasters has announced. It will see the players go through the early African missions, assuming the role of a Network Operative dropped into a war... Read More

PS3 drops to 192 pounds on Amazon UK

PS3 drops to 192 pounds on Amazon UK

Amazon UK has dropped the PS3 price to 192 pounds, that's a 25% price cut. Will Sony officially announce it at GamesCom? Everything will be revealed in a few hours. What do you think of the 199 poun... Read More

Epic Games working on five new titles

Epic Games working on five new titles

Epic Games president, Mike Capps has revealed that they are working on five new games, and with PC as the lead platform. Yes we know what you're thinking, a new Unreal Tournament and we hope so too.... Read More

3DS Sells Like Mad in Japan After Price Drop

3DS Sells Like Mad in Japan After Price Drop

Last week of Japan sales were depressing for 3DS fans. Remember how the system sold only 4,000 units, less than even the DSi XL? Of course you do- the internet wouldn't let you forget, would it? ... Read More

Trials Evolution Announced – Details and Teaser Trailer

Trials Evolution Announced – Details and Teaser Trailer

[HTML1] Gamescom and PAX Prime brings us the news of the release of Trials Evolution, the sequel to Trials HD.  If will be available for the Xbox Live Arcade sometime this year.  View the press rel... Read More

Resident Evil 6 hinted via CG Artist’s profile

Resident Evil 6 hinted via CG Artist’s profile

There have been more hints about Resident Evil 6 through a Linkedln profile of CG Artist. The Artist in question is, Shannon Justison who revealed that she has worked in Resident Evil 6. You can che... Read More

Castlevania: LoS working on two unannounced projects

Castlevania: LoS working on two unannounced projects

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow producer David Cox recently tweeted that he is working on two unannounced projects right now, when asked if he there would be a sequel to Lords of Shadow. “I am c... Read More

UFC Trainer dev- PS Vita “a car wreck”

UFC Trainer dev- PS Vita “a car wreck”

Heavy Iron Studios president Matthew Seymour and his fellow co-worker, in an interview with GamesIndustry.Biz, said that the PS Vita is going to fail, saying that if people wouldn't pay 250 bucks f... Read More

Mass Effect 3 weapon choices allow more expansive character progression

Mass Effect 3 weapon choices allow more expansive character progression

BioWare says that weapon choices and modification in Mass Effect 2 were limited, and they kind of restricted the choices we were to make gameplay-wise and character-wise. However, with Mass Effect 3... Read More

EA announces its GamesCom lineup

EA announces its GamesCom lineup

EA has announced its Gamescom line-up which you can check below. Highlights at the show include: 350 gaming stations at the EA booth allowing more consumers than ever before to get hands-on ... Read More

Nintendo files “Massively Single-Playing Online Game” patent

Nintendo files “Massively Single-Playing Online Game” patent

Nintendo has filed a US patent application that the company is interested in creating a "Masively Single-Player Online Game." Don't ask us, we have no idea what the hell that is. According to the p... Read More

Mortal Kombat Sells 3 million World Wide

Mortal Kombat Sells 3 million World Wide

Warner Bros. Interactive has announced that Mortal Kombat has sold 3 million world wide. The game was an astounding success and exceeded their expectations. Martin Tremblay, Warner president was ... Read More