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New Borderlands 2 Screens

New Borderlands 2 Screens

Check out these new screens from Borderlands 2 that will be featured in the next Game Informer.  The highly anticipated sequel will be out sometime in 2012 for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC.  M... Read More

Report: Only one profile per account in Battlefield 3

Report: Only one profile per account in Battlefield 3

EA recently announced that Battlefield 3 will be unplayable without an Origin account on the PC. And now, DICE's Daniel Mastros has tweeted: "Your name is linked to your origin persona." This basic... Read More

BioShock: Infinite should move at least 4.9 million units, says Analyst

BioShock: Infinite should move at least 4.9 million units, says Analyst

Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey says Irrational Games' upcoming first person shooter, BioShock: Infinite has the potential to move a lot of copies, and that it certainly can and should sell aroun... Read More

Sony taking $65 loss on the Playstation Vita

Sony taking $65 loss on the Playstation Vita

Nikko Securities analyst, Kazaharu Miura of SMBC Nikko Securities has said that, Sony will take a 5000 yen loss on every Playstation Vita sold. Which equates to about $65, and will fall to about $30... Read More

Secret Xbox remake reveal coming next month; game is “one of the best games ever made”

Secret Xbox remake reveal coming next month; game is “one of the best games ever made”

OXM UK boasts of a secret Xbox reboot reveal coming in next month's issue which will be released on September 30, revealed exclusively by them. They're describing the game as "One of the best games... Read More

Rage Collector’s Pack detailed for UK

Rage Collector’s Pack detailed for UK

Bethesda has detailed the Collector's Pack for their upcoming FPS Rage. The Collector's Pack, which will be sold exclusively at GAME when it releases this October, will include the following: "... Read More

Rod Fergusson Announces What The Veteran Gear Achievement Will Unlock in Gears of War 3

Rod Fergusson Announces What The Veteran Gear Achievement Will Unlock in Gears of War 3

Tonight there will be a live stream with Executive Producer Rod Fergusson announcing with the Veteran Gear Achievement (Reach Level 100) in Gears of War 2 will unlock in Gear of War 3.  This is k... Read More

The Splatters Trailer for Xbox Live Arcade

The Splatters Trailer for Xbox Live Arcade

[HTML1] The Splatters is an Xbox Live Arcade game coming in 2012 where there is goo.... everywhere.. splattering.. everywhere.  SpikySnail Games' debut goo is everywhere causing other piles of goo t... Read More

GM Reviews Deus Ex: Human Revolution- 94%

GM Reviews Deus Ex: Human Revolution- 94%

Gaming mag Game Masters has reviewed Deus Ex: Human Revolution in its latest issue and has awarded the game a massive score of 94%, and they say the new entry into the franchise is "an incredible p... Read More

All Zombies Must Die! Playable at gamescom

All Zombies Must Die! Playable at gamescom

Doublesix has announced that their upcoming downloadable title All Zombies Must Die!will be playable at Gamescom. Those present will get a hands-on with zombie shooter. A professional artist will a... Read More

Rage- Behind the Scenes: “The Sound and Art”

Rage- Behind the Scenes: “The Sound and Art”

[HTML1] Bethesda has released the 6th "Behind the Scenes" video of Rage, delving deep into the sound of the game. The video shows the developers talking about the music and the sound effects. You can... Read More

Wii U Tablet to feature Flash Memory, Microphone and Magnetometer

Wii U Tablet to feature Flash Memory, Microphone and Magnetometer

These features were revealed according to a patent filed a week ago. The Tablet controller features a magnetometer, an IR port, a speaker, a microphone and built in flash memory. You can check out t... Read More

Battlefield 3 PC cannot be played without Origin

Battlefield 3 PC cannot be played without Origin

DICE has announced that PC players who buy Battlefield 3 from retain will have to download EA's digital distribution platform Origin, which means that without an Origin account, Battlefield 3 is v... Read More

Metal Gear Solid 1 included in MGS HD Collection (but only in Japan… well, maybe)

Metal Gear Solid 1 included in MGS HD Collection (but only in Japan… well, maybe)

Hideo Kojima announced (Twitter) a while back that in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, the PSOne Metal Gear Solid will also be included along with MGS2, MGS3 and MGS: Peace Walker, the P... Read More

No guns, no swords, only magic in Fable: The Journey

No guns, no swords, only magic in Fable: The Journey

Peter Molyneux, lead dev guy on the upcoming Kinect only Fable: The Journey, says there will be no swords or guns in the game, only magic, because everybody expects a recoil from melee weapons which... Read More

Counter Strike: Global Offensive in development; announcement expected soon

Counter Strike: Global Offensive in development; announcement expected soon

Counter Strike: Global Offensive is a latest title in the Counter Strike franchise from Valve. It features an updated engine and is scheduled to be released next year. Expected features: ... Read More

Human Revolution “isn’t a mindless shooter”; it’s a “tactical shooter”

Human Revolution “isn’t a mindless shooter”; it’s a “tactical shooter”

Eidos Montreal, developers of the upcoming Deus Ex: Human Revolution, say they will be very happy if players play DX:HR as a normal shooter and still have fun, but they are insisting that people pla... Read More

“Looking at Invisible War was a cautionary tale”- Eidos Montreal

“Looking at Invisible War was a cautionary tale”- Eidos Montreal

Deus Ex: Human Revolution designer designer Frank Lapikas says while developing Human Revolution, the development team often looked at Invisible War- the second Deus Ex game- to see what not to do.... Read More

Just Dance 2 sells 5 million copies in the US

Just Dance 2 sells 5 million copies in the US

This was revealed via Nintendo's NPD statement. Ubisoft must be pleased with this development after third party games used to fare so badly on the Wii. There have been 8 other games that have achi... Read More

July 2011 NPD sales revealed

July 2011 NPD sales revealed

Software: (Order seems to indicate order of sales.) 1. NCAA Football 12 - Electronic Arts (360, PS3) = ~796K (15% YoY Increase) 2. Cars 2 - Disney Interactive Studios (NDS, Wii, 360, PS3, PC) ... Read More