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Battlefield 3 pre-orders more than 2000% higher than Battlefield 2

Battlefield 3 pre-orders more than 2000% higher than Battlefield 2

Amazon UK announced this morning that Battlefield 3's pre-order are 2000 per cent more than those for Battlefield 2 back when it was released, releasing statistics for other games such as FIFA 12 an... Read More

Future Dragon Age II DLCs to tackle core problems of the game

Future Dragon Age II DLCs to tackle core problems of the game

BioWare says the future DLCs for Dragon Age II will address the core problems in the main game, as they attempted to do in the recently released Legacy DLC. “We have some more DLC plans, that act... Read More

“Flame Red” 3DS releasing in September

“Flame Red” 3DS releasing in September

Nintendo has announced that a red coloured 3DS, called "Flame Red", will be releasin on September 9, the same day as Star Fox 64 3D's release date. Though the game and the new colour release on the ... Read More

GTA V could sell 18 million units – Analysts

GTA V could sell 18 million units – Analysts

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnik hinted during an investor call that they are expecting to make a profit during FY 2013. Which means? Yes, GTA V. It's predecessor was a critically and commercially accl... Read More

European release for Persona 2: Innocent Sin PSP confirmed

European release for Persona 2: Innocent Sin PSP confirmed

Persona 2: Innocent Sin, which was slated for release on the PSP only in Japan, has now been confirmed to be getting a European release as well, coming later this year in form of a Collector's Editi... Read More

Xbox 360 to lead NPD numbers for July- Analysts

Xbox 360 to lead NPD numbers for July- Analysts

Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter and fellow analyst firm EEDAR believe the Xbox 360 will be the top selling piece of gaming hardware in the US for the month of July, just as it has been for the past... Read More

MW3 DS devs explain lack of 3DS support

MW3 DS devs explain lack of 3DS support

Activision recently revealed that n-Space will be developing a DS version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. We were baffled that it was a DS version, not a 3DS version that Activision announced. n... Read More

Dead Space devs working on a “bold new action franchise”; looking for character artists

Dead Space devs working on a “bold new action franchise”; looking for character artists

Dead Space developers Visceral games are looking for people to work on a "bold new action franchise". "Visceral Games is looking for a senior Character Artist for a new action game franchise," read... Read More

Final Fantasy Type-0, Kingdom Hearts 3DS announced for TGS

Final Fantasy Type-0, Kingdom Hearts 3DS announced for TGS

Square Enix has announced, via this week’s Dengeki magazine that Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance and Theatrhtrhm: Final Fantasy for the 3DS, Final Fantasy Type-0 for the PSP and Final Fantasy... Read More

Sony wants you to name ModNation Racers Vita

Sony wants you to name ModNation Racers Vita

Developers Sony San Diego wants the fans, those who've built so many tracks, karts and racers for the series' last two games on the PSP and PS3, wants to know what the fans think ModNation Racers Vi... Read More

Wii U: Nintendo hoping third parties will be “open to hearing suggestions”

Wii U: Nintendo hoping third parties will be “open to hearing suggestions”

Wii Sports designer Katsuya Eguchi said in an interview with Edge that Nintendo, unlike so many previous years, is hoping to see a lot of third party support for the Wii U. He says Nintendo will pro... Read More

Take-Two reports loss in Q1; L.A. Noire ships 4 million, RDR ships 10 million

Take-Two reports loss in Q1; L.A. Noire ships 4 million, RDR ships 10 million

Take Two Interactive has reported a loss in Q1 of financial year 2012. They have also confirmed that Team Bondi developed L.A. Noire has now shipped 4 million units while last year Red Dead Redempti... Read More

3DS software should be priced at “$20 to $25”- Analyst

3DS software should be priced at “$20 to $25”- Analyst

M2 Research analyst Billy Pidgeon said that Nintendo must lower software prices for the 3DS, because, other than selling hardware, they must also increase the system's attach rate and give more oppo... Read More

Amazon France lists Marvel vs Capcom 3 for PS Vita

Amazon France lists Marvel vs Capcom 3 for PS Vita

Gematsu came across a listing on Amazon France for Marvel vs Capcom 3 on Sony's upcoming handheld system, PS Vita. The game, if the listing is accurate, will be the second Capcom fighter to be re... Read More

Portal 2’s price on Steam dropped to $29.99 permanently

Portal 2’s price on Steam dropped to $29.99 permanently

Valve has permanently dropped the price of Portal 2 on Steam from $49.99 to $29.99. Portal and Portal 2 can also be purchased in a bundle for $34.98. You can buy Portal 2 for the great new price h... Read More

Modern Warfare 3 coming to DS; n-Space developing it

Modern Warfare 3 coming to DS; n-Space developing it

Hot on the heels of having recently announced that Modern Warfare 3 will be coming over to the Wii with the help of developers Treyarch, Activision has announced that even the DS will be getting a v... Read More

Modern Warfare 3 player enthusiasm unlike anything in Activision’s history- Kotick

Modern Warfare 3 player enthusiasm unlike anything in Activision’s history- Kotick

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says he's never seen anything like the anticipation and excitement surrounding Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in the company's history. "It's sort of surprising because ... Read More

“Sexual object” removed from Deus Ex: Human Revolution

“Sexual object” removed from Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Two cuts in Deus Ex: Human Revolution in Japanese regions have seen the removal of sexual organs from the game, one in a cutscene, which has a female showing off her... ah, organs. And the other a... Read More

Dark Souls delayed by a week in Japan

Dark Souls delayed by a week in Japan

Spiritual successor to 2009's brilliant RPG Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, which was supposed to release in Japan on September 15th, will now release on September 22nd. From Software they've delaye... Read More

FIFA 12 demo release date to be announced at Gamescom

FIFA 12 demo release date to be announced at Gamescom

EA Sports announced via Twitter that the release date for the FIFA 12 demo will be announced next week at Gamescom. The tweet said: "When will we announce the demo date for #FIFA12? At #Gamescom - ... Read More