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Starhawk Space level to debut at Gamescom

Starhawk Space level to debut at Gamescom

If you're a Starhawk fan, then you need to keep an eye out for Gamescom. Why? Because you will be finally able to see space gameplay. Harvard Bonin, Sony Santa Monica, senior producer of Starhawk re... Read More

World’s first PS3 jailbreak raid conducted in South Africa

World’s first PS3 jailbreak raid conducted in South Africa

There was an arrest made as well in a Jailbreak raid conducted in South Africa. The raid was conducted by the Commercial Crime Unit of the South African Police Service, and all the equipment and s... Read More

Metal Gear Solid Franchise tops 30 million sold Worldwide

Metal Gear Solid Franchise tops 30 million sold Worldwide

Metal Gear Solid series has sold over 30 million copies in total worldwide, an impressive figure revealed to us today. Next year the franchise celebrates its 25th anniversary, and is one of the long... Read More

New PS3 CECH – 3000A/B pics; wifi LED removed

New PS3 CECH – 3000A/B pics; wifi LED removed

Take a look at the new PS3 Slim revision from Sony, which features full Matte finish and some LEDs are removed. Retailers in the US have already begun shipping out these new models and this is how the... Read More

Xbox 360 “is not tapped out yet”- Halo 4 dev

Xbox 360 “is not tapped out yet”- Halo 4 dev

Fran O'Connor, creative director at 343 Industries, currently working on Halo 4, thinks the Xbox 360 has not reached its full potential yet, it hasn't been tapped out, not even with last year's Halo... Read More

BioWare Montreal senior designer wants to see more diversity in games

BioWare Montreal senior designer wants to see more diversity in games

BioWare Montreal's Manveer Heir says he wants video games to be more diverse, and he wants them to have better writing, so that they're more demonstrative and more interesting for the players too. ... Read More

Used 3DS sales double in Japan in wake of price cut

Used 3DS sales double in Japan in wake of price cut

In an interesting turn of events, sales of used 3DS games have doubled in Japan, due to the price cut and the ambassador program. Media Create assumes the same thing that it is due to the 20 free NE... Read More

Borderlands 2- First Details

Borderlands 2- First Details

2K recently announced that Borderlands 2 was in development, and that it would be released next year for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. They have now released some details for the game. They're given bel... Read More

EA’s EA2D is now BioWare San Francisco

EA’s EA2D is now BioWare San Francisco

EA's EA2D studio has been renamed as BioWare San Francisco now. The studio, responsible for titles such as Dragon Age Legends and Mirror's Edge 2D is now part of BioWare, and these games will now be... Read More

“Dragon Age is not trying to be Call of Duty, or Devil May Cry”- BioWare

“Dragon Age is not trying to be Call of Duty, or Devil May Cry”- BioWare

Dragon Age II's director Mike Laidlaw said on the BioWare forums that the Legacy DLC has proved that BioWare is listening to what the fans want with the Dragon Age series, and that they're not just ... Read More

Mass Effect 3 to get a multiplayer component – Rumour

Mass Effect 3 to get a multiplayer component – Rumour

The rumour is a solid one, and is according to a magazine cover posted in Neogaf. More info about the multiplayer will be revealed during Gamescom, and will be publicly playable at tradeshows in Sep... Read More

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Collector’s Edition Revealed

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Collector’s Edition Revealed

The Collector's Edition for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been announced by Bethesda and will cost $150 for the Playstation 3, PC and Xbox 360.  The game will be out on November 11th, 2011.  I... Read More

Call of Duty: Black Ops Rezurrection Map Pack is in Space! Release Date Confirmed

Call of Duty: Black Ops Rezurrection Map Pack is in Space! Release Date Confirmed

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="505" caption="New Map"][/caption] We have all been killing zombies on the ground, but now with the Call of Duty: Black Ops Rezurrection Map Pack coming out... Read More

Twisted Metal Delayed to 2012

Twisted Metal Delayed to 2012

Twisted Metal has been delayed to 2012, and considering the crowded period it was releasing in, it is a good decision. It is disappointing for Twisted Metal fans but at least the devs will have time... Read More

PSN maintenance scheduled for tomorrow

PSN maintenance scheduled for tomorrow

PSN will face maintenance from 5.30am and 10.30am tommorow, Sony has said. It's just the routine maintenance, and not due to any external intrustion that we have gotten accustomed to. "Please not... Read More

Bethesda sends legal note to Minecraft creator

Bethesda sends legal note to Minecraft creator

Bethesda has sent a legal notice to the Nordic developer Markus 'Notch' Persson, creator of Minecraft. Bethesda says the word "Scrolls" in his new game infringed trademarks, and that people might c... Read More

Epic working on “a new unannounced IP”

Epic working on “a new unannounced IP”

Epic Games' main studio based in North Carolina is looking to hire people to work on Gears of War 3 and a "new unannounced IP". "Epic Games is looking for Gameplay Programmers to join the team work... Read More

Need for Speed World – Free to Play Online Game Porsche 959 Prize

Need for Speed World – Free to Play Online Game Porsche 959 Prize

EA now has over 1 million users in their online free to play PC version of Need for Speed called Need for Speed World.  From now until August 6th, which is tomorrow, you will be granted access to t... Read More

Sega and THQ join GAMEfest 2011 lineup

Sega and THQ join GAMEfest 2011 lineup

UK games retailer GAME has announced that Sega and THQ will also be included in the lineup for GAMEfest 2011. “With these key publishers adding to our already impressive lineup we are getting rea... Read More

Sony “risks failiure”; “under major pressure” to cut Vita’s price- Japanese analyst

Sony “risks failiure”; “under major pressure” to cut Vita’s price- Japanese analyst

Tokyo-based Ace Securities analyst Hideki Yasuda said, while talking to Bloomberg, that Sony was under a lot of pressure to cut PS Vita's price after the recent price cut announcement of the 3DS, an... Read More