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BioWare now one of EA’s four publishing labels

BioWare now one of EA’s four publishing labels

Just like EA Games, EA Sports and EA Play are under EA, yet publish their games under their own names, BioWare will also do the same, and has been declared by EA as one of their only four publishin... Read More

Treyarch will develop Modern Warfare 3 for the Wii

Treyarch will develop Modern Warfare 3 for the Wii

It was recently announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will also be making its way to Nintendo's tiny little home console, the Wii, despite Activision's initial reluctance to do so. It has n... Read More

PlayStation Vita release date to be announced at TGS

PlayStation Vita release date to be announced at TGS

Sony has announced that the release date for PlayStation Vita, their upcoming handheld system, will be announced at the Tokyo Game Show. Sony recently announced that PS Vita will be released in Jap... Read More

Criterion working on a new game; seeking new staff

Criterion working on a new game; seeking new staff

Criterion is rumored to be working on a new game and is seeking staff for the project. The listing was spotted by Videogamer, which states that, "an AI programmer required." The game could be Hot Pu... Read More

Final Fantasy XIII-2 to be released in Europe “early 2012”

Final Fantasy XIII-2 to be released in Europe “early 2012”

Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy XIII-2 will be released in Europe in "early 2012". In Square's latest release schedule, it says that Final Fantasy XIII-2 will still release in US in Jan... Read More

Blizzard – ‘Persistent online connection for Diablo 3 is not DRM’

Blizzard – ‘Persistent online connection for Diablo 3 is not DRM’

In case you are late to this whole affair. Diablo 3 requires a persistent online connection, which resulted in a massive outrage in the online communities. It was believed that this move was made to... Read More

Holiday 2011 crush good for the Industry – Hines

Holiday 2011 crush good for the Industry – Hines

It seems that the intense competition between so many high profile game releases will benefit the industry according to Bethesda Softworks vice president, Pete Hines . He mentions that although, i... Read More

Driver: San Francisco Multiplayer Trailer

Driver: San Francisco Multiplayer Trailer

[HTML1] Check out footage from the variety of multiplayer modes on offer in the upcoming Driver reboot.Read More

Cave Story 3DS Will Feature Expanded Levels And Possibly A Prinny

Cave Story 3DS Will Feature Expanded Levels And Possibly A Prinny

We are still waiting for the 3DS release of Cave Story, a game which was billed as a launch title and is already available as a PC, Wii and DSi title. What is so special about this long awaited remake... Read More

Torchlight 2 File Size Too Big For XBLA

Torchlight 2 File Size Too Big For XBLA

Microsoft has a filesize limit for XBLA games, which has been set to 2GB now. Of course some games can bypass it with permission from Microsoft but can Torchlight 2? Developer Runic Games have menti... Read More

DOOM 3 Source Code Will Be Free To Use After RAGE

DOOM 3 Source Code Will Be Free To Use After RAGE

Bedroom coders rejoice! The kind folks at id software will be releasing the source code for their acclaimed game DOOM3 following the release of their upcoming title RAGE. Design legend John Carmack co... Read More

Modern Warfare 3 Hardened Edition Revealed as All Call of Duty XP Attendees Will Recieve A Copy

Modern Warfare 3 Hardened Edition Revealed as All Call of Duty XP Attendees Will Recieve A Copy

There will be a Call of Duty XP Event on September 2nd and 3rd in LA, California.  The event will let gamers play Modern Warfare for the first time and will be playing live paintball on an exact du... Read More

Catherine moves 200,000 units in first week

Catherine moves 200,000 units in first week

Atlus just tweeted a picture of a cake, which shows Catherine has sold 200,000 units in the US alone within a week of its launch. Tim Pivnicny, VP of sales and marketing at Atlus says this is the... Read More

Resistance 3 goes gold

Resistance 3 goes gold

Insomniac Games have announced that they have finished the development of their upcoming FPS Resistance 3- it's gone gold. It has even been sent to manufacturers for its early September release. "E... Read More

Battlefield 3 Pre-Order Bonuses Officially Announced

Battlefield 3 Pre-Order Bonuses Officially Announced

EA has officially announced all the different ore-order bonuses from different retailers and the Battlefield 3 Limited Edition.  The Limited Edition will be available to anyone who purchases the ga... Read More

“No need to lower the price” for Vita- Sony

“No need to lower the price” for Vita- Sony

Kaz Hirai, President of Sony, feels they don't need to cut the price of PS Vita just because their competition did so. In an investors meeting in Tokyo, he said, "We packed so much into the device a... Read More

“If we lose our way with Halo, we lose our way with Xbox”- Microsoft

“If we lose our way with Halo, we lose our way with Xbox”- Microsoft

Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer thinks the Halo franchise is the most important thing to them, and that the Xbox brand would lose its way if the franchise met the same fate. “If we los... Read More

Ubisoft announces its Gamescom lineup

Ubisoft announces its Gamescom lineup

Ubisoft has announced its Gamescom lineup and its pretty good. Yves Guillemot, CEO Ubisoft said, “Each year, Gamescom gives us a unique opportunity to meet with customers and fans and get their fe... Read More

Warner Bros registers website domain on Scribblenauts Remix

Warner Bros registers website domain on Scribblenauts Remix

Warner Bros has register Scribblenauts Remix as a new website domain (spotted by Superannuation). It could either be an all new game in the series, or a collection of Scribblenauts and Super Scrib... Read More

PS Vita will miss 2011 launch for US and EU, will launch before Holidays in Japan

PS Vita will miss 2011 launch for US and EU, will launch before Holidays in Japan

Sony has announced that their upcoming handheld, PS Vita, will miss a 2011 launch in US and Europe, but it will launch in Japan before Holiday. This is after a recent report that said that Vita woul... Read More