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Xbox Live down, Microsoft working to “resolve the issue”

Xbox Live down, Microsoft working to “resolve the issue”

Xbox Live is down. What the hell? The online service is "experiencing technical difficulties" but Microsoft is aware of the situation and is working to "resolve the issue." Microsoft released a st... Read More

FIFA 12 – How Player Vision Attributes Will Affect Gameplay

FIFA 12 – How Player Vision Attributes Will Affect Gameplay

[HTML1] FIFA 12 Gameplay Producer Santiago Jaramillo  guides us through the vision aspect of 'Pro Player Intelligence' in the aforementioned football game. Take it away Santiago...Read More

Rocksteady On Robin’s Characterisation

Rocksteady On Robin’s Characterisation

As we all know, Robin will have a major role in Arkham City. Rocksteady define their new character as "introverted", "troubled" and "dangerous and aggressive if provoked." "We wanted to create ... Read More

Two New Soul Calibur V Characters Teased

Two New Soul Calibur V Characters Teased

  “Show anymore & I'm in trouble,” tweeted Soul Calibur mastermind Daishi Odashima earlier today. The characters, outlined above, shall be announced at ComicCon in two weeks time. ... Read More

Arkham City Developer: Villains Can’t ‘Just Develop Superhuman Strength Because It Makes Gameplay Sense’

Arkham City Developer: Villains Can’t ‘Just Develop Superhuman Strength Because It Makes Gameplay Sense’

Back in 2009, and probably still now, a lot of folks though Arkham Asylum was good. Game of the year good. One minor complaint amongst all of the games high points though, were the bossfights. We go... Read More

Gears Of War Developer ‘Dying To Be Part Of Kinect’

Gears Of War Developer ‘Dying To Be Part Of Kinect’

It seems suddenly everyone wants be part of the Kinect family. Epic Games' Mark Rein recently spoke out, in an interview with OXM, about how he hopes to make the marriage of the Unreal Engine 3 and ... Read More

Pokemon Coming To Smartphones?

Pokemon Coming To Smartphones?

Despite Nintendo's famous misgivings about smartphones, it seems that a Pokemon app called Pokemon Iie Tap (roughly Pokemon: Say Tap?) will be foraging its way to iOS and Android. It seems to be a rhy... Read More

Final Fantasy Type-0 80% complete, may get delayed

Final Fantasy Type-0 80% complete, may get delayed

North American RPG fans- rejoice! Square Enix has announced that their upcoming PSP title, Final Fantasy Type-0 might just get a North American release date. Nothing has been confirmed yet, but it... Read More

Duke Nukem Forever sales disappointing, says analyst

Duke Nukem Forever sales disappointing, says analyst

Duke Nukem Forever's sales may be half as low as they were initially expected to be, says Wedbush Morgan, analyst.  "We had previously expected Duke to be one of the year's top sellers due to a ... Read More

Square Enix sues Italian Deus Ex: Human Revolution hackers

Square Enix sues Italian Deus Ex: Human Revolution hackers

Square Enix has filed a lawsuit against some unknown Italian individuals, for hacking into Deus Ex: Human Revolution's preview only copy, to be given to select press sites/magazines, and distributin... Read More

Bethesda will support Wii U if it’s powerful enough

Bethesda will support Wii U if it’s powerful enough

"Our motto has always been: We want to make our games available to the widest audience possible on whatever platforms that will support the game," Pete Hines,  Bethesda's VP of PR and marketing, ... Read More

Cave Story 3DS Trailer!

Cave Story 3DS Trailer!

[HTML1] In a bid to compensate for Cave Story being pushed back to a November release, we get this trailer. It's bizarre seeing the game in motion and comparing to the original indie release. Does ... Read More

Skyrim Developer Q&A (It’s Big)

Skyrim Developer Q&A (It’s Big)

Bathesda have released an extensive Q&A on the upcoming fifth Elder Scrolls game; Skyrim. It covers everything from bar brawls to cosmetic options and the impact of dragons on the environment. He... Read More

English Language Catherine Demo Hits XBLA & PSN This Week

English Language Catherine Demo Hits XBLA & PSN This Week

Tired of trying to work though that Japanese demo you downloaded on your alternative PSN/XBLA account? Maybe you weren't that desperate? Regardless, Atlus USA will be releasing the English language Ca... Read More

Battlefield 3 ‘not courting controversy’ say DICE

Battlefield 3 ‘not courting controversy’ say DICE

Battlefield 3's executive producer Patrick Bach has said he will not use controversy as a marketing ploy to sell his game, even it does grab attention: "I don't want people to feel bad playing our gam... Read More

UK Head Of Education Wants Video Games In The Classroom

UK Head Of Education Wants Video Games In The Classroom

Michael Gove has been Brtitain's Secretary of State for Education since May of 2010 and has, during his time in office, called for a number of reforms in the British education system. Now Gove is atte... Read More

Deadly Premonition Hits XBL Games Today

Deadly Premonition Hits XBL Games Today

Modern cult horror classic Deadly Premonition hits Xbox Live Games today for those too scared/lazy to leave the house. The game was one of the more bizarre success stories of 2010, polarising critics ... Read More

New Team Ico Collection Trailers

New Team Ico Collection Trailers

[HTML1] Little really needs to be said of Team Ico nowadays, one of the biggest console proponents of 'games as art', so just sit back, relax and enjoy some good ol' fashion HD remake fun. [HTML... Read More

Star Fox 64 3DS Content Bonanza!

Star Fox 64 3DS Content Bonanza!

...and I don't use 'bonanza' lightly. The Japanese Star Fox 64 3DS website has been given a heavy overhaul and now plays host to numerous video clips, ads and character bios with voice clips. For thos... Read More

FFVII Costumes Dated For Little Big Planet 2

FFVII Costumes Dated For Little Big Planet 2

The famed 'Sackiroth' skin was revealed for the first Little Big Planet at the 2008 Tokyo Game show. Finally, after three years, a sequel and two spinoffs, the famed Sepiroth skin will be making its w... Read More