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Windows 8 to release next year

Windows 8 to release next year

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has confirmed that the new version of Windows will launch next year. Windows 8 will apparently be optimised for tablet devices, PCs and "a variety of different form ... Read More

Sony patent hints at Move support for PSP

Sony patent hints at Move support for PSP

A patent filed by Sony in November 2009 suggests the company has experimented with offering PS Move support on the PSP. The recently released patent carries an image of a dock that houses a clos... Read More

European Ocarina Of Time 3DS Copies To Come Bundled With An Ocarina?

European Ocarina Of Time 3DS Copies To Come Bundled With An Ocarina?

[HTML1] Check out this video of an unboxing of a French edition of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time on the 3DS which includes an actual ocarina, as well as a wooden ballpoint pen. According to our French spe... Read More

REMINDER: First Modern Warfare 3 Footage To Be Shown Tonight

REMINDER: First Modern Warfare 3 Footage To Be Shown Tonight

At 6pm PST (2am GMT), during the NBA Western Conference Finals, the first gameplay footage of Modern Warfare 3 will be unveiled. Supposedly Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling will post a link to the HD ... Read More

Sony shows new augmented reality tech with video

Sony shows new augmented reality tech with video

[HTML1] Sony has released a video showing some impressive new augmented reality tech with high gaming potential. Sony has used AR tech in games before like Eyepet and Eye of Judgement, and Ninte... Read More

LA Noire becomes UK’s ‘fastest-selling new game IP ever’

LA Noire becomes UK’s ‘fastest-selling new game IP ever’

LA Noire has become the UK's fastest-selling new video game IP ever, according to retail monitor GfK Char-Track. No sales figures were released, but the new crime thriller is supposedly selling o... Read More

Aussie ratings board flags up new 360 titles

Aussie ratings board flags up new 360 titles

Three new Xbox 360 games, one being for Kinect, have been revealed through Australian classification board listings. The first is family-aimed Kinect me. It will supposedly support user generated... Read More

Dead Island Gameplay Walkthrough Trailer

Dead Island Gameplay Walkthrough Trailer

[HTML] GametTrailers got to speak with the Dead Island developers and explain how the game will work, not only giving us a whole 11 minutes of gameplay.  The game seems extremely interesting and has... Read More

Pre-Order Gears of War 3 Bonuses at Best Buy, Gamestop, Wal-Mart & Amazon; Online Multiplayer Character Skins

Pre-Order Gears of War 3 Bonuses at Best Buy, Gamestop, Wal-Mart & Amazon; Online Multiplayer Character Skins

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Infected Omen Lancer Skin Included in Epic Edition"][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="505" caption="Adam Fenix included in... Read More

Title update 1.00 released for L.A. Noire

Title update 1.00 released for L.A. Noire

L.A. Noire has recieved its first patch that fixes a variety of issues. Changes include: Fixes for several in-game store issues including age-verification for DLC purchases. Fixes for minor... Read More

BlizzCon Tickets Went On Sale Today and Sold Out Within Hours!

BlizzCon Tickets Went On Sale Today and Sold Out Within Hours!

BlizzCon is still going strong because the first wave of tickets went on sale today and sold out in no time at all.  Being held at the Anaheim Convention Center on October 21 and 22, around 4,000... Read More

Starhawk beta confirmed

Starhawk beta confirmed

LightBox Interactive have confirmed that they will hold a beta test for upcoming PS3 shooter Starhawk. Company president Dylan Jobe has also confirmed that the game will include split-screen pl... Read More

Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One release date announced

Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One release date announced

[caption id="attachment_26424" align="aligncenter" width="505" caption="Some serious release date info is required"][/caption] Sony have announced a release date for the upcoming PS3 exclusiv... Read More

Killzone 3 and COD: Black Ops – Double XP Event Has Begun For The PS3

Killzone 3 and COD: Black Ops – Double XP Event Has Begun For The PS3

With the return of the Playstation Network after it had been hacked, exploiting many gamers information, Sony and game developers are celeb.rating the comeback of the system in many ways.  One of... Read More

Square Enix to tease new Carmageddon game?

Square Enix to tease new Carmageddon game?

Square Enix looks set to announce a new Carmageddon game, after a countdown timer appeared on the game's official website. A Carmageddon games hasn't seen the light of day since 2000, and recent ... Read More

New Pre-Order Items For inFamous 2 Announced

New Pre-Order Items For inFamous 2 Announced

There is a ton of extra content for inFamous 2, because not only do you have the recently announced pre-order bonuses, but you also have the retailer specific pre-order bonuses as well as what you... Read More

A Little More History With Duke Nukem – Part 2

A Little More History With Duke Nukem – Part 2

[HTML1] With a history as rich and complex as Duke Nukem's, why not create a few videos on the subject? In this, the second installment of the series, we join the Duke during his difficult transiti... Read More

Rumour – Alan Wake: Nights Springs To Be XBLA Release?

Rumour – Alan Wake: Nights Springs To Be XBLA Release?

According to a source cited by XBLA Fans as "extremely reliable [and] trusted," the next Alan Wake will be an XBLA download.  Somewhat questionably they also cite the cryptic quote given by Oskar... Read More

L.A. Noire Over Heating Playstation 3’s and Xbox 360’s Plus ‘Rockstar Pass’ Still Coming?

L.A. Noire Over Heating Playstation 3’s and Xbox 360’s Plus ‘Rockstar Pass’ Still Coming?

Rockstar originally accused Sony of the Playstation 3 over heating due to them and their Firmware update securing the PSN, but Rockstar was mistaken.  They have admitted that the over heating iss... Read More

Playstation 3 List of All The Free Things Users Are Granted From PSN Issues With ‘Customer Appreciation Program’

Playstation 3 List of All The Free Things Users Are Granted From PSN Issues With ‘Customer Appreciation Program’

Sony has created a "Customer Appreciation Program" granting Playstation 3 users the following: All PlayStation Network customers can select two PS3 games from the following list. The games wil... Read More