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Sucker Punch working on new IP

Sucker Punch working on new IP

Those chaps at Sucker Punch are working on a new PS3 exclusive IP. At an event in Madrid last night, a Sucker Punch spokesperson said the studio has a new Sony-exclusive game in the works, which ... Read More

No extra characters to be released for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition

No extra characters to be released for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition

Dengeki PlayStation has reported that no additional characters for Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition will be released post launch.  Arcade, which was officially announced this month, will be... Read More

FEAR 3 delayed until June

FEAR 3 delayed until June

If you were looking forward to upcoming horror FPS FEAR 3, you may have to wait a little longer. Having been due next month on May 27th, the Day 1 Studios title will now launch on June 24th. ... Read More

PSN Network Issues All For Free, Xbox Live, No Issues At $60 A Year and Hilter Just Found Out

PSN Network Issues All For Free, Xbox Live, No Issues At $60 A Year and Hilter Just Found Out

Now first off I AM NOT STARTING A CONSOLE WAR HERE.  Sony has also chosen to take down the Playstation Network because of people personal information being compromised, so do keep in mind that the ha... Read More

Witcher 2 to come to consoles

Witcher 2 to come to consoles

Big fan of PC RPG The Witcher? Really? Well love it or hate it, the game's upcoming sequel is currently in development for Xbox 360 and PS3 as well. In an interview on Polish TV, CD Projekt's ... Read More

Xbox live bans lifted temporarily

Xbox live bans lifted temporarily

If you were banned from Xbox live for using a modified 360 (tut tut) there may well be hope for you yet. According to users on Bungie.net, NeoGAF and Xbox-Scene, modified Xbox 360 consoles - whi... Read More

Trackmania 2 Canyon closed beta scheduled for July

Trackmania 2 Canyon closed beta scheduled for July

[HTML1] Ubisoft have revealed that a closed beta for Nadeo's TrackMania 2 Canyon will kick off in July Accompanying the closed beta will be ManiaPlanet, a PC toolset that will allow players to c... Read More

Official PSN Hack Q&A Issued By Sony

Official PSN Hack Q&A Issued By Sony

Following understandable concern from PSN users, Sony have released a Q&A in response to queries about PSN downtime and the threats caused by the suspected compromise of user information. If y... Read More

Jurassic Park: The Game Delayed

Jurassic Park: The Game Delayed

Telltale games have announced that they will be delaying the release of Jurassic Park: The Game until autumn so that a few elements can be polished: "The game's mechanics and storytelling have co... Read More

PSN Hack: Personal Information Has Been Compromised

PSN Hack: Personal Information Has Been Compromised

Sony's Patrick Seybol has issued a statement regarding the PSN downtime in which he claims that the personal information of PSN users has been illegally obtained by hackers. The user information be... Read More

Sarah Michelle Gellar, George Romero and More Star In The New Zombie Map ‘Call of the Dead’ In Call of Duty: Black Ops

Sarah Michelle Gellar, George Romero and More Star In The New Zombie Map ‘Call of the Dead’ In Call of Duty: Black Ops

Well now we know why the new zombie map was kept so hush, hush when it came to promoting the new Map Pack, Escalation for Call of Duty: Black Ops.  Apparently Director, George Romero, Robert Englun... Read More

Walk-Walking Goo Cut From Portal 2 Because It Was Too “Nauseous”

Walk-Walking Goo Cut From Portal 2 Because It Was Too “Nauseous”

Apparently Valve had originally had some gel in their recently released Portal that was much like the gel that made you slide/run faster and the gel that made you jump higher. This gel though let... Read More

Mario 3DS reveal confirmed for E3

Mario 3DS reveal confirmed for E3

Having been announced at this year's Game Developer's Conference, Mario 3DS will be making an appearance at this year's E3 according to Satoru Iwata. "We are planning to introduce a new title ... Read More

This weeks Games on Demand

This weeks Games on Demand

If you want the downloadable (and slightly more expensive alternative) to getting some great Xbox 360 games, you'll want to know that Tekken 6 and Dead Rising 2 are now available on the Xbox Live's ... Read More

Redundancies hitting Obsidian

Redundancies hitting Obsidian

According to various tweets from Obsidian employees, it looks as though the firm has been hit with layoffs. Akil Hooper, a producer and designer who has been at the firm 11 years, survived sev... Read More

Red Faction: Armageddon demo out on May 3rd

Red Faction: Armageddon demo out on May 3rd

If you're looking forward to the upcoming Red Faction: Armageddon, then you'll be pleased to know that a demo is soon forthcoming. The demo will hit the PS3 and Xbox 360 on May 3rd. Accordin... Read More

Nintendo giving away copies of Excitebike for 3DS

Nintendo giving away copies of Excitebike for 3DS

Did you know that you can update the firmware on the 3DS? Me neither. Nintendo plans to add an incentive for 3DS owners to update their systems next month, by distributing a 3D version of Exc... Read More

Soul Calibur 5 details coming next month

Soul Calibur 5 details coming next month

Namco Bandai has started teasing the next Soul Calibur game on Twitter, promising more details next month. Game director Daishi Odashima wrote: "Hopefully I will be able to announce something mid... Read More

A Little Info On Mario Kart 3DS And Star Fox 64 3D

A Little Info On Mario Kart 3DS And Star Fox 64 3D

For those of you looking forward to either the Star Fox 64 remake or the next installment in the Mario Kart series then a recent piece of info coming from one  Shigeru Miyamoto, at a French press e... Read More

Hunted: The Demon’s Forge – Dungeon Creation Tool ‘The Crucible’ Video

Hunted: The Demon’s Forge – Dungeon Creation Tool ‘The Crucible’ Video

The Dungeon Creation Tool lets you create custom dungeons to play with friends in online co-op, split screen or by yourself. You can change nearly everything about the dungeon down to how big it is ... Read More