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Super Meat World will be out in a few days- Team Meat

Super Meat World will be out in a few days- Team Meat

The PC port of the super-awesome Super Meat Boy for the Xbox 360 will be out very soon, says the developer. Maybe even as soon as a few days from now. The devs tweeted that Super Meat World has... Read More

3DS built in applications are “killer apps”- Nintendo

3DS built in applications are “killer apps”- Nintendo

Nintendo UK marketing manager James Honeywell says the 3DS' in built software and its applications are the real "killer apps." While speaking with CVG last week, before the system's launch, he said,... Read More

SSFIV 3DS development was like “a path full of thorns”- Capcom

SSFIV 3DS development was like “a path full of thorns”- Capcom

Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono says that developing Super Street Fighter IV on the 3DS was very difficult for the development team, because the expectations were too high. In an interview wi... Read More

“We’ve had zero calls on” 3DS dizziness issues- Nintendo UK

“We’ve had zero calls on” 3DS dizziness issues- Nintendo UK

Nintendo are yet to receive a single call from any of their European customers about the 3D dizziness issue with the 3DS, says the firm. They have stated this in response the The Sun's reports, who ... Read More

‘We are not done with Gordon Freeman’s adventures’- Valve

‘We are not done with Gordon Freeman’s adventures’- Valve

Valve is getting to me nerves now. No, not really. But come on, already! Announce Half Life 3, or Half Life 2- Episode 3 or what have you! AusGamers asked Valve's marketing boss Doug Lombardi i... Read More

Castlevania Reverie DLC delayed on 360

Castlevania Reverie DLC delayed on 360

"Last minute issues" make the developers delay the DLC for the Xbox 360 version of Lords of Shadow.

Mortal Kombat will require an online pass

Mortal Kombat will require an online pass

Warner Bros. looks set to be the latest publisher to introduce an online pass for its games. A recently intercepted email sent from Warner Bros. to retailers says NetherRealms Studios' Mortal Ko... Read More

Homefront PC patch coming next week

Homefront PC patch coming next week

Kaos Studios are releasing a patch for the PC version of their recently released FPS, Homefront, sometime next week. The patch will update the game to version 1.03 and will add the Demo URL featu... Read More

Wii 2 unlikely to support 3D

Wii 2 unlikely to support 3D

Nintendo America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has said that Nintendo's next home console is unlikely to include 3D. He's said that, from past experience, Nintendo don't think 3D with glasses is the way ... Read More

3DS lite unlikely before next year

3DS lite unlikely before next year

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has suggested that a 3DS hardware revision is unlikely to be released before next year. In a recent interview, Fils-Aime said "it's interesting. W... Read More

GAME bulk buys 3DS units from Tesco to sell as pre-owned

GAME bulk buys 3DS units from Tesco to sell as pre-owned

UK retailer, GAME, have admitted to directing staff to buy Nintendo 3DS units from Tesco to then sell them in-store as pre-owned stock. This is failry common practice for independent game stores... Read More

Hideo Kojima gets a promotion

Hideo Kojima gets a promotion

Konami has promoted Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima to the position of vice president, corporate officer. A round of new appointments for the company starting April 1st, will see Kojima take u... Read More

Today’s update for EU Playstation store bring Mass Effect DLC and 3rd Birthday

Today’s update for EU Playstation store bring Mass Effect DLC and 3rd Birthday

Sony have dropped the details on new content and offers for the EU Playstation store that are hitting today. Among the additions are new ME2 DLC "Arrival" and 3rd Birthday, or Parasite Eve 3 if you'... Read More

Marvel vs Capcom 3 ships 2 million units

Marvel vs Capcom 3 ships 2 million units

The recently released fighter, Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, has now shipped 2 million units. “With an 11 year gap between the last entry in the Marvel vs. Capcom series, demand for a s... Read More

Battlefield 3 campaign will be around 12 hours long

Battlefield 3 campaign will be around 12 hours long

DICE general manager Karl Magnus Troddeson, in a pre-GDC interview with games.on.net, revealed that the campaign of their upcoming first person shooter, Battlefield 3, will be around 12 hours long... Read More

First look at Mass Effect 3 coming next month

First look at Mass Effect 3 coming next month

Respected UK based gaming magazine, PSM3, has promised a "world-first look at Mass Effect 3 on PS3" in its next issue which will be released April 28th. We are hoping ME3 gameplay details, along ... Read More

New Xbox 360 disc format adds 1GB of space

New Xbox 360 disc format adds 1GB of space

Microsoft is currently running a public preview program for a new Xbox 360 disc format, and according to recent reports, the disc format will add 1 GB extra space. Digital Foundry's "highly placed ... Read More

MS running beta for new X360 disc format

MS running beta for new X360 disc format

Microsoft is currently running a beta for "an updated Xbox 360 disc format." "We are conducting an open call for US based participants for a public preview to help us prepare for an updated Xbox... Read More

Cave Story Out For 3DS In June

Cave Story Out For 3DS In June

Cave Story, the darling of the indie world, is receiving a full remake for the Nintendo 3DS. NIS America stated a while back that the title would be a "launch window" game and now the release date for... Read More

Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 3DS Release Date Leaked

Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 3DS Release Date Leaked

A Spanish Nintendo distributor has let a lot of release dates slip, including one for the Ocarina of Time 3DS remake; June 17th. The list also mentioned that on May 6th Resident Evil: Mercenaries, Sta... Read More