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Tokyo Game Show Is Hoped To Go Ahead, Cancellation Still A Possibility

Tokyo Game Show Is Hoped To Go Ahead, Cancellation Still A Possibility

The Tokyo Game Show, perhaps the only video game expo bigger than E3, was on shaky ground for this year following the horrifying tsunami which struck Japan. Speaking to Kotaku Japan, TGS organisers ex... Read More

Xbox Live Just Went Crazy With Discounts – Extreme Shopping Spree

Xbox Live Just Went Crazy With Discounts – Extreme Shopping Spree

There are tons of things on the Xbox Live Marketplace with prices slashed down to mostly 50% off.  Here are all the deals that will not be here forever so grab then while you can and April 1st will... Read More

Red Faction: Armageddon Pre-order Bonuses.. Choices, Choices

Red Faction: Armageddon Pre-order Bonuses.. Choices, Choices

Here are all the different pre-order bonuses you'll get from different retailers for Red Faction: Armageddon. GameStop - Red Faction: Battlegrounds for XBLA or PSN download. Commando Pack - ... Read More

Conduit 2’s “multiplayer is definitely far more robust” than GoldenEye 007 and Black Ops Wii- High Voltage

Conduit 2’s “multiplayer is definitely far more robust” than GoldenEye 007 and Black Ops Wii- High Voltage

High Voltage's Chief Creative Officer Eric Nofsinge told the Official Nintendo Magazine that Conduit 2's multiplayer mode is far better than those in GoldenEye 007 and Black Ops Wii. The MP mode in ... Read More

Crytek denies DX11 patch rumours for Crysis 2

Crytek denies DX11 patch rumours for Crysis 2

Following recent rumours regarding a DX11 patch for Crysis 2, Crytek have denied that such a patch will be made. German website PC Games noted the addition of DX11 support was to be included in ... Read More

Darkspore Beta now available on Steam

Darkspore Beta now available on Steam

Darkspore Beta is now available on Steam, till Friday of this week, and, get this- you can play it for free. Steam has also announced an exclusive pre-purchase offer- a four-pack of Darkspore ... Read More

Resume leaks God of War 4

Resume leaks God of War 4

  This image is not official. God of War fans must be going crazy, right now, just like I am. After the recent rumour that Santa Monica might be working on an online God of War game, a job... Read More

XBLA deal of the week – four arcade titles on the cheap

XBLA deal of the week – four arcade titles on the cheap

The Xbox Live Arcade has once again granted us a deal of the week, but for four arcade titles rather than just one. From now until April 4 you can save on the following: A World of Keflings ... Read More

Raw materials for 3DS cost $100

Raw materials for 3DS cost $100

A teardown of the core components of the recently released Nintendo 3DS has revealed that the raw materials for the console cost $100.71 A preliminary dissection of the product shows that each un... Read More

Kinect Just Got Hardcore With ‘Heavy Fire Afghanistan’ Trailer

Kinect Just Got Hardcore With ‘Heavy Fire Afghanistan’ Trailer

[HTML1] There is a new game for the Xbox 360's Kinect called 'Heavy Fire Afghanistan' and it is far from the usual Kinect games we are seeing released lately.  In this game you are reigning terror a... Read More

Playstation rewards scheme cancelled/delayed

Playstation rewards scheme cancelled/delayed

The US Playstation rewards scheme has been delayed, and possibly even cancelled, according to a recent Sony press release. The scheme was set to launch in April and would reward loyal Playstation... Read More

Novel based on RAGE announced

Novel based on RAGE announced

Bethesda and Del Rey, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group, announced today that Del Rey Books will publish a novel based on the upcoming RAGE. The novel, also entitled “RAGE”, will ... Read More

Moon Diver now available on PSN

Moon Diver now available on PSN

Square Enix announced today that its highly anticipated digital release Moon Diver  is now available on the PlayStationNetwork. Developed for both the PlayStation Network and for Xbox LIVE A... Read More

GoW online game in development?

GoW online game in development?

Santa Monica Studios, the developers of the awesome God of War series, have posted a job ad on Gamasutra, searching for a senior online programmer. The person's responsibilities will be: • De... Read More

Call of Duty 9 already in development?

Call of Duty 9 already in development?

It looks like Treyarch on already working on the next Call of Duty game. A job ad on the developers' web site , spotted by Gamerzines, says the dev is looking for a gameplay combat designer who shou... Read More

RUMOUR ALERT: Modern Warfare 3 to be announced mid-April

RUMOUR ALERT: Modern Warfare 3 to be announced mid-April

Rumours about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 have been surfacing over the past few months, it's about time Activision finally went ahead and announced it. Guess what? They still haven't announced ... Read More

iPad2 sells out in the UK

iPad2 sells out in the UK

The recent sequel to Apple's iPad has completely sold out in the UK after a mere 24 hours on the shelves. Across the country stockists have been unable to meet the high demand for the tablet, a... Read More

Battlefield 3 has problems- DICE General Manager

Battlefield 3 has problems- DICE General Manager

Battlefield 3 developers, DICE's General Manager, Karl Magnus Troedsson admitted in a video interview with games.on.net that their upcoming first person shooter is having a few problems, related ... Read More

Crytek does not care about Crysis 2 cheaters/hackers

Crytek does not care about Crysis 2 cheaters/hackers

Crytek has been having a rough few days. After recent rumours that NVidia paid Crytek money to delay the support for DirectX 11, there's this new news on the net. There was recently a thread regard... Read More

Grasshopper Announce iPhone Title To Aid Japanese Tsunami Relief

Grasshopper Announce iPhone Title To Aid Japanese Tsunami Relief

Grasshopper Manufacture, the team behind Killer 7, No More Heroes and Flower, Sun and Rain have announced a new iPhone game and all of its proceeds will be going to the Japanese Red Cross. At pres... Read More