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Castlevania: LOS DLC gets price

Castlevania: LOS DLC gets price

The belated DLC for last year's Castlevania: Lords of Shadow has been set for a release at the end of March for a generous 800 MS points. This will most likely translate to $8 on the PSN and for t... Read More

3DS Able To Monitor Flash Card Use?

3DS Able To Monitor Flash Card Use?

According to a roughly translated statement from Japanese retailer Enterking the 3DS may be capable of monitoring when flashcards are used to play pirated material on them, as well as potentially lock... Read More

European PSN Will Go Offline Wednesday Afternoon For “Scheduled Maintenance”

European PSN Will Go Offline Wednesday Afternoon For “Scheduled Maintenance”

PSN will go offline at 4:05pm GMT on Wednesday March 9th for just over 11 hours. Sony have said that you will still be able to play online, provided you login before the maintenance begins. Sony als... Read More

Modern Warfare 2 PS3 Hack Patch Released

Modern Warfare 2 PS3 Hack Patch Released

Today Infinity Ward released a patch to try and counter the hacking issues currently plauging the PS3 version of Modern Warfare 2. Problems arose in January when hackers discovered a security exploi... Read More

Contest: Get a Chance to Appear in Resistance 3

Contest: Get a Chance to Appear in Resistance 3

Well you read the headline, so you know what you are in for the only catch is you will be seen as a survivor in Resistance 3.  Either way I think it's a pretty cool gig but your really going to h... Read More

More evidence on a potential GTA5

More evidence on a potential GTA5

New evidence has come in that may further support the claims of a GTA5 being in production. The usually reliable superannuation uncovered a batch of new evidence pointing towards details for th... Read More

Release date confirmed for PES 2011 DLC

Release date confirmed for PES 2011 DLC

PES team leader, Jon Murphy, has confirmed that PES 2011 DLC will launch on the 15th of March for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. The new content is set to feature team lineup updates, new team strips and new... Read More

The NGP won’t be too pricey promises Sony VP

The NGP won’t be too pricey promises Sony VP

Sony have had a bit of trouble with pricing their systems this generation, with the PSP and PS3 costing much more than their competitors at launch. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe VP, Jim Ryan, ... Read More

Brink will render other shooters “frustrating” by comparison

Brink will render other shooters “frustrating” by comparison

According to creative director at Splash Damage, Richard Ham, the company's upcoming FPS Brink will make other FPS games feel frustrating to control with its unique SMART control mechanic. The SMART ... Read More

Some Saints Row 3 details

Some Saints Row 3 details

A few details for on the upcoming Saints Row sequel are in for those who are anxious for some more outrageous open world antics. The big one seems to be that the multiplayer modes of SR2 have been d... Read More

New ilomilo ‘Autumn Tale’ DLC Trailer With New Achievements

New ilomilo ‘Autumn Tale’ DLC Trailer With New Achievements

Have you not got enough from the cute, puzzle packed, brain churning arcade game ilomilo?  Well you are in luck because on March 9th, the innovative Xbox Live Arcade game will have new DLC called... Read More

THQ Will Not Complete Del Toro’s ‘inSane’ Trilogy If First Game Is Not A Success

THQ Will Not Complete Del Toro’s ‘inSane’ Trilogy If First Game Is Not A Success

Last week at GDC Danny Bilson, vice-president of THQ's core games, spoke about the upcoming inSane franchise, a planned trilogy of games from the mind of Guillermo Del Toro: "We have aspirations ... Read More

Zelda: Ocarina of Time with Master Quest Coming to 3DS

Zelda: Ocarina of Time with Master Quest Coming to 3DS

Zelda: Ocarina of Time the Master Quest version(Released on Gamecube) of the game will be released for the Nintendo 3DS this June.  This is big news for any fan of the Zelda games with Ocarina of T... Read More

Bungie MMO A ‘Joke’?

Bungie MMO A ‘Joke’?

In a statement on their website, Bungie have claimed that the reveal of a an MMO project at GDC was in fact a "joke" "Now, in rehearsal Aldridge was convinced that everybody got the joke. It was... Read More

Box2D Creator To Be Credited On ‘Angry Birds’ After Polite GDC Exchange

Box2D Creator To Be Credited On ‘Angry Birds’ After Polite GDC Exchange

During an audience Q&A session at GDC Peter Vesterbacka, an executive for Rovio the creators of Angry Birds, was asked a fairly straightforward question by a man named Erin Catto: “Er, um... Read More

Yu Suzuki at GDC: “Sega Will Probably Let Me Make Shenmue 3”

Yu Suzuki at GDC: “Sega Will Probably Let Me Make Shenmue 3”

During a Q&A session at GDC Yu Suzuki, creator of the critically acclaimed Shenmue series, was candidly asked by an audience member "when will Shenmue 3 be released?" Suzuki responded “Well, I w... Read More

Mirror’s Edge 2 Still A Possibility

Mirror’s Edge 2 Still A Possibility

Fans of Mirror's Edge may have been disheartened by reports last month that a prototype sequel to the game had been rejected and development on the project had ceased. Earlier today at GDC Frank Gib... Read More

343 suggest Halo Wars 2 could work with Kinect

343 suggest Halo Wars 2 could work with Kinect

Microsoft's internal Halo studio, 343 Industries, reckons that a sequel to Halo Wars could work well with the Xbox 360's Kinect motion controller. 343's creative director, Frank O'Connor, said th... Read More

New Mass Effect 2 DLC confirmed by Dragon Age 2 box

New Mass Effect 2 DLC confirmed by Dragon Age 2 box

The rumours of an upcoming Mass Effect 2 DLC pack called "Arrival" have been confirmed by a flyer included in Dragon Age 2. As well as various promotional material and bonus codes for Dead Space... Read More

Wii Super Meat Boy Officially Cancelled, Team Meat Now Developing For 3DS

Wii Super Meat Boy Officially Cancelled, Team Meat Now Developing For 3DS

After encountering problems with the file size limitations on Wii-Ware, the creators of Super Meat Boy had attempted to find a publisher for a physical Wii release. According to Meat Boy co-creato... Read More