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Valve to expand Steam with “big picture” mode

Valve to expand Steam with “big picture” mode

Valve, those clever sods behind the Half Life games and Steam, are set to expand their digital distribution platform with a new "big picture" mode.  The mode will offer controller and navigation su... Read More

Painkiller-Redemption released for PC

Painkiller-Redemption released for PC

The latest chapter of the Painkiller franchise is now available for PC on all major digital distribution services. The high octane FPS from Dreamcatcher Games will continue the story of Daniel an... Read More

New portable game from Media Molecule?

New portable game from Media Molecule?

A new hiring notice from Media Molecule, the devs behind Little Big Planet, implies that they are working on a new handheld offering. Little Big Planet has made its way to the PSP in the past but... Read More

Fable III ‘Traitor’s Keep’ DLC Now Available on Xbox Live

Fable III ‘Traitor’s Keep’ DLC Now Available on Xbox Live

This is actually the second DLC pack for Fable 3, the first one was just rather short and did not include much content or any Achievements.  Now the 'Traitor's Keep' DLC for Fable 3 just released to... Read More

Crysis 2 multiplayer will not require an EA online pass

Crysis 2 multiplayer will not require an EA online pass

  It seems that those who purchase Crysis 2 pre-owned will not be penalised, as the upcoming FPS will not require an EA online pass for players to enjoy the game's multiplayer components. ... Read More

Dead Space 2: Severed DLC Now Available on Xbox Live – Plus Trailer

Dead Space 2: Severed DLC Now Available on Xbox Live – Plus Trailer

The Dead Space 2 DLC 'Severed' is now available on Xbox Live and if you have seen Dead Space Extraction you will be a little more informed here.   The 'Severed' DLC has the characters Gabe and Lex... Read More

Microsoft promise increased interest in Kinect from developers

Microsoft promise increased interest in Kinect from developers

Senior producer of Microsoft's interactive entertainment business, Kevin Unangst, has recently gone on record promising that the Xbox 360 motion sensing peripheral will be "nothing but exciting fr... Read More

Crysis 2 Multiplayer Demo Back Online on Xbox 360

Crysis 2 Multiplayer Demo Back Online on Xbox 360

EA and Crytek had a multiplayer demo available for a short while and it was indeed fun as well as impressive.  It didn't last long however, taking it down to that long after that had put it up.  I... Read More

Exclusive Brink Video Interview and Preview

Exclusive Brink Video Interview and Preview

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="505" caption="If it bleeds.. well you know."][/caption] We got the chance to preview Brink in my hometown of NYC, which was a pleasure in itself, but since... Read More

LG Wins Preliminary Injunction Against Sony In Europe, PS3s Banned For At Least 10 Days

LG Wins Preliminary Injunction Against Sony In Europe, PS3s Banned For At Least 10 Days

Oh dear, oh dear. Remember how Sony sued LG over their phone technology early last year? Yeah, me neither. Anyway, that's not the point. The point is, that that suit pissed LG off so much that... Read More

GTA V leak actually a typo

GTA V leak actually a typo

Famed actor and game contributor, Declan Mulvey, recently wrote on his CV that he was involved in the devlopment of Grand Theft Auto V. Many have taken this as proof of a new GTA but, discretion wou... Read More

Halo: CE remake will be developed internally says 343

Halo: CE remake will be developed internally says 343

343 Industries head, Frankie O’Connor, has said that main Halo “experiences” will be kept internal, putting a damper on the rumours that Saber Interactive were developing Combat Evolved HD.... Read More

New Civilization V DLC on the way

New Civilization V DLC on the way

2K's announced the latest DLC for Civilization V, which will release this Thursday, March 3. The Civilization and Scenario Pack: Polynesia and Multiplayer Map Pack will introduce new lands and ... Read More

Killzone 3 beats Bulletstorm to top of UK chart

Killzone 3 beats Bulletstorm to top of UK chart

Killzone 3 takes the No.1 spot on the UKIE/GfK-ChartTrack All Formats chart for the week ended February 26, with Epic's new IP, Bulletstorm debuting in the number 2 spot. The full chart is as fo... Read More

First Shipment of Nintendo 3DS Sells Out In Japan, New Shipment Comes In, Also Sells Out

First Shipment of Nintendo 3DS Sells Out In Japan, New Shipment Comes In, Also Sells Out

Well, that was fast. There were 400,000 units of the Nintendo 3DS available in Japan on launch day. By no means is that a small number, although considering the wild success of the DS and the Wii, ... Read More

The 3rd Birthday For The PSP Release Date Trailer

The 3rd Birthday For The PSP Release Date Trailer

Well... I have no idea, so.. very.. confused.  This is a game called 'The 3rd Birthday' for the PSP and apparently the trailer is encoded so you can't figure out what the fuck is going on.  Here i... Read More

Patapon 3 dated

Patapon 3 dated

[HTML1] PSP exclusive rhythm action game, Patapon 3, has been given the official US release date of April 12th. The third game in the series sees you take on the role of lonely soldier Hatapon ... Read More

More Fable III DLC Coming March 1st Adding Achievements & PC Date Announced For The Game

More Fable III DLC Coming March 1st Adding Achievements & PC Date Announced For The Game

Microsoft and developers Lionhead Studios have announced that there will be Fable 3 DLC entitled 'Traitor's Keep' that will be available for download on March 1st on the Xbox 360. The DLC with feat... Read More

No performance drop for 3D in Crysis 2

No performance drop for 3D in Crysis 2

  At Microsoft's Xbox 360 showcase last night EA made the bold claim that Crysis 2 will not take any sort of hit to performance when 3D visuals are enabled. Crysis 2's executive produc... Read More

Sony hiring for a new anti-piracy team

Sony hiring for a new anti-piracy team

Recent job listings for Sony suggest that the company are trying to bolster their defences against hackers. SCEA's recruitment site posted the ads that requested a senior corporate counsel and senio... Read More