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Portal 2 near ready for release

Portal 2 near ready for release

Valve's Gabe Newell has recently stated that Portal 2 is “pretty much put to bed.” Newell just told GamerZines that "We just finished Portal 2. It's pretty much put to bed and we're just wait... Read More

Telltale Games Announces ‘The Walking Dead’, ‘Fables’ and Much More

Telltale Games Announces ‘The Walking Dead’, ‘Fables’ and Much More

Telltale Games just decided to let the bag open on everything they are working on including 'The Walking Dead' game.  The game is based on a TV series and the developers want to stay true to the TV... Read More

All Zombie Modes/Maps Unlocked For President’s Day Weekend in Call of Duty: Black Ops

All Zombie Modes/Maps Unlocked For President’s Day Weekend in Call of Duty: Black Ops

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="655" caption="Dead Ops Arcade"][/caption] In case you have not made any progress is Call of Duty: Black Ops, which I find very hard to believe if you play ... Read More

Earn Triple Cash in Uncharted 2 This Weekend

Earn Triple Cash in Uncharted 2 This Weekend

To celebrate Presidents Day, Naughty Dog is having an event where you will earn triple the cash you normally would all weekend long in Uncharted 2.  You can earn triple cash in all multiplayer mode... Read More

inFamous 2 release date announced

inFamous 2 release date announced

Sony have officialy announced the release date of upcoming PS3 exclusive inFamous 2. The game will launch in the us on June 7th. No European date has surfaced yet, but it is unlikely to be too far o... Read More

Will Ghost be the star of Modern Warfare 3?

Will Ghost be the star of Modern Warfare 3?

Rumours have circulated for sometime now that fan favourite, Ghost, will play more of a central role in Modern Warfare 3.  On the Rumour Machine page in the latest issue of the Official Playstati... Read More

Medal of Honor 2 confirmed

Medal of Honor 2 confirmed

Some time ago, Danger Close Games, developers of Medal of Honor, posted a job listing on their web page, saying they needed a lead game engineer and a weapons an vehicles artist for and "unannounced... Read More

We aim to make Shift 2: Unleashed “the obvious choice” for racing sim fans- EA

We aim to make Shift 2: Unleashed “the obvious choice” for racing sim fans- EA

We recently interviewed Slightly Mad Studios' Marcus Nilsson, executive producer of Shift 2: Unleashed. Mr Nilsson says the development team's goal is to make "the franchise to an obvious choice wit... Read More

inFamous 2 ‘Hero Edition’ Officially Annouced, Images Included Plus Pre-Order Bonuses

inFamous 2 ‘Hero Edition’ Officially Annouced, Images Included Plus Pre-Order Bonuses

Earlier this moth Amazon.com accidentally leaked the contents of the 'Hero Edition' for inFamous 2 but have now officially been announced.  The game will be out exclusively for the Playstation 3 on... Read More

Diablo 3 for consoles on the cards

Diablo 3 for consoles on the cards

Rumours have been flying around since November regarding a Diablo 3 port for consoles, but a recent job advert from Activision Blizzard sheds more truth on the rumour. The job description speci... Read More

EA investigating game breaking bug in Sims 3 for consoles

EA investigating game breaking bug in Sims 3 for consoles

It seems there is a rather nasty glitch in the console versions of the Sims 3 that freezes the game when trying to save at certain points. EA have stated that they are aware of the issue and are inv... Read More

New trailer for De Blob 2

New trailer for De Blob 2

A new trailer is out for upcoming colour based platformer De Blob 2 for DS, Wii, 360 and PS3. The trailer shows the game's antagonist, Comrade Black, removing colour from the world only for the De B... Read More

GT5 gets a new patch

GT5 gets a new patch

Gran Turismo 5 has been patched to version 1.06 adding a whole host of new features. The inclusion of remote racing is a particularly huge addition that really lifts the game up to the next level. T... Read More

Zynga near investment valuing them at near $10 billion

Zynga near investment valuing them at near $10 billion

Zynga, the company responsible for such facebook plagues as Farmville, are in discussion for an investment that would value them at close to $10 billion. The company is in talks with T. Rowe Price a... Read More

Bizarre Creations close their doors

Bizarre Creations close their doors

Bizarre Creations, the devs behind Project Gotham, have shut their doors today ending a seventeen year streak in game development. They come to a close with a rather touching video seen above. Th... Read More

PS3 owners “can probably hope for” a Crysis 2 demo

PS3 owners “can probably hope for” a Crysis 2 demo

Crytek's Nathan Camarillo, executive producer of Crysis 2, while in conversation with PSU at EA's "Swing Into Spring" event, said that PS3 owner ""can probably hope for" a demo of their upcoming sci... Read More

Crysis 2 is equally good on Xbox 360 and PS3- Crytek

Crysis 2 is equally good on Xbox 360 and PS3- Crytek

Crysis 2 Executive Producer Nathan Camarillo, while talking with PSU at EA's "Swing Into Spring" event, said that both the console versions of Crysis 2 will be equally good. "People can try to find... Read More

NPD January ’11- Xbox 360 highest selling, Black Ops takes lead

NPD January ’11- Xbox 360 highest selling, Black Ops takes lead

The NPD figures for the month of January are out, and according to these reports, January saw a decline of 5% in PC games, non PC games, accessories and hardware, going down from grossing $1.22 bill... Read More

Nintendo- We never stopped being hardcore

Nintendo- We never stopped being hardcore

We recently sat down with Nintendo UK's Head of Communications, Rob Saunders, and we got to talk of their future support for their systems. We asked Mr Saunders if Nintendo will be taking the more ... Read More

New fan made DLC for Left 4 Dead 2 on the horizon

New fan made DLC for Left 4 Dead 2 on the horizon

Matthew Lourdelet, aka 2 evil eyes, has been working on a new community campaign called Cold Stream. Valve are rather interested in turning Cold Stream into a full blown DLC pack for 360 and pc but,... Read More