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Resident Evil ‘targets a mass audience,’ says Capcom

Resident Evil ‘targets a mass audience,’ says Capcom

Resident Evil is not a series targeted at  "a small number of hardcore gamers." No, it is a franchise that "targets a mass audience" and "focuses on entertainment." Capcom says so. Jun Takeuchi... Read More

Producer Wants Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII On 3DS

Producer Wants Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII On 3DS

Square Enix producer, Hajime Tabata, the man who is currently working on 3rd Birthday for the PSP, expressed his desire to release a Final Fantasy VII series title for the 3DS, via Twitter. "If I w... Read More

Capcom Representative: Resident Evil 3DS Is Too Scary

Capcom Representative: Resident Evil 3DS Is Too Scary

Resident Evil Revelations, the first announced Resident Evil title for Nintendo's upcoming handheld, 3DS, will be so scary, that you will be 'too scared to continue' a four year old- oh sorry, a Cap... Read More

4 Million 3DS’ and 15 Million 3DS Software Units Will Sell In February Alone

4 Million 3DS’ and 15 Million 3DS Software Units Will Sell In February Alone

Nintendo forecasts its upcoming handheld, the 3DS will sell 4 million units and 15 million software units in February alone, before it launches in the west in the month of March (CVG). Check out al... Read More

Third-party sales on Wii are “especially low,” says Iwata

Third-party sales on Wii are “especially low,” says Iwata

Satoru Iwata, Nintendo boss, has admitted that third party sales on his home console, the Wii, are very low, and he will address to these problems very soon. "It is true that the third party softwa... Read More

Criterion “earned their right” to develop an NFS title

Criterion “earned their right” to develop an NFS title

Burnout developers, Criterion feel that they have earned a shot at the Need for Speed franchise, which, they think, is the greatest racing series ever. While talking with CVG, Matt Webster, Senior ... Read More

Uncharted 2: 3rd Best Selling First-Party PS3 Title

Uncharted 2: 3rd Best Selling First-Party PS3 Title

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has become the PlayStation 3's third best selling first party title. "We're in the Top 10 of all PS3 games sold, and second/third highest first-party title - I don't think... Read More

Nintendo 3DS Specs List (Official)

Nintendo 3DS Specs List (Official)

Nintendo has released the final, full list of their upcoming handheld system, 3DS' specifications. Check out all the latest 3DS related news here. Price: 25,000 yen (Including tax) Launch... Read More

Mario is ‘the big bang of gaming,’ says Kojima

Mario is ‘the big bang of gaming,’ says Kojima

Konami biggie, Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear Solid series, thinks Mario is 'the big bang' of the gaming industry and that it is "one of mankind's greatest inventions," while talking to N... Read More

EA Responds To Kotick

EA Responds To Kotick

After Kotick lashed out at EA in an interview with gaming mag Edge, as we reported yesterday, EA have responded. "Kotick's relationship with studio talent is well documented in litigation," an EA ... Read More

PSP2 Out Next Year?

PSP2 Out Next Year?

According to the very credible magazine, Develop, Sony has handed out development kits for its next handheld, PSP2, to both, first part and third party developers, so that they can prepare for a "... Read More

Black Ops Will Be More Story Oriented

Black Ops Will Be More Story Oriented

Treyarch's Mark Lamia while talking to gaming magazine Edge, has confirmed that his upcoming First Person Shooter title, Call of Duty: Black Ops will follow the previous Call of Duty games' footst... Read More

Kinect Price ‘Has To Come Down,’ Says Bobby Kotick

Kinect Price ‘Has To Come Down,’ Says Bobby Kotick

In the same interview with Edge where Kotick slammed EA, Infinity Ward founders and Tim Schafer at once, Bobby Kotick, Activision boss, also stated that the pricetag of Kinect will have to be low. ... Read More

Fans “hated the idea” of a Castlevania Reboot

Fans “hated the idea” of a Castlevania Reboot

MercurySteam Producer said that fans 'hated the idea' of a Castlevania reboot and did not approve of what they were doing, while talking to CVG. "The fan base absolutely hated the idea that we wer... Read More

Bobby Kotick Disses Schafer

Bobby Kotick Disses Schafer

Bobby Kotick, Activision boss has done it thrice in a row. After slagging off EA and Infinity Ward founders, he has gone on to slam Tim Schafer as well, for him calling him a "prick." While speaki... Read More

Infinity Ward founders will “never be successful again,” says Kotick

Infinity Ward founders will “never be successful again,” says Kotick

Bobby Kotick is on a roll. We just reported how he "dissed" EA while talking to gaming mag Edge. Well, EA weren't his only targets. He says fired founders of the super-successful studio Infinity War... Read More

EA is ‘struggling,’ says Kotick

EA is ‘struggling,’ says Kotick

After recently stating that companies like EA and the like will struggle to compete against his company, Bobby Kotick, Activision boss, has said that their is no "rivalry" between his company and ... Read More

F1 2010 beats Halo: Reach in UK

F1 2010 beats Halo: Reach in UK

The unthinkable has happened. Halo: Reach, the super-successful First Person Shooter has been beaten by F1 2010 for the first position in UK, report the newly released Chart-Track's figures. Ha... Read More

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood 15 +, ‘Strong Violence, Language’

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood 15 +, ‘Strong Violence, Language’

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood has received a 15+ rating by BBFC, on accounts of 'strong violence' and 'language.' 14 year olds, stay off, this is not Modern Warfare 2. The report also reports the g... Read More

The Assassin’s Creed planned for the Xbox and PS2 “was great”

The Assassin’s Creed planned for the Xbox and PS2 “was great”

Did any of you ever know there was an Assassin's Creed title in works for the PlayStation 2 and the original Xbox? Well, it got canned. Unfortunately. Anyway, ex-Ubisoft art director, now working ... Read More