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Defiance defines the MMO Shooter in a new developer diary

Defiance defines the MMO Shooter in a new developer diary

Trion Worlds has released an all new developer diary detailing precisely what Defiance is and how it epitomises the new-fangled notion of an MMO Shooter on consoles. So Defiance is a lobby-less thi... Read More

EVP of EA Games tells publishers “don’t be afraid of change”

EVP of EA Games tells publishers “don’t be afraid of change”

Turn and face the strange. In an interview with CVG, Executive Vice President of the EA Games label Patrick Soderlund has urged publishers to regard quality of quantity, as well as embracing new a... Read More

Duke Nukem Creator: “F2P is a Waste of Time for Publishers like EA”

Duke Nukem Creator: “F2P is a Waste of Time for Publishers like EA”

Love him, hate him, or simply make fun of him for lagging so far behind in completing Duke Nukem Forever, there's no denying that George Broussard knows how to drop an intriguing comment or two. ... Read More

Remember Me “stays away from generic violence”

Remember Me “stays away from generic violence”

Don't you forget about me.     In an interview with The Metro, Jean-Maxime Moris stated that in the entirety of Remember Me, only one person is killed at the hands of the protagonis... Read More

EA Executive VP: “Games Retail Will be Abandoned in 10 Years”

EA Executive VP: “Games Retail Will be Abandoned in 10 Years”

If the success of Steam has proven anything, it's that gamers don't mind ponying up for digital content. For that matter, they have the means to access and enjoy it more than when the service first ... Read More

Sleeping Dogs “Can Launch a New Franchise” According to Square-Enix

Sleeping Dogs “Can Launch a New Franchise” According to Square-Enix

Square Enix UK sales manager Andrew Larcombe spoke to MCV about the positive reception that Sleeping Dogs is getting from both the critical and commercial bases of gaming/ He stated that, "We are... Read More

Metal Gear Solid 5 release date “summer 2013 at the earliest”

Metal Gear Solid 5 release date “summer 2013 at the earliest”

Metal Gear Solid 5 could be released as early as summer 2013, a mo-cap actor working on the game has revealed. Eric Bossic who also worked on Silent Hill 4 has said that he was working on the game ... Read More

Tearaway: “A Really Good Example of a Game Made for PS Vita”

Tearaway: “A Really Good Example of a Game Made for PS Vita”

President of Sony Worldwide Shuhei Yoshida has plenty of reason to be smiling. The PS Vita received a great amount of content and support at GamesCom this year, nearly stealing the show with it's ne... Read More

Okami HD Gameplay Trailer Looks Absolutely Stunning

Okami HD Gameplay Trailer Looks Absolutely Stunning

As we near the Japanese release of Okami HD in November, Capcom has released some more gameplay footage showing off the battle segments and puzzles alike. It's amazing to see the contrast between t... Read More

Metal Gear Rising’s absence on PS Vita is due to lack of power

Metal Gear Rising’s absence on PS Vita is due to lack of power

It would have been awesome to play Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance on the PS Vita, but that's not possible due to a lack of power in the handheld, according to Kojima Productions creative producer Yu... Read More

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 “Empowers” Gamers With New Create-a-Class

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 “Empowers” Gamers With New Create-a-Class

For a series constantly criticized for offering more of the same, Treyarch is working hard to ensure that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 "empowers" players with enough options, including a new Score Stre... Read More

Guardians of Middle Earth Goes Behind the Scenes…For Rohan!

Guardians of Middle Earth Goes Behind the Scenes…For Rohan!

Not necessarily for that Rohan, but regardless, Monolith Productions and Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment are doing a great job bringing this Middle Earth MMO to consoles in this recently release... Read More

War of the Roses Now Available for Pre-Order

War of the Roses Now Available for Pre-Order

War of the Roses does something in it's trailer announced it's pre-orders. We can't say if it's a good something-something or a bad something-something. But it's something. And we'll be mightily in... Read More

PS Vita only sold 400k in Q2, total sales 2.2 million

PS Vita only sold 400k in Q2, total sales 2.2 million

Sony has revealed the Playstation Vita figures and they aren't pretty--just 2.2 million sales worldwide and considering it's been 5 months since the handheld came out in the west, this figure should... Read More

EA is standing up for the industry and defending their studio against Zynga

EA is standing up for the industry and defending their studio against Zynga

In case you haven't noticed, EA and Zynga are at war, with EA delivering the first blow by accusing the company of copying The Sims Social. Zynga created a game called The Ville which is quite simil... Read More

Zynga doesn’t take advantage of its talent pool and prefers cloning – Nimblebit

Zynga doesn’t take advantage of its talent pool and prefers cloning – Nimblebit

David Marsh from Nimblebit had some constructive criticism for Zynga as he mentioned that the publisher doesn't take advantage of its talent pool and just prefers cloning successful games. "I kno... Read More

Nexon: Consoles must embrace free-to-play model or face extinction

Nexon: Consoles must embrace free-to-play model or face extinction

Nexon is a big publisher who makes MMOs like Maple Story, Combat Arms and others and can be classified as a big giant with significant revenues. It's CEO Daniel Kim has mentioned in an interview wi... Read More

NHL 13: Recreating live NHL moments trailer

NHL 13: Recreating live NHL moments trailer

Recreate, rewrite or relive some of the most thrilling moments from today's NHL. From Gagner's historic eight-point night to Crosby's epic return from injury to new moments added when made available, ... Read More

Ratchet and Clank: QForce – Some glorious gameplay footage

Ratchet and Clank: QForce – Some glorious gameplay footage

Check out the first look at Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault / Q-Force gameplay from the floor demo at the GamesCom conference in Cologne, Germany. Full Frontal Assault will be coming to a Pl... Read More

Konami: Penny Arcade Expo Prime will feature Hideo Kojima Discusson

Konami: Penny Arcade Expo Prime will feature Hideo Kojima Discusson

Interested in more Metal Gear? Then this year's Penny Arcade Expo Prime is the place you want to visit as Konami has announced that this year's Penny Arcade Expo Prime will feature Hideo Kojima, and... Read More