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EA excited by Xbox Smartglass

EA excited by Xbox Smartglass

Microsoft's Xbox 360 Smartglass which was announced at their E3 conference this year is actually pretty cool, according to some EA executives. "I think it’s a killer initiative. I really like... Read More

Okami HD coming to PS3 and will support Move

Okami HD coming to PS3 and will support Move

Capcom has announced that Okami HD will be heading to the PS3 and will support the Move controller as well. There were a bunch of rumours floating around about this, but it's now finally been confir... Read More

PS Vita – Black Ops: Declassified details and box art revealed

PS Vita – Black Ops: Declassified details and box art revealed

Walmart has listed what Vita's Call of Duty game will feature unlike Sony themselves who only showed a logo at E3. The game will surprisingly not feature a traditional campaign, and only contains Spec... Read More

Ubisoft went explosive with Splinter Cell at E3 “to make a splash”

Ubisoft went explosive with Splinter Cell at E3 “to make a splash”

A lot of complaints people had with Splinter Cell: Blacklist's showing at E3 this year was that it was too "explosive", going the Call of Duty route and that it might go on to lose the series' ident... Read More

Wii U won’t have anti-used game features

Wii U won’t have anti-used game features

After rumours came abound that the next Xbox and the PS4 will have have features that would prevent users from running pre-owned games, there was a uge backlash from everyone. Anyone who's been worr... Read More

Civilization 5: Gods and Kings launch trailer is here

Civilization 5: Gods and Kings launch trailer is here

2K Games has released the launch trailer for the Gods and Kings expansion pack for Civilization V. It looks good, but it honestly doesn't look like the expansion pack will fix the faults that hardcore... Read More

People who own WipEout HD and Fury on PS3 get it for free on Vita

People who own WipEout HD and Fury on PS3 get it for free on Vita

Sony has announced that people who own WipEout HD and Fury on the PS3 will get the Vita version free, which will be released as a DLC pack to boost WipEout 2048 content. "The first pack is the “W... Read More

Vita: Sony’s Rohde believes there’s no need for a re-look

Vita: Sony’s Rohde believes there’s no need for a re-look

Sony's Scott Rohde believes there's no need for a price cut for the Vita yet. They want to provide more unique experiences that helps differentiates the handheld over its competition. "I don’t ... Read More

Sony: Vita’s processor gives it an upper hand over the Wii U controller

Sony: Vita’s processor gives it an upper hand over the Wii U controller

Sony's Scott Rohde has bragged that PS3-Vita connectivity has a lot more potential than Nintendo's Wii U, because of superior tech. The Vita has its own processing unit unlike the Wii U controller w... Read More

Here’s 20 minutes of official Dead Space 3 footage

Here’s 20 minutes of official Dead Space 3 footage

We have a 20 minute video of Dead Space 3 showing off new locations and how the combat works. There are spoilers. Take a look at the first gameplay shown for Dead Space 3. Narrated by Executive Pro... Read More

CD Projekt wants to provide a smoother learning curve with Cyberpunk’s story

CD Projekt wants to provide a smoother learning curve with Cyberpunk’s story

CD Projekt wants Cyberpunk to be more accessible to newcomers, but doesn't want to dumb it down either. For this, they are applying the lessons they learned from the critically acclaimed, The Witc... Read More

EA: Frostbite 2 built for next-generation, improved animation due to FIFA tech

EA: Frostbite 2 built for next-generation, improved animation due to FIFA tech

EA's Frostbite 2 engine which is being proliferated everywhere within the company is apparently targeted at next-gen platforms, according to EA Games boss Patrick Soderlund. He also mentioned that ... Read More

New ‘Surface’ tablet announced by Microsoft, full details inside

New ‘Surface’ tablet announced by Microsoft, full details inside

At a press event in California, Microsoft unveiled a new brand of tablet PCs, running on Windows 8 and it will be available just after the OS launches. The tablet is conceived, designed and engineer... Read More

There will be night-time gameplay in Splinter Cell: Blacklist

There will be night-time gameplay in Splinter Cell: Blacklist

After Splinter Cell: Conviction disappointed the fans and deviated from the traditional Splinter Cell gameplay with the introduction of mark and execute mechanic,  Ubisoft Toronto producer Andy Wi... Read More

UK Charts: FIFA 12 takes pole position

UK Charts: FIFA 12 takes pole position

Well, what do you know, FIFA 12 has topped the UK charts for this week, and either it sold exceptionally well or other games sold poorly, but this shouldn't be surprising to many as the game was in ... Read More

Black Ops 2 PC will have dedicated servers

Black Ops 2 PC will have dedicated servers

When it was announced last year that Modern Warfare 3 will not have dedicated servers on the PC, tons of accusations and criticisms were thrown Infinity Ward's way, since the previous installment in... Read More

Massive sales on EA’s Origin service

Massive sales on EA’s Origin service

So earlier Origin boss David DeMartini had mentioned that they will never conduct big sales because it cheapens intellectual property, but it seems they have taken an U-turn now with the service ho... Read More

Mechwarrior Online PC specs revealed

Mechwarrior Online PC specs revealed

Excited to play the upcoming MMO Mechwarrior Online, but don't know whether your PC can run it? Chances are, it can, due to the modest specs required. Developer Piranha Games has done a lot of exten... Read More

XSEED: Nintendo were receptive to our inquiry about The Last Story

XSEED: Nintendo were receptive to our inquiry about The Last Story

Nintendo does not usually translate and publish games in the US, we saw Xenoblade taking a lot of time to come to the US and hence the sales suffered. What prompted XSEED to take over the responsibi... Read More

The Amazing Spider-Man developer diary

The Amazing Spider-Man developer diary

Check out the developer diary for The Amazing Spider-Man. The game will be released this year on the PS3, Xbox 360, PC and a bunch of other platforms. This particular developer diary features comme... Read More