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New Kingdom Hearts 3D trailer is here

New Kingdom Hearts 3D trailer is here

Kingdom Hearts 3D was released in Japan earlier this year, and now it will be coming to the US and EU, and we have a trailer to celebrate that. This is not a launch trailer but just an English languag... Read More

Former Infinity Ward Staff gets $42 million from Activision

Former Infinity Ward Staff gets $42 million from Activision

There was once a conflict, a conflict between employees and the owner, and while the owner is now in a good position, the employees struggled to get paid properly for their work. Okay, bah. I don't ... Read More

Treyarch: There’s nothing wrong with using the same engine for Black Ops 2

Treyarch: There’s nothing wrong with using the same engine for Black Ops 2

Treyarch’s studio head, Mark Lamia, defends the use of the same engine for Black Ops 2 in a podcast with Activision community manager Dan Amrich, and likens it to remodeling a house. He had to ... Read More

Halo 4 box art revealed and is awesome

Halo 4 box art revealed and is awesome

This is one of the coolest box arts I've ever seen. Yes, that is a box art and is final. Microsoft sent this image to Xbox Live members titled "Your piece of the Halo 4 puzzle", and came with 32 pie... Read More

Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition sells over a million

Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition sells over a million

Notch, the creator of Minecraft still retains that charm on the Xbox 360. It's clear that the console's audience love such games considering the popularity of spin-off games such as FortressCraft. ... Read More

Sony’s “not so smart” handling of the PS3 helped Xbox 360 succeed- Former Microsoft games boss

Sony’s “not so smart” handling of the PS3 helped Xbox 360 succeed- Former Microsoft games boss

Former head of Microsoft's Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division Robbie Bach says the Xbox 360 succeeded partly because of how Sony mishandled the PS3. "Some of the success of Xbox was ... Read More

Japanese games cannot ignore multiplayer- Bleszinski

Japanese games cannot ignore multiplayer- Bleszinski

Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski, creator of Gears of War, says Japanese games shouldn't be ignoring multiplayer, citing games like Vanquish as an example for how lacking multiplayer can hurt their sale... Read More

UK sees 33.2% drop in April game sales

UK sees 33.2% drop in April game sales

The UK retail games market has seen a sharp decline of sales in what has been a tough April for many retailers. Compared to April 2011, 33.2% fewer games were sold, seeing just over 2m games sold i... Read More

Pikman 2 finally given US Wii release date

Pikman 2 finally given US Wii release date

The long-awaited Pikmin 2 will finally see a North American release on June 10th as part of the $19.99 Nintendo Selects' line-up, a veritable bargain bit of yesteryear's classics. To the uninitia... Read More

CD Projekt RED hiring for two new RPG projects

CD Projekt RED hiring for two new RPG projects

Job listings on the CD Projekt RED website have blasted upon the doors of rumour and speculation by revealing they are working on two new RPG projects. Earlier this month, CD Projekt RED released a... Read More

GAME Australia files for administration

GAME Australia files for administration

Just over seven weeks after GAME Group plc. filed for voluntary administration in the United Kingdom, GAME Australia is doing the same. Pricewater Coopers, the administrator, have stated that all 9... Read More

UK Charts for this week revealed: Sniper Elite V2 retains pole position

UK Charts for this week revealed: Sniper Elite V2 retains pole position

Sniping people is a fun thing to do, or so it seems. Sniper Elite V2 has once again taken the pole position in this week's UK charts, and is followed by the two FIFA games, which as you know, is qui... Read More

This Gamefly commercial is quite awesome

This Gamefly commercial is quite awesome

Yeah, the only reason I posted this is because it got a chuckle out of me, really. It might do the same for you, so check it out. Here's what they have to say: Are you sick of getting ripped off w... Read More

Mechwarrior Online trailer will make you want to pilot a mech

Mechwarrior Online trailer will make you want to pilot a mech

Mechwarrior Online trailer shows some incredible action on the battlefield and will make you want to pilot the mightt BattleMech. The game lets players command at will: go head-to-head online alone... Read More

Square Enix Profitable due to FFXIII-2, Deus Ex and Smartphones

Square Enix Profitable due to FFXIII-2, Deus Ex and Smartphones

Square Enix has released its fiscal year 12 results and that should make them happy because they are profitable. They cited the growth of packaged goods and credited FFXIII-2 and Deus Ex: Human Revo... Read More

Arcen Games: We would not have been able to stay in business without Steam

Arcen Games: We would not have been able to stay in business without Steam

Steam is a saviour for Indie developers and gives them a platform to showcase their content, and for some of them, it can be the sole reason why they stay in the business. Arcen Games, who created A... Read More

Huge amount of people lining up for Diablo 3 in Korea defy rain

Huge amount of people lining up for Diablo 3 in Korea defy rain

Diablo 3 is an extremely popular game worldwide, and the passion shown by Korean towards Blizzard games cannot be matched so easily. This is why. Here are the people lining up in Korea's Seoul - Wa... Read More

Diablo 3’s starter edition lets you play till Act 1, guest passes revealed

Diablo 3’s starter edition lets you play till Act 1, guest passes revealed

Want to try out Diablo 3? Well now you can, provided you have a guest pass or you have to wait till 30 days after launch to download it directly from Battle.net. So what exactly is in this Starter ... Read More

Sony’s Tretton is against used-games for PS4, thinks it’s anti-consumer

Sony’s Tretton is against used-games for PS4, thinks it’s anti-consumer

Jack Tretton, the SCEA president, has revealed in GT Bonus Round via Analyst Michael Pachter, that he isn't interested in used-games technology for the PS4, and also believes it's anti-consumer. He... Read More

Tomb Raider has been delayed to Q1 2013

Tomb Raider has been delayed to Q1 2013

Remember that amazing game shown at Microsoft's E3 conference last year? Yes, the one with a woman trying to survive like Nathan Drake - that game has been delayed. It was about to happen, consider... Read More