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Namco announce Naruto Shippuden tournament at MCM London

Namco announce Naruto Shippuden tournament at MCM London

Today Namco Bandai announced that they are looking for the UK's best Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations player, to be decided at this month's MCM Expo in London. The coveted prize ... Read More

This guy already beat Diablo 3 in 12 hours, “game has been an emotional rollercoaster”

This guy already beat Diablo 3 in 12 hours, “game has been an emotional rollercoaster”

There are plenty of people - given enough time - complete games on day 1. But considering all the server errors and what not, a guy actually managed to clear the normal mode of Diablo 3 in just 12 hou... Read More

Capcom “re-evaluating” on-disc DLC

Capcom “re-evaluating” on-disc DLC

Remember the recent controversy surrounding Capcom's decision to charge for disk-locked DLC in Street Fighter X Tekken? In a spectacular act of 'flip-flopping' that would make even Mayor Quimby blush,... Read More

Kingdoms of Amalur developer on edge of insolvency

Kingdoms of Amalur developer on edge of insolvency

The studio that brought us the surprise package Kingdoms of Amalur, Studio 38, are currently in talks with Rhode Island officials as the company struggles to stay afloat. Having previously been on ... Read More

Far Cry 3 dev working on a next-gen project

Far Cry 3 dev working on a next-gen project

Ubisoft Massive, the studio that worked on the PC RTS World of Conflict, helped with the development of Assassin's Creed: Revelations and is also working with several other studios on the upcoming F... Read More

Sony brings BBC Sport app to Playstation 3

Sony brings BBC Sport app to Playstation 3

Sony, in a joint venture with the BBC, today announced the release of a BBC Sport app on the Playstation 3 in time for Wimbledon 2012. Being dubbed a 'killer app' by Sony, it will provider consumer... Read More

Diablo 3 console port still under consideration

Diablo 3 console port still under consideration

Blizzard has mentioned the console port of Diablo 3 for a long time and they have also said how they're hiring more people for the same. It seems like Blizzard is still experimenting  with the c... Read More

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