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Dragon Age: Origins server issues – DRM to blame?

Dragon Age: Origins server issues – DRM to blame?

A Dragon Age: Origins server outage left many players unable to enjoy their merry questing this weekend, but the cause of the server crash has yet to be indentified. Whilst Bioware are hard at work ... Read More

Portal 2 Co-Op on the PS3 will require Steam account

Portal 2 Co-Op on the PS3 will require Steam account

There has been a lot of sepculation regarding how Steamworks will work on the PlayStation 3 and how PS3 owners will be able to download the free PC version included with the game. Apparently we go... Read More

Japanese release date for StarFox 64 3DS confirmed

Japanese release date for StarFox 64 3DS confirmed

With so many 3DS games getting confirmed release dates over the past few days, it only seems right that the 3DS remake of StarFox 64 would share the same fate. The game will release in Japan on... Read More

Trinigy Announces Integration for Sky and Weather Effects

Trinigy Announces Integration for Sky and Weather Effects

Sundog Software, developer of computer graphics middleware for rendering the sky and 3D clouds, has integrated its technology with Trinigy’s Vision Game Engine. The integration between Sundog’... Read More

Kinect exclusive Fantastic Pets demo on Xbox Live

Kinect exclusive Fantastic Pets demo on Xbox Live

Kinect exclusive ‘Fantastic Pets’ is now available for download on Xbox Live. Fantastic Pets is the first Kinect title to utilise ‘Augmented Reality’ technology. This ground breaking fe... Read More

Magicka: Vietnam DLC Released & Release Trailer

Magicka: Vietnam DLC Released & Release Trailer

Paradox have released the launch trailer for Magicka: Vietnam DLC. The DLC Magicka: Vietnam for the friendly fire-filled indie hit is now available on all leading digital distribution platforms ... Read More

PowerUp Heroes for Kinect announced

PowerUp Heroes for Kinect announced

Ubisoft announced the development of PowerUp Heroes, a full-body combat game exclusively on Kinect. Developed by Longtail Studios, PowerUp Heroes lets players transform their Xbox360 avatar into a... Read More

Seven Minutes of New Epic Resistance 3 gameplay

Seven Minutes of New Epic Resistance 3 gameplay

A new video has emerged on youtube which shows off one of the levels of Resistance 3 in action. The video takes you through one of the early levels of the game and looks rather fun. There's ... Read More

Two New Street Fighter X Tekken Trailers

Two New Street Fighter X Tekken Trailers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSKidYxGzcQ Check out the gameplay trailer (above) and Cinematic trailer (below) for the fangasmic wet dream of a beat em' up; Street Fighter X Tekken. Please do not... Read More

Final Portal 2 Product Trailer

Final Portal 2 Product Trailer

[HTML1] Rounding off the rather humours Apeture 'product' trailers is  a promo spot for 'the long fall boot' with Cell demonstarting its acrobatic functionality. Portal 2 should be seeing release ... Read More

Gears Of War 3 ‘Making Of’ Trailer

Gears Of War 3 ‘Making Of’ Trailer

[HTML1] Check out some new footage of Gears Of War 3, with regular interruptions from its creators. For those of you who purchased the Epic Edition of Bulletstorm then you will probably be salivati... Read More

ID: Rage might be the best-looking game on this gen consoles

ID: Rage might be the best-looking game on this gen consoles

ID's new game, Rage is undoubtedly, one of the biggest releases lined up for 2011. The team's working round the clock, to ensure that the game, lives upto fans expectations and they're very confid... Read More

Dragon’s Dogma official, first screenshot and video

Dragon’s Dogma official, first screenshot and video

Capcom's revealed Dragon's Dogma to the public today, confirming its much expected existence. The game's an open-world RPG, which pits players in a fantasy world where a dragon has invaded a vi... Read More

PSP firmware update on the horizon

PSP firmware update on the horizon

  Those still trucking with Sony's PSP will be pleased to know that you'll be able to update to firmware v6.38 “soon”. The update looks pretty bland mind with the only addition apparently b... Read More

Space Channel 5 Part 2, Sega Bass Fishing to arrive on XBLA and PSN in late summer

Space Channel 5 Part 2, Sega Bass Fishing to arrive on XBLA and PSN in late summer

Stand alone XBLA and PSN releases of Space Channel 5 Part Two and Sega Bass Fishing have been confirmed for a release this summer. The games have been previously available on Steam seperately, ... Read More

Ocarina of Time 3DS gets US release date: June 19th

Ocarina of Time 3DS gets US release date: June 19th

The upcoming Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for 3DS now has a confirmed release date in the states of June 19th. Previous speculation regarding a PAL release put the date at June 17th, which now... Read More

HMV launch a mobile trade-in app

HMV launch a mobile trade-in app

HMV have launched a mobile phone app dedicated specifically to game trade-ins. Available now on iPhone and Android platforms, the free 're/play' app lets you check the latest trade-in value o... Read More

SNES handheld coming soon

SNES handheld coming soon

Got a bunch of SNES cartridges you just can't get rid of? Get ready to give them a new portable lease of life with US firm Hyperkin's upcoming Supaboy - a fully functioning SNES handheld which pl... Read More

Mass Effect 3 to have New Game+

Mass Effect 3 to have New Game+

For those who are fond of the Mass Effect series, you'll recall how the original ME allowed players to replay the game once finished with all their abilities and items intact in a new game+. You'll ... Read More

L.A. Noire gets an 18 rating

L.A. Noire gets an 18 rating

The British Board of Film Classification has passed Rockstar's L.A Noire with an 18 certificate. The board cited "very strong language, strong violence, sex references and nudity," as reasons for... Read More