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The PS3 just too difficult to crack

The PS3 just too difficult to crack

George Hotz, the infamous iPhone and Playstation 3 hacker, has given up trying to fully unlock the PS3. Citing his resignation of Twitter earlier, the hacker stated that; "It was a cool ride, and... Read More

Deadly/Dumb Killzone 3 Antagonist Alien Race Helghast to Have ‘Humanity’

Deadly/Dumb Killzone 3 Antagonist Alien Race Helghast to Have ‘Humanity’

Guerrilla has announced that apart from the slew of new features Killzone 3 will be incorporating, the Helghast, the previously dumb but now deadly alien race that have been the main villains of the s... Read More

Black Ops Playable Through Internet?

Black Ops Playable Through Internet?

Westwood Studios co-founder Louis Castle, now CEO of InstantAction thinks blockbuster console titles like Call of Duty: Black Ops might be playable through web browsers within a year. He told Eurog... Read More

New Killzone 3 Footage Revealed

New Killzone 3 Footage Revealed

Guerrilla has revealed two new gameplay videos for their much anticipated title, Killzone 3. The videos, other than showing off mind-boggling visuals, scenery and animations, also show off several 'ci... Read More

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Breaks Records Set by ACII

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Breaks Records Set by ACII

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, the upcoming spin-off title to in the much celebrated franchise, has a pre-order rate that is 20% ahead of that of Assassin's Creed II's, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot reve... Read More

Quantic Dreams Developing Two New Games

Quantic Dreams Developing Two New Games

Heavy Rain developer, Quantic Dreams recently delivered one of the finest games on the PlayStation 3, and David Cage of Quantic Dreams has confirmed that his development team will be working on two ne... Read More

Remedy Defends Poor Alan Wake Sales

Remedy Defends Poor Alan Wake Sales

Alan Wake, which got a 9/10 here on GamingBolt.com, sold a paltry 145,000 units in the month of May in the U.S. The game, which was heavily publicised and said to be one of the premium games on the 36... Read More

God Eater Coming Over to the West

God Eater Coming Over to the West

Namco Bandai's God Eater, the extremely famous and successful Monster Hunter clone on the PSP that has till yet only been released on Japan, is now coming over to the west next year- it's confirmed. ... Read More

Franchise-Changing Sonic News Coming

Franchise-Changing Sonic News Coming

Sonic has faced some dark years in its recent past, and the series' outlook hasn't been very promising- till now it seems. SEGA has already announced two upcoming Sonic games, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 ... Read More

Nintendo Doesn’t Care About Competition

Nintendo Doesn’t Care About Competition

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says he is "not conscious" of any competition, be it Apple, Microsoft, or their arch rivals, Sony. Concentrating on others would lead Nintendo into the "trap" of "shor... Read More

3DS Capable of Delivering Console Level Games, Dev Says

3DS Capable of Delivering Console Level Games, Dev Says

The 3DS will be "capable of console-level games" and the developers think it is "an opportunity to bring something special back to the gamers." This was said by JC Connors, studio head at Griptonite G... Read More

Halo: Reach Achievements Revealed (Well, some of them)

Halo: Reach Achievements Revealed (Well, some of them)

Bungie thinks Achievements are one of the aspects that make or break a game. And thus, "Airtight isn't the first word that comes to mind when thinking about Achievement security", says Bungie. Five... Read More

Pokemon Black and White ‘major differences’ Revealed

Pokemon Black and White ‘major differences’ Revealed

Major differences between the upcoming and the highly anticipated Pokemon Black and White have been revealed in a Japanese magazine. CoroCoro Magazine reports that Black and White will have differe... Read More

The Last Story Is Probably Coming Over To The West After All

The Last Story Is Probably Coming Over To The West After All

JRPG lovers might have been worried that the slew of exclusive tradition RPG's the Wii is getting over in Japan might not make it to the US, what with the games pandering to such a niche audience and ... Read More

THQ Believes the 3DS Will Combat Piracy Effectively

THQ Believes the 3DS Will Combat Piracy Effectively

The Nintendo DS might have experience some mind boggling software sales, but perhaps those numbers could have been better if the system wasn't probably the system most rife with piracy in history. Wit... Read More

Ubisoft Thinks Assassin’s Creed Will Be As Big As GTA

Ubisoft Thinks Assassin’s Creed Will Be As Big As GTA

This kind of sounds like a case of Ubisoft getting a bit too ahead of themselves. Whereas there can be little doubt that both the Assassin's Creed games have been extremely well received, and are amon... Read More

The 3DS Can Make “console-level quality games”- JC Connors

The 3DS Can Make “console-level quality games”- JC Connors

According to JC Connors, studio head at Griptonite Games, the new 3DS is capable of bringing "console-level quality games". "I think the third-party publishers are taking this a lot more seriously,... Read More

No Plans For Refunding Qore Subscribers Who Upgrade To Plus

No Plans For Refunding Qore Subscribers Who Upgrade To Plus

If you are a Qore subscriber, and doesn't matter if you just joined the yearly subscription, if you are planning on getting Playstation Plus and hope that you will get your money back for purchasing Q... Read More

Patcher Thinks the 3DS Will be the Last Cartridge Based Nintendo Handheld

Patcher Thinks the 3DS Will be the Last Cartridge Based Nintendo Handheld

Cartridges have shown themselves to be surprisingly resilient, having been around since the days of Atari, and still in heavy use in mdern handhelds such as the Nintendo DS. This, despite many analyst... Read More

Crackdown 2 Tops UK Charts

Crackdown 2 Tops UK Charts

The UK charts have just been revealed for this week, and it looks like the action packed Crackdown 2 tops the chart as number 1. Surprisingly, Lego Harry Potter 1-4 makes it to second place, while ... Read More