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Xbox 360 slims shuts down to prevent RROD

Xbox 360 slims shuts down to prevent RROD

Its a well known fact that for the first few years of the Xbox 360, the platform was marked by constant hardware failure when the infamous 'Red Ring of Death' used to start flashing on the console. No... Read More

E3 2010: Call of Duty: Black Ops Preview/Interview

E3 2010: Call of Duty: Black Ops Preview/Interview

At E3 2010, Call of Duty: Black Ops was not playable, but I was shown a demo of two separate levels.  The first level currently called "WMD" begins with you in control of an SR-71 Blackbird that as t... Read More

We Are Committed to a 10 Year Life Cycle for the PSP: Koller

We Are Committed to a 10 Year Life Cycle for the PSP: Koller

Did the recent unveiling of Nintendo's DS successor, the 3DS, raise your hopes for a similar announcement of a PSP successor? Well, don't expect a PSP2 anytime soon. As VG247 reports, SCEA's John Koll... Read More

Mourn, Fellow Gamers. There Will Be No Cake Meme Jokes in Portal 2

Mourn, Fellow Gamers. There Will Be No Cake Meme Jokes in Portal 2

Among other things, the first Portal is also unique in the way it incorporated so many of the prevelant internet memes back then into the game's dialogue and scenarios, not the least of which was the ... Read More

Be the Next Hero in DC Universe Online

Be the Next Hero in DC Universe Online

Eagerly anticipating the upcoming MMO DC Universe online? Well, get ready, because your hype meter is about to shoot through the roof. SOE just released a new trailer, and among other things, they'... Read More

Halo: Reach is a Sad Goodbye, Says Bungie

Halo: Reach is a Sad Goodbye, Says Bungie

Bungie is all set to bid a fond farewell to the Halo series with the upcoming Halo Reach, and they promise that this game which they call a 'labour of love,' will 'push the envelope as much as possibl... Read More

THQ Releases Homefront Trailer

THQ Releases Homefront Trailer

THQ recently released a trailer for Homefront, which, honestly, doesn't look all that impressive. The visuals seem a bit outdated, and the animations rough. The gunplay is nothing new either. But let'... Read More

Sony: “We Don’t Want Move in all PS3 Games”

Sony: “We Don’t Want Move in all PS3 Games”

In an interview with Computer And Video Games, Sony Computer Entertainment Senior Researcher and the creator of Eye Toy, Richard Marks said that he doesn't want Move and its motion controls to be forc... Read More

Alan Wake DLC’s to cost 560 Microsoft Points.

Alan Wake DLC’s to cost 560 Microsoft Points.

Alan Wake will receive two new DLC's in the near future, no word on what they will be about, but according to Remedy, the two DLC's will cost 560 MS points ($7) each. Oskari Hakkinen, the head of R... Read More

New God of War: Ghost of Sparta Bundle Spotted

New God of War: Ghost of Sparta Bundle Spotted

With the release of the God of War: Chains of Olympus PSP bundle quite some time ago, Sony are already planning a similar bundle to the upcoming entry to the franchise. God of War: Ghost of Sparta wil... Read More

E3 2010: Milo to be revealed in July

E3 2010: Milo to be revealed in July

Even though Milo appeared to be missing during Microsoft's E3 press conference, Peter Molyneux said during a recent interview that he will finally reveal Milo in July during his TEDGlobal talk in Oxf... Read More

E3 2010: Kinect Lag “not an issue” According To Rare

E3 2010: Kinect Lag “not an issue” According To Rare

According to Rare studios, who are currently working on one of Kinects launch titles called Kinect Sports, they said that lag will not be an issue with Kinect. Even though a lot of people who teste... Read More

E3 2010: Final Fantasy XIV E3 Trailer Inside

E3 2010: Final Fantasy XIV E3 Trailer Inside

Final Fantasy XIV was shown off in the Sony E3 conference with the trailer given below. Be sure to check it out. The trailer looks smashing, with gigantic monsters and beasts, stunning visuals, mov... Read More

New Silent Hill Announced for PS3, 360; Coming Next Year

New Silent Hill Announced for PS3, 360; Coming Next Year

Konami revealed their next Silent Hill project, called Silent Hill 8 (working  title), to be released on the PS3 and the Xbox 360 next year. The game will be developed by Vatra. It was told that apar... Read More

Mortal Kombat is Very Violent, Don’t Worry

Mortal Kombat is Very Violent, Don’t Worry

Quite a few people expressed disappointment at just how... tame... the newest Mortal Kombat seemed to be, at least judging from the footage and the debut trailer released. Well, netizens, worry no ... Read More

Saw II Flesh and Blood Hits Stores This Halloween

Saw II Flesh and Blood Hits Stores This Halloween

Konami definitely seems to be a believer of symbolism. Or maybe the release date it just announced for Saw II is just for effect. Make of it what you will, but Konami has announced that Saw II: Flesh... Read More

Firmware 3.40 for the PS3 Dated

Firmware 3.40 for the PS3 Dated

A firmware upgrade really shouldn't be a big deal, but considering that this one also marks the launch of PSN Plus, we thought you might be interested. The latest firmware upgrade for the PS3 syste... Read More

E3 2010: Gears of War 3 Video Interview

E3 2010: Gears of War 3 Video Interview

Let me start off by saying that I said "Gears of War 2" instead of Gears of War 3 at the beginning of the interview just because I was at that moment reminded that this was the first time I was meetin... Read More

E3 2010: Castlevania: Lord of Shadow release date and trailer

E3 2010: Castlevania: Lord of Shadow release date and trailer

Konami's upcoming entry to the Castlevania franchise, Lord of Shadows, is slated to be released this year in the fall. Check out the new E3 2010 trailer (see below), which shows off some of the ene... Read More

E3 2010: New Quantum Theory Gameplay Trailer

E3 2010: New Quantum Theory Gameplay Trailer

Tecmo Koei just released a whole new trailer for their upcoming Quantum Theory. As far as the trailer goes, the game being called a Gears of War clone is no lie, you can tell the team was highly in... Read More