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Alien Swarm now free

Alien Swarm now free

Steam is gifting all users Alien Swarm, for the rather nice price of free. That's right, Alien Swarm, the top down shooter from Black Cat games is now completely free on Steam. “Alien Swarm”... Read More

You will not have to pay for Call of Duty

You will not have to pay for Call of Duty

Treyarch and Infinity Ward have come together to quash the rumour that Call of Duty will be heading to a pay-to-play subscription plan. Infinity Ward developer and community manager tweeted; ... Read More

Crysis 2 will feature the ‘best AI in gaming history,’ says Crytek

Crysis 2 will feature the ‘best AI in gaming history,’ says Crytek

We have had AI enemies like those in Killzone, who just screamed 'DIEEEEE!!!!' and died themselves. Then we've had Gears of War, which has superb enemy artificial intelligence. Crysis 2 will be much l... Read More

Molyneux: Fable III ‘a bigger game world than Halo’

Molyneux: Fable III ‘a bigger game world than Halo’

Having admitted recently that Fable II was rushed and riddled with bugs, just as he did with Fable when Fable II was about to be released (we see through your lies, bald man!), Molyneux has stated tha... Read More

Halo 4 Under Development? REALLY NOW, MICROSOFT?!

Halo 4 Under Development? REALLY NOW, MICROSOFT?!

It looks like another game has been released way before it was meant to be. The CV of a 343 Industries (a Microsoft studio) employee seems to indicate that Halo 4 is well under development. A new u... Read More

Ninja Theory: Uncharted 2 Is the ‘Pinnacle of its Genre’

Ninja Theory: Uncharted 2 Is the ‘Pinnacle of its Genre’

Last year's Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, sequel to the breakthrough 2007 PS3 exclusive Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, took the adventure genre to a whole new level. Featuring a compelling storyline, slick... Read More

Wada: I Have No Idea Where Final Fantasy Should Go From Here

Wada: I Have No Idea Where Final Fantasy Should Go From Here

Head honcho of Square Enix Yoichi Wada has admitted that he has no idea where the Final Fantasy series should go from here. Accepting that the latest instalment in the long running RPG saga, Final Fan... Read More

Kingdom Hearts Re:coded Coming This Fall

Kingdom Hearts Re:coded Coming This Fall

The next DS instalment in the Kingdom Hearts saga, Kingdom Hearts Re:coded, is due this fall in Japan, Square Enix have confirmed. This will be the second DS Kingdom Hearts game, after last year's ... Read More

Kojima is Making An Adventure Game

Kojima is Making An Adventure Game

After a lot of subtle, and often downright tantalising, hints as to what his next proeject may be, Kojima has finally made a clean breast of it, reports Chiyomaru Shikura, boss of Japanese media compa... Read More

Peter Molyneux: The Xbox 360’s Best Is Yet To Come

Peter Molyneux: The Xbox 360’s Best Is Yet To Come

While many are citing the lack of quality upcoming Xbox 360 titles (there's practically nothing barring Gears 3 and Halo Reach that is exclusive only to Microsoft's console) and Microsost's E3 presser... Read More

Xbox 360 Slim Was Outsold by Xbox 360 ‘Phat’: Pachter

Xbox 360 Slim Was Outsold by Xbox 360 ‘Phat’: Pachter

If you remember, the Xbox 360 was the highest selling console in the US for the month in June. It has been commonly speculated that this was thanks to the launch of the redesigned Xbox 360 'Slim,' whi... Read More

UK Sales Charts: Crackdown 2 Still At Top

UK Sales Charts: Crackdown 2 Still At Top

It may not have had the best reception from the critics, but Crackdown 2, the sequel to Microsoft's surprise 2007 open world hit Crackdown, has the first spot firmly in its grip, as far as sales in th... Read More

The Xbox 360 ‘Slim’ Enjoys An Even Bigger Launch Than The PS3 Slim

The Xbox 360 ‘Slim’ Enjoys An Even Bigger Launch Than The PS3 Slim

Looks like redesigning and rebranding a console is all the rage these days. Certainly, it seems to fuel market demand. Sony did it last year with the laucnh of the PS3 Slim, which was accompanied by a... Read More

The Last Story Is Not Sakaguchi’s Last Game, So Stop Spreading Rumours

The Last Story Is Not Sakaguchi’s Last Game, So Stop Spreading Rumours

There have been recent reports, fuelled by Sakaguchi's own statements, that his upcoming Wii exclusive RPG, The Last Story, would be his last game. The RPG legend recently blogged about how he would b... Read More

OnLive Isn’t Meant For High End Games, Says CEO

OnLive Isn’t Meant For High End Games, Says CEO

Do you remember the grand unveiling of streaming service OnLive last year? It promised people with low end rigs the ability to play titles like Crysis and Grand Theft Auto IV without having to upgrade... Read More

Plants vs Zombies (XBL) Will Get New Versus/Co-op Mode

Plants vs Zombies (XBL) Will Get New Versus/Co-op Mode

According to a recent screenshot of 2 of the new achievements for Plants vs Zombies, a new versus and co-op DLC will be available. The new co-op mode is called ZFF's 4 Evr, while the new versus... Read More

Mega Man Universe Announced

Mega Man Universe Announced

Capcom has announced the next entry to the Mega Man franchise, called Mega Man Universe. The game was announced by the Head of Research and Development Management for Capcom, Keiji Inafune. "We are ... Read More

Killzone 3 To Have Improved Controls

Killzone 3 To Have Improved Controls

Probably the biggest drawback for some of the people who played Killzone 2 were the controls. Guerrilla Games listened to these complaints, and are planning to change the controls, Guerrilla wanted... Read More

No loading screens for Killzone 3

No loading screens for Killzone 3

Breaking new ground, Killzone 3 will completely bypass loading screens. It's amazing what technology can do these days- 10 years ago, we expected to have to wait a few minutes before launching ... Read More

Activision would ‘love to see’ GoldenEye on the 3DS

Activision would ‘love to see’ GoldenEye on the 3DS

GoldeneEye 007's executive producer says he'd love to see a GoldenEye 007 remake on the 3DS, but he says he has no plans for it right now. "Let's put it this way I think we would all love to think ... Read More