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RUMOR: Last.FM Hitting PS3 Soon

RUMOR: Last.FM Hitting PS3 Soon

While the odd fanboy may gloat over Last.FM's exclusivity to the Xbox 360 (wtf?), it appears that the popular music streaming service was exclusive to Microsoft's little white explosive box for only a... Read More

Kinect “won’t change games industry,” says Square Enix

Kinect “won’t change games industry,” says Square Enix

Square Enix global boss Yoichi Wada says that Microsoft's motion sensor, Kinect is "just a small extension to what is already available" in the games industry. He believes the next industry-changing t... Read More

Retailers Call for a Kinect Price Cut

Retailers Call for a Kinect Price Cut

Microsoft's motion sensor, Kinect, was rumoured to be priced at $149, and the Microsoft Store confirms this. Retailers though, it seems, are not happy with this price. They say Kinect should be priced... Read More

Steam Really Rich, Selling Games Filthy Cheap

Steam Really Rich, Selling Games Filthy Cheap

Yeah, we just visited Steam's website, and it looks like they've earned a lot of money. The following games have recieved huge price cuts: THQ Complete Package (Includes 20 items: Metro 2033, D... Read More

Halo: Reach Comic Book Adaption Coming From Marvel

Halo: Reach Comic Book Adaption Coming From Marvel

Looks like Halo: Reach is gonna be spread out over as many media as it can. It already exists as a (rather good) novel titled Halo: The Fall of Reach, the video gam adaptation of said novel, Halo: Rea... Read More

Iwata: Nintendo Will Never Make Mobile Games

Iwata: Nintendo Will Never Make Mobile Games

If you've been holding out for an iPhone port of Super Mario Bros, you can go home disappointed. Speaking at an Investor's Relations Q&A session last week at E3, Iwata ruled out the idea of Nin... Read More

Bioware: PC is ‘Made for Gaming”

Bioware: PC is ‘Made for Gaming”

So, to all you naysayers and detractors of PC gaming, to all of you who say that PC gaming is conclusively dead... you're wrong. Or that's what Bioware thinks anyway. The Canadian developer of many... Read More

Some Aion Servers will get shut down

Some Aion Servers will get shut down

Because of the low amount of subscribers to the MMO known as Aion, the company decided to cut down some of the servers, and starting on July 7th, the North American servers will be cut short from 13 s... Read More

Kinect’s Technology heading to the TV and PC soon?

Kinect’s Technology heading to the TV and PC soon?

The VP of the Tel Aviv based company that worked on the Kinect tech, PrimeSense, have stated that Kinect's technology will also be made for your PC and TV. Adi Berenson, the VP of PrimeSense, talk... Read More

The Red Brick Of Death (New Xbox 360 Already “RROD’d”)

The Red Brick Of Death (New Xbox 360 Already “RROD’d”)

Two days earlier we had reported that the Xbox 360 will pop up a warning message and will undergo shut down mode whenever the system will heat up in order to prevent RROD. It seems that work around wo... Read More

Sega to Create a “Hardcore” Kinect Title

Sega to Create a “Hardcore” Kinect Title

In an interview with ComputerAndVideoGames.com, Sega told us they will be releasing a "sophisticated" game for the Kinect, which will take full advantage of the motion sensor's capabilities, and will ... Read More

Final Fantasy Versus XIII Video and Screens

Final Fantasy Versus XIII Video and Screens

Here are the latest screens of the FF game in action. One of the cities that you will get to explore is modeled after Shinjuku. The game will use real graphic calculation for the cloud effects. The ga... Read More

Mortal Kombat 2011 Will Have 26 Characters and DLC

Mortal Kombat 2011 Will Have 26 Characters and DLC

As has been pointed out in an article at ComputerAndVideoGames.com, a new screenshot for Warner Bros' Mortal Kombat 2011 has confirmed the character set of the game. There will be 26 characters in ... Read More

Level 5’s Next RPG Making the Jump to PS3

Level 5’s Next RPG Making the Jump to PS3

Level 5's upcoming RPG Ni no Kuni: The Another World is all set to make the transition to the PS3. Ni no Kuni is the product of a rather interesting collaboration between the developers of the Prof... Read More

There Has Never Been a Better Time to Play MAG

There Has Never Been a Better Time to Play MAG

While MAG didn't exactly change the way online shooters are played, it became a personal favourite of many PS3 owners, as evidenced by the consistently strong online figures the game has posted. Now, ... Read More

White Knight Chronicles 2 to Feature Sony’s One Time Online Pass

White Knight Chronicles 2 to Feature Sony’s One Time Online Pass

Looks like Sony really is serious about cracking down on what is possibly the biggest source of loss of revenues to game companies after piracy- used game sales. Although buying used games is legal an... Read More

Ubisoft claims that “people want more Assassin’s Creed”

Ubisoft claims that “people want more Assassin’s Creed”

According to the Ubisoft Montreal designer, Patrick Plourde, "people want more Assassin's Creed". Speaking in a recent interview, Patrick said, "I think people want more of Assassin's Creed so, so... Read More

Alan Wake 2 still not in development

Alan Wake 2 still not in development

According to Remedy's boss, Oskari Hakkinen, Alan Wake 2 is still not confirmed, and is not in development for now. "We're in a limbo at the moment where neither of us are talking about it. " he sa... Read More

New Civilization V Trailer

New Civilization V Trailer

Check out the new trailer for the upcoming Civilization V (see below), which showcases a lot of the new elements and features that will be included in the new game, such as a brand new game engine and... Read More

Full details and pricing for the Xbox Live Family Pack (UK)

Full details and pricing for the Xbox Live Family Pack (UK)

Microsoft just recently announced the new Xbox Live Family Pack, which is now confirmed to cost £69.00 for four individual XBL Gold members. This offer won't just be a low price bundle, because it... Read More