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Starcraft 2 Custom Map: “Final Fantansy 0.2”

Starcraft 2 Custom Map: “Final Fantansy 0.2”

Its been almost a week since Starcraft 2 hit the retail shelves and already gamers around the world are making custom maps for the game. The latest in the entry is the Final Fantasy 0.2 map for the ga... Read More

Sony Cannot Confirm UK Release of God of War: Ghost of Sparta

Sony Cannot Confirm UK Release of God of War: Ghost of Sparta

Rejoiced at the earlier announcement today of the 2nd November release date for God of War: Ghost of Sparta? Don't be. Or at least, not if you live in the UK. SCEE has stated that they cannot confi... Read More

Fable III Delayed on PC

Fable III Delayed on PC

Well, looks like Fable III will be an exclusive after all. Or a timed exclusive, at any rate. I jest. Microsoft has confirmed that the third instalment in the popular Lionhead developed RPG seri... Read More

Move Will Outsell Kinect In the UK, Claims Survey

Move Will Outsell Kinect In the UK, Claims Survey

Microsoft have left no stone unturned in their attempt to hype their upcoming motion sensing peripheral, Kinect. They have, of course, also been aided by retailers, who claim that Kinect will be amass... Read More

Namco Badai: Demon’s Souls Selling Very Well

Namco Badai: Demon’s Souls Selling Very Well

UK really got a raw deal as far as last year's breakthrough PS3 exclusive RPG, Demon's Souls, was concerned. Whereas North America got its hands on the title courtsey of Atlus, Europe was glanced over... Read More

Kinect doesn’t tax the Xbox 360 all that much; uses ‘less than 1%’ of the 360’s Processor

Kinect doesn’t tax the Xbox 360 all that much; uses ‘less than 1%’ of the 360’s Processor

The initial reveal of Kinect's launch lineup certainly wasn't very impressive. While the games themselves were all but party games and minigames compilations, all very clearly Wii titles knock offs, t... Read More

Dead Rising 2 Zombrex Edition Coming To Europe Too

Dead Rising 2 Zombrex Edition Coming To Europe Too

Even though Capcom stated that the US will be the only place that you will be able to pick up the Dead Rising 2 Zombrex Edition, it seems like it will also head to Europe. The Zombrex Edition will ... Read More

PSP Go gets a blasting from Team 17

PSP Go gets a blasting from Team 17

The developers behind the Worms franchise have given their opinion on why the PSP Go has faced such poor sales since release. They claim that the digital-only-distribution has little to do with... Read More

Pachter predicts online subscription COD fees

Pachter predicts online subscription COD fees

US analyst Michael Pachter has had his say on why he believes Call of Duty Black Ops should feature its own separate paid-for features. It's his strongest and most detailed argument yet. “... Read More

Worms Reloaded heading to Steam

Worms Reloaded heading to Steam

Team 17 has announced that the Worms franchise will be making a comeback on the PC this August. The Worms will be back on August 26. And don't fix what isn't broken, right? The developers have said ... Read More

New live action Medal of Honor trailer

New live action Medal of Honor trailer

Medal of Honor has gone live action- in association with Linkin Park. The teaser, with backing from the band, features a mix of live action and gameplay footage. Judging from the trailer, it loo... Read More

Starcraft II rushes to top UK charts

Starcraft II rushes to top UK charts

Starcraft II has made it to the top of the UK charts. Pushing Toy Story 3 down into second place, Starcraft II has become the first PC game of the year to make it top the top spot. The seque... Read More

New Marvel vs Capcom 3 Gameplay Footage

New Marvel vs Capcom 3 Gameplay Footage

You can check out all new combat footage from the upcoming Marvel vs Capcom 3: The Fate of Two Worlds. The video showcases the battle of Captain America, Ironman and Thor against Amaterasu, Chun-Li a... Read More

Ex-Infinity Bosses To Speak At QuakeCon

Ex-Infinity Bosses To Speak At QuakeCon

Jason West and Vince Zampella, both of which were the bosses of Infinity Ward, will speak during this year's QuakeCon. This was revealed by Bethesda’s Pete Hines via his Twitter account. This co... Read More

Battlefield 1943 held back on PC

Battlefield 1943 held back on PC

Battlefield 1943 is continuing to elude PC gamers, and it appears EA are in no position to offer a potential release date. In the latest twist in the tale, EA have been giving refunds to all th... Read More

Halo Reach is finished

Halo Reach is finished

Bungie have put the finishing touches to Halo Reach, and claim that it is ready to be shipped to stores within the next few weeks. On their blog, the developing team stated that, "Assuming thin... Read More

Guerrilla Games Working On A New IP

Guerrilla Games Working On A New IP

Even with the fact that Killzone 3 is still far from release, and we only got a small taste of what's to come, Guerrilla Games revealed that they are planning ideas for a new IP. Speaking in a rece... Read More

New DLC For Dragon Age: Origins Gets Release Date

New DLC For Dragon Age: Origins Gets Release Date

Even with the announcement of Dragon Age 2, Bioware did not forget about their fans and their needs, which is why they will be releasing another piece of DLC for DAO. This piece of DLC is called Go... Read More

New Mafia 2 trailer lets the sparks fly

New Mafia 2 trailer lets the sparks fly

A new trailer for Mafia 2, 'Kick in the Head' has just been released exclusively by GameTrailers. If you're getting an intense feeling of deja vu, you are not alone- it looks awfully like The Godfa... Read More

Halo Reach rage-quitters will be punished

Halo Reach rage-quitters will be punished

Bungie developer Brian Jarrard today said that anyone found to be rage quitting on a regular basis would be penalised. Speaking earlier to Xbox360Achievements, Jarrad stated; “I think one ... Read More