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Cruel and unusual Assassins Creed II DRM for PC

Cruel and unusual Assassins Creed II DRM for PC

If you happen to be one of the ever dwindling numbers of people looking to buy Assassins Creed II, be warned- this game features some of the most draconian DRM seen in any game. [caption id="attach... Read More

First 5 minutes of Alan Wake released

First 5 minutes of Alan Wake released

The video below shows the first few minutes of Remedy's thriller. And it's looking good. Very good. [HTML1] Alan Wake is due out May 18th for the 360 (no PC, sadly).Read More

EU PS store update Feb 18th

EU PS store update Feb 18th

This week's PS store update includes new Assassin's Creed II DLC and the Yakuza 3 demo. In addition to the highly anticipated Y3 demo and the Bonfire of Vanities AC2 DLC, you also get some new Resi... Read More

Warcraft player chokes mother after refusing to quiet down

Warcraft player chokes mother after refusing to quiet down

27-year old James Swan was so incensed after his mother told him to quiet down his World of Warcraft playing that he choked her, before ramming his own head through a wall. According to Kotaku, Swa... Read More

Microsoft Game Room Details & Release Date

Microsoft Game Room Details & Release Date

The Microsoft Game Room is much like an old style arcade, only it’s a virtual place to play arcade games with you and your friends Avatars.  It is free to download but you will have to pay to play ... Read More

Bungie aiming to raise the bar visually with Halo Reach

Bungie aiming to raise the bar visually with Halo Reach

Giving an interview to Eurogamer, Marcus Lehto, Creative Director behind Halo Reach admits that Halo 3 wasn't a huge leap visually compared to the competition but they are now trying hard to fix t... Read More

Biggest Modern Warfare 2 Cocky Kill Fail Ever!

Biggest Modern Warfare 2 Cocky Kill Fail Ever!

You remember those MW2 kills where a guy creeps up behind a sniper, sends him a funny message, then stabs him? Well, this guy tried it. And this guy failed. Update: Video is no longer availab... Read More

Shattered Horizon Gets Free Weekend on Steam 19th–-21st February

Shattered Horizon Gets Free Weekend on Steam 19th–-21st February

Futuremark Games Studio today announced that Shattered Horizon™, their PC exclusive multiplayer first-person shooter, will be free to play and 50 percent off to buy on Steam this weekend. Shattered H... Read More

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands shipping with PoP: Classic

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands shipping with PoP: Classic

No matter what version of The Forgotten Sands you are planning on picking up, you will get your hands on PoP: Classic, an XBLA and PSN game released in 2007. Classic is a remake of the 1989 ori... Read More

Time for another Wii price drop say analysts

Time for another Wii price drop say analysts

Last year, when market analysts asked for a price drop, the Wii did indeed drop to $200. Now it's happening again. Mike Hickey, and analyst from Janco Partners has stated that unless the price is d... Read More

Molyneux speaks out against lack of UK tax breaks for industry

Molyneux speaks out against lack of UK tax breaks for industry

Peter Molyneux has spoken out against the UK government's refusal to grant tax breaks to the video game industry. “I’ve been saying this for years; it is just crazy that the British government do... Read More

Final Fantasy Versus XIII may not be shown at E3

Final Fantasy Versus XIII may not be shown at E3

Due to changes in the games development, Final Fantasy Versus XIII may not be shown at E3 this year. Play style, character movement and the world map are all looking to change up a bit, and may not... Read More

Metro 2033 shipping with Nvidia 3D support, new screenshots

Metro 2033 shipping with Nvidia 3D support, new screenshots

THQ has announced that the upcoming game Metro 2033 will be shipping with out-of-the-box 3D vision support for PC upon release next month. The game will also support DirectX 11. THQ has promised th... Read More

Rumour- Monster Hunter Tri coming to PSP in 2010

Rumour- Monster Hunter Tri coming to PSP in 2010

Chinese gaming magazine Gamewave has stumbled across a story that states that Monster Hunter Tri could be abandoning its DS roots and coming to the PSP this year. Up until now, MH Tri was only ... Read More

MAG and Bayonetta new entries in Top 20

MAG and Bayonetta new entries in Top 20

MAG and Bayonetta have made it into the top 20 selling games for the month of January, according to NPD. Darksiders and Army of Two: The 40th Day also made it into the Top 20. Noticably absent were... Read More

Final Fantasy developers hit back at criticism

Final Fantasy developers hit back at criticism

The senior development team behind Final Fantasy XIII have hit back at western critical reviews. We try not to listen to the critics too much. Most of the criticisms have come because the first half ... Read More

Microsoft working on ‘large franchise’ to go with Natal

Microsoft working on ‘large franchise’ to go with Natal

Using the buzzwords 'combat' and 'strategy', a Senior Level Designer at Microsoft has announced that the big M is working on a 'large franchise' to work with Natal. It is so far unknown as to w... Read More

Rumour- DS 2 to ship with motion control

Rumour- DS 2 to ship with motion control

According to a rumor from CVG, the DS 2 is already in the hands of developers such as The Pokemon Company, who may be utilizing its possible motion control. The motion controls are said to be simil... Read More

Yoshinori Kitase comments about FFVII remake

Yoshinori Kitase comments about FFVII remake

In a video interview with GameTrailers.com, Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase said that he would be interested in Final Fantasy VII remake. He said: “I’m really interested to ... Read More

Beautiful Katamari on Xbox Live

Beautiful Katamari on Xbox Live

A very short news from us, here at GamingBolt. Beautiful Katamari is the latest addition to Xbox Live's Games on Demand library. The game is now available for download for £19.99. Considering the qua... Read More