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Gaming’s best ever sequels

Gaming’s best ever sequels

  Sure as night follows day, game sequels will continue to be big business. Thankfully, things really do seem to improve with age in the gaming world.   Just look at some of the nominations for... Read More

56 Achievements, 1000 Microsoft Points to be had in MS Game Room

56 Achievements, 1000 Microsoft Points to be had in MS Game Room

Microsoft have just released the achievement list for the MS Game Room on the Xbox 360. Each achievement will be worth some Microsoft points too, so it's worth just dropping by. Take a look at ... Read More

Xbox 360 slim already under production?

Xbox 360 slim already under production?

When Sony announced the PlayStation 3 Slim last year, it created a craze around the internet. But has Microsoft now cottoned onto the idea too? According to Kotaku, a new image of Xbox 360's motherboa... Read More

Crackdown 2 dated in the UK

Crackdown 2 dated in the UK

One of the biggest releases for the Xbox 360 this year is Crackdown 2, and its release date is now official. Crackdown 2 will come out on July 9 in the UK. UK is the only region right now that h... Read More

Gears of War 3 Tech Demo and Unreal Engine Updates

Gears of War 3 Tech Demo and Unreal Engine Updates

Epic have just released this amazing tech demo for the upcoming Gears of War 3. A lot of information is still in the air and we have no clue as to when the third game in the premium franchise will be ... Read More

Xbox 360 spring bundle offers two free games

Xbox 360 spring bundle offers two free games

thatvideogameblog states that Microsoft has started shipping the new Xbox 360 spring bundle, which is selling at the normal price of $299 (120gb HDD Elite SKU), the bundle comes packed with a copy of... Read More

New Alan Wake trailer reveals man fight combine harvester with torch

New Alan Wake trailer reveals man fight combine harvester with torch

Microsoft just published a new Alan Wake trailer featuring torch-play and an angry farming machine. Have a look at the trailer yourselves, right here, right now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=... Read More

‘Natal won’t hurt our core focus’- Microsoft

‘Natal won’t hurt our core focus’- Microsoft

While Natal is going to be aimed slightly more towards casual gamers, MS has said that they won't be discarding the hardcore minority. In an interview with MCV the Big M stated that 2010 releases s... Read More

Microsoft stealing ideas, Jaffe rants about it

Microsoft stealing ideas, Jaffe rants about it

Perhaps one of the biggest names in gaming this generation is David Jaffe, the creator of Twisted Metal and God of War, has plenty of stuff to rant about, and this time its about Micorosft copying stu... Read More

Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo keynotes absent at GDC

Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo keynotes absent at GDC

This year's GDC (March 9th-13th, San Fransisco) will be headlined by a speech from Sid Meier, as there will be no main keynote from either of the Big Three, VG247 was told. There will however be a ... Read More

Five reasons why Split/Second will race to the top of the charts

Five reasons why Split/Second will race to the top of the charts

Finished the latest Forza? Bored of Burnout? Given up waiting for the new Gran Turismo? Well, there's a glut of upcoming new racers in the next few months that will be fighting for pole position in th... Read More

Heavy Rain tops UK charts

Heavy Rain tops UK charts

Heavy Rain has topped UK charts for the week ending February 28th, 2010. Here are the top 10 sellers in UK: 1 – Heavy Rain (Quantic Dream, SCEE) 2 – Alien vs Predator (Rebellion, Sega) 3 �... Read More

Final Fantasy XIII has 18.3 GB install on the Xbox 360

Final Fantasy XIII has 18.3 GB install on the Xbox 360

According to Ve3tro.com, the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII will have a whopping 18.3 GB hdd install. Now this might actually be bad news for gamers who have the 20GB Xbox 360 version, sin... Read More

Remedy in no hurry for next generation consoles

Remedy in no hurry for next generation consoles

Speaking to gamesindustry.biz, Alan Wake developers , Remedy, have said that they are in no hurry for next generation of consoles to arrive. They said: "I think all the developers out there -- or most... Read More

Natal lags at 1/10 of a second

Natal lags at 1/10 of a second

MTV have published their findings on the lag behind the motion control technology that is Project Natal- and it came out at an average of 1 tenth of a second. The experiment was carried out through... Read More

EA announces new DLC for Army of Two

EA announces new DLC for Army of Two

EA Montreal have announced that Rio and Salem have some unfinished business in Army of Two: The 40th Day. The downloadable pack named as "Chapters of Deceit", will be available on the PSN and XBL f... Read More

New Just Cause 2 Videos Released

New Just Cause 2 Videos Released

The somewhat anticipated title of Just Cause 2 has now launched some new videos detailing stunts to get you, the gamer, excited.  As in the first Just Cause you will take control of Rico Rodrigue... Read More

360’s exclusive line up for 2010 looks better than PS3’s

360’s exclusive line up for 2010 looks better than PS3’s

2010 is looking like a world war year for games this year. The Xbox 360 was quoted by many as not having many games in 2009 to which we did a review of Xbox 360 last year. It had a decent library of g... Read More

Fable 3 versus Fable 2 HD screenshot comparison

Fable 3 versus Fable 2 HD screenshot comparison

Fable III is looking like it is going to be one of the top role playing games this year. With the talented LionHead studios burning the midnight oil to get this game ready, we at GamingBolt decided to... 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