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A number of high-profile backers have put their names to a new startup that intends to deliver a $99 Android-based console. Like any other console, Ouya will connect to a TV. But that’s about all it has in common. All of its titles will be free-to-play and any developer will …
Read More »Is this a PS3 Super Slim?
A filing with the Federal Communications Commission suggests that Sony might be preparing to reveal a brand new PlayStation 3 design – perhaps at Gamescom. Eurogamer has dug up documents that appear to show a new super slim” version of the PS3 carrying the 4000 series label. Current PS3s are …
Read More »Where are the females in Aliens: Colonial Marines?
Players won’t have the option of playing as a female character in Aliens: Colonial Marines multiplayer. And one gamer is not at all happy. So annoyed is Melissa K, in fact, that she’s started an online petition to make Gearbox reconsider its position. According to Brian Burleson, producer at Gearbox, …
Read More »Blizzard admits to Diablo III endgame shortcomings
Diablo III has been a huge success by any measure, but ardent fans of the series have been offered sympathy from Blizzard regarding the game’s lack of endgame”. With a single player play through time of around 15 hours, some have complained at the lack of activities available to gamers …
Read More »PS4, Xbox 720 "will fail if they let retail dictate game pricing"
Both the PS4 and Xbox 720 will fail if they do not reject physical media in favour of digital distribution, the co-founder of Codemasters has boldly claimed. In what amounts to a scathing attack on games retail, David Darling stated: Sony and Microsoft cannot let the retailers dictate game prices …
Read More »Seth Killian joins Sony Santa Monica as lead game designer
Former Capcom strategic marketing director of online and community Seth Killian has been hired on as Sony Santa Monica’s lead game designer. His duties will include working on PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, along with working with outside studios on other various projects. "Fighting games are very close to my heart, …
Read More »Game of Thrones MMO Seven Kingdoms announced
Bigpoint has announced Game of Thrones: Seven Kingdoms, an upcoming free-to-play browser MMO based on the hit HBO show. The setting for the game will be after the deaths of King Robert Baratheon and Ned Stark, and will unsurprisingly focus on the seven kingdoms revolving around the plot. Players will …
Read More »UPDATED: GRID 2 will follow F1 2012 release, could launch this year
While Codemasters is officially working on F1 2012 for the fall, a new report claims the racing developer is also working on GRID 2 for release sometime after. CVG reports the latest OXM rumours page reveals that the original GRID team is in high gear developing the sequel to the …
Read More »Pokemon Black and White 2 over 2m units sold
Pokmon Black and White 2 have combined for more than two million sales since their June 23rd launch. The latest weekly numbers out of Japan provided by Eurogamer reveal another 416,850 copies sold for the DS sequels. That added to over 1.16m pre-orders along with nearly 500,000 units sold during …
Read More »Nintendo will share download data
The download numbers of New Super Mario Bros 2 will be made public so that the industry ‘can better understand’ that market, Nintendo has said. The platform holder will launch New Super Mario Bros 2 and Onitore (a new Brain Training) via retail and digital at the same time. It …
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