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This week’s PlayStation Store update is rather subdued, so much so that the biggest news is that The Walking Dead: Episode 2 isn’t part of it. Fans are up in arms over the delay in the release of the second episode on the European and Indian PlayStation Stores, with developer …
Read More »Rufus Hound promotes Mario Kart 7 tournament
Comedian Rufus Hound is joining Nintendo to promote the upcoming Mario Kart 7 tournament. Due to take place this summer, the Britian’s Fastest Family Tournament offers keen Mario Kart 7 players a chance to win a Honda Jazz and other Nintendo goodies as well as the coveted Mario Kart 7 …
Read More »Former Xbox exec backing $99 "hackable" Android console
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 …
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