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Sony is working on a new accessory that transforms the PlayStation Move controller into a steering wheel. The peripheral houses the standard Move controller – not to be confused with the Navigation controller – and also features the full array of face buttons and directional pad, according to Eurogamer. As …

In the fourth of a series of features answering the biggest questions about the industry’s future, Dominic Sacco evaluates the threat of the free-to-play model Will all games be free?NO The most played PC browser and mobile games cost nothing to play. Zynga’s CityVille is the most popular Facebook game …

Electronic Arts has announced the next Crytek-developed shooter will be released worldwide in February. Crysis 3 was dated during EA’s E3 press conference, where the publisher showed off new footage of the sci-fi shooter. The game once again puts players in the Nanosuit and sees them stalking enemies through an …

Beyond: Two Souls has been officially announced, and you can see the first trailer for the game right here. It’s heavy in atmosphere but leaves us guessing as to gameplay details. It looks likely to play in a similar fashion to Quantic Dreams’ previous title, Heavy Rain, with a large …

Some surprises are always kept secret, and some expected announcements seem to disappear into nothingness. But, with a certain degree of accuracy, we can always predict what we’re going to get from the platform holders at E3. Is that depressing? No, not really. There are thousands of us around the …

In the third of a series of features answering the biggest questions about the industry’s future, James Batchelor details the true potential behind Nintendo’s next console. Wii U: Will it work?YES Wii U certainly has its sceptics. Its reveal at E3 last year got a mixed reception. It was certainly …

Sony this morning treated its E3 audience to a number of new game announcements – and a little magic. Although it won’t have appealed to the very core-centric vocal internet audience, Wonderbook looks like a fantastic innovation – and don’t underestimate the endorsement of one JK Rowling, either. As revealed …

Star Wars: The Old Republic will be a bit more free-to-play coming next month, BioWare announced during EA’s E3 press briefing earlier today. The MMO will receive a July update that will make it free-to-play up through level 15. The update also will introduce the new world of Makeb, as …

It appears Minecraft’s popularity on the Xbox 360 mirrors that of its PC version. Best-selling Live Arcade game ever, in less than a month,” boasted the game’s creator and Mojang boss Markus Persson (aka Notch) on Twitter earlier today. Mojang’s business developer Daniel Kaplan followed up by sharing that the …