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Konami has lifted the lid on this year’s on this year’s instalment of its popular football series PES 2013. The game will see the series returning to its roots, with the emphasis on the individual skills of the world’s best players, and giving the player the total freedom to play …

A third PSP game has been removed from the PlayStation Store after it emerged that the title was being used to allow homebrew gaming on Vita. Prior to its removal Super Collapse was being used by hackers to access and run homebrew software Vita Half-Byte loader which, amongst other things, …

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Valve and Steam boss Gabe Newell has slammed EA’s rival Origin download service, saying that he "doesn’t think EA are doing anything super-well yet”. "They have a bunch of smart people working on it but I think they’re still playing catch up to a lot of people who have been …

Nintendo has confirmed that New Super Mario Bros 2 will be released for the 3DS this August in Europe. That’s the same month the game is due out in Japan and North America. As you would expect from the modern, family-friendly Nintendo the game has been created specifically as a …

GameStop has reported a 3.6 per cent decline in like-for-like store sales for its fiscal fourth quarter. Net earnings for the period fell $63.1m to $174.7m – that’s a drop of 27 per cent. Global sales for the fiscal year remained largely static at $9.55bn, with like-for-like sales falling 2.1 …

Several new bits of info has arrived for the PC version of Rockstar’s upcoming effort Max Payne 3. The PC version will support DirectX11 ‘including tessellation, as well as a number of additional advanced graphics options. ‘ Players will have to wait until May 29th for their shot at it …

Square Enix has revealed a Europe/PAL territories release date for Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance]. The 3DS title will arrive on July 20th in the aforementioned regions, ahead of the July 31st target in North America. The reveal was originally made via a shown at Europe’s Nintendo Direct presentation …

Warner Bros has announced a Game of the Year edition for Batman: Arkham City, revealing a new DLC add-on for the title as well. The just revealed Harley Quinn’s Revenge pack is set-up to be the game’s final chapter, featuring new story content and the option to play both as …

New info has surfaced regarding a potential sequel to Ubisoft’s Rayman Origins via a leaked survey. An anonymous Kotaku reader shared images pulled from marketing firm Arkenford’s survey hinting at a new Rayman Origins title. Ubisoft is reportedly a regular client of the company. The shots show that the the …