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Microsoft is bringing a white version of its Xbox 360 S to the UK. A new SKU called the Xbox 360 Kinect Bundle will include a glossy white 4GB console (as in, no hard drive), a white Kinect sensor, white controller and a three month Xbox Live Gold subscription. The …
Read More »Was there a secret next-gen Xbox event yesterday?
The existence of an Xbox 720 developer event appears to have been leaked through a harmless Tweet by a Crytek developer claiming to be on location. Sean Tracy, a technical designer for Crytek, earlier tweeted: Enjoying the Durango developers summit in London. So far, great swag and interesting talks”. He …
Read More »PSN maintenance scheduled this week
The PlayStation Network will be down for scheduled maintenancelater this week, with the disruption affecting service inboth US and Europe regions. The maintenancewill last roughly 14 hours,and during that time any functions such as online multiplayer that require the service will be unavailable for users. "Unlike typical maintenance events, consumers …
Read More »EA clarifies Origin’s auto-add feature
EA has responded to reports that its digital distribution service Origin has been auto-adding games purchased from competitors such as Steam. A few of you noticed some of your older EA games showing up in your Origin My Games library over the past few weeks and I wanted to clear …
Read More »Smooth sailing so far for the R18+ rating
An inquiry has been made since the R18+ bill was submitted to parliament, finding that it should move ahead without further public consultation. The report goes through ten pages of usual bureaucracy acknowledging the committee members, the on page 11 has its list of recommendations. There is only one recommendation …
Read More »March 7th reveal for iPad 3
Apple has begun issuing invites to selected media outlets for a March 7th press conference in San Francisco. Near universal expectation among the media is that Apple will reveal iPad 3 at the event. Apple has not publicly confirmed any details on iPad 3. The press conference will clash with …
Read More »Rumour: ‘Secret Xbox 720 dev event in London’
Crytek dev appears to have attended 'Durango developers conference' in London
Read More »Mass Effect 3: Space Edition winners in legal hot water
Two American gamers who were the lucky winners of EA’s Mass Effect 3: Space Edition contest have found themselves in a spot of legal bother. Kotaku reports that video makers Michael Davis and Miguel Droz stumbled across a downed Mass Effect 3 weather balloon in the Arizona desert. Upon realising …
Read More »As pre-order incentives go, killing Hitler is right up there
Publisher 505 Games has detailed what gamers who pre-order Sniper Elite V2 will receive for their troubles – an exclusive chance to kill Hitler. An exclusive single player mission called Assassinate The Fhrer in which gamers are given the chance to pop a bullet into the leader of theNational Socialist …
Read More »Journey dev ponders life ‘beyond PlayStation’
'We are very much exploring ways to bring our games to a bigger audience', says Jenova Chen
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