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Capcom and Sony Pictures have confirmed that the latest in the Resident Evil Movie series, dubbed Degeneration, will be released this year. The duo showed off sneak previews of the fully CG-animated title at last week Comic Con in San Diego, US. The title will have its theatrical debut in …

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello has admitted that the company put too much focus on PS3 and 360 at the beginning of the current console cycle – and largely ignored the potential of Wii. However, Speaking to the San Jose Mercury News, Riccitiello said that his company had since become …

Facebook is in hot water with anti-knife crime campaigners over a new game that allows user to ‘stab’ each other. The application allows members to send a knife icon to friends, with accompanying text that informs them they have been ‘shanked’ – a street slang term for ‘knifed’. For the …

EA will report a loss of $111m for its fiscal Q2 in 2008-2009 tomorrow. That’s according to top analysts, reports Forbes, who believe that for the three months ended June 30th, will report a total loss of 33 cents per share. However, that compares favourably with a loss of $132 …

id chief still wants to make 'exclusive graphical tour de force', though

When Sony introduced disc-based gaming to the masses, the relationship between music and video games exploded into life. Long before Guitar Hero rocked the world, soundtracks in the likes of WipEout, FIFA and Tony Hawk’s brought music to a new audience, and were the catalyst for some of the most …

Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros has come out on top in a new poll of the greatest games of all time. The list was voted for by over 2,000 gamers through onepoll.com. ‘Old skool’ titles such as Pac Man, Donkey Kong and Frogger did particularly well in the list. John Sewell, …

Midway is to release a new Mortal Kombat compilation for PS2 in September. Mortal Kombat: Kollection contains a trilogy of old MK releases: Deception, Armageddon and Shaolin Monks. The title will be available in the US for an SRP of $29.99. As yet, there are no details of a European …

Nintendo of America’s NOA’s EVP of sales and marketing Cammie Dunaway has said that Nintendo has no plans to introduce coloured Wii consoles just yet. In a full interview with IGN, Dunaway said: [We] certainly don’t have any announcements to make about different colours. We continue to sell out of …

Koch-owned publisher Deep Silver has signed an agreement with Apogee Software to co-publish one of the greatest franchises in the history of gaming.” The anticipated Duke Nukem Trilogy will be released on DS and PSP in sequential episodes, starting with Critical Mass, followed by Chain Reaction and Proving Grounds. Terry …