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Konami has announced that a free downloadable add-on for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots will be made available on PS3 on Thursday (June 26th) in Europe. The Metal Gear Solid 4 Database is a comprehensive archive detailing characters, weapons and plot elements from 1987’s original Metal Gear …
Read More »PES 2009 announced
Konami has confirmed that a new Pro Evolution Soccer game will hit stores in the autumn. PES 2009 will be released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, PS2 and PSP. New additions include that will further bridge the gap between PES and the real thing. According to Konami: ‘The new …
Read More »The 100 greatest games of all time
UK retail giant GAME’s customers have voted for their favourite 100 games of all time – with Activision’s Call Of Duty 4 has coming out on top. Other entrants into the top ten included Zelda: Ocarina Of Time in second spot, GTA 4 at No. 4 and GoldenEye in sixth …
Read More »PS3 is perfect platform for MMOs
SOE President John Smedley has told MCV that PS3 is the ‘perfect platform’ for developing MMOs on a console. Speaking in an exclusive interview, Smedley said: Probably the biggest thing we can bring to the table is just the experience of having operated an online gaming service for many years. …
Read More »DSGI shares fall to new low
Shares in DSG International fell to 46p last Friday as it prepared to reveal its results this Thursday, according to the Independent on Sunday. Shares have fallen from a high of 176p over the past few months following two profit warnings, with chief executive John Browett already stating that pre-tax …
Read More »SOE what?
How can moving SOE closer to the PlayStation division help you better compete with Xbox Live? As you may know, SOE helped to build the PlayStation Network and we continue to help operate it. We have over eight years of experience running an online service and that experience is a …
Read More »The Beatles licence up for grabs
Representatives for The Beatles are in negotiations with the companies behind Rock Band and Guitar Hero with a view to licensing the Fab Four’s music. According to the Financial Times, Activision and MTV are both keen to create a Beatles-themed video game. The newspaper reports that the move ‘could pave …
Read More »UK pub quiz for studios announced
The first Develop Pub Quiz will take place on the evening of Tuesday July 29th in Brighton, offering games developers based in the UK city – or those in town for the Develop conference which takes place that week – the chance to knock back a beer or two and …
Read More »Hundreds of real jobs in games right here
News just in: Naomi Campbell has been sentenced to 200 hours community service after pleading guilty to flailing pathetically at two coppers in Heathrow airport. We’ll allow you to take a therapeutic Friday moment of Zen to picture her scrubbing graffiti in her dainty Jimmy Choos… Done? Good. If you …
Read More »Latest Wii firmware blocks homebrew and Freeloader
It seems that Nintendo has decided to take action on the growing homebrew Wii community following news that its latest update to the Wii’s firmware (version 3.3) removes files associated with ‘unauthorised modifications’ from users’ machines, according to Joystiq . In addition, GoNintendo reports that it also seems that firmware …
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