Namco Bandai has announced an interesting launch exclusive with Amazon for upcoming RPG The Witcher 2. The online retail giant has confirmed that its entire Xbox 360 launch stock of the The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings – Enhanced Edition has been signed by members of the CD Projekt development …
Read More »Rumour: PS4 to employ anti-pre-owned tech
PlayStation 4 allegedly codenamed Orbis; System to use AMD GPU and CPU combo
Read More »iPad 3 already jailbroken by hackers
Apple’s brand new iPad 3 has been jailbroken by the Apple hacking community just hours after its release. ZDNet reports that no less than three separate jailbreaking methods are now publically available, with custom code already up and running on iOS 5.1. Once ‘jailbroken’, an Apple device is able to …
Read More »Zynga in ‘$150m bidding war’ for Draw Something
Multiple parties said to be interested in new mobile and Facebook sensation
Read More »Portal 2 scoops top prize at GAME BAFTAs
Valve’s console and PC title Portal 2 was the star performer at the GAME sponsored 2012 British Academy Video Games Awards. The game scooped three prizes in total – Best Story, Best Design and the coveted Best Game accolade. EA’s Battlefield 3 and Sony’s LittleBigPlanet 2 both won two awards, …
Read More »Report: Elder Scrolls MMO announcement in May
Bethesda is readying a massive reveal for the Elder Scrolls series according to a recent report. Citing three unnamed industry sources, Tom’s Guideclaims the franchise’s next step will be into the massive multiplayer online genre with an official announcement set for May. The game is said to take place in …
Read More »EverQuest free-to-play model launches
SOE has word that the previously unveiled free-to-play model for its long lasting MMO EverQuest has launched. "Through 18 successful expansions and countless other game updates, EverQuest has forged its place in history amongst the MMO and online game elite," EverQuest franchise director of development Dave Georgeson asserted in an …
Read More »Notch: Digital distribution monopoly ‘dangerous’
'I love Valve, but out of principle, I find the idea of one platform a bit scary', says Mojang boss
Read More »Valve downs ‘Steam Box’ rumours
Valve has shot down the ‘Steam Box’ hardwarerumors that were swirling about late last week. It was originally speculated that the company was preppinga set-top box that could run PC games and use Steam or even competing services. "We’re prepping the Steam Big Picture Mode UI and getting ready to …
Read More »‘Record revenues for PC games market’
China accounts for third of total revenues; global sector 'to be worth $25.5 billion by 2015', claims report
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