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Read More »Spec Ops: The Line reviews go live
The first reviews of Spec Ops: The Line have gone live, and critics are clearly impressed with the new approach 2K Games has adopted toward the shooting genre. "If you’re into shooters then Spec Ops: The Line should be at the top of your list," The Sixth Axis says in …
Read More »The future of consoles ‘is free-to-play’
'As Soon as tablets can stream on to TVs, there's no reason to buy a console anymore', says Crytek CEO
Read More »FIFA 13 gets 28th September release date
EA Sports today announced that the latest in its football franchise – FIFA 13, will hit stores on 28th September. The game will be available on Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Vita, Wii, PS2, iOS and Android platforms. In the UK, EA is offering the FIFA Ultimate Edition on all preorders …
Read More »Sony hackers plead guilty
Two men accused of launching DDOS attacks on a number of corporate entities have pleased guilty at a British court. 19-year-old Ryan Cleary and 18-year-old Jake Davis admitted to being members of hacking group Lulzsec and, amongst other deeds, taking down Sony’s website. Cleary was first arrested last year but …
Read More »Sony’s Resistance crumbles as IP seemingly comes to an end
It seems as if time may have been called on the Resistance series. Speaking to Official PlayStation Magazine, SCEE’s online producer Daniel Brooke stated that: The Resistance franchise has been exciting to work on but as for the future we have nodefinitiveplans.” The Resistance IP began with Insomniac Games’ PS3 …
Read More »Wreck-It Ralph tie-in announced for Nintendo platforms
Activision has announced a game tie-in for Disney’s upcoming video game-centric animated flick Wreck-It Ralph exclusively for Nintendo platforms. Said to pick up from where the movie ends, the game will be a side-scrolling platformer released alongside the movie later this year for Wii, 3DS, and DS. The Wii version …
Read More »Activision names $175,000 indie contest winner
Development competition 'designed to foster innovation'
Read More »Final Fantasy XI is the most profitable ever FF title
Square Enix has confirmed that ten-year-old MMO outing Final Fantasy XI remains the profitable title in the series ever released. Looking at profitability, it’s the top of all past Final Fantasy games,” Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada told the Vana Fest 2012 audience, Andriasang reports. The publisher recently announced yet …
Read More »Dragon’s Dogma 2 in the works as IP becomes "major franchise"
Capcom believes it has found itself another major IP in the form of Dragon’s Dogma. The publisher has now shipped one million copies of the RPG – the 55th Capcom title to do so. The game has been a particular success in Japan, where its week one unit sales of …
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