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Sony has announced its next generation portable, PlayStation Vita, will launch this Christmas. The launch window was confirmed by Sony’s corporate executive officer and executive VP Kaz Hirai during the platform holder’s E3 press conference. Hirai also officially announced the rumoured Vita is indeed the name for the new handheld, …
Read More »Gearbox jumps from Duke Nukem to Brothers In Arms
Ubisoft aims to rival Call Of Duty with Gearbox-built title
Read More »Far Cry 3 underway at three Ubisoft studios
New project being built in Canada, Sweden and China
Read More »Rare splits duties for new Kinect Sports project
Sequel to the money-spinning sports game underway
Read More »Insomniac holds faith in new IP with Overstrike
EA throws its weight behind the co-op focused action game
Read More »OPINION: Microsoft’s E3 press conference
There’s someone getting a monumental telling off tonight. Were it not for a colossal balls up at Xbox.com earlier that resulted in the early reveal of Halo 4, tonight’s press conference would have finished on a majestic whoop-fest. That’s not to say that it didn’t climax pleasingly. Despite being devoid …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Kinect Sports 2 confirmed
Kinect Sports: Season Two will be released on Xbox 360 Kinect this winter. Microsoft demoed the sequel to its motion controller’s best-selling game at its E3 2011 conference, showing the audience golf and American football in-game. Kinect Sports: Season Two producer Nicole Makila said: This is another extraordinary experience for …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Dance Central 2 announced
Microsoft has revealed a successor to MTV’s Kinect smash hit Dance Central. Dance Central 2 brings a number of improvements over the first game, the chief of which is the inclusion of simultaneous multiplayer. In the first game players had to take turns when competing. The game will also allow …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Kinect Fun Labs goes live
Microsoft is launching new motion-sensing software Kinect Fun Labs today. The title was announced by Kinect mastermind Kudo Tsunoda during Microsoft’s E3 press conference and has been inspired by the enhancements that other developers have brought to Microsoft’s motion controller. "Developers of all sizes have delivered new experiences on the …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Forza 4 dated
Forza Motorsport 4 will be released in the US on October 11th. The launch date was revealed during Microsoft’s E3 press conference after a trailer highlighting the game’s key features. The game will feature cars from over 80 manufacturers, Kinect headtracking, community car clubs and Top Gear-themed content, including the …
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