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South Park: The Stick of Truth arrives in the US today and in the UK this Friday, but the launch video is available to view right now. The game has received a number of glowing reviews and currently has an 85 per cent Metacritic average on PC and 82 per …

And the records keep breaking. PS4 has smashed through 6m sales in less than four months, the company has announced. It follows the console’s Japanese launch, which saw 370,000 consoles sold in a little over a week. An impressive feat for a console released out of season in a territory …

Microconsole maker Ouya is reportedly readying a new service that will allow gamers to play titles on the Ouya Store through other means than just the platform’s hardware. Founder and CEO Julie Uhrman teased the ‘Ouya Everywhere” feature to SlashDot, though deferred getting into any solid details until the supposed …

Nintendo has confirmed the rumoured Yoshi’s New Island 3DS XL is heading to North America this month, but we can’t help noting one glaring omission from the package. The new 3DS XL will arrive adorned in the dinosaur’s iconic green and white colors, with Yoshi and one of its polka …

Konami Digital Entertainment has announced the promotion of executive vice president Tomohiro Uesugi to company president, as the publisher has affirmed a new focus to grow brand awarenes and sales in the Americas. The company will look to Uesugi’s "reputation and history as a transformational leader” and strong track record …

One of the creators of Konami’s Castelvania: Lords of Shadow 2 has lashed out at some of the game’s reviews. OXM has had a go at translating a piece on Eurogamer Spain in which game director Enric Alvarez says that the specialised gaming press [lacks] professionalism". Added Alvarez: "[You can …

Sony has released its TV ad for upcoming PS4 exclusive InFamous: Second Son. The game arrives on March 21st and along with the likes of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD bookends what is a quite exciting couple of weeks for new releases at retail. …

Cult indie platformer Fez will hit all three PlayStation platforms later this month. That’s according to a tweet from One Hit Pixel claiming the game has been given a release date of March 26th on PS4, PS3 and PlayStation Vita. The game was for a long time an Xbox 360 …

Deal goes through despite legal battle with Gearbox

The total amount of money pledged on Kickstarter since its inception on April 28th 2009 has now passed $1bn. On its first day 40 people pledged $1,084 to seven projects. By September 2011 total pledges had reached $98,637,926. The booming popularity of the service means that over half of its …