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The actress who portrayed Kate Middleton in straight-to-TV movie William & Kate has been unveiled as the new voice and performance actress” of Square Enix’s reinvented Lara Croft. Camilla Luddington will star in the publisher’s upcoming Tomb Raider, which will be released on March 5th 2013. This has been one …

Sequel becomes third fasting selling game ever on the Nintendo DS

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 …

Hopes of a Final Fantasy VII remake have been dashed… for now at least. Speaking at Square Enix’s annual shareholder meeting, CEO Yoichi Wada said that we’ll make a Final Fantasy VII remake once we’ve made a Final Fantasy game that exceeds the quality of FFVII”, according to Andriasang. He …

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 …

Nintendo’s Pokemon IP has once again flexed its commercial muscle in Japan. Andriasang reports that the game sold 1.619m units in its first two days on sale in the region. That makes it the third best DS launch ever and the first million+ unit seller of the year in the …

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 …

The $99 Xbox 360 Kinect bundle carrying a 24-month contract is now available through GameStop and Best Buy. Major Nelson announced the availability of it through the pair of retailers after the ‘program’ debuted at the Microsoft Store last month. The package runs $99 at time of original purchase, and …

GameStop’s digital distribution service Impulse is now offering games for Indian users in Indian Rupees. However, the site does mention that the Indian price is simply a direct conversion of the games’ US prices based on the most recent currency conversion rates. The GameStop store doesn’t take into account prices …

Ubisoft has announced adjusted release dates for Far Cry 3. Originally set for September, the publisher has revealed the title now won’t be available until the holiday season. The game will arrive in Europe, the Middle East and Africa on November 29th, while North America will get a December 4th …