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EA has confirmed the rumoured Battlefield Premium service, following a pair of leaks surfacing earlier on in the day. Reports started pouring in early Wednesday of the EU PS Blog mistakenly listing (and then quickly removing) ‘Battlefield 3 – Premium’ in the latest post. Later on, a fact sheet revealing …

Sony at one point considered, but ultimately rejected building the PS4 as a download-only console, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Sources ‘familiar with the matter’ shared that the company has opted to go with an optical disk drive model after the digital-based console concept was turned …

Polish developer CD Projekt RED, best known for The Witcher series, today announced Cyberpunk, a futuristic triple A” sci-fi RPG based on Mike Pondsmith’s Cyberpunk pen-and-paper system. Cyberpunk is being worked on by a second team at CD Projekt RED, headed by veterans of the two The Witcher games. Like …

The latest game to benefit from the PlayStation Pub Fund is Guacamelee, a side-scrolling puzzle platformer from DrinkBox Studios. Described by studio COO Graham Smith as a Mexican-themed co-op-multiplayer dimension-swapping Metroid-vania beat-em-up platformer”, Guacamelee is headed to both the PS3 and PS Vita. Smith promised that the game will leverage …

Hideo Kojima’s Fox Engine will power the future of the Pro Evolution Soccer series on next-gen consoles. Fox is a multi-platform engine designed by the studio behind the Metal Gear Solid series. It went into development after the developer shipped Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots in 2008. …

What can only be described as the ultimate Doom SKU is heading to Xbox 360 and PS3 later this year. Called Doom 3 BFG Edition, the pack will include Doom, Doom 2, Doom 3 and Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil. As you’d expect, graphics and controls have been fully revamped …

The price of the PlayStation Vita will be cut by €50 from June 1st in France, Sony has confirmed. The platform holder is offering to rebate €50 (39.87) on any purchase of a PlayStation Vita between June 1st to July 15th. Crucially, it is a limited time offer that will …

The UK’s very first Angry Birds theme park will open at the end of summer in Retford, Nottinghamshire. It will open in Sundown Adventureland, and feature animal spring riders, swings, sandpits, climbing towers, slides and even a giant dummy catapult all based on Rovio’s hit mobile game. Sundown Adventureland has …

With plenty of hype ahead of its release, the new trailer for Hitman: Absolution had a lot to live up to. And it certainly delivers! Be warned, if you’re below the age of 18 please steer clear – there’s plenty of gore here. And let’s not even begin on the …

In a move that will rock the next generation of console gaming, Sony is close to agreeing an acquisition of a high profile cloud gaming firm, MCV understands. It was reported earlier this week that Sony was to reveal a partnership with a cloud gaming firm – specifically either OnLive …