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Independent UK website TheSixthAxis is attending E3 for the second year running, serving its hungry audience’s demands for the latest games news. TheSixthAxis started as a passion project for two friends but has attracted a steadily growing audience and consistently adds new writing talent to a team of dedicated volunteers. …

Microsoft has revealed a brand new limited edition racing-focused Xbox 360 hardware bundle for the US. The SKU includes a 250GB console, a copy of Forza Motorsport 4 and Microsoft’s brilliant first party wireless racing wheel. It costs $299.99 – that’s the same price as the current 250GB bundle in …

Sony will use some of its stage time at E3 convincing consumers to sign up to a reinvigorated PlayStation Plus subscription service, a report claims. Eurogamer has word from multiple sources” that Sony will offer the dangling carrot of more top tier” free games. Part of this shift will be …

Reliance Home Video and Games today announced that it will distribute Namco Bandai’s movie-based titles in India. E-Xpress Interactive had earlier announced a distribution deal with Namco, but that deal excludes games based on Dreamworks film properties. D3 Publisher had signed on to develop and publish games based on three …

Amazon has released its Instant Video application onto the Xbox 360, with the app available now for Xbox Live Gold subscribers. Instant Video lets Amazon customers to watch any purchased or rented content thorough the console, as well as offering the Prime Instant Video library for paying Amazon Prime subscribers. …

Microsoft has announced some key figures for the Xbox 360, including the console’s lifetime sales numbers. Since its launch in 2005 the 360 has sold 67m units, bringing in over $56bn at retail. Xbox Live boasts 40m members, and Kinect has sold 19m units. A rise in sales like-for-like from …

Trial set to begin June 1st, must end by July 2nd

The rumoured Castlevania: Lords of Shadow sequel has been confirmed by a cover story in the latest Nintendo Power. Go Nintendo provides the details on the magazine feature, which reveals Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate for the 3DS. According to the feature, Trevor Belmont will take on …

Start-up picks up Laurent Desegur as VP of mobile engineering

Konami has announced their second annual pre-E3 show is taking place later this week, where the publisher plans to reveal ‘all’ of its show announcements ahead of the conference. The presentation takes place on Thursday, May 31st at 10PM Pacific. Konami will be showing the event live on their website, …