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The Collector’s Edition of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow has not been cancelled, despite claims being made online. Retailer GAME issued this following statement via Twitter this morning: Castlevania fans! Lords of Shadow Collector’s Ed has been pulled by the publisher and is no longer happening.” Konami has now told MCV …

Shamed former US lawyer Jack Thompson has reared his ugly head once more, claiming ‘victory’ in what he sees as a battle against EA to get the Taliban removed from next week’s Medal of Honor. EA confirmed last week that following a period of pressure and media hype it has …

Travellerâ??s Tales, Evolution Studios and Blitz Games Studios talks added

Irrational Gamesâ?? creative director wants to fool audience expectations

A New York branch on Best Buy is charging customers $30 for upgrading the firmware on their PS3 console, according to a report on DualShockers. Users of the console will know that all they have to do to upgrade the firmware themselves is plug the console into the internet, turn …

Publisher 2K Games has announced a special treat that will be bundled with next week’s Borderlands Game of the Year Edition. Included in the box will be membership to what is being called the Duke Nukem First Access Club which will allow for early access to the (quite literally) long-awaited …

Publisher Sega has lifted the lid on its official game based on one of next summer’s biggest Hollywood releases Captain America: Super Soldier. The game features an original plot penned by Marvel writer Christos Gage and will feature noted enemies such as Iron Cross, the Hydra Army and Red Skull. …

Summer 2011 arrival for superhero outing on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and DS

â??I love it when devs say, â??we have 800 lines of dialogueâ?. I mean, who fucking cares? That's a standard?'

Panasonic had best abandon its plans at get back to making TVs if the reaction of a number of analysts to its announcement of new gaming portable Jungle is anything to go by. Having followed Panasonic/Matsushita for nearly 20 years I cansay they have looked at ways to get into …