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In what can only be seen an unwelcome PR blow for Microsoft ahead of its E3 press conference at 18:00 (BST) tonight, the BBC’s tech correspondent has voiced his unease about some elements of Kinect’s design. Speaking after a hands-on sessions at Microsoft’s pre-E3 gathering last night, Rory Cellan-Jones stated: …

Assassin’s Creed II follow up Brotherhood will be released in November. The date has been revealed in an E3 trailer for the game, which says the title is released in the US on November 16th. The trailer is embedded below. The European date can’t be much different – the last …

Consumer games site IGN is currently running with one of the best E3 rumours doing the rounds – that Retro Studios, famed for its work on Nintendo’s recent 3D Metroid outings, is hard at work on a new Donkey Kong title. We’ve not known what Retro has been working on …

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Crysis 2 in 3D on Xbox confirmation points to big news at tonightâ??s press conference

Activision has confirmed that a track from US hip-hop star Eminem’s new album Recovery will feature in this year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops. Slim Shady joins a star-studded roster of talent set to appear in a number of its upcoming titles. Recently revealed DJ Hero 2 welcomes R&B face …

Games for Microsoft’s Kinect will cost significantly less than current Xbox 360 games at retail, reports suggest. Edge Online reports that a highly placed retail source” claims that motion games revealed last night such as Kinect Sports, Kinect Adventures, Dance Central and Your Shape: Fitness Evolved will cost just 29.99 …

Sony could be revealing the first motion-sensitive entry in its long-running SingStar series this week. According to CVG, Sony will announce SingStar Dance during E3 – most likely at the company’s press conference due to take place tomorrow. No gameplay details have emerged, but the site’s source claims the game …

Studio set to try 'everything', says Monkey Island legend