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E3â??09: SCE president of Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida promises an â??extensive line-up of games to chooseâ?? from launch

Konami has announced Castlevania: Lords of Shadow for Xbox 360 and PS3. The game is being developed by Spanish studio Mercury Steam, with help from Kojima Productions, and will launch in 2010. Lords of Shadow was originally revealed by Konami last year as a new IP, but the firm has …

The original Perfect Dark is being upgraded and is due to be released on Xbox Live Arcade. The upcoming port of the classic Rare first-person shooter was confirmed by a post on Major Nelson’s Twitter feed: In the booth. Just saw Perfect Dark on XBLA running 1080p. It is coming …

The industry’s move to embrace motion control does not mean the end of the traditional joypad, Microsoft has asserted. E3 was defined by both Sony and Microsoft’s demonstrations of their new motion-based control options, but neither firm looks set to follow the Wii and ditch the joypad as their primary …

Developer lashes out against allegations that the Xbox title was a â??recruiting tool for terrorismâ??

The release of the first colour variant always marks a significant point in a console’s lifecycle, so considering the Wii’s slowing sales in Japan news of a new look for the machine is hardly surprising. Kotaku has pictures of a new black Wii variant, which will be released on August …

Flash-based game site aims to unite programmers, artists and sound designers to collaborate on new games

E3'09: Metal Gear director collaborating with Spanish studio Mercury Steam

Despite it’s high-profile reveal at Microsoft’s E3 press conference, Metal Gear Solid Rising will, as expected, be released on both PS3 and Xbox 360 – as well as PC – on day one. Any doubts were banished by Sony’s US marketing head Peter Dille, who confirmed to Kotaku not only …