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Sony is to launch a red PlayStation 2 and two blue PSP packs in Japan next month. Joinign the ‘cinnabar red’ consoles and ‘metallic blue’ portable will be a new PlayStation Eye bundle. According to Next-gen.biz, the platform holder will launch the limited edition red PS2 on July 3rd at …

Event adds art exhibit, research sessions, new speakers

Capcom has officially unveiled Spyborgs for Wii at its 2008 Captivate event. Developed by Bionic Games, Spyborgs follows a team of super spies and takes its inspiration from TV cartoons with levels split into episodes, complete with ad breaks. Spyborgs coming exclusively for the Nintendo Wii is a departure from …

Sprite animation tool gets keyframing upgrade

MMO and complementary TV series set for 2010 launch

The organisers of this year’s Handheld Learning Conference in October will give teachers that attend free Nintendo DS systems with a copy of Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training. The conference, now in its fourth year, explores how technologies that are becoming commonplace in the lives of young people are also being …

According to Gamespot , a Guitar Hero: Metallica game has been confirmed by Activision in an SEC filing. Wedbush Morgan analyst Edward Woo dug out information on the title, which will be in a similar vein to Guitar Hero: Aerosmith game released earlier this year. It will be released in …

New equipment captures 16 megapixels at 120 frames per second

Eidos’ Age Of Conan: Hyborian Adventures has taken the top spot in the US PC sales chart. According to the NPD Group, the MMO beats Vivendi’s World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest into second. Age OF Conan also take third position with the collector’s edition of the game. Two EA The …

Tesco and Future-published games site GamesRadar.com have joined forces to create what it has dubbed ‘the UK’s biggest-ever games magazine’. The free publication will be distributed through 425 Tesco supermarkets as well as with online purchases from the Tesco Entertainment website from June 16th. It is another step in Tesco’s …