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After a period of speculation and gossip, Konami has finally confirmed that Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection will be arriving on PS2 shortly – in the US at least. The game includes the original PSOne Metal Gear Solid, the Director’s Cut edition of Metal Gear Solid 2 and the …

Though it’s yet to release an official statement, THQ has all-but-announced the development of FPS sequel Red Faction III in a recent investor conference call, Gamespot reports. THQ CEO Brian Farrell referred to the game by name, confirming that it is being developed by Volition Studios, the team behind the …

Popular middleware firm promises full details in two weeks

In an interview with IGN , Peter Moore has revealed that new boxing title Facebreaker is to be the first of many more titles from EA Sports which will be aimed at the casual gamer. There will be more announcements that will be, if you will, licensed intellectual property that …

January is out of the way and the industry’s employees are back in the swing of things. But having traversed the post-Christmas blues, are you tempted to take a job elsewhere? If you’re after a change of environment, more money or new colleagues, Mcvuk.com is the destination you need. Whenever …

Nintendo will provide non-gaming public services via Wi-Fi to DS owners by summer this year. According to CEO Satoru Iwata, consumers will be able to download information from public Wi-Fi hotspots. It is yet to be seen how advertisers will be able to utilise the project – but special DS-only …

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has shot down any idea that Nintendo will follow Sony and create a virtual ‘social’ world for its consoles. Iwata asserted that a PS3 Home-style service would risk compromising the platform holder’s desire to get ‘five to 95-year olds’ engrossed in their content. Speaking to Gamespot, …

Nintendo’s retro games download service for Wii Virtual Console has provided over 10 million downloads in its first year. Speaking to Gamespot, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata revealed: Virtual Console saw over ten million downloads by the end of last December. That’s the total number of titles people paid to download. …

Studio joins Blitz in educational outreach effort

Publisherâ??s massive Spanish office will house around 300 employees