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Microsoft has revealed the price and release date for its British-themed Xbox 360 Special Edition 4GB Kinect Celebration Pack. The SKU, which includes a 4GB white version of the console, white Kinect camera, white controller and Union Jack console skin will cost 249.99 and hit retail on May 25th. It …
Read More »Bayonetta dev reignites sequel hopes
Consumers who were left disappointed by the apparent news of the cancellation of Bayonetta 2 have been thrown a lifeline by the first game’s creator. Spong yesterday reported that progress on the apparent Platinum Games sequel was halted” as a result of Sega’s ongoing restructuring, which has to date lead …
Read More »Skyrim DLC – first details coming today
Details of the first DLC release for Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will be announced this afternoon. Don’t expect a huge amount of information, however. Be on the lookout for the 1st DLC info tomorrow,” Bethesda’s VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines said on Twitter. A tidbit of …
Read More »Ngmoco’s Eliminate servers closing down
Free-to-play iOS shooter Eliminate will be terminated by publisher Ngmoco on May 25th. The news will likely come as a bit of a blow to those who had invested both time and funds into its premium feature set, which required players to recharge” before they could play on by either …
Read More »George Hotz met with Sony engineers
In an extensive feature on the infamous George Geohot” Hotz in The New Yorker, the renowned PS3 hacker has said that he has recently met with Sony engineers to discuss PS3 security. What’s interesting about Geohotz is his ideology – he’s not a freedom crusader, he’s not looking to bring …
Read More »Midnight Purple 3DS confirmed
A new colour version of the 3DS has been confirmed for the US market. The Midnight Purple SKU, as leaked by a US retailer yesterday, has now been officially confirmed. It will retail for $169.99 – like existing 3DS models – and will launch in the US on May 20th. …
Read More »CoD site confirms Black Ops II name via morse code
With just hours until its official announcement, we should probably just sit back and stop scrutinising the Call of Duty website. But where’s the fun in that? Besides, if we all adopted that attitude then we wouldn’t know that the loading circle that flickers briefly into view when the site …
Read More »BBC reveals free-to-play Strictly Come Dancing game
Strictly Come Dancing: The Game. It’s real. And it’s free to play. And you can play it now. It may not be as obvious and natural a fit as the BBC’s other gaming license – Doctor Who – but as BBC Worldwide digital entertainment and games boss Robert Nashak observes: …
Read More »High Court orders UK Pirate Bay block
The BPI has won a landmark UK legal victory that looks set to force ISPs to block controversial content portal The Pirate Bay in the UK. It’s the first time that the courts have demanded ISPs block a specific site following accusations of piracy and strikes a big blow for …
Read More »LG ditches Windows Phone 7
Korean electronics giant LG has announced that it will not be making any further Windows Phone 7 handsets. It came to the decision having claimed that the total unit of Windows Phone sold in the global market is not a meaningful figure”. Instead the company will press ahead with its …
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