The next Spider-Man game from Activision Blizzard has been revealed, bearing the suffix Shattered Dimension. The new title was spotted on the cover of GamePro’s upcoming May issue, but no other details have been given yet. Given the lack of a new movie in the near future, it is highly …
Read More »INDIA: God of War III released early
Sony India has put God of War III on sale six days earlier than planned in an attempt to prevent import copies flooding the market. The game was originally scheduled for a March 19th release, which has now been brought forward to March 13th. It was reported on indianvideogamer.com that …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: Ben 10 boosts PSP market
D3P’s Ben 10: Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks has proved there’s still plenty of life left in Sony’s handheld by debuting at the top of the PSP charts. The game is the first new entry to grab the No.1 spot of the PSP Top 10 in its debut week since EA’s …
Read More »Yakuza 5 announced
Sega has announced it is currently working on the fifth instalment in its popular Yakuza series. The revelation was made during a Tokyo press conference to mark the imminent launch of Yakuza 4, according to Andiasang. The game was initially presented as Project K by the series director Toshihiro Nagoshi, …
Read More »Bethesda to publish Hunted
Hunted: The Demon’s Forge, the latest game from the brains behind Baldur’s Gate and Fallout, InXile, will be published by Bethesda Softworks. Founder of developer InXile Entertainment, Brian Fargo, said: We are thrilled to be working with Bethesda Softworks on this upcoming release that takes us back to our roots.” …
Read More »Silent Hunter 5 recalled in Germany
Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic has been recalled in Germany, due to offending World War 2-related imagery. Ubisoft has pulled the collector’s edition of the PC submarine war simulator, which features swastikas in its bonus content. The normal version of the game remains on sale. It is against …
Read More »Sony: UMD alive and well
Sony has claimed that its troubled UMD format is still going strong, and that it has no plans to drop the format in the foreseeable future. During a session at last week’s GDC, the platform holder insisted that UMD is alive and well” as a format and reiterated that all …
Read More »PlayStation Home surpasses 12m users
PlayStation Home director Jack Buser has announced that Sony’s virtual world now boasts a userbase of more than 12 million PS3 owners. It was also reported that the average amount of time these users spend in Home is 60 minutes, and that 85 per cent of PS3 owners who log …
Read More »DiRT 3 confirmed by Codemasters
Rally driving game DiRT 3 has been announced by Codemasters and likely hit UK stores in 2011. In an interview with Edge, Codemasters VP Gavin Cheshire said: It’s all about letting the teams just innovate. There’s some great stuff coming from Birmingham that’s going into DiRT 3, and obviously you’ve …
Read More »New Red Faction coming March 2011
The sequel to popular third person Red Faction: Guerrilla is scheduled for a March 2011 release, according to reports from GDC. THQ’s executive VP of core games Danny Bilson, who was interviewed by Joystiq, said: The new game is being taken to a whole new place and kind of goes …
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