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Ridge Racer Unbounded will race to UK retailers on March 2nd 2012 and North America a few days later. The Namco Bandai driving game for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC is the latest in the long-running Ridge Racer series, which first hit arcades and the PlayStation in the early ‘90s. …
Read More »Ubisoft announces Rainbow 6: Patriots
As has been rumoured, publisher Ubisoft has officially announced a brand new Tom Clancy title – Rainbow 6: Patriots. The title is being developed by Ubisoft Montreal, though it is also being supported by Ubisoft Toronto and Ubisoft Red Storm. It will be released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC …
Read More »Battlefield 3 sells 5m copies
Battlefield 3 has become the fastest-selling game in EA’s history after selling 5m units in a matter of days, the publisher has announced. The game went on sale on Friday, October 28th on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. It has 2.5m Facebook ‘likes’ and over 200,000 followers on Twitter. Plus, …
Read More »Operation Raccoon City due March 2012
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will hit UK shelves on March 23rd next year in the UK and Europe. The game will be released initially on Xbox 360 and PS3 with a PC version to follow. It’s a team-based third-person shooter Resident Evil game for home consoles. Publisher Capcom also …
Read More »VIDEO: Unity game ‘strips mechanics back to core’
Developer Mike Bithell says 2D platformer offers minimalist approach mixed with combination and complication
Read More »Five million people use Origin each day, EA claims
Milestone reached within five months, according to company executive Peter Moore
Read More »Lord of the Rings Online suffers forum hack
Players of PC MMO Lord of the Rings Online have been warned about a ‘security issue’ on the game’s forums. Developer Turbine issued a statement informing gamers that some of their accounts may have been breached. The game itself remains unaffected. Recently, we were made aware of an issue with …
Read More »EA’s Origin draws 5m users
More than five million gamers use EA’s online download platform Origin every day, says the publisher’s COO Peter Moore. The former EA Sports boss told Screen Play about the service after being heckled at the EB Games Expo in Australia last weekend by one member of the audience. We’re only …
Read More »Battlefield 3 appears on torrent sites
As is sadly quite often the case before a big new release nowadays, the release of EA’s Battlefield 3 has been sullied by the game’s arrival on illegal torrent sites. A 9.96GB download is already doing the rounds that allows pirates complete access to the game’s single player mode on …
Read More »The Sims 3: Pets
The Sims has established itself as one of the most successful games franchises of all time, selling more than 140m units worldwide.While pets have previously featured in the simulation series, they could only be trained and doted upon. The Sims 3: Pets allows players to actually live the life of …
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