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Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere has revealed via Twitter that both he and Manchester United and England team mate Wayne Rooney will feature on the cover of FIFA 12. Rooney is an old-hand at the FIFA cover game, with this being his seventh successive appearance on the game’s box. …
Read More »PES 2012 gets European release date
Konami has announced that the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions of PES 2012 will be released in the UK and Europe on October 14th. Notably, that’s two weeks after EA’s FIFA 12 hits retail. Dates for other formats will be released in the coming weeks. This year’s gimmicks include …
Read More »Driver SF uses always-on DRM
The PC version of Ubisoft’s Driver: San Francisco will require players to have a constant internet connection. The new was confirmed by Driver and Rabbids community developer Mathieu Willem via Twitter, according to Eurogamer. Throughout the first half of 2010, Ubisoft faced criticism and even server attacks after it announced …
Read More »Freddy Krueger joins Mortal Kombat roster
Gamers can take control of horror movie icon Freddy Krueger in the latest piece of paid-for Mortal Kombat DLC. Owners of this year’s Mortal Kombat fighting game on either Xbox 360, PS3 or PC will be able to purchase and download Freddy on August 9th, according to IGN. The Nightmare …
Read More »EA reiterates H2 2011 SWTOR launch claims
Publisher EA has once again stated that long-awaited MMO title Star Wars: The Old Republic will be out before the end of the year. Back in January MCV reported that EA was targeting a September release for the game. BioWare’s loyal fanbase were up in arms about the claims, insistent, …
Read More »Team Meat: We don’t f**king care about piracy
PC and Xbox 360 download hit Super Meat Boy may have been heavily pirated but the game’s developers say it isn’t a problem. Speaking on a DarkZero podcast, as reported by Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Team Meat founders Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes said piracy could translate into sales. Our game …
Read More »The Darkness II delayed to 2012
The Darkness II has been pushed back four months with the game slipping to February next year. The sequel to 2K Games’ million-selling 2007 horror FPS was previously scheduled to arrive in October. It will now be released in North America on February 7th and elsewhere – including the UK …
Read More »Brawsome confirms MacGuffin’s Curse release date
Australian independent game developer Brawsome has confirmed today that its puzzle adventure game MacGuffin’s Curse, will be releasing on 27 October for PC, Mac (via Steam), iPad and iPhone. MacGuffin’s Curse will see players participating in top-down action puzzles alongside character-based story adventuring. Brawsome have previously been responsible for the …
Read More »COD Annihilation dated for PS3 and PC
Annihilation, the third map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops, will be released for PS3 and PC on July 28th. The DLC features four new maps, including a Cuban golf course and an American drive-in theatre, as well as a new scenario for the ever popular Zombies mode. Annihilation …
Read More »Could the PC be the next Xbox?
There’s nothing to suggest it’s true. And as rumours go, MCV would put this in the hugely unlikely” pile. But nonetheless, reports have emerged overnight concerning a shock new direction for the Xbox brand. GameInformer reports that a persistent batch of rumours from the tech world” suggest that Windows 8 …
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