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Read More »Dead Space 2 DLC incoming
EA has announced that the first premium DLC for survival horror hit Dead Space 2 will be released in Europe on March 2nd. It will cost 5.49 on PSN or 560 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live. Called Dead Space 2: Severed, the download tells the story of Dead Space Extraction …
Read More »Sony: PlayStation Home ‘worth a second look’
Lessons learnt after humble beginnings, says Home exec
Read More »PlayStation Home – 2 years on
Sony’s PlayStation Home is two years old. That’s a success in itself, but perhaps the service’s biggest accomplishment is how successfully it has overcome the initial cynicism and flourished into a money making business. "From a business point of view, virtual items and microtransactions… it just works," Home’s platform director …
Read More »Test Drive DLC goes free
The development team behind Atari’s recent console release Test Drive Unlimited has announced that it is to make the first premium DLC for the game free to download. The decision comes after the prolonged technical issues that have dogged the game since launch. Furthermore, Eden Games says that a patch …
Read More »Buzz dev: ‘Kinect is amazing’
The developer behind successful Sony series Buzz! has heaped praise on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect and expressed its interest in developing titles for the peripheral. "Of course I’d consider any game for Kinect. And the reason is because Kinect is amazing," Relentless co-founder and executive director Andrew Eades told Eurogamer. …
Read More »PS3 modders unbanning themselves
And so it continues. Last week Sony said it would permanently ban any consumer who has modified their console. Great idea. The problem is, hackers have already found a way to bypass the measures. Destructoid reports that a new hack for the machine allows users to manually unban themselves from …
Read More »Sony plays down platform exclusivity
A senior brand manager for SCEA has said that platform exclusivity is damaging for brands and that the company in future would rather sign deals for exclusive post-release content. "We work very closely with our third parties publishers, not necessarily to lock down games exclusively, but to lock up exclusive …
Read More »Mortal Kombat UK date nailed down
The upcoming Mortal Kombat game will hit UK stores on Thursday, April 21st, Warner Bros has confirmed to MCV. The Xbox 360 and PS3 brawler was previously scheduled to arrive on ‘Mortal Monday’ – or April 18th to everyone else. US consumers will now get the game on April 19h …
Read More »Sony: PS4 not even being deliberated
SCE boss Kaz Hirai says PS3 hasn't reached mid-cycle yet
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