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With Guitar Hero IV and Rock Band 2 very much leading this year’s Christmas charge, Konami has announced that its own peripheral-based music game, Rock Revolution, will now be released in the first quarter of 2009. Rock Revolution, which is being developed bu UK studio Zoe Mode, is primarily a …
Read More »Sony details PS3 Trophy system
PS3 platform holder Sony has finally released some concrete details about its PS3 Trophy system that will be introduced with the machine’s next firmware update, 2.40. In a new update on the US PlayStation Blog, Sony’s director of PSN Operations Eric Lempel outlined what Sony has in mind for its …
Read More »Saints Row 2 delayed until October
US publisher THQ has confirmed that its upcoming title Saints Row 2 has been delayed, and will now be released on October 14th and not Agust 24th as previously stated. THQ cited marketing and issues and product quality” as the reasons behind the decision. Saints Row was released on Xbox …
Read More »Amazon PlayTV claims dismissed
Sony has said that its upcoming PS3 Freeview tuner PlayTV is not being lined up for a European launch this July, with its actual shelf date remaining TBC. Amazon yesterday listed the device for launch on July 31st, with a price of just 59.99, though both the date and price …
Read More »Star Wars: Force Unleashed dated for Europe
George Lucas’s gaming arm LucasArts has confirmed that its massively hyped and much anticipated Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be released on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP and PS2 on September 19th in Europe, CVG reports. It will hit stores a few days earlier in North America on …
Read More »Alone in the Dark slips to June
Gamers have already faced a lengthly wait to get their hands on Atari’s latest instalment to its Alone in the Dark series – and the wait has seemingly lengthened just that bit more with the news that the game has slipped from May to June. Videogamer.com reports that the publisher …
Read More »Lego Indiana Jones release date confirmed
Though many of the release dates to emerge from last month’s Play.com Live have proven unreliable, the date hinted for Lego Indiana Jones has been confirmed – with the title is due for release in Europe on June 6th. As per usual, the game will ship in North America on …
Read More »Haze release date scuppered again
Following the announcement yesterday that Ubisoft’s PS3 FPS Haze is scheduled for a UK release on May 22nd, the publisher has this morning released a revised release schedule that seemingly back tracks on yesterday’s news. The release date has reverted back to simply ‘May’, and whist that means a 22nd …
Read More »Gran Turismo 5 Prologue dated
Having altered things ever so slightly since its last release schedule , Sony has confirmed that the long-awaited Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will be released on Wednesday March 26th in the UK for 24.99. That’s the date for the Blu-Ray version, at least. A download-only PSN version will arrive a …
Read More »Wii version of Okami delayed
The Wii version of one of the most beautiful games of recent times, Capcom’s Okami, has seen its US release delayed by three weeks, CVG reports. Now scheduled to arrive on April 15th, Okami first appeared on PS2 in 2006. Its heavy use of a play mechanic called the Celestial …
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