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Namco Bandai has finally announced a release date for its hotly anticipated Star Trek title. Star Trek: The Video Game will be released in the UK on April 26th, 2013 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. It will also be available to download on PC and PS3. The game was …
Read More »The Last of Us gets May 2013 release date
Sony has at last dated upcoming PS3 exclusive The Last of Us. As confirmed at the end of the game’s VGA trailer, the adventure title will be with us on May 7th. Being a Tuesday, that’s likely a US launch date with a possible European release on May 10th. The …
Read More »Rayman Legends UK date confirmed
Nintendo has confirmed the UK release date for Ubisoft’s Rayman Legends. The Wii U exclusive title will arrive on February 28th, according to Official Nintendo Magazine. Rayman Legends was originally set to form an important part of the consoles launch line-up but was pushed back into 2013 in early October. …
Read More »Standalone DayZ could slip to 2013
DayZ creator Dean Hall has warned that the standalone version of the game could well miss its proposed 2012 release date. We are still working towards a target for an initial foundation before the end of the year,” he said on the game’s blog. But we will slip this date …
Read More »Individual Kinect Sports 2 events to be sold on Xbox Live
Microsoft is to chop up previous full release Kinect Sports: Season Two into smaller, downloadable chunks. Specifically, three of the game’s individual events are to be made available for 240 Microsoft Points each – Darts vs Zombies, Ski Race and 3 Point Contest. Each will offer a total of 50 …
Read More »VIDEO: Hitman Absolution is nearly here
Square Enix’s Hitman: Absolution is so very close now, and the latest teaser trailer is going to make that wait even more excruciating. In it we see a handful of the levels and environments that players will be face with in the final release. Of particular note are the crowd …
Read More »The Settlers Online finds a new home on the High Street
Ubisoft has confirmed that it is to release another of its digital titles on the High Street. The Settler Online, which until now has only been available in browsers, will receive a boxed release on December 7th. However, whereas the browser version is free the boxed release will cost 19.99. …
Read More »VIDEO: Far Cry 3 story trailer released as game goes gold
Ubisoft has released a story trailer for its upcoming shooter Far Cry 3. The publisher has also announced that the game has gone gold, meaning that production will have started on the title ahead of its November 30th UK release date. Ubisoft told MCV last month that it has high …
Read More »The Last Guardian will definitely be out in 2013, right? RIGHT?
ony worldwide studios president Shuhei Yoshida has refused to commit to a 2013 release date for troubled game The Last Guardian. Speaking toJeuxvideo, Yoshida said he did not want to commit to a specific schedule through fear of disappointing consumers waiting for the title. He added Team Ico was still …
Read More »Bethesda announces third Skyrim DLC – Dragonborn
A third piece of downloadable content has been announced for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It’s called Dragonborn and will be released on December 4th. It will cost 1,600 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live. A debut trailer can be seen below and suggests that the content will very much return …
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