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Activision could be preparing to shock the Call of Duty world with a surprise announcement next week – a near-future setting for the title currently known as Black Ops 2. The hint comes from tongue-in-cheek YouTube show FPS Russian. The latest episode demos a quadrotor RC attack drone that bears …
Read More »VIDEO: PES 2013 "sees the series returning to its roots"
Konami has lifted the lid on this year’s on this year’s instalment of its popular football series PES 2013. The game will see the series returning to its roots, with the emphasis on the individual skills of the world’s best players, and giving the player the total freedom to play …
Read More »Next Call of Duty – big reveal coming on May 1st
CallofDuty.com has gone live with a countdown pointing to a World Reveal” on May 1st. This, of course, will be the first official details of the next Call of Duty game, due out more likely than not this November. All we know for certain is that the world-first glimpse of …
Read More »Crysis 3 announcement imminent
An official announcement of the existence of Crysis 3 is about to emerge, it would seem. Eurogamer has gathered a veritable bounty of evidence for the reveal, which began with the cover of Swedish magazine Game Reactor. Although it doesn’t name the game specifically, the visuals and tell-tale Nanosuit pattern …
Read More »iPad 3: What to expect tomorrow
Wednesday March 7th at 6:00pm GMT – that’s when we’ll finally find out what Apple has in store for the third generation of its iPad. There are many sites devoted to nothing but Apple rumours, but for those without a spare two weeks to catch up with every morsel of …
Read More »Mystery countdown appears on Lionhead site
A countdown timer has appeared on the website of Peter Molyneux’s development studio Lionhead that will conclude on Monday, the day this year’s GDC kicks off in San Francisco. The news comes as a job ad on the Lionhead site was spotted that alluded to next-gen development at the studio. …
Read More »Epic shows off ‘Minecraft-inspired’ new IP
Epic Games says its new title Fortnite was inspired by Mojang’s smash hit creation game Minecraft. Gears of War creator Epic revealed its new IP Fortnite at the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards on the weekend. Like Minecraft, it focuses on allowing gamers to construct their own buildings. Minecraft was …
Read More »New iPhone will be unveiled tonight
Having missed its previously expected summer announcement, tonight’s the night when Apple will unveil the latest iteration of its world-conquering iPhone device. Quite what the new handset will be of course remains a matter of speculation. The biggest question is whether it will actually be the iPhone 4S – an …
Read More »Apple confirms iPad 2 reveal next week
The rumours were true – the world will finally get its first look at the Apple iPad 2 next week. Apple has begun sending out invites to a San Francisco based reveal scheduled for Wednesday March 2nd at 18:00GMT. It is to be held at the Yerba Buena Center, which …
Read More »March 2nd reveal for iPad 2
One online news source has claimed that Apple will reveal its iPad 2 in just one week’s time. All Things Digital says it has confirmation from "multiple sources" that the US tech form is preparing a March 2nd gathering in San Francisco. There’s even talk that Steve Jobs himself will …
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