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Few game IPs command as loyal a following as Metal Gear Solid – and Konami knows this all too well. So when a trailer for a supposedly new IP was premiered at the VGAs last week, whomever was behind it knew that eagle-eyed gamers would do the rest. And what …
Read More »VIDEO: GAME struts its Gandalf Style for LEGO Lord of the Rings
The next time anyone accuses GAME staff of not going above and beyond for the games industry this Christmas, point them in this direction. Not content with merely putting the game on their shelves and sitting back whilst the cash rolls in, staff at GAME in the Metrocentre’s Blue Mall …
Read More »New Hot Chip video is a football game parody
The latest track from British dance music band Hot Chip features a parody football video game as the subject matter of its video. In it we see two anonymous teams competing on the pitch, resulting in a standoff between two players. Then something else happens. We won’t spoil the surprise. …
Read More »SEE IT HERE: The second Grand Theft Auto V trailer
MCV is trying to recall the last time we posted a story containing a direct feed of a trailer that hasn’t been released yet. Such is the power of Grand Theft Auto. Rockstar is going live with only the second trailer for game tonight. It’s possible we may catch some …
Read More »NBC 5 issues fake iPad warning after woman buys a mirror
Be warned, dear readers – a cunning scam is currently thriving in the US that tricks punters into buying a fake iPad. It is speculated that the rouse is being perpetrated by the same gang of hooligans that have been spotted in Weston-super-Mare selling pencils to pensioners, tricking them into …
Read More »Molyneux apologises for Curiosity’s technical troubles
Developer 22Cans and Peter Molyneux have apologised for the technical troubles that have so far plagued the launch of debut title Curiosity: What’s Inside The Cube?. In a video that you can see below Molyneux promises that the team believes it has the solution to its server problems, which as …
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 »VIDEO: Iwata presents a Wii U unboxing "ceremony"
This is something you don’t see every day. Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has taken to YouTube to host his very own unboxing video. In which he refers to it as a Wii U unboxing ceremony”, dons a pair of white gloves and says he feels like he’s a host on …
Read More »First Wii U trailers airs in US – see it here
Having debuted its debut UK trailer late last month, Nintendo has aired its first Wii U commercial in the US. As you might expect, the colourful short concentrates on explaining the functionality of the device and attempting to show the various gameplay options that the second controller offers. The Wii …
Read More »First gameplay footage of Angry Birds Star Wars
There’s certainly no accusing Rovio of creating a shameless cash-in. The first gameplay trailer for Angry Birds Star Wars is here, and it suggests a huge amount of work has gone into integrating George Lucas’ intergalactic licence into the gameplay. In the video we see a Luke Skywalker bird attack …
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