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Sony Worldwide Studio head Shuhei Yoshida has left a breadcrumb trail of hints recently that the firm will be announcing acclaimed Ico and Shadow of the Colossus creator Fumito Ueda's next game, confirming to the press that the PS3 project will be revealed "soon.&q...



Hope for StarCraft II's release this year was always a hopeful but unlikely one for the fans, but as with Blizzard's stance on all of its' games, they'll be ready when they're ready. Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce has refused to commit StarCraft...



Just in case there was any doubt about this whatesoever, Final Fantasy XIII director and writer Motomu Toriyama has told Dengeki (scan here) that the 360 version of the game won't be getting released in Japan. "There will absolutely not be an Xbox 360 version of...



Famitsu have finally release high quality versions of the screenshots from their Final Fantasy XIII feature in the latest version of the popular magazine. The screenshots, in order, are from - Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, 360) - Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PS3) - Final Fa...



Leipziger Messe's announced its official awards today for last week's Games Convention in Leipzig. LittleBigPlanet, Mirror's Edge and Spore took the top awards. EA seems to have been the big winner this year as well, taking four of the nine awards. Hopefull...



The popular Kratos sackboy costume for LittleBigPlanet when pre-ordered can be shared on five PS3 systems per account, just like Playstation Network Games, each code will be associated with one account which will allow the download of the bonus costume onto five PS3 systems....



World of Warcraft production director Jay Allen Brack has sadly commented that Blizzard isn't going to commit to a 2008 release date for Wrath of the Lich King, saying that it won't be shipping this year unless a "Blizzard experience" of quality is attain...



Pleasant news gamers. Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono has told the press that, out of a recent vote of popular Street Fighter characters that gamers wanted to see in Street Fighter IV, Cammy has come out on tops, and is set to appear exclusively on the console versi...



It's finally here! Blizzard unveiled the introduction video for the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of Lich King at the Leipzig Games Convention earlier today, and it's as deliciously epic as you'd expect it to be.



The lucky guys over at VG 24/7 have just sat down for a live playthrough of Heavy Rain with David Cage. We've collected all the details here for your convenience. "Intriguing" is one word to sum it up.



As we know, Koji Igarashi and his development team at Konami are hard at work on one of the newest installments in the Castlevania franchise; Castlevania Judgement. Judgement is not only a 3d Castlevania, but a fighting game feature famous Castlevania characters like Simo...



This year's Leipzig Games Convention has been blessed with yet another Prince of Persia gameplay trailer, similar to the one seen from E3 2008, but looking vastly more polished. The trailer highlights some of the gameplay features of the titles, such as the dynamic c...



A quick glance on the Xbox Live Marketplace shows that the demo for the highly anticipated Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is now available for download. The demo’s available in all regions and weighs in 904.62 Mb, but as with most new content, is currently only availabl...



I found this so amusing I couldn't help but post it up. Indeed the ever arse kicking Kratos is aiming to take his place as the God of Golf. Posted by Chris Hinojosa-Miranda // Associate Producer, SCEA - Playstation Blog Weather reports signal dark ominous...



Third-party publisher SEGA revealed The House of the Dead: Overkill, a new Wii-exclusive shooter based on the popular zombie franchise, on Tuesday. The game is being developed by Headstrong Games (Battalion Wars 1 & 2). The new title sports a new pulp-style presentati...



Quantic Dream's David Cage has just debuted the first ever Heavy Rain gameplay footage at the Leipzig Games Convention, less than an hour ago, and we have it here for you to watch. The sound isn't stellar, but its the best we've got until an official clip i...



According to recent comments from Square Enix, FFXIII will feature a "new" system whereby of there being of main character in the game. The news was gleamed from the recent Famistu interview with game director, Motomu Toriyama. "Toriyama then talks about...



Ratchet & Clank: Quest For Booty is coming out this coming Thursday. (I won't be home for the release of my favorite series) And now, Quest For Booty will be 3.2gb rather then 2.3gb. I guess that doesn't seem like much but for the people that like to downloa...



Speaking to Gamedaily today, Patrick Aiello, the producer of the upcoming Street Fighter movie "The Legend of Chun-Li", says that the Street Fighter IV and the film based on the Street Fighter franchise will be releases simultaneously next March. "Capcom is...



A date of arrival has been quoted for Valkyria Chronicles, for the PS3, for those over at the Western shores: November 11th. Shortly after a slip-up by Sony (showing the game among clips of playable games back in the E3 press conference), Sega was quick to clarify that the g...



Some may remember a couple of a fiasco a couple of months ago when gamers were notified that the guitar peripheral in Guitar Hero wouldn't be compatible with the similarly styled Rock Band, and vica versa. Gamers worried that the increasing popularity of this music g...



Famitsu magazine has recently ran a story on the upcoming Final Fantasy XIII games, including nearly 20 new sceenshots from the game, and of course, this being the internet, scans of the pages are already floating around online. The screenshots covers all three games; Fin...



Blizzard has just announced that they will showing the opening cinematic movie for the up World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King at Games Convention this week, the company confirmed today. "The cinematic will be shown at 1.00pm, Thursday, 21 August at th...



One of our sister sites, PS3 Vault, is giving away a copy of the PS3 version of Madden NFL 09 Collector's Edition, to the value of $90. If you’re interested, keep reading. PS3Vault.com will be expanding in the coming months and we need your help to get us there. Wh...



Well, this is an interesting piece of info. According to the upcoming DKS3713 issue of Famitsu magazine, the PlayStation 3 Final Fantasy XIII demo will clock in at a longer running time than Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete; the demo will supplied exclusively w...



Based on research done by UBS analyst Ben Schachter, music related video games have been a "key driver" for the music industry this year, with "sales of music-themed games responsible for 19% of overall industry software dollars in July (15% YTD) and 44% of y/...



Joining the ranks of the recent explosion of classic remakes is Bionic Commando Rearmed. The game original debuted on the NES back in 1998 and is now getting a fresh coat of paint. It's been updated with a HD look, added gameplay elements like grabbable objects and enem...



Today's gaming news just gets crazier and crazier. In a man that can only be described as "surprising", two acclaimed developers, Shinji Mikami and Goichi Suda (more commonly known as Suda51) of Grasshopper Manufacture have signed a publishing deal with Ele...



As reported only a couple of hours ago, a new Batman game is being created. One member of our community, Laylia, asked for screenshots. Well guess what. Here they are! You will be able to roam the asylum as you please, instead of just being limited to some areas. The c...



Throughout the game, you collect nuts (similar to Megaman & Bass) which you use to buy stuff in rolls shop as currency. These nuts you will be able to spend on additional items and upgrades. Going from left to right on the attached image, here is what is available in...



Electronic Arts, know to most gamers for their yearly sports games, have unveiled "Celebrity Sports Showdown" for the Nintendo Wii - part of the publisher's new EA Sports Freesyle Brand. "Celebrity Sports Showdown" allows you to play as a variety ...



As we know, successful comic book based movies are usually turned into mediocre games, with a few exceptions, but for a while, it seemed the newest Batman movie: "The Dark Knight" would not be seeing such an adaptation. However Eidos revealed this Wednesday that...



Sega has just announced its Leipzig Games Convention line-up, confirming in the process the world premiere of an as of yet announced title the show. Shenmue 3? Panzer Dragoon 5? We can only hope. Here's the full line-up! * "A world premiere"...



In the sequel to our previous story, Tales of Vesperia has sold quite valiantly in Japan, despite being exclusive to a format that is notoriously unpopular in the country. The title sold over 108,000, a generous figure for any game. It should be interesting to see if the ...



Soon after the announcement of MegaMan 9 going multi-platform (WiiWare and Xbox Live Arcade) the MegaMan 9 intro movie was released, revealing the story. Interesting as it may be, Dr. Wily is putting the blame on Dr. Light, making him look like the bad guy. See if you can...



EA has now confirmed that Crysis:Warhead is to be released this September. For once, a game is coming out it Europe first (Shock horror, anyone?), on the 12th, releasing in North America shortly afterwards on the 16th. But before you get all excited, make sure your com...



Ripten has posted Sony's Games Convention line-up. And it looks like some of the highest quality titles are going to make the show, including Heavy Rain and LittleBigPlanet * MotorStorm: Pacific Rift * LittleBigPlanet * Resistance 2 * Free Realms ...



Telltale Games (developers of the recent Sam & Max games) have just announced that their latest game, based on popular webcomic Strong Bad, is finally available to buy online. "The PC version is available to customers worldwide from Telltale’s online store, and...



And there's a hell of a lot to cover. Players will be able to create their player from many races, or even create their own, and will have a ship of their own under their command, which will be explorable on-foot and can even be boarded by enemy players. The most ...



It's Disgaea 3. It has prinnies in it. And the lead character says "For Great Justice". Need I say more? Just watch! Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice is out on August 26 in the US. I want a PS3. :[



Earlier this year it seemed like every game was getting announced through ESRB records. Since they have put a stop to that everyone is looking for the newest source of fresh releases. Play Asia has filled that void. If your not familiar with the site, it's worth your ti...



Ubisoft has just revealed the hardware requirements for the PC version of Far Cry 2, and they're surprisingly modest. Still gonna set you back a fair penny though, if you want the game to run smoothly. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: CPU: Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, Pentium...



According to a recent post on the PS Blog, the European Home beta testing will start "very shortly." “In Europe, SCEE is… beginning their expanded closed beta, directly targeting consumers who have been most active on PlayStation Network and PlayStation Sto...



Until today, when a number of screenshot were sneaked onto the internet. And by the looks of them, there's been some absolutely huge advancements in the game, with the woman's appearance having changed heavily, and her "unnatural" features gone completely.



Although I'm a strong supporter of Microsoft's lovely little console, even I can't deny that the console's success in Japan has been less than stellar. Which is why news of a 360 exclusive actually garnering any sort of interest amongst Japanese consumers...



A bikini might not be the best garment of choice whilst zombie slaying, but not according to the samurai sisters of the Bikini Samurai Squad. It could be the amounts of blood in the game that makes the bikini a wise fashion choice? The story of the sword swinging sist...



Speaking personally to VG247 at Develop, Realtime Worlds has given a glimmer of hope to the many gamers desperate to see a sequel to the immensely popular free-roaming game Crackdown, a much loved Xbox 360 title. “It was a horrible, horrible decision that we still dwell...



GameTrailers TV will be broadcasting an interview this Friday with none other than Michael Hollick, the voice behind Grand Theft Auto IV's iconic lead, Niko Bellic. During the interview some of the first solid details about the game's Xbox 360 exclusive Download...



Rockstar has just made a rather suprising announcement; Grand Theft AUto IV will be hitting the PC on November 18th in the US this year, with "expanded" multiplayer modes to boot. “We are very excited to be releasing the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV,” s...



Team Ico head and all round genius, Fumito Ueda, has mentioned in the most recent issue of popular English gaming magazine GamesTM that he would like to work on a small-scale title for PSN, away from the large scale of his clouded-in-secrecy PS3 project. "Yes, I woul...



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