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Having already missed its initial June release window, publisher Bethesda has confirmed that its DLC for popular post-nuclear RPG Fallout 3 has been delayed until later in the year. Last month PS3 owners were supposed to get the Operation: Anchorage add-on pack, but now Bethesda says that it – as …
Read More »PS3 Slim already in production?
It was the big pre-E3 rumour that never happened, but talk has once again emerged of a slimmed down re-imagining of Sony’s PS3 console, with claims that contracts with manufacturers have now been finalised. Joystiq reports that two Taiwanese manufacturing companies, Foxconn and Pegatron, who already enjoy contracts to make …
Read More »Pre-order bonus for Halo 3: ODST
Early buyers of Microsoft’s upcoming FPS Halo 3: ODST will be rewarded with a code that will let them unlock multiplayer character Sergeant Avery Junior Johnson. Bungie’s prequel shooter now boasts a full-length single-player campaign depicting the events leading up to Halo 3, all of which will be playable co-operatively …
Read More »Halo 3: ODST heads consumer E3 interest race
Whilst games such as Final Fantasy XIII, Agent and New Super Mario Bros may have been getting the lion’s share of the column inches post-E3, research claims that Microsoft’s Halo 3: ODST is the E3 title that most gamers are interested in buying. Research body Nielsen has published what it …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Sims 3 refuses to budge
After a long period of dominance from Nintendo’s Wii Fit, EA’s PC hit The Sims 3 has stamped its chart credentials on the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 by claiming top spot for the second week in a row. It finishes ahead of Activision Blizzard’s debutant Prototype, which enters …
Read More »Halo 3: ODST now full-priced title
Consumers can expect to pay full-whack for Bungie’s upcoming Halo 3: ODST upon its release in September following Microsoft’s decision to back-track on its initial statement claiming that the game would be a budget standalone expansion release. At the time of those statements, the overall scope of Halo 3: ODST …
Read More »The Sims 3 sells 1.4m in seven days
Few games brands are as heavyweight as EA’s colossal The Sims, and the latest instalment to the series has not failed to disappoint with news that combines sales of both the PC and Mac versions have hit 1.4m worldwide in its first week on sale. The numbers represent the best …
Read More »Forza 3 to come on two DVDs
The increasing complexity of games and the limited storage capacity of DVDs has been threatening to come to a head for Xbox 360 of late, and Forza 3 is set to be the game that finally breaks it. Forza’s content director John Wendl told Joystiq that: It is going to …
Read More »SONY: God of War III savages conference
Sony weighed in with yet another heavyweight gameplay demo of its original IP tonight – God of War III. And to top it off, the publisher also announced a release date for the game – March 2010. The demonstration rounded off an impressive E3 for Sony, with a number of …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Forza 3 officially announced
As expected, Microsoft has confirmed that the third instalment in the Forza Motorsport series will be released this autumn. Forza 3 will run at an impressive 60fps, and includes 400 cars from 50 different manufacturers. In a nod to Codemasters’ GRID, the game will also include a rewind feature to …
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