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With an E3 reveal now all but assured, the first reportedly concrete details of Sony’s upcoming PS3 only FPS Killzone 3 have hit the web courtesy of early copies of US magazine Gamepro. In March Sony for the first time spoke openly about the game, though made no commitment regarding …
Read More »MW2 Resurgence detailed
Further to its announcement yesterday, the first details of the second map pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 have been revealed in an interview with Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling on Major Nelson’s podcast. Called Resurgence, the bundle will – much like its predecessor Stimulus – include three new …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet 2 officially revealed
After its planed reveal for today was scuppered by internet leaks over the weekend, Sony’s LittleBigPlanet 2 has at last been officially unveiled. Whereas the first game saw users designing individual levels within the title’s platform-based games universe, LBP2 gives users a whole new level of creative freedom and the …
Read More »‘Its time for PES to transform’
It’s not the first time we’ve been promised a complete overhaul for Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer series, but Konami is shouting loudly about a host of radical changes to its franchise that it hopes will help wrestle back the footballing crown from rival EA. FIFA 2010 outperformed PES 2010 both …
Read More »PES 2011 revealed
Konami has officially lifted the lid on its most anticipated annual release in the UK – Pro Evolution Soccer 2011. Due out in the autumn on Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii, PSP and PS2, the 2011 version delivers what the publisher describes as the most radical revamp in the series’ …
Read More »Cancelled Aliens RPG was complete
The CEO of development studio Obsidian has claimed that his studios’ cancelled Aliens RPG was, to all intents and purposes, complete when Sega decided to pull the plug. If you had come in and played any of the last builds we were working on, you would have said it was …
Read More »New Call of Duty revealed tomorrow
The first official details of this year’s still mysterious Call of Duty outing will be revealed tomorrow on GTTV in the form of a teaser trailer. The preview spot for the show stated: Put all the rumours to rest – don’t miss the global announcement of the next Call of …
Read More »First Doctor Who game detailed
Following its reveal on BBC One last Saturday, concrete details of the first of Doctor Who’s free downloadable games have been released. Doctor Who: The Adventure Games ‘City of the Daleks’ is the first of four free playable additions to the newest series and takes the Doctor to 1963 where …
Read More »Respawns first game to be huge summer blockbuster
It’s got to be a first person shooter. But a contemporary war game? Multiplayer only? The long-rumoured sci-fi shooter? What form Jason West and Vince Zampella’s first game under the guise of Respawn Entertainment will take is anyone’s guess, but you can be sure it’ll be big. Speaking to the …
Read More »Best Buy posts 24.5% profit rise
Electronic retailer Best Buy has announced a 24.5 per cent increase in gross profit of $12.2bn for its fiscal year ending February 27. The retailer posted gross revenue for the year at $49.7bn – a ten per cent increase on last year’s figure. Online sales were also up 20 per …
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