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Metal Gear Solid 5 announcement this week?

A new visual tweak on an already heavy speculated Konami teaser site has given the biggest hint yet that Metal Gear Solid 5 will be revealed early on Friday morning. The site, which is tentatively entitled ‘Next’, has been updated with the number five now appearing briefly every few seconds. …

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Will Wii 2 HD be the last ever console?

Games industry analyst Michael Pachter has boldly stated that the current crop of games consoles may represent the end of the generational cycle we have become accustomed to – with the exception of the long-rumoured hi-def Wii. We do not expect a ‘new’ console in 2010, other than the long-rumoured …

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Phelps officially swimming to consoles

UK publisher 505 Games has confirmed that it is to publish a brand new title based on record-breaking Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps. Talk of the game first emerged earlier in the month when Phelps mentioned it in an interview on US TV show 60 Seconds. Development is being handled by …

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Casual gaming to kill consoles

Digital marketing site ClickZ has made a bold claim about the future of gaming by claiming that the games console is heading to extinction thanks to the rise of casual gaming. The site reads: We are watching the icon of gaming, the console, quickly and ungraciously bow to the internet. …

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Next ready to grab games share

Forget GAME, HMV or Asda: The retailer that increases its market share by the greatest margin over the next year could be High Street clothes store Next. The company began selling games in July last year, through its catalogue and online. And after a successful 18-months, the firm has told …

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Games on the agenda at Next

Fashion retailer Next has laid out its plans to claw away market share from more established games retailers with a giant increase in its interactive entertainment offering. The firm has added over 300 games products to its latest Next Directory catalogue – and it could begin stocking the likes of …

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