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The Mass Effect game currently in development will not star Commander Shepard and will likely not be a prequel or a sequel to the existing trilogy. "To call the next game Mass Effect 4 or ME4 is doing it a disservice and seems to cause a lot of confusion here," …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet 3 in development at Sumo Digital – rumour
LittleBigPlanet 3 is reportedly in development at UK studio Sumo Digital, and apparently has been for more than a year. VG247 claims multiple sources have stated via email that the developer is working on the third major (and sixth total) release in Sony and Media Molecule’s franchise – with the …
Read More »Angry Birds gets a sequel – Bad Piggies, out September 27th
The biggest hit in modern gaming is to receive a sequel. Angry Birds had a pseudo successor earlier this year in the form of Angry Birds Space, but September 27th will see the release of its first direct sequel – Bad Piggies. The game will cost 69p to download on …
Read More »Bully 2 has not been forgotten, Rockstar assures fans
Rockstar has once again muttered the ‘Bully’ word, assuring fans that its cult IP has not been forgotten. And while Bully 2 has never been officially confirmed, we can at least be assured that the IP figures into Rockstar’s forward planning in some capacity. As we previously replied to similar …
Read More »Dragon’s Dogma 2 in the works as IP becomes "major franchise"
Capcom believes it has found itself another major IP in the form of Dragon’s Dogma. The publisher has now shipped one million copies of the RPG – the 55th Capcom title to do so. The game has been a particular success in Japan, where its week one unit sales of …
Read More »"Hopes are high" for TimeSplitters 4
TimeSplitters 4 could yet become a reality… although it won’t be a retail game. That’s according to Crytek, which is the current owner of the studio once known as Free Radical and now working under the guise of Crytek UK. However, the long-awaited multiplayer sequel remains nothing but a dream …
Read More »Moshi sequel will offer new take on the franchise
Developer Mind Candy has confirmed it is hard at work on the sequel to the record-breaking Moshi Monsters: Moshling Zoo. The firm says the next title will offer a ‘new take’ on the online kids phenomenon when it arrives this year. It follows news that Moshling Zoo has toppled Nintendo’s …
Read More »Kid Icarus sequel looks unlikely
A sequel to recent 3DS release Kid Icarus: Uprising looks incredibly unlikely. The 3DS game itself is 25 years in the making, with the original release of the NES game dating back to December 1986. However, after a prolonged development period for Uprising – which was initially presumed to be …
Read More »Bayonetta dev reignites sequel hopes
Consumers who were left disappointed by the apparent news of the cancellation of Bayonetta 2 have been thrown a lifeline by the first game’s creator. Spong yesterday reported that progress on the apparent Platinum Games sequel was halted” as a result of Sega’s ongoing restructuring, which has to date lead …
Read More »Joy Ride sequel ditches Kinect
A sequel to Xbox 360 title Kinect Joy Ride has been announced and surprisingly this time the game will not use the console’s motion sensor. Although it will now require the use of a joypad to play, Joy Ride Turbo remains familiar to its predecessor in nearly every other way, …
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