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Thems Fighting Words! – Activision threatens Sony

Anyone would think this was goddamn Formula 1 at the moment… Activision CEO and professional munchkin Bobby Kotick has charged Sony with reducing the premium entry fee of their console or face the worlds largest third-party publisher removing support for the format. Reasons cited include the heightened development costs vs. return of investment when compared […]

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Ghostbusters (literally) half-baked

Think the EU Sony-exclusive cluster fuck that is Ghostbusters: The Game couldn’t get any worse? It just did…

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E3 Round-up

With the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo is now in the past, lets have a look at the highs and the lows of the event… Nintendo made so many waves with the Wiimote 3 years ago, it’s surprising it’s taken Microsoft & Sony so long to get comparable technology out there, but this years E3 will […]

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LOOK OUT! – Fallout 3: Point Lookout Trailer

Bethesda have set a date (23rd of June for the Xbox 360 & PC over the various Live platforms, with a PS3 release due after the earlier packages hit the platform ‘soon’) and released a trailer (after the cut) for the next Fallout 3 DLC pack, which is set in a mysterious swamp-filled coastal town […]

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Real-life Mario Kart-but-not: Blur Trailer/Footage

E3 2009 hasn’t even started properly yet and there’s already TOO MUCH information pouring out of the LA Convention Center. Activision & Bizarre Creations (of Project Gotham & retro sh’mup Grid Wars fame) have released the first proper trailer for Blur, their new arcade racer that features more than a passing hint of Nintendo’s famous […]

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PSP Go revealed on Qore

Sony’s gramatically dubious Qore program sure gets into the headlines regularly enough to justify its existence… This time we have a pre-E3 reveal of Sony’s latest hand-held, the PSP Go.

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Is the end nigh for Deadline Games?

Deadline Games, purveyor of the fun Total Overdose, the disappointingly average Watchmen: The End is Nigh and the stillborn Faith and a .45, have supposedly filed for bankruptcy. The news comes on the eve of much speculation about the companies future and the confusion about whether the second episode will hit the PC or not.   […]

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Crysis 2 announced, coming to consoles and PC

EA and Crytek have announced Crysis 2 which will hit the PC, 360 and PS3 and is powered by the new CRYEngine 3 which has been developed with current generation of *real* consoles in mind (because, face it, the Wii just wouldn’t cut it). “The development of Crysis 2 marks a major stepping stone for […]

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Even more violent Prototype footage… We love it!

It’s nearly here…! Radical’s Pretty-much-Hulk: Ultimate Destruction-but-not-quite-open-world-elbow-drop-em-up *breathes* is due towards the middle of next month (the 10th in NA & the 12th in the EU) and hopefully we’ll be able to bring a review if Activision let us. Until then, admire even more senseless violence after the cut courtesy of GTtv…

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Revenge is like a ghost, apparently…: Modern Warfare 2 Reveal Trailer

Ok, after two teaser trailers, Infinity Ward have finally released a proper full-length trailer for what is essentially Call of Duty 6. Lots of shooty bangs, espionage, breath-taking helicopter extractions and shoot-outs in shopping malls to look forward too, although I doubt anything is going to top the nuke from its parent game for shear […]