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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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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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GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony Announced, Retail Bundle

Later this year, Rockstar will release the second of the 360 Exclusive GTA DLC “The Ballad of Gay Tony”. The game casts you as Luis Lopez who is described as a “part-time hoodlum and full-time assistant to legendary nightclub impresario Tony Prince (aka “Gay Tony”)”. You will apparently “struggle with the competing loyalties of family […]

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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 […]

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Rumour Mill: Guybrush Threepwood coming to XBLA

GamerBytes elite ratings spies have picked up on a USK listing for The Secret of Monkey Island – Special Edition! …? Wait, you were expecting more?  That’s pretty much it at the moment, but it could be either an Xbox Live Arcade release or a full retail release (possibly cross-platform), possibly with HD graphics and/or […]

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A million fanboys crying in pain: F3 DLC coming to PS3

In what can officially be called a Fallout MEGA UPDATE, Bethesda have pulled back the curtains on what we knew was coming…  and then some more too! Press releases, aliens, swampland, cells & SKUs after the cut

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Ubisoft fights the Recession: AC2 staff 450 strong!

Ubisoft are clearly not short of a buck or two, what with them multiplying the not-inconsiderate original Assassin’s Creed team by a factor of 3 – that’s 450 people! Maybe they’re taking Rocksteady Studio’s concept a step further and assigning  guys to work on not just Ezio’s cape but his hood, demeanour and fancy trousers […]

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Modern Warfare 2 Footage

Guns!!! Explosions!!!  Snowmobiles!!! SWIMMING!!! 17 seconds of Modern Warfare 2 teasering after the cut!