Tekken Tag Tournament 2 release date and pre-order bonuses revealed

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Namco Bandai has announced today that the next installment in the Tekken franchise, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, will be coming to Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 on September 11th in the US and on September 14th in Europe. It has almost been 13 years since the original Tekken Tag Tournament came out in arcades so [...]

Review – Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

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Does Ubisoft’s flagship shooter still hold up? Well, yes. It bloody well does. It’s fair to say there is an over-saturation of a particular gaming genre on the market at the moment. Which one I hear you ask? Well, namely, that of the first person shooter. You see, there are quite literally an absolute mega-frickin’-ton [...]

New Documentary Film Announced Telling The Story of the UK Games Industry

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A new film has been announced by Filmmakers Anthony Caulfield & Nicola Caulfield called From Bedrooms To Billions, which aims to tell the story of the UK games industry from 1979 – 1996. The tag line for the movie is ‘ A scientific Curiosity That Sparked A Revolution’  And no truer word has been said, If [...]

The Excellent Retro City Rampage Gets First Vita Footage

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Indie game Retro City Rampage, the eight-bit GTA clone, which does look awesome will be coming to PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation 3 featuring the holy grail, remote play! There is still no word on a release date, the best we got from the trailer was “as soon as possible” Anyway, enough chat, take a look [...]

DUST 514 Developer Diary Part 1 – “Welcome to New Eden”

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DmC Devil May Cry Gets Released Date, New Character Detailed

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The controversial next installment of the Devil May Cry franchise, DmC has finally got a release date. If you are looking forward to some hack and slash action with the new look Dante will have to wait until next year. January 15 2013 to be exact. News also hits us that there will be a PC version that is scheduled for [...]

Trials: Evolutions eclipses 500,000 players in one month

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Since Trials: Evolutions launched a month ago on Xbox Live Arcade it has accumulated over 500,000 players on its leaderboards in addition to sporting a top flight aggregate score of 91 on Metacritic.  Also the game’s robust level editor has garnered over 60,000 unique creations in addition to the content available within the game. RedLynx’s [...]

THQ Teases Metro: Last Light Live Action Movie With New Trailer

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THQ is readying the world premiere of its live action short film for Metro: Last Light. To get you in the mood for some Metro fun  THQ have released this teaser. Take a look see below. The world premier of the movie kicks of on May 24

EA extends an olive branch for Crowd-Funded games

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EA recently announced that any small developer with a successfully crowd-funded and ready-to-publish PC game can utilize Origin’s distribution services free of charge for its first 90 days after launch, reaching Origin’s massive audience of over 12 million users. Crowd-funding is one of gaming’s latest and possibly most important trends.  It simply goes beyond a [...]

Review: Dragon’s Dogma

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Death. The fist meets TV outcome that once had video games in its grasp. More recently of course, death hasn’t been such a big deal, no longer do gamers have to worry about three precious lives and a handful of continues. I mean in today’s age it’s all about regenerating health bars and such, making [...]

Aliens: Colonial Marines Dated For 12 February Gets Suspense Trailer

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Time to ready that hoard of underpants as the scare fest that is Aliens: Colonial Marines has got an official launch date. Sega have just announced that you can pick up the game on February 12 2013. If you have been living under a rock for like forever, then you won’t know that Aliens: Colonial [...]

Just Cause 4 Gets a Domain Registration

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Don’t worry, We can count, Square Enix has just registered domains for Just Cause 3 & 4, it was just exciting that there is potential for a fourth in the series. Just cause 3 is rumoured to be in production as we speak, and I’m guessing an E3 reveal is most likely to be on the cards. [...]

Medal of Honor Warfighter World TV Premier

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Here it is folks, the world TV premier of Medal of Honor: Warfighter, you know, the other FPS that features guns, no not that one, the other one. Yes amidst your Modern Warfares, Battlefields and Black Ops, there is another shooter out there that seems to be flying under the radar. Personally it looks just [...]

Beyond Good & Evil 2 – Featuring Jade

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  More screenshots have surfaced for the does it, does it not exist game Beyond Good & Evil 2. Previously all we’ve been treated to are some screens showing off the a location, followed by a video of that very same location. Now, we have the same location only this time featuring main protagonist Jade. [...]

Rumour: Is This The Final Wii U Controller?

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With E3 just a stones throw away, and the Wii U being the only big console reveal (for the second time) the focus on most gamers mind. What will the final design look like? How much will it cost? is it really going to be less powerful than the current generation of gaming machines? All [...]

Latest Sly Cooper heading to Vita with Cross-save functionality

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Sly Cooper, the popular raccoon thief, will be appearing in a new game not only for the PS3, but also the Vita.  Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time will be available for both platforms and marks the first time the series has shown up on a handheld system. Both versions of Thieves in Time are being [...]

Yoshi Chase for Mario Tennis Open launch

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The Mario Tennis Open launch is one week away and on the heels of the launch Nintendo is running a special promotion for European purchasers with the Yoshi Chase. With the Yoshi Chase promotion various QR codes will be released where Nintendo 3DS owners can bring their handheld to select Asda stores following the games [...]

Review: Max Payne 3 – Put down your glass and pick up a Gun

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At long last Max Payne 3 has arrived to the masses.  It has been 9 years since we have stepped into the shoes of one of gaming’s most conflicted characters, but were all the delays and aggravation worth it?  Has the Max Payne franchise stood the test of time?  Read on to find out. What [...]

Unreal Engine 4 High Res Shots

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Yesterday Wired showcased some rather lovely screens from Unreal Engine 4. Now we have some high resolutions shots for you to gawp at. Don’t look at those evil eyes for too long, there is a danger of going into a hypnotic trance. so what’s so special about these shots then? Well, simply put, this gives [...]

Forza Horizon screenshot and box art

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  Microsoft has unveiled the first screen shot from their forthcoming racing franchise Forza Horizon as well as the box art for the game (at least in the UK).  We don’t have much more to comment on at this time, but if this sole screen shot is indicative of anything, the game is looking mighty [...]