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Capcom’s Keiji Inafune has said that Devil May Cry 5 will have a “western touch” to attract “overseas” buyers (read: US/UK).
Speaking to Spanish website 3DJuegos, he said:
“Devil May Cry 5 is a game that, when started development, this will change a lot in relation to the above,” said Inafune.
“The reason is that, despite the franchise [...]

Alan Wake 2, the sequel to this year’s impressive Xbox 360-only psychological action thriller Alan Wake, is stuck in a limbo.
Remedy, the developers, have put out some confusing statements. Firstly they deny that Alan Wake 2 is even in the works and then says something that gets our hopes up high.
Head of development at Remedy, [...]

CD Projekt has said The Witcher 2 will have quite a few more endings than the original game.
There’s 16 endings to be exact.
While multiple endings may not sound too shocking, here are some other Witcher 2 numbers for you – try not to burst a blood vessel:
* There are three different [...]

Oh well. It was inevitable.
A free PS3 hack has been released. A group of hackers have successfully managed to clone and release open source version of the PSJailbreak called PSGroove.
The hackers get hacked right? PSGroove works similar to PSJailbreak and allows you to play “backup” copies of your game, without costing a dime.
Still, it [...]

Ouch. Microsoft has decided to raise the subscription rates for Xbox Live Gold, starting November 1 for players in USA, UK, Canada and Mexico.
For USA users, 1 month Live Gold subscription is up to $9.99 (previously $7.99).
3 months is up to $24.99 (previously $19.99).
12 months is up to $59.99 (previously $49.99).
Microsoft has said that [...]

Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter has said that 1k Czech’s Mafia II won’t turn in a profit.
“Mafia II’s average Metacritic score of 74 is well below expectations, and consumer interest appears to be waning, as the game’s position has dropped in many best-seller lists in its first week. With six years in development, we believe the [...]

Xbox 366’s Major Nelson just confirmed that a new 360 wireless pad, with the much-rumoured revamped d-pad, will release on November 9 2010.
Price with the new Play & Charge Kit is $64.99
The d-pad on the controller gives the player a better four-way directional feel, rather than how it feels today (read: terrible).
Major Nelson said:
“In addition [...]

Before you go and have a breakdown, just know that Radeon is still alive and kicking.
AMD has decided to axe the ATI brand. This change will go effective from the upcoming HD 6xxx series graphics cards. So, instead of saying ATI Radeon HD 6xxx graphics cards, it will say AMD Radeon HD 6xxx [...]

We’ve already reported the first ever working PS3 hack, dubbed “PS Jailbreak” which allows playing of “backup” PS3 games.
The software known as PS Jailbreak, comes on a pre-loaded USB drive. Once installed, the software allows copying of game data to the USB drive and playing the “backup” copy on other PS3s. It works with the [...]

Sorry folks. You can’t free roam in Fallout: New Vegas after the main storyline ends. Just as in Fallout 3.
Obsidian has said New Vegas’s ending includes too many “major” events, meaning players will have to start a new game and not continue on as before.
“We put a lot of effort into the ending slides – [...]

Vanquish producer Atsushi Inaba has said Platinum Games plans to release a demo for the game on Xbox Live and PSN September 2.
Speaking with Gamespot Japan during gamescom, Inaba said the demo will be titled Velocity Attack, and it contains a prologue sequence as well as a boss fight with Argos.
Players will be able to [...]

By now you probably know about the PSJailBreak, a USB device/hack that allows playing backup games on your PS3.
It seems that the PSJailbreak has already been “cloned”. PSX Scene reports, “We’ve heard from numerous sources that their PS Jailbreak clones will be hitting as early as next week.” The original PSJailBreak releases on August 27 [...]

GameInformer has just reviewed Mafia II and gave the game a solid 9/10.
The review admits Mafia II suffers from “minor annoyances” like relying “heavily on cutscenes, and sometimes doesn’t know when to draw the line between interacting with the world and triggering a cutscene”.
The reviewer, Matt Bertz, also found issues sometimes with NPC intelligence during [...]

Are you wondering how Valve managed to fit co-op into Portal 2? Check out the trailer below: