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Valve Loves PC Gaming, “Center Of Innovation Of Everything”
When it comes to PC gaming, Valve has lots of love for the platform. Valve boss Gabe Newell has said that the PC platform is “the centre of innovation of everything”. Speaking to Develop, Newell has said that he is “tremendously excited about the future of PC gaming”. “We see [the PC] as the centre […]
Thief 4 Set To Be Revealed At GDC 2011?
Square Enix is set to hold a discussion about Thief 4’s audio at GDC 2011. This pretty much guarantees an official confirmation of the game will be coming soon. The GDC discussion has been titled Stealing Sound: Generative Music in THIEF’, will mark “the first time that the game has been spoken about” according to […]
Square Enix Details PS3 Exclusive Tomb Raider Trilogy, Coming March 22
Square Enix revealed the HD remake of Tomb Raider Legend, Anniversary and Underworld exclusively for the PS3 a couple weeks back. The Trilogy pack will release on March 22 2011 and retail for $39.99 and include a Tomb Raider theme pack, the official Lara Croft Home avatar ensemble, and the Viking Thrall male Home avatar […]
Sony: “We Will Fix Hacks Through Network Updates”
Must be a bad day for Sony. A group of hackers revealed the PS3’s master key which gives people complete access over the system. A custom PS3 firmware has already been released. All hope may not be lost as Sony claims they will fix the “security issues” via “network updates” that they are planning to […]
Priceline Creator Sues Activision And Zynga, Claims Infringement Of Online Tournament Technology
Priceline.com creator Walker Digital has filed a patent-infringement complaint against Activision and Zynga in the United States District Court of Delaware, claiming Activision Blizzard and Zynga are illegally using technology related to online gaming tournaments. The patent in question, titled “Database driven online distributed tournament system,” was granted to Walker Digital in July 2002. It […]
PS3 Can Now Use “Custom” Firmware
Following the release of the PS3 master key which allows you to run unsigned homebrew code, now you can run “custom” firmware on your PS3. Code-junkie KaKaRoTo has released tools to make your very own custom PS3 firmware. If the first thing that comes to your mind is “running pirated games”, hold on right there. […]
Ubisoft Modifies It’s DRM, No Longer Requires Constant Internet Connection
Ubisoft has made some changes to it’s DRM system, it will no longer require a constant active internet connection in order to play all the DRM enabled games. The games will no longer pause immediately if a connection is lost, though an internet connection will still be required to validate the install every time the […]
PSP Go Hacked, Video Shows Pirated Kingdom Hearts
The PSP Go has been hacked, allowing to play pirated games from a homebrew ISO loader. The games themselves have been pulled from a UMD disc. Watch the videos below, from blogger Wololo showing Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep running on the PSP Go. via VG247
Homefront: “An Emotional Roller Coaster” Unlike Anything You’ve Experienced Before
It’s one of the reasons why Homefront is on the top of Gamersworldbd’s list of most anticipated game in 2011. You see, Homefront isn’t your typical shooter. Rather than you invading the bad guy’s homeland, the bad guys invade your home. This presents all sorts of emotional buttons for the developers to push. Speaking with […]
EA Announces Many Online Game Server Shutdowns
EA has announced that it is going to shut down online servers for its older and less popular games. Don’t fret, because EA says only 1% of EA gamers play those games. According to EA, this had been a really hard decision. “As background information, the EA SPORTS games scheduled for shutdown in February and […]
Microsoft Debunks Gears Of War Ultimate Kinect Rumors
Rumors have been swirling about a Gears of War Ultimate edition with support for Kinect. Microsoft has completely denied the rumor: “A clarification In response to your recent article: Microsoft will release a Gears of War bundle this spring. It will be a collection of the first two Gears of War games and a token […]
Xbox 360 Outsells PS3 In The UK For 2010
UKIE has released the overall figures for the UK gaming industry. The Xbox 360 stands first, generating £232 million in hardware sales revenue. PS3 followed with £229 million. Xbox 360 games generated £538 million and PS3 titles £414 million. In terms of units sold, 18.2 million Xbox 360 games were snapped up, versus 13.8 million […]
First Mass Effect 2 PS3 Review: 93/100 In GamesMaster
The first Mass Effect 2 PS3 review has come in courtesy of UK gaming mag GamesMaster. The latest issue 234 of GamesMaster gave the PS3 port a 93%, saying that the PS3 version is the one to get over the Xbox 360 version. “Basically, if you’ve never played Mass Effect before, and you’re lucky enough […]
LittleBigPlanet 2 Gets Rave Reviews, All Rounded-Up Here
The upcoming LittleBigPlanet 2 has already gotten very good reviews and we’ve got them below for you. IGN – 9/10 NowGamer – 10/10 CVG – 9.4/10 Looki.de – 93/100 JV.com – 18/20 Games.cz -10/10 Eurogamer – 9/10 LittleBigPlanet 2 is scheduled for a January 18 2011 release (US) and January 21 2011 (EU) only on […]
