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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, [...]

BioWare has just released a trailer for their upcoming DLC, dubbed Lair of the Shadow Broker, for Mass Effect 2.
Lair of the Shadow Broker will release for Xbox 360 and PC on September 7 2010 for 800 MS/BioWare points. PS3 will get it bundled with the full game once it releases.

Batman: Arkham City just got some new screenshots.
The screens show Two-Face, Catwoman, Harley Quinn and the Dark Knight, which means things just got awesome.
Batman: Arkham City is scheduled to release on Autumn 2011.

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 [...]

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 – [...]

This video footage is from the Halo: Reach campaign that was demoed at Gamescom 2010.
The video shows the first 10 minutes of Halo: Reach’s campaign. Spoilers are obvious.
Halo: Reach is scheduled to release in September 14 2010 (USA) only on Xbox 360.

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 [...]

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:

Yes, Master Chief is in Halo: Reach. And no, not in the main storyline.
Bungie’s Brian Jarrard has explained that Master Chief’s armor (and his voice) will be available as an unlockable in Reach’s Firefight mode.
Speaking with G4:
Bungie has an elaborate “Player Reward System” in the game, where you earn credits from everything you do in [...]

Dead Space 2 release on January 25 2011 (USA) and January 28 2011 (EU) for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.