The PS3 slim rumor has been around for some time now with its supposed retail box surfacing in early May. Since then, the buzz has quieted a bit and nothing much has been said about the PS3 slim, until now.
The latest rumor says that Sony is placing manufacturing orders with a Tiawanese company who will [...]

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If you hadn’t figured it out yet, there will be a Fable III. Between Peter Molyneux’s fervent love of the series as expressed in every interview along the way, the financial success of a game that almost always guarantees a sequel and the less-than-subtle hint in the downloadable content pack ’see the future’ you should [...]

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In the days of catridge gaming playing games from a previous system meant you had to hook that system back up to your TV and slot the game in to achieve the appropriate tinglings of reminiscence. When storage formats were universalized via the adoption of CDs as the medium of choice the question of backwards [...]

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While discussing the gameplay differences between the upcoming Halo3: ODST and the original trilogy Bungie Studio president Harold Ryan says the studio got an early look at Microsoft’s Project Natal and that he says it could be used for the next Halo title: ”I absolutely think ‘Reach‘ could be enabled with it.” Of course this is [...]

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Developer DICE always said the release date for BF 1943 would be this summer, preferably July. EA seems to confirm this in a recent newsletter, stating that Battlefield 1943 would be released July 9th.
However, DICE community manager Gordon Van Dyke refused to confirm this date, and said that they’re still working on the game [...]

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Tech news outfit ArsTechnica claims to have a reliable tip from an insider, who suggests that Microsoft will do away with the Xbox 360 Pro SKU and replace it with the Elite, while still retaining the same $299 price point. The Elite is essentially the same SKU, but with a 120 GB hard drive instead [...]

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You remember that supposedly leaked Metal Gear Solid: The Movie poster we showed you a few weeks ago, right? Well if The Dark Knight main man Christian Bale is to be believed, that poster was fake, considering it displayed him as playing the main character.
In a recent interview with MTV Multiplayer, when asked if he’s been [...]

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Website Game-tuts supposedly got an early look at the achievements for Halo 3: ODST and posted it online. I’ve posted it here and if you’re truly concerned with not spoiling the experience of the game I’d advise not watching it. It’s entirely possible that this is something simply ginned up by a savvy hoaxer since [...]

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I admit to having no interest in the genre, but I often find myself pitying RTS fans due to the long lag time between releases of titles worth playing. With some PC games if you purchased a top of the line system when the original came out you might still be able to play the [...]

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It’s common knowledge that the game industry is huge, much larger than the movie and the music industry. Combined.
Analysts from Global Industry Analysts Inc. predict that the market will hit a staggering $91.96 billion in the year 2015.
The current game market is at about half of that, which means a massive growth is [...]

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Earlier this month Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was caught stating that a new Xbox 360 console will be released in 2010 sporting a built-in camera and a new interface. Shortly after, Microsoft proceeded to say that the executive was mistaken and that there will be no new console in 2010.
Well, it looks like Ballmer is [...]

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Valve has repeatedly said that it despises the PS3 and refuses to port its games to the platform. Valve’s publisher, EA, which ported the Orange Box to the PS3 will apparently also port Left 4 Dead 2 to Sony’s console as well.
The revelation was spotted on the Left 4 Dead 2 EA Games page, [...]

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Leading game retailer GameStop has revealed that they’re expecting a significant price drop for the PS3 this year, joining a number of analysts and industry folks who are all basically saying the same thing: A much needed PS3 price cut is coming.
GameStop expects a price drop of $100 this holiday season, just in time for [...]

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The recent rumors suggesting a new, beefed up Xbox console which will be bundled with Natal has been circulating all over the Internet. Microsoft has denied the rumor, with company spokesman Aaron Greenberg saying (in the usual corporate tone):
“I think part of the excitement about this announcement is that in many ways we are delivering [...]

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Game analyst Michael Pachter is predicting that Nintendo will drop the price of the Wii before the holiday season, noting that supply has finally exceeded demand for the console.
However, even if supply exceeds demands, it doesn’t mean a price cut is needed — surely, if you want get as many system over the counter, [...]

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