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GTA IV episodes coming for the PC and PS3 in March

Christian — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:30:03 GMT

After a long enough period of Xbox 360 exclusivity, the two Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City for GTA IV have now been confirmed to be on their way to the PC and PlayStation 3. Set t be ava...

Mass Effect 2 goes straight to number one in the UK

Christian — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:35:00 GMT

The first AAA title of 2010, Bioware's Mass Effect 2 has already sold over 2 million copies and managed to take the top spot in the UK game chart. Last week's number one, Just Dance slipped to second...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat reaches the US

Christian — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:58:33 GMT

Four months after making its (limited) European debut, GSC Game World's S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat first-person shooter has now finally crossed the Atlantic and has hit US store shelves. This thi...

NBA 2K10 sales surpass 2 million mark

Christian — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:56:48 GMT

Giving EA Sports a little friendly rivalry slap, 2K Sports has announced that its latest basketball video game, NBA 2K10, which was released back in October, has passed 2 million sold copies. The NBA...

Fallout: New Vegas coming this autumn

Christian — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:25:51 GMT

Bethesda Softworks has just announced that the next game in the Fallout series, known as Fallout: New Vegas has been scheduled for an autumn (2010) release. Developed by Obsidian Entertainment, the st...

Splinter Cell: Conviction US launch set for April 13

Christian — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:22:19 GMT

The fifth major installment in the Splinter Cell series has had its US release set in stone (literally), which means it will finally become available on April 13. Delayed for a couple of years already...

Mass Effect 2 keeps sales crown in the UK

Christian — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:03:42 GMT

Not much has changed at the top of the UK game charts since last week, with the first three titles listed maintaining their previous positions. This means that Bioware's Mass Effect 2 is still first,...

Ferrari car pack coming for NFS SHIFT

Christian — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:29:17 GMT

After seven years of absence, Ferrari is making its return to the Need for Speed franchise through a car DLC that will be available for NFS SHIFT. Coming for the Xbox 360 next week, the Ferrari R...

Dead Space 2 PC version canned?

Christian — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:16:38 GMT

PC gamers, here's a hanky for you, in case you get too emotional about the apparent axing of the PC version of Dead Space 2. Earlier this week, when EA presented its latest financial results, it provi...

Mythic getting European rights for Dark Age of Camelot

Christian — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:38:25 GMT

As of next week France Telecom division GOA will no longer be running Dark Age of Camelot on the Old Continent as EA studio Mythic Entertainment has decided to assume all European publishing...

Dead Rising 2 release date set

Christian — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:38:24 GMT

Capcom has spoken, and what it said was that Dead Rising 2 will make its debut in North America on August 31st, in Japan on September 2nd and in Europe on September 3rd. The new survival horror title...

Bioshock 2 debuts well, tops UK sales charts

Christian — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:55:20 GMT

As probably you expected, 2K's return trip to Rapture has sparked a lot of interest in the gaming world and so Bioshock 2 has had no problem in taking the UK sales crown, especially since last we...

Gas Powered Games confirms Kings and Castles RTS

Christian — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:06:39 GMT

Dungeon Siege and Supreme Commander developer, Gas Powered Games, has officially announced its latest project, a fantasy RTS (real-time strategy) which goes by the name of Chris Taylor's Kings and Cas...

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands gets its release dates

Christian — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:25:26 GMT

The newest game in the Prince of Persia saga, dubbed 'The Forgotten Sands', has been provided some (relatively) solid release dates and they are May 18 for North America and May 20th for Europe.

Blizzard kicks off StarCraft II closed beta test

Christian — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:30:25 GMT

Thousands of lucky gamers around the world have received invitations are now participating in the closed beta test of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. This first testing phase is aimed at getting feedb...

Civilization V coming this autumn

Christian — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:35:23 GMT

Strategy fans rejoice as 2K Games and Firaxis Games have confirmed that Sid Meier’s Civilization V is in full development and will be released this autumn. The new episode in the famed Civi...

Aliens vs Predator climbs atop the UK sales charts

Christian — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:27:32 GMT

Rebellion's xenomorph-filled first-person shooter, Aliens vs Predator, has sold like hot cakes last week in the UK and managed to top the country's game charts. In the mean time, Just Dance remained o...

First BioShock 2 DLC detailed

Christian — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:33:17 GMT

Promising an 'aggressive' DLC plan for BioShock 2, 2K Games has announced that the first content pack for its latest FPS, called Sinclair Solutions Test Pack, will be released for the Xbox 360, PlaySt...

Batman: The Brave and the Bold game announced

Christian — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:09:46 GMT

Quickly after confirming the purchase of Rocksteady Studios, the developers of Batman: Arkham Asylum (and its sequel), Warner Bros. has revealed that it enlisted WayForward Technologies for the develo...

Alpha Protocol release dates outed

Christian — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:47:40 GMT

Initially planned for a 2009 release, Alpha Protocol, the 'espionage role-playing game' developed by Obsidian Entertainment (KOTOR2, Neverwinter Night 2), has been scheduled to reach Australia on May...

FIFA 10 Ultimate Team DLC released

Christian — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:56:31 GMT

To ease the wait until its official World Cup game, EA has let loose the Ultimate Team premium DLC for its successful soccer title, FIFA 10. Ultimate Team is an expansion game mode which en...

Heavy Rain sees pouring sales in the UK

Christian — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:39:13 GMT

Quantic Dream's PS3-exclusive Heavy Rain has flooded the UK and drowned all competition to become last week's top-selling title. On second place we have the new, multi-platform Aliens vs. Predator gam...

Major League Baseball 2K10 hits US stores

Christian — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:35:14 GMT

Batter's up baseball fans as 2K Sports has shipped Major League Baseball 2K10 to stores across the US. Developed by Visual Concepts, MLB 2K10 provides players with real-time results, standings, news a...

Test Drive Unlimited 2 is official

Christian — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:24:08 GMT

Atari has finally put all rumors to an end and announced that a new Test Drive title is in the works. TDU (Test Drive Unlimited) 2 aims to improve on its predecessor's Massively Open Online Racin...

Tropico 3 expansion in the works

Christian — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:53:10 GMT

Kalypso Media has this week confirmed that Bulgarian studio Haemimont Games is developing an expansion pack for the exotic city-building strategy Tropico 3 (released last year). Dubbed Tropico 3: Abso...

Ubisoft to kick off Pure Football franchine in May

Christian — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:20:59 GMT

Ubisoft has just announced that it is going to enter the football game market this May when it releases the first title in the new Pure Football franchise. Developed by Ubisoft Vancouver, the sports g...

Bad Company 2 takes sales crown in the UK

Christian — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:26:10 GMT

DICE's Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has confirmed the hype around it and shot to the top of the UK game sales charts right from release. Last week's number one, Heavy Rain fell to fourth place while the...

Aliens vs. Predator 'Swarm' DLC detailed

Christian — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:04:12 GMT

Rebellion and SEGA will next week be releasing the first DLC for Aliens vs. Predator, the Swarm Map Pack which contains the multiplayer maps available in the Special Editions but not the standard vers...

NFS SHIFT getting Exotic Racing DLC next week

Christian — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:25:18 GMT

It's almost one month now since EA released the Ferrari Racing pack for NSF SHIFT and the title is set to have its garage updated again thanks to the upcoming Exotic Racing DLC. The new premium p...

F1 2010 coming in September

Christian — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:22:50 GMT

Codemasters has set September as the launch month for F1 2010 aka the official game of the 2010 FIA FORMULA ONE World Championship. Powered by the EGO Engine, which was been used for DiRT 2 and Race D...