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Capcom “Re-evaluating” Its DLC Policy After Complaints Of On-Disc Locked Content

Capcom has been at the centre of a lot of rage from the gaming community recently due to their practice of locking on-disc content so that it can be sold [...]

Blizzard Skips E3 2012, No BlizzCon Either

I don’t think the first part of this news will be too surprising to anyone, since Blizzard missing this year’s E3 would only mean that it’s the fifth consecutive year [...]

World Of Warcraft Stops Bleeding Subscribers

Since we’ve been keeping tabs on what MMO’s are gaining subscribers and which are losing, I feel it’s only fair to report when some games are doing just enough to [...]

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Anonymous Strikes In the Name Of The Pirate Bay

Besides hearing about a few arrests here and there and one silly little threat around April Fool’s, Anonymous has gone somewhat quiet since in recent months. Well, it couldn’t last [...]

PS3 Gamers Have More Artistic Culture

PS3 owners have been treated to some really amazing exclusives over the past years, mainly coming from thatgamecompany, the studio behind the fast selling PSN game Journey. Jenova Chen, thatgamecompany [...]

Black Ops II Said To Push Boundaries, But Still Has Zombies

Call of Duty: Black Ops II was recently revealed, where it has already faced a bit of attack by Electronic Arts, and the media. In fact, the entire campaign seems [...]

Nein Microsoft, You Are No Longer Welcome In Germany

Following a ruling that may halt the import of Xbox 360 Hardware into the U.S, a German court has banned the sale of numerous Microsoft products in German, including the [...]

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DICE Believes The Next-Gen Used-Games Block Can Be A “Win And A Loss”

Interim DICE CEO and Battlefield 3 executive producer Patrick Bach has thrown his penny into the debate pot regarding the rumours suggesting that the next-gen consoles will kill off used, [...]

The Angry Birds Physics Developer Only Got A Hoodie For All His Work

Angry Birds is addictive, fun and challenging. A physics based game that involves you trying to figure out how your birds will react in a physical environment, and how their [...]

Nexon Rumoured To Launch Takeover Bid For EA

Electronic Arts (EA) shares have recently jumped, as South Korean gaming giant, Nexon, has made a bid to takeover the leading publisher. The rumour was seen on both Forbes and [...]

Crytek Lead Developer Wants Next-Gen Consoles To Eliminate Secondhand Games

One of Crytek’s lead developers has openly supported the concept of blocking secondhand games. Rasmus Højengaard, the Swedish director of creative development at Crytek, has stated that it would be [...]

Levine Believes That People “Overestimate How Exposed Games Are Compared To Other Forms Of Media”

Irrational Game’s Ken Levine recently spoke with Penny Arcade Report about his thoughts regarding the amount of publicity that games receive in comparison to other forms of media, claiming that games’ [...]

Games Are Not To Blame For Norway Massacre

This is the face of evil. This is a pathological killer who loathes Muslims; a conspirator, racist and ultra-extremist, whose hateful beliefs were the reason for his horrid attacks on the Utoya [...]

Molyneux Gets Over A Thousand Applicants For 22 Cans

A few months ago Peter Molyneux, everyone’s favourite storyteller, left Lionhead Studios in order to start up a new development company which he dubbed 22 Cans. We don’t know either… [...]

Prey 2 Hasn’t Been Worked On Since November

Yesterday saw the news that Prey 2 wasn’t actually cancelled, much to the delight of fans across the world, including myself. However, why was the game delayed until 2013? Quality [...]

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Codemasters Is No More — Say Hello To Codemasters Racing

For the purposes of this exercise, I’d like you to try naming a game from Codemasters that isn’t a racing title. Go. … What, can’t think of any? Give up? [...]

Jade Raymond Talks About Her New Studio (Interview)

As Lara Croft is the first lady of gaming, probably maybe, Jade Raymond is the first lady of game development, probably maybe. You would certainly think so since she’s easily [...]

Mass Effect 3 Was Falsely Advertised, Says The Better Business Bureau

Mass Effect 3 suffered numerous hate articles as well as a few complaints for broken promises. Some people even went as far as trying to open a case against BioWare [...]

On-Disc DLC Is An “Unfortunate Reality” Says Gears Of War Designer

DLC has been the thorn in gamer’s side for a long time now. It’s not so much that we feel we pay enough for games already; it’s just that most [...]

Rumours Show That Next-Gen Consoles Might Kill Off Used Games

It was recently revealed that Sony are working on codename ‘Orbis’, the next-generation PlayStation console. While we’re unsure of what the specifications might be, there’s something more interesting which could [...]

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Take-Two Boss Believes THQ Will Go The Way Of The Mayans Soon

Speaking at the MIT Business in Gaming conference, Strauss Zelnick, CEO of publisher Take-Two, slammed publisher THQ by pretty much predicting its demise. The big cheese of the publisher that [...]

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And The Winner For “Worst Company In America” Is: Electronic Arts!

In what is undoubtedly a rags to riches story of a studio struggling to find its feet in the world, only to acquire Bullfrog, fuck it over and then become [...]

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UK Teachers Say Children Are Addicted To Videogame Fantasy Worlds

Teacher! Leave Us Kids Alone! Teachers, the bane of every childhood, are now complaining that children are acting out violent scenes from adult computer games in the playground. Because of [...]

EA Is In The Final Of ‘Worst Company in America’

Can you believe that there is actually a contest that determines the worst company in America? It’s like people don’t know what to do with their free time anymore. Anyway, [...]

Capcom Doesn’t Think There’s A Difference Between DLC And Locked Disc Content

Capcom recently responded to consumer complaints, regarding how it does its business, that were sent to the Better Business Bureau. The under-fire publisher has said that it doesn’t believe there [...]

Sony Shuts Down Zipper Interactive

Sony has made it official that Seattle-based developer Zipper Interactive has been closed down. In case you’re unsure, they’re the developers of SOCOM, the PS3 exclusive online shooter MAG and [...]

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Thatgamecompany Co-Founder Resigns

Thatgamecompany has really made an impact on the gaming community in the last few short years. Their games, which are probably the closest things to perfect interactive digital art, have [...]

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Bad News For The BioShock Movie

If you were interested in the BioShock movie, you’re going to have to wait. According to reports, the upcoming movie has been shelved as there’s issues regarding the budget and [...]

Capcom Feels Survival Horror Market Is Too “Small” For Resident Evil

Capcom has revealed that the reasons for the Resident Evil franchise moving more towards action-orientated gameplay in recent years is due to the company’s data suggesting that the survival horror [...]

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Mass Effect 3 Ending Reaction Has Made Ken Levine Sad

You won’t like him when he’s sad… Irrational Games boss Ken Levine as well as a senior creative director at BioWare-Mythic recently offered up their own comments regarding the ending [...]

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