Madden NFL 12 has officially launched in North America so football fans everywhere can get a taste of the new season with their favorite franchise. The game will still be launching to the rest of the world as well in select countries today. Madden NFL 12 capitalizes on six new changes; Playbooks and Gameplay; Presentation; Franchise and Superstar modes; Dynamic Player Performance; Madden Ultimate Team*; and Online Communities*. The title Read More ...
If you’re in the UK and you pre-order Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, you’ll receive an exclusive mini-book being published by Microsoft and Titan Publishing. The art book is based on the art from the book “Halo: The Art of Building Worlds”, while supplies last. You must pre-order through GAME and gamestation, and those that have pre-ordered already will receive a copy upon launch of the game. The book contains art Read More ...
LG has been granted a preliminary injunction that is stopping imports of the PS3 into Europe. Shipments of PS3s are currently being seized by European customs officers as LG’s injunction against Blu-ray technology seeks to block Sony products from sale. Earlier this month, LG had filed a claim with the International Trade Commission calling for a block on PS3 sales. They said that the device infringes on its copyrights. Apparently, Read More ...
Microsoft has cancelled the free Xbox Live Gold weekend for most of Europe that was due to take place this weekend. The promotion was announced earlier this week. A few countries will still be able to jump in though, including: Russia, Poland, Greece, South Africa, Czech Republic and Hungary. For everyone else, there will be a free Xbox Live weekend at a later date to make up for the cancellation Read More ...
Bethesda has slapped some release dates on their 2011 releases. Splash Damage’s Brink will be released in the US on May 17th and in Europe on May 20th. Hunted will be released in the US on June 1sy and in Europe on June 3rd. RAGE will be released in the US on September 13th in Europe September 16th. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will be released on November 11th worldwide, Read More ...
Capcom has announced that MotoGP 10/11 will be released on 18th March in Europe. There will be a demo of the game released on the PlayStation Store and the Xbox Live Marketplace before then in February. The demo lets gamers play as Danny Pedrosa and Andrea Davizioso on the Mugello track. It has both Championship and Time Trial modes, too.
Mass Effect 2 has landed on the European PlayStation Store for an insane £48. We’re not quite sure why it costs so much, but the game’s RRP is supposed to be £49.99 so that must obviously have something to do with it. Most shops are selling the physical PS3 version for £39.99, with Argos selling the 360 version for £7.99. It also doesn’t help that the 360 version is superior Read More ...
HMV and GAME have slapped a £229.99 price point on the Nintendo 3DS, with them both also pricing games at an astonishing £39.99 (the same as PS3 and 360 games in the UK). The news follows the Nintendo Europe 3DS conference, where the big N failed to announce a price and left it up to the retailers to determine how much it will cost in Europe. The rest of Europe Read More ...
Nintendo Europe has unveiled that the 3DS will be released on March 25th at their European press conference just now. That’s a full two days before the system is launched in the US. They purposely didn’t unveil the system’s price, and are apparently leaving it up to retailers to price the console so expect a very high cost. The US price is $259.99, which translates to £156 in actual money Read More ...
Nintendo’s 3DS European Conference is about to kick off. We will be providing live text in this post for the event, which you can access after the jump. The US event will be going on at the same time, so we will do our best to keep you up to date from both events in the same live text box. However, the majority of the US updates will probably hit Read More ...
The Video Standards Council has confirmed that the new PEGI game ratings system has been delayed. The new legally enforceable system was due to be released this April across Europe, but it seems they couldn’t get it ready in time. UK Minister for Culture Ed Vaizey has chimed in, saying that the ratings will be formally approved by July and will be rolled out after that.
Nintendo has confirmed plans to ship 4 million Nintendo 3DS’ worldwide by the end of March. 1.5 million units of that total will be going to Japan, whereas the rest will be heading to North America and Europe. Launch details for those territories will be unveiled on 19th January.
EA has finally dated Mass Effect 2 for the PlayStation 3. The game will be released on 18th January in the US and 21st January in Europe. The PS3 version includes some bonus content, including an interactive comic that bridges the storylines of Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2. The choices you make in the comic will affect your Mass Effect 2 game. All the previously released DLC is included Read More ...
Konami has confirmed that the PS3 version of X-Men Arcade will be released two months after the 360 version. The XBLA release will be hitting Europe and the US on 15th December (next Wednesday). The PSN release is currently pencilled in for a rather vague “February”. It’s not currently known how much the game will cost. X-Men Arcade is a port of the original multiplayer focused X-Men arcade title.
The Xbox 360 has turned five years old today in Europe. It’s been an interesting five years, and it seems the 360 has matured like a fine vintage. It’s still the best-selling HD console and up until this year, it survived the wraith of the Wii’s motion control nonsense. Now, it has the 3D motion sensing Kinect device and we’re none the wiser if we will ever see an Xbox Read More ...
