See it streamed live via Youtube. If you’re in the UK and can’t make it to tonight’s midnight launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, then you can head on over to Youtube to watch a live stream. Here is some information so you can be informed of the event. The high voltage action kicks off on Monday 7th November at 7pm as guests arrive on the ‘green’ carpet. Read More ...
Namco Bandai Games announced today that Dark Souls will be available in North America on October 4th and October 7th in the UK. With tense dungeon crawling and fearsome enemy encounters, the seamlessly intertwined world of Dark Souls is full of extreme battles, rewarding challenges, nuanced weaponry and magic, and the flexibility to customize each character to suit any desired play style. The innovative online component allows gamers to draw Read More ...
Batman: Arkham City will hit store shelves in North America October 18th. Australia on October 19th, along with Europe and all other territories on October 21st for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC.
Epic Games has announced that the Bulletstorm Epic Edition will be exclusive to GAME and Gamestation in the UK. The two chains are owned by the GAME Group, thus the edition is allowed to be sold across both stores. The main selling point for the Epic Edition is an invite to the Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta. It also gives you 25,000 in-game experience points and some visual upgrades Read More ...
Oddworld Inhabitants has announced a HD remake of Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee. UK developer Just Add Water will be handling development duties. “It’s basically Abe’s Oddysee being redone in a 3D physics engine as a 2D side-scrolling platformer,” series creator Lorne Lanning said. “So the way Just Add Water wants to approach it, we thought was very smart; they are not trying to reinvent any wheels. It’s like, ‘Can we make 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 ...
Activision has recommended that Bizarre Creations should be closed, saying that they have tried to sell the studio but haven’t been able to find a way to offload it. Activision Worldwide Studios’ COO Coddy Johnson today said that Activision tried to sell the struggling developer to “pretty much anyone you can imagine in the industry” and were now left with closing the studio, which they admitted was their “last resort”. Read More ...
2K Games has finally slapped a release date for Top Spin 4 in the UK. It will be released on 18th March, a few days after the US’ 15th March release. It’s been nearly three years since the lost Top Spin game, with this one featuring players from the old days as well as the new legends. Andy Murray has been confirmed too.
Sony has confirmed that Killzone 3 will be released on 25th February in the UK. It will go head-to-head with Epic Games’ Bulletstorm. The US version of Killzone 3 will be released on 22nd February, which was confirmed back in September last year. The game has officially gone gold today, so all that’s left now for Sony and Guerrilla Games is to ship it out and probably start preparing some Read More ...
HMV have confirmed that they will be leaving 60 UK stores this year in an attempt to cut costs. This follows a 12.9% reduction in like-for-like sales for the five-week Christmas period. HMV blamed weak underlying entertainment markets and the crazy weather for the poor sales. In recent years, HMV had become one of the UK’s biggest gaming retailers after the collapse of most shops during the recession. CEO Simon Read More ...
TopWare Interactive has finally announced the UK date for Two Worlds II. The game will be released in the UK and US on 25th January 2011. Apparently, it has already sold over one million units in Europe after just three weeks on sale. SouthPeak Games was supposed to be publishing the game in the UK and Ireland, but it seems TopWare now wants a bigger slice of the pie after Read More ...
Activision has confirmed that Call of Duty: Black Ops has sold two million copies in UK shops in just one week. Earnings from those sales total £81.9 million. Black Ops sales were 13% higher than Modern Warfare 2’s, with it making 21% more money. That £81.9 million figure is more money than the entire UK all-formats chart made in the past two weeks combined. Between Black Ops, Kinect and all Read More ...
Sony has announced that the PS3 Sly Trilogy Collection will be released in the UK on 3rd December. Australia and New Zealand will get the game on the 2nd December, with the rest of PAL on the 1st. We’re guessing the US release will be around that time too. The Sly Trilogy includes all three of the PS2 games on one Blu-ray. They’ve been given the HD treatment and are Read More ...
Activision has confirmed that Call of Duty: Black Ops sold 5.6 million copies in the US and the UK combined in one day. That’s more than Modern Warfare 2’s record of 4.7 million copies in the same regions and timeframe. Black Ops sales generated $360 million for Activision. In comparison, Modern Warfare 2 only made $310 million. “There has never been another entertainment franchise that has set opening day records Read More ...
The BBFC has officially slapped an 18 age rating on Call of Duty: Black Ops. That’s the same as Modern Warfare 2 and everything else in the Call of Duty franchise so we doubt it’ll affect sales much. The BBFC believes that the game contains “strong bloody violence and strong language”. However, the game passed without any cuts. Call of Duty: Black Ops will be released worldwide on Tuesday, 9th Read More ...
