With the upcoming release of Fifa 11, EA spokesman and senior VP Jens Uwe Intat has boldly announced that the FIFA series of games are superior to rival football game series Pro Evolution Soccer (PES). “Over the last couple of years, FIFA has been an excellent performer and we continue to grow market share over…
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Sonic Adventure ported to XBLA and PSN
The first game from Sega’s Dreamcast digital download service has gone live. Sonic Adventure is the first game to be ported to both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game is available to download on Xbox Live right now and costs 800 Microsoft points, or you can download the trial version. PS3 users will…
Super Mario All-Stars confirmed Wii Release
Nintendo have confirmed that to ‘celebrate’ the 25th anniversary of their superstar Plumber Mario, they are to release a Wii version of the SNES classic game Super Mario All-Stars, also known as the Super Mario Collection in Japan. Super Mario All-Stars was originally released way back in 1993 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and…
Gold Xbox Live subscription prices to increase from November 1
Some may argue it’s a bad time to increase the price of the Xbox Live Gold subscription membership, while arguably it could be a good time to do so. With Kinect launching in November, it will surely increase the amount of subscriptions for Live, which would make it a good time to jack the prices…
Toy Box DLC Announced for Xbox 360 with Keys to the City
Microsoft Game Studios and Ruffian Games have announced that there will be both free and premium downloadable content available on the Xbox Live Marketplace soon for Xbox exclusive title Crackdown 2. Entitled “Toy Box”, the DLC contains the following free downloadable content, which includes the Keys to the City mode which was featured as an…
Halo Reach leaked almost a month before launch
The highly anticipated Halo Reach is set to be released September 14th. That hasn’t stopped pirates from leaking the game earlier. Someone was able to acquire the game from the Microsoft servers and has shared it across the web, for others to download. The game, distributed by Microsoft Game Studios was developed by Bungie Studies,…
UK Offers on the new Xbox 360 S 4GB
The guys at CVG have scoured the internet and found a handful of top deals for UK buyers of the 4GB Xbox 360. They found the cheapest of the deals at The Hut which offers the 4GB Arcade System for £139.93. Argos and Amazon are both offering the 360 S for £139.99. Play, Game, Gamestation…
Upcoming FPS RAGE to be Released in September
Highly anticipated ‘post-apocalyptic’ FPS game RAGE has recieved it’s official release date from the games developer – iD – at Quakecon 2010 in Dallas, Texas. “We’re going to have the biggest, coolest, most badass launch possible,” Tim Willits – Rage Designer In the US RAGE will be released on September 13th with release in Europe…
Femme Fatal Street Fighter IV fightstick
For a limited time only, a “femme fatale” fightstick is available to purchase from GameShark. The fightstick brings in a pink and white casing along with the ladies of Street Fighter IV. Only 1000 are being made, distributed between the PS3 and Xbox 360. The PS3 will receive 350 while the 360 gets 650. The…
Join DS: London for the Nintendo DS World record attempt
If you’re heading down to London for the London Games Fringe and have a DS it ‘s worth taking it with you to the event. As well as the GRL GMR Tournament, London’s first girl gamers event, DS: London will also be taking part in the London Games Fringe Festival. DS: London are attempting to…