Category: Gaming
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COD: Black Ops Annihilation DLC to land June 28th?
Call of Duty: Black Ops is looking set to receive its third and final Map Pack DLC this month, in the form of the Call of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation DLC pack which will contain 4 brand new multiplayer maps and another new zombie survival campaign. The news comes from an unofficial source but still…
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Microsoft opening Kinect SDK for PCs today
Today Microsoft will be rolling out the Software Developers Kit for the (formerly Xbox 360 only) Kinect for PC users, so that software and games engineers can make some glorious PC Games and software to use with the accessory. Kinect has been a huge focus for Microsoft and its Xbox 360 gaming platform for the…
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Microsoft says “No” to Xbox 360 portable – Windows Phone will deliver
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Microsoft have ended the guessing game regarding a long-rumoured Xbox 360 portable by claiming no such thing is in production and nothing will be. Xbox 360 is currently dominating in the big box console market after Sony’s recent blunders with its Playstation Network, with a number of gamers trading in their PS3 consoles for the…
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Nintendo Wii U will not play DVD or Blu-Ray
President of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, has confirmed that the brand new Wii U console will not support DVD or Blu-Ray playback, during a conference with investors. We already know that the Wii U will use game discs which carry 25GB of data (that’s the same capacity as a Blu-Ray disc), but not even DVDs? Really…
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Some technical details for Wii U emerge online – 50% more powerful then PS3?
Wii U technical information is starting to emerge – with a few details of Nintendo’s latest slipping out and offering us a look inside the console that got us all talking after the anticipated and somewhat disappointing E3 reveal. Ports – The Wii U has them. Potentially quite a few of them in fact. 2 USBs at…
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Angry Birds Magic Places rewards you based on your location
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Angry Birds Magic Places is set to join everyone’s favourite bird-flinging mobile game series shortly, bringing new goodies and rewards to Angry Birds addicts. Magic Places aims to reward players with level unlocks, rewards and bonuses related to their GPS location. The makers of the game, Rovio Mobile, will determine exactly where these Magic Places…
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Wii U can support multiple Wii U controllers, says Nintendo
Turnaround spells slightly sunnier future for offline multiplayer
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Xbox 720 To Be Unveiled At Next Year’s E3?
Microsoft will announce the successor to their Xbox 360 at next year’s E3 according to developer Crytek. Apparently they are already making a game for it, namely TimeSplitters 4, which is of course an it’s a in-direct spin-off of the Goldeneye games and, of course, an Xbox 360 launch title way back when. Apparently the…
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Duke Nukem Forever sails to the top of the UK games charts
…But receives scores of unfavourable reviews at the same time.
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Xbox 360 Slim models to get new Processor chip
Microsoft has announced a new system-on-chip (SoC) processor for the Xbox 360 slim models. The SoC (System-on-chip) processor integrates the CPU (main processor), GPU (graphics), memory and I/O (input/output) logic onto a single powerful chip. Microsoft are changing the chip as a counter to the AMD’s next generation Bulldozer and Bobcat processor technology threats. The…
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Duke Nukem Forever released after 15 year development hell
Near mythical game finally makes it to the shop floor, but is it too little, too late?
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E3 Gaming roundup featuring Hitman, Assassin’s Creed, Warhammer 40k and the Wii U
E3 2011: Thursday Lowdown Bringing it all back home from E3 for the final day of the show before tomorrow’s final roundup, and one of the first games we’ve spied is the next instalment in the often-shunned Hitman series. In Hitman: Absolution, developers IO Interactive, who you may remember from Kane and Lynch, and publishers…