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The clues as to the actual contents of Nintendo's Wii and Xbox 360 lovechild are starting to add up. Next up after IBM's "Watson-related processor" hint is the GPU, which seems to have been specifically chosen to fuel the fires of forum fanboy discussion. And yes, alliteration kicks … [Read more...] about Nintendo’s Wii U Packing Newer Radeon GPU Than Xbox 360

There may be people out there milking franchises and whatnot, but Microsoft do not count themselves among them, no sir. In a recent interview, Microsoft Game Studios head Phil Spencer flat out denied that the upcoming Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition might be anything other than an homage to … [Read more...] about Microsoft Not “Milking” Halo, Milk Just Happy Byproduct

Bioware honestly thinks that I'm going to sit in my living room and yell commands at my console while playing Mass Effect 3's single player campaign. And, honestly, that wouldn't be so bad if they acknowledged it as a gimmick and just something they'd like to try. We've seen a bit of what they plan … [Read more...] about Bioware Considers Kinect New Mass Effect 3 Platform

We're well aware you're probably allergic to hackers by now and well past caring what game company has borne their wrath this week. We are too, but just in case you're a Brink player, we wanted to give you a quick heads up that you may want to change your Xbox Live password, since Bethesda's Brink … [Read more...] about Bethesda’s Brink Site Hacked As Well

In the wake of three arrests by the Spanish Police in connection with several attacks on Sony websites, as well as some bank and government websites, but not the PSN outage itself, Anonymous has responded by taking down the Spanish Police website for an hour. The so-called "hacktivist" group has … [Read more...] about Spanish Police DDoS-Attacked After Sony Hack Arrests

At least that's the takeaway from a Ubisoft round table where senior technical architect Marc Parenteau talked about the process of porting Assassin's Creed Revelations to Nintendo's new console. Hell, it sounds to us like the Wii U might even be a bit better than the geezers we have puttering … [Read more...] about Nintendo Wii U Power On Par With PS3 & Xbox 360?

Battlefield 3 fans have been enraged this week with the announcement by EA the they will be releasing a "Physical Warfare" Pack to Battlefield 3 gamers who pre-order their copies of Battlefield 3 through physical retailers GAME and Gamestation in the UK. If you pre-order your game through these … [Read more...] about Battlefield 3 Fans Enraged By Launch Of “Physical Warfare” Pack

The UK games development company Codemasters is the latest gaming company to be targeted by hackers and has announced that its website was hacked on June 3rd, 2011. The hackers were able to access registered customers' account information and snatched email and house addresses, together with … [Read more...] about Codemasters Website Hacked, Customer Information Snatched

Seems Sony's gotten "borrowing" down to an art form and is now proceeding to draw inspiration from the Wii U's seamless switch between a separate portable console-like controller and the TV screen before the console is even out. Or, as it would have us believe, its developers are, as according to … [Read more...] about Sony’s Vita-PS3 Link Might Look A Lot Like Wii U Functionality