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Hot on the heels of Microsoft swatting away rumors that the next Xbox was releasing later this year, Sony has announced that they are in no hurry to reveal anything having to do with the Playstation 4. Sony France CEO Philippe Cardon, told french website Lepoint.fr that Sony will be the last to announce a new console. "The Wii is under time pressure because it's in decline. As far as we're concerned, we're under a lot less pressure. We were the last to release the PS3. We will probably be the l

On September 11th, Sony launched a lawsuit against Bridgestone and Wildcat Creek Inc. Actor Jerry Lambert who plays Sony's fake executive Kevin Butler in television commercials is the president of the one of the companies featured in the lawsuit; Wildcat Creek Inc. Sony is claiming that Bridgestone and Wildcat Creek Inc. are both in breach of contract over the Kevin Butler character who Sony believes is being used in another form of advertisement for Bridgestone tires. Keep in mind that the t

On October 5, 2011 Sony will be making a new announcement to gamers everywhere. This announcement comes following a short teaser trailer that appeared on the interwebs late lastnight. The trailer follows two soldiers who appear to have parachuted down into some dark lonely woods. When they emerge into the open, an old stone house is sitting in front of them. Upon entering they are greeted by a sultry female and a dog to their right lying on the floor. They place some coins into the tray that

In a surprising and not so scandalous news flash, Sony's Playstation 3 sales are finally catching up to Microsoft's sales of the Xbox 360. Sony released their financial reports for the Q2 fiscal year and show that the Playstation has moved 55.5 million units worldwide, just about catching and placing them in position to be on the verge of passing their rival console, the Xbox 360 which has moved 56.7 million units worldwide. It is nice to see something good coming out of Sony's camp instead of t

Falling into the ugly, "game gets DLC before releases" category, Namco has announced that next week's release Soulcalibur V, will be getting custom character creation packs to the tune of €1.99 or 160 Microsoft points each. The first pack will release on Soulcalibur's release day February 3rd, and include 9 customization options like bikinis, wings, and face paint and also original music from the very first Soulcalibur. On Valentine's Day, February 14th, Namco will be releasing 9 "fearsome" cus

Are you still in denial about the next Xbox being in development? Many gamers are even after the job title changings of many of the Xbox staff to reflect working on the next Xbox. What about if I told you that sources close to Xbox believe that the new Xbox will be at E3 2012 and they even go on further to say that a late 2013 or 2014 launch is in the horizon? Sources are claiming that both Microsoft and their partners are gearing up for a late 2013 to 2014 launch of the next generation Xbox.

South Korea has taken over the parent's job to monitor their children's onling gaming habits and are in the process of voting in a law that is being dubbed, "The Cinderella Law".  The new law which was has survived rounds of voting with a unanimous "Yes" decision since last April, gives the country the right to restrict the hours that a child under the age of 15 can play online games.  The hours that will be restricted for online gaming only if this law is approved by the country's national asse

MIDLOTHIAN, VA - December 29, 2009 – Leading videogame publisher, SouthPeak Games, today announced Blood Bowl® for Windows PC, the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system coming in 2010. The hard-hitting fantasy football title previously available exclusively as a Windows PC downloadable game is lobbing a ‘Hail Mary’ pass straight onto retail shelves in 2010. Just in time for the human football season’s end, SouthPeak is here to offer a

For those of you that have forgotten or got the chance to play the awful Spec Ops: The Line private beta, it appears that 2K Games wants to remind you that the game is still coming and it appears to have received a bit of a makeover in the following trailer that is full of new gameplay footage. http://youtu.be/eaP1-yCqbUwvia

The Splinter Cell Trilogy bundle that is headed to the Playstation 3 appears to be releasing this September according to several video game retailers and Joystiq. GameStop, Amazon, and GameFly have all listed the release date for as September 27th, however Ubisoft has not confirmed the date. The bundle features Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

Major Nelson confirmed today that Splinter Cell: Conviction will be getting a 360 bundle. The bundle includes a standard copy of the game, two wireless controllers, and a 250 GB hard drive.  The bundle which will cost you $399 will be out in early April in North America, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia.

Actor Tom Hardy who most recently played a very well done rendition of Bane in Dark Knight Rises' has been cast as Sam Fisher in the upcoming Splinter Cell movie being produced by Ubisoft Motion Productions with the help of Regency Productions. The movie; which is still in it's infancy stage, has not been given a date for when production is expected to begin. Also announced from the Ubisoft camp is that Michael Fassbender will be starring in the upcoming Assassin's Creed film which is slated to

The two co-op maps, The Dead Coast and Billionaire's Yacht were previously only available at launch in pre-orders and special editions, but now you can get your hands on them in the Homeland DLC. Along with the two co-op maps there is also a boost to Sam's armor and stealth and a new multiplayer map that features new goggle colors. via IGN

While Ubisoft has kept mum on a specific release date for their recently E3 2012 unveiled Splinter Cell: Blacklist, it appears that Amazon UK has spilled the beans for them. A keen eye over at VideoGamer spied the next entry into the series on the Amazon UK website with a release date of March 29th, 2013. Ubisoft has only mentioned Spring 2013 which falls in line with the now rumored March 29th release date. Also appearing in the ad for the game was the "Upper Echelon" Limited Edition version

Today Ubisoft announced that both Splinter Cell: Conviction and R.U.S.E. have been delayed in to the companies next fiscal year. While Splinter Cell was given a release date, R.U.S.E. was given no tentative date. With both originally scheduled for release in February and Splinter Cell's numerous delays, this may not be a good sign for either.

Square Enix keeps giving console fanboys reasons to argue over whether the PS3 or 360 will produce the mind blowing graphics that are expected from Final Fantasy XIII. Yesterday Square released comparison screenshots claiming that each photo showed what FFXIII will look like on both consoles.  One of the screenshots in particular, gamers took notice that it appeared to be altered, because the screenshots were identical except that the buttons were altered to match the console that the screensho

Like a politician, Square Enix has flopped their opinion on a Final Fantasy VII remake and instead they are now stating that a Final Fantasy VII remake will happen when another Final Fantasy title can exceed the quality of Final Fantasy VII. I personally can think of one Final Fantasy that has already done that a long ago, but that's beside the point. This announcement comes one month after Square said that a Final Fantasy VII "is not a priority" and that "new titles take precedence" despite t

Fans who have anxiously been waiting on a remake of Square Enix's 1997 Final Fantasy VII are going to be waiting tad bit longer. Speaking to Famitsu, Square Enix's Tetsuya Nomura told the Japanese magazine that a FFVII remake is not a priority at this time. While Square is focusing on their current release, FFXIII-2 with followup DLC and a possible rumored FFXIII-3, they are also working on Final Fantasy X HD remake which makes their statement regarding FFVII seem a bit confusing. via IGN

Bethesda has released the names of the actors who are lending their voices to what could be the most anticipated RPG of 2011, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Most notable are the three Academy Awards nominees Christopher Plummer from The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Max Von Sydow who starred in The Exorcist and Minority Report, and actress Joan Allen who lent her acting talents to The Contender and The Bourne Ultimatum. Other voices in Skyrim that you may recognize include Michael Hogan from Battlestar

Starbreeze CEO, Mikael Nermark made that statement to CVG as the studio who developed the first game of Jackie Estacado's adventure in The Darkness, opened up about not making the sequel, The Darkness II. 2K Games instead chose Digital Extremes who has worked on BioShock, BioShock 2, and various Unreal Tournament games. The Darkness II is set for release on October 4, 2011 and the story will pick up two years after the events in first game and finds that Jackie used his powers to become the head

Coming Soon: Players who share computers can also share their Steam games September 11, 2013 - Steam Family Sharing, a new service feature that allows close friends and family members to share their libraries of Steam games, is coming to Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC, Mac, and Linux games and software. The feature will become available next week, in limited beta on Steam. Steam Family Sharing is designed for close friends and family members to play one another's

Valve wants you to know that there is no need for alarm due to the recent downtime of Steam. There was simply a power outage and not a repeat of past security breaches in 2004 and 2008 where vital information was stolen from Steam account holders. "Our datacentre's uninterruptible power supplies experienced a power failure. The power is back on now, and we're working to get service restored as quickly as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.", stated Steam in a mes

Two major British retailers are threatening to ban the selling of games tied to Steam and are demanding that publishers remove Steam from their game or suffer the consequences. According to MCV, the two retailers who are unknown at this point are claiming that Steam is ruining the PC market and that Valve has created a monster.  One of the bosses even had the following to say. "If we have a digital service, then I don’t want to start selling a rival in-store... “Publishers are creating a monster

Yesterday a hacker who goes by the name of "Predator" claimed that he hacked into the Xbox Live account of Stephen "Stepto" Toulouse who happens to be the head of the Xbox Live Enforcement Policy Team and said that he only wanted to help Microsoft. Toulouse who spoke to Joystiq regarding the incident is telling a far more disturbing story. "He got an old cell phone [number] of mine, and yeah, he called it occasionally".  Toulouse then played it for Joystiq who said that they could not print the

Everybody's favorite little wad of juicy, cubed meat is getting an "Ultra Edition" version for the PC. The "Ultra Edition" includes a 40-page booklet and a behind the scenes look, as well as a soundtrack with audio samples, extended Team Meat's comic book,  and a mini poster of Super Meat Boy that is fan made by Dave Rapoza and happens to be quite disturbing. This ultra sized edition of Super Meat Boy will cost PC gamers $20 and will be available in retail stores sometime in April. via Game Pr