Sony admits it faces “a lot of difficulties” with its shares at a 31-year low Sony shares were at an a 31-year low for the company this week, decreasing by 6.7% to a low ¥1,132 ($14.16). Sony recently announced an annual loss of ¥456.7 billion ($5.71 billion). Newly appointed president Kazuo Hirai sure has his work [...]

News: Harley Quinn not a playable character in newest DLC for Arkham City. PlayStation 3 users get DLC a day early. Following the news of a Game of the Year edition of Batman: Arkham City , it has been confirmed that in Harley Quinn’s Revenge DLC she will not be a playable character. In a FAQ that appeared on the [...]

News: Street Fighter X Tekken PC system requirements confirmed, potentially able to run on Windows XP. Capcom has released the minimum and recommended specifications for running Street Fighter x Tekken on a PC. They are as follows:

The minimum specs (at 800×600 resolution @ 30FPS) are: OS: Windows XP. HDD: 10GB of free space (or more). CPU: Intel Dual Core [...]

News: Microsoft to release chrome 360 controllers with Dragons Dogma download codes, look super shiny. Japanese 360 gamers can expect the incoming arrival of these shiny chrome 360 controllers alongside a bonus Dragon’s Dogma download code. The wireless controllers have been confirmed in Silver, Red and Blue chrome colours. The other two colours available are pictured below: Microsoft haven’t [...]

Anno 2070 Deep Ocean expansion announced, due this autumn Anno 2070, the latest in the long-running Anno RTS series, will be getting an expansion this autumn, publisher Ubisoft has announced. The new expansion will offer new units, tech trees, buildings, quests and population classes. Some features of the expansion are listed below:

Unlock over 30 new achievements [...]

News: Kinect Steel Battalion pre-order bonuses announced Steel Battalion: Heavy Armour seems like a Kinect game to get excited for. Clearly retailers see the potential, as a selection of pre-order bonuses have been announced for the United States. All the armour add-ons have bonus powers alongside their classy paint jobs, listed below: GameStop’s pre-order bonus is [...]

News: Sniper Elite V2 demo now out on Steam, 2 gig in size. Sniper Elite V2′s demo is now available to try on everybody’s favourite PC service, Steam . Console users have had their chance to try out the game for a while, now PC users can get a taste of what to expect from Sniper Elite V2. [...]

News: GameStop US offers the PlayStation 3 at the reduced price of $199. Retailer GameStop has dropped the price of Sony’s PlayStation 3 from $249 to $199. The retail giant is offering this online deal along with either Batman: Arkham City or Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition. For UK gamers, The PlayStation 3 is currently priced £159.99 in the  UK [...]

News: Skyrim DLC could be announced today, according to the official Twitter of Bethesda Blog, with possible first DLC screenshot… Could Skyrim DLC be announced today?  Bethesda Blog (@Bethblog) tweeted this picture yesterday, simply with the word ‘tomorrow’, teasing this as the first screenshot of DLC. ‘Tomorrow’ suggests a possible statement today, regarding DLC for the Elder [...]

News: US Government hires company to research tracking data through gaming devices. Gamasutra has reported the US Navy and the Department of Homeland Security have begun investigating methods of tracking suspects through video game consoles. The US Goverment hired the company Obscure Technologies to create hardware and software tools to extract data from video game systems. The Navy’s official listing [...]

News: Nasne confirmed by Sony, network recording and 500GB media storage. Japan release date July 19th. Sony have announced Nasne, a new network recorder and media device with a 500GB hard disk drive. It will have digital terrestrial and satellite broadcaster tuners, enabling users to watch and record TV shows on devices such as the PlayStation 3. Up-to [...]

News: Dead Space fan builds Isaac Clarke action figure with incredible detail. Forget the official action figures of Dead Space, this figure needs to be framed on your mantlepiece! The work-in-progress action figure was made by a korean fan of the series. No information on how long it took to create or what materials were used, [...]

News: Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown gets its own PS3 arcade stick, released this summer. Sega have collaborated with Hori to create the arcade stick ‘Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown Real Arcade Pro V3 SA’. The fighting stick will be released along with Virtua Fighter this summer. According to Hori’s press release , Some product features include authentic [...]

News: Vita gets v1.01 Facebook update, receives Pages, photo uploads and system language support. The Facebook app for the PlayStation Vita has been updated from version 1.0 to 1.01. The update is 2927KB in size. Facebook on a handheld might sound awful, but at least it now seems totally functional. You can finally upload images directly from [...]

News: Rockstar reveal fragments of information on Max Payne 3 via their official Twitter, no demo confirmed. With Max Payne 3 arriving May 15th, Rockstar is attempting to drive up anticipation for Mr Payne’s latest bullet-time adventure. Here are the tweets posted yesterday, in response to questions asked by fans post-PAX:

#MaxPayne3 is a Rockstar Studios production: [...]

News: Fan-made Sonic 2 HD contains Keylogger, encouraged to delete. According to the site Sonic Retro , a keylogger is contained within the fan-made Sonic 2 HD. The site advises all users to delete Sonic 2 HD to avoid any leaked private information. Sonic Retro insists that while the keylogger has been confirmed to be within the software, there is [...]

News: China gets its first female Street Fighter champion. Xiao Zhao has become the first female in history to win China’s Super Street Fighter IV Tournament. The event was held last month at the Nanning Mario Arcade Center in Guangxi. Throughout the tournament Zhao used the character Dhalsim. Her prize for winning the tournament was an iPhone 4S. With [...]

News: Cliff Bleszinski confirms the Gears of War spinoff for the Kinect is cancelled. Cliff Bleszinski has confirmed Gears of War: Exile has been cancelled. Speaking to GameSpot over the weekend, Cliffy B confirmed ”Gears of War: Exile was an unannounced game that I can’t give any details about that has since been cancelled.” According to rumours the called-off [...]

News: Pac-Man Smash! recently registered trademark in Europe. No details have been announced. Smashing confirmed. Remember how many great Pac-Man games there have been over the past decade? One?! Well let’s hope Namco Bandai can change that with the recently trademarked “Pac-Man Smash!”. No details on the game have been revealed as to what ‘Pac-Man Smash’ [...]

Crytek employee’s innocent tweet appears to confirm Durango codename for new Xbox, claims to be on location at secret developer event in London. Shhh! I guess they should have avoided serving alcohol at this event? Crytek employee Sean Tracy, technical designer for the company, posted the following tweet. It all but confirms the existence of the [...]