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While it comes as no surprise to many, Take Two announced today that Rockstar’s upcoming action title L.A. Noire has in fact been delayed until next year.

L.A. Noire is now looking at a release date somewhere in the first half of 2011. That’s a whole lot of release dates, so hopefully we’ll get something more concrete soon. After blowing through Mafia II, I’m itching to take my 1940s-era action to the west coast. In the game, players will experience “an ..read the full article

Before officially starting this review let me get something out of the way: For $15 Castle Crashers on PSN is a steal!  If you don’t already own it on Xbox Live…GET IT!  Ok, now let’s get started. I never owned Castle Crashers on Xbox Live.  Was fortunate to have a friend and neighbor who purchased the game 2 years ago.  We often played co-op games together and both found Castle Crashers an instant favorite.  I took the Red Knight as he took the Green Knight and ..read the full article

According to the Witcher’s Facebook Page, CDProjekt is not going to, “sacrifice” the game’s development for consoles at the moment.  They are simply focused on a great PC title … for now.

Here’s the direct quote:

To be clear – no part of The Witcher 2′s development is being sacrificed for console development. The focus is on delivering a great PC title for Q1 next year… the engine is CAPABLE of console development, but we are currently focused on the PC game ..read the full article

At today’s Call of Duty: Black Ops live event, Treyarch showed off the new “wager” matches and four new modes of play. As somebody who pledges allegiance to Infinity Ward, I have to say that Black Ops is looking very, very good.

Call of Duty: Black Ops will be Mod-Friendly Call of Duty Black Ops Collectors Edition Includes RC Car + Prestige Edition Trailer Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Teaser Revealed Call of Duty Black Ops Special Not-So-Original Editions Announced New Call of Duty: ..read the full article

Valve has promised “at least three big surprises” in the next year. However, no further details were given.

“I can guarantee you people are going to be surprised at stuff we do. That isn’t going to stop any time soon. I’m just laughing because… people will be shocked again,” Gabe Newell told PC Gamer.

“We have three pretty big surprises in the next 12 months at least.”

Half-Life 2: Episode 3 is obviously on the minds of Valve fans but this could mean ..read the full article

“Look Out…Here Come the Spider-Men!”  The newly released trailer for Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is awesome!  What especially impresses is the different styles in art and gameplay shown for the four displayed playable characters.  It looks to be a promising return to the days of pre-movie Spider-Man Game webslinging fun.   The player will be able to control four versions of Spider-Man, spanning the Amazing, Noir, 2099, and Ultimate universes.  Each character has different moves, abilities, art-style and personality.  Because of the variety and ..read the full article

Today at IFA 2010 in Berlin, Sony announced that Music Unlimited Powered by Qriocity, a cloud-based digital music service, will be coming to PlayStation 3 later this year.

The service will give you access to millions of songs that are stored and synchronised through the cloud and can be accessed via PS3, BRAVIA TVs, Blu-ray Disc players, Blu-ray Home Theatre systems and VAIO computers, with one single account and without the need to manage digital files.

Further details, including exactly when and ..read the full article

Remember when you put Dead Rising in your Xbox 360 for the first time and discovered that the text was completely unreadable because of your SDTV? You’ll not have that trouble with Vanquish.

The recently released demo has revealed that the game will feature an “SDTV mode” which makes the text and icons larger and visible on a standard definition screen. That’s great news for people who don’t have an HDTV yet- although you should probably look into getting one. I ..read the full article

When THQ began to reveal info about the newest iteration in the WWE Raw vs. Smackdown series, one item of interest was that Hall of Famer Bret “The Hitman” Hart would be available as a pre-order bonus for those who ordered the game from Best Buy, as well as major Canadian retailers. And today, they’ve revealed what those who patronize other stores and websites will receive.

“While supplies last,” Toys R Us pre-orders will come with an alternate ..read the full article

The official Vanquish demo “Velocity Attack” is now available on Xbox Live and PSN in North America.  Vanquish, the much anticipated title from SEGA, is a Western/Japanese hybrid 3rd-person shooter which includes cover system mechanics.  The download is just under 500 mb so definitely make sure you have room.

The demo looks great with 2 levels of difficuly of frantic action onboard an orbiting space station and includes a Boss fight.  Expect the full game to blast in on October 19th.  It’s definitely ..read the full article

As a dev team, we’re beyond excited to see the release of R.U.S.E. drawing near – it launches in Europe on September 9, so we’re just over a week away.

For those of you new to the game, R.U.S.E. enables players to use manipulation and trickery against their enemies.  In fact, deception is at the very heart of R.U.S.E., and you’ll find that without it you cannot succeed. With R.U.S.E., we aimed to create an RTS that goes beyond the ..read the full article

Having briefly considered mounting a campaign to abolish Mondays and have three-day weekends forever, I’m back in work after the bank holiday to tell you about the next episode of FirstPlay.

Episode 22 is up on the Store from Wednesday, and this week features an all-new hands-on with LittleBigPlanet 2, the second part of our big PlayStation Move playtest, and a preview of Ubisoft’s under-the-radar strategy contender, RUSE. Oh, and a chat with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president Andrew House.

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In a studio in South London, professional dancers, choreographers, principal designers, members of the SingStar team and myself gathered for something pretty special.

This was the shoot for the upcoming SingStar Dance game, due for release later this year. The team were recording footage of the dancers that will be presented in-game for users to follow when playing. Fully rehearsed and in costume, the dancers were ready to begin.

For me, watching anyone perform a well thought out dance routine is pretty ..read the full article

Mafia II has shot to the top of the UK charts this week, with the biggest game launch since Red Dead Redemption 14 weeks ago.

The Xbox 360 version took 52% of the total sales, with the PS3 taking 41% and the PC taking 7%. Meanwhile, Red Dead Redemption, Kane and Lynch, and Toy Story 3 are still doing well, only slipping a place from last week. Wii Sports Resort is also doing fairly well, still.

01. Mafia II (Take-Two) 02. Kane & ..read the full article

Gearbox Software has officially announced the “Game of the Year Edition” of Borderlands via Twitter, confirming the re-release for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on October 12.

The package will include all four DLC add-ons, along with a helpful foldout map of the game’s territories. The GOTY Edition will be priced at $60 for Xbox 360 and PS3, and $50 for PC.

This announcement seems to also confirm that the “Borderlands GOTY Official Strategy Guide” is actually real. The guide appeared last ..read the full article

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is shaping up to be pretty slick Spider-Man adventure, not just because it’s a wholly original game ripped from the pages of the Marvel comic, but because you get to play as four (count ‘em!) alternate Spider-Men.

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The finest example of a Spider-Man game to date – for me anyway – has been Spider-Man 2 The Game on PlayStation 2. It brilliantly fused the open world ideas behind Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto ..read the full article

The other day, Ripten brought you some, “Colossal” new footage from Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.  Well today we are going to answer a question that many of you have been asking over and over again …  “Exactly how did Hideo Kojima influence this game!?”  Luckily for you, in an excerpt from our upcoming interview with executive producer David Cox, he tells us just that.

You can read the full interview within my upcoming preview, but for now, let’s get ..read the full article

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is looking like it may be the best Need for Speed game ever made, and may even rival Burnout for the most adrenaline-fueled game on the market. That’s not all, however- there are also licensed cars.

Playfront have revealed the full list of them, and it reads like a list of all the most desirable modern supercars. The Bugatti Veyron, Koenigsegg CCX, Aston Martin DBS, and even the mythical McLaren F1 are on the list. Anyone ..read the full article