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Come and win some Microsoft Points on reveal night.

Fancy livening up the Xbox Reveal event tomorrow, and winning a prize or two for your trouble? We thought you might. The concept is simple. We've made a bingo card that contains several famous Xbox-related brands, and a bunch of things that you'd expect to hear at a new console presentation such...

Last Light stands proud.

The formerly doomed Metro: Last Light has climbed to the top of the UK All Formats Chart in its debut week, pushing Dead Island: Riptide down to 2nd place.The game nearly sunk without a trace with former publisher THQ, but the publishing rights were snapped up by Deep Silver during the liquidation auction. And it was a savvy...

Microsoft trademarks new name.

Those beady-eyed folks at Siliconera are reporting that Microsoft has registered a new trademark with the United States Patent & Trademark Office. The new mark that Microsoft wants to protect, is "Forzavista", according to a filing made on May 15th. Obviously, nothing more is known about this as yet, but could it...

Also, Deathstroke is playable if you pre-order

Fans can rejoice as Kevin Conroy will indeed be reprising his role as the Dark Knight himself in the upcoming prequel Batman: Arkham Origins. Some uncertainty has circulated around the game since it's initial announcement last month on whether the voice talent from the Rocksteady-developed titles would...

Cross-console messaging and more.

According to The Verge, the next version of the Xbox 360's dashboard will enter beta testing in late June or early July, as preperations for the next Xbox console launch will be hotting up. The new user interface will feature a refreshed look, and will feature smaller "Live Tiles" a little more like the ones that...

28 months and counting.

The NPD US monthly hardware and software sales charts were released earlier today, and Microsoft has reason to celebrate. For the 28th month in a row, the Xbox 360 is the best selling console in the States, having shifted 130,000 units in April, giving it a 42 percent share of current-generation console sales. In April...

Nintendo announces exclusive deal.

A couple of weeks ago, the rumours were floating around that a new Sonic title was in development at Sega. That specific rumour ended up being false, but it seems that Sega ARE indeed working on a new title, but it won't be heading to the Xbox 360 or indeed, the next generation Xbox. As our sister site Nintendo...

Pac is back!

An all new 3D adventure game featuring the iconic PAC-MAN is prepping for release this winter in the newly announced, PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures. Namco Bandai announced the game on Tuesday, promising that the Ghost-chomping mechanics from the old-school original will return with "exciting powered up variations." Sounds...

Coincidence?

Electronic Arts has confirmed that they are going to stop requiring that users own an "Online Pass" in order to play any of the company's future releases online. The system has been in place for three years, requiring that users who purchased a new EA game had to enter a code in order to play online. Users who purchased a second-hand...

Problems for UK and European Users

Today's Xbox Live Arcade release - Sanctum 2 - has indeed been released today, but only in certain territories. The first-person-shooter/tower-defense/realtime strategy title is indeed available to download for US users, for 1,200 MSP. But here in the UK, the products game page has been removed from Xbox.com, and...

Bye bye, MSP.

Microsoft has confirmed that they'll be doing away with their virtual currency - Microsoft Points - when it comes to digital purchases in the next generation. Back in October, the company's Windows 8 operating system began reverting to using the user's local currency for video and game purchases, rather than the Microsoft Points...

Classic platformer makes a comeback

System 3 - who are celebrating their 30th year in the video game publishing business this year - has announced that they'll be reviving one of their best-loved franchises this summer on Xbox 360 and other platforms. Putty Squad was first intended to be released for the Commodore Amiga back in 1992, but even...

New add-on pack promises more story

The third piece of downloadable content for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is now available for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 owners. Similar to the previous DLC, anti-hero Raiden takes a step back and puts the player in the control of LQ-84i or better known as Blade Wolf. How can one deny the allure of playing as a...

Put it in your diary.

Not everyone is based in the Pacific Daylight Time zone, so we thought we'd do you a favour, and cobble together a list of Xbox Reveal event start times so that you can't say that you weren't warned. The event will be available to stream via Xbox.com and your Xbox 360 over Xbox Live, and we'll be bringing you a liveblog from...

The next generation is coming.

There's less than a week to go until the big next-generation Xbox reveal on May 21st, and preperations are well underway at Microsoft HQ. The erstwhile Major Nelson has snapped a view of the inside of the venue just before it was sealed up to prevent prying eyes from getting information early. Will it be Infinity?...

New trailer, as well.

Ubisoft's upcoming Rayman Legends has just got itself a strange bit of preorder content, the French publisher has revealed. Players who preorder from GAME stores in the UK, will get an exclusive Sam Fisher (Splinter Cell: Blacklist) skin for Rayman, which can be used in all game modes. PlayStation 3 owners get an Edward Kenway...

Payday 2 to be a disc-based title.

505 Games, publishers of the upcoming steal-'em-up Payday 2, has confirmed that the game will not be launching on Xbox Live Arcade as previously thought. Instead, the game will be coming to retail when it launches later this year. The sequel to the formerly PSN and PC exclusive Payday: The Hei$t has apparently...

Cites film directors as inspiration

According to a recent Twitter post, BioShock Infinite lead writer and cofounder of Irrational Games Ken Levine, is already at work on his next game. Levine, very simply wrote: "Game writing this afternoon. This is something else," over on his Twitter account. Could this be the beginnings of the next chapter in...

Check out the horror that's on the way...

The 3DS title Resident Evil Revelations has been given a HD makeover, and is set to be released on May 24th. Alongside the obvious visual uprgades, a new co-op mode that takes place in the story mode's levels - entitled "Raid" - is included, along with a few other bits and pieces of extra content. With the...