In the latest UK official PlayStation Magazine, some very juicy rumors were released. They mention a Assassin's Creed movie might be in the making, as well as a Cloverfield video game. There might also be a sequel to The Darkness, which was shot down by the developers earlier, but there are speculations that they are just buying some time. Another rumor is a new game called Spyborgs from Capcom. The last rumor is about the sequel to the PS3 exclusive video game Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. The...

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It appears the next 'true sequel' (read: not Guitar Hero: Aerosmith) of the Guitar Hero franchise will feature custom soundtracks. So, you and your band will be able to upload custom instrumental tracks that you created. Pretty rad, neh?

It isn't surprising that the vocal aspect would be excluded, since (as the article states) it would be hard to do voice (to text) recognition (even modern software is a bit iffy, especially considering different people h...

"Rock Band may be currently cornering the full-band music game genre, but Activision and Neversoft have come out swinging, revealing loads of new info on the next installment in the franchise, aimed at unseating EA and MTV games' reigning rockstar simulator.

According to a cover-story spread in this month's issue of Game Informer magazine, Guitar Hero IV will introduce massive changes to the traditionally guitar-focused series, starting with a drum set addition meant to knock Rock Band's ki..."

"- Fallout 3 (PS3, 360, PC)
- They'll handle the ending as a dynamic cutscene that changes depending on specific decisions you make. Right now there are over 500 variations of the cutscene.

- You can talk to Dogmeat although he only barks and wags his tail. But they say you always tell if he agrees or disagrees with you.

- There are no guilds like in Oblivion. You just go around doing different quests for various groups.

- The world is entirely open from the start although certain ar..."

EverQuest gamers: You might want to go online tonight and visit MMORPG.com's chatroom so you can chat with Ryan "Rytan" Barker, who is the new lead designer for EverQuest. Barker will be there to answer questions about the game, future updates, and lots more! Barker is scheduled to do this at 7pm EST and you can connect to the chatroom using any IRC client, to server irc.coldfront.net port 6667, in chatroom #mmorpg.

"It will have been over four years since the release of the original Killzone when Killzone 2 hits retail shelves in February 2009. In that stretch of time, PlayStation owners have endured delay after delay in hopes of one day finally getting the opportunity to sit down with the highly anticipated title in order to take down one Helghast at a time. One of the key components to taking down this dastardly enemy of mankind is the weaponry you’ll be equipped with. We’ve taken the time to display t..."

"Nintendo has announced the European WiiWare launch line-up, which is headlined by LostWinds from Frontier and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King by Square Enix.

Nintendo has been in touch to say "not all eight titles will be immediately available from the May 20th launch date". The wording in the press release was, "From 20th May onwards a whole host of brand new creative games from developers across Europe and the rest of the globe become available, including..." followed..."

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Konami has released some new ads for the release of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. The ads contain real world items that will be seen in the game and iPods might be apart of that.

There have been some new screenshots released for Gothic 4, the next in the series of popular RPGs from JoWood Software. This edition of the series will be developed by a new developer, Spellbound Entertainment. The original Gothic received both praise for its open questing and character development, while also receiving criticism for the use of its healing 'herbs'. The Gothic series is a fantasy RPG with traditional sword & shield combat and magick.

A New Xbox already?

Well, it seems that there is a new Xbox on the way called the XBOX 540 which could arrive in 2009. Could this be the move which will get Microsoft in the lead again? Seems good to me and hopefully, you too. 65 nm chips and new Blu ray drives are rumoured to be included. No idea how much it will cost. This Xbox will be awesome!

"It’s also a great time to discuss the games because EA has lost their licensing agreement for the games and Activision is taking over. So we’re going to be seeing some new stuff from the franchise hopefully. Plus, despite being an amalgamation of guilty pleasures, the original Fleming books are experiencing a sort of literary renaissance at the moment, the films are both culturally significant and still relevant (thank you, Casino Royale) and for a while Bond basically defined what multiplaye..."

My, my. This is a first. While it's not the first time someone has stolen their father's debit or credit card, this is certainly one of the first times that hookers were involved. In fact, this is a story that might even put Eliot Spitzer in a more positive light. A thirteen year-old Texan decided that he and some friends were going to order a new credit card using his father's existing card to go out and buy the services of a pair of escort girls.

The catch? The teenagers preferred t...

Yep, that's right, after being delayed comparably as much as Duke Nukem Forever, Too Human finally has a release date for its 'hunter-gatherer' Action/RPG: August 19 in North America, and August 29 in Europe. Rejoice!

An interesting update to the 100 ranking thing: according to a piece in the Wall Street Journal, former employees at Rockstar claim one of the GTA creators Sam Houser "has his staff to 'go to war' with offending publications to demand a better review or score."

"Basically, the game is played simply by surfing the net. There’s no need to purchase anything — all you need is the Firefox browser and the required extension. Once you get up and running, you can start leaving traps or treasures on any site on the web.

Over the past couple months, players involved in the beta have successfully created over 3,300 different quests, and as you start completing these yourself, you’ll level up and even be able to earn badges, which can be looked at as sort of ..."

"The level of hype surrounding Grand Theft Auto IV is something we haven’t seen since the childhood memory-killing Episode I. As such, we wanted to wait a while before we reviewed this game, just to make sure we could give our readers an honest review to the game. And now, several weeks after the game’s release we can safely say that it really is as amazing as everyone says. Even before playing Grand Theft Auto IV, the intro song for the loading screen is eerily amazing. It gives you chills as..."

""Grand Theft Auto would be super interesting for me, and I think I would actually be the right guy to do it, because my movies are all bloody and violent and I don't have a problem with action scenes," said Boll. "But look, they will go, in the end, with a Michael Bay or a Brett Ratner, and it will be a PG-13 movie made for $150 million. I think it would be better to make a $30 million, very hard, brutal movie without compromising, but I'm not optimistic.""

Remember that April fools gag Ubisoft and Kojima put together a few months ago? It involved a gameplay trailer of Solid Snake going about his regular duties in MGS4 but dressed in the same garb worn by Altair in Assasins Creed. However this was not just a one time thing, this costume will actually be unlockable in the game. Now you can cleanse the Holy Land with a M16!

With the upcoming release of Fatal Frame IV, Gaming_Issues has given a quick rundown of the entire series, for anyone who hasn't played the games and/or has no idea what they are about.

(go to source for full article, including the Pros and Cons of each game)

You can also read IGN's rundown of the series here.

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Sean Decker(DICE General Manager) talks about the game, and how its going to utilize each console. He also praises the PS3 and what the Cell Processor can do. Sean says that "The other thing is the Cell really allows us to push the resolution of our textures much higher and we've taken full advantage of that as well".

Sean also likes the Sixaxis feature and will utilize this into the game as well. Each console will have its own flair or be different, where none will be better to the other.

PlatinumGames is the studio that was formerly named Seeds, which currently houses ex-employees from the now-defunct Clover Studio. In a now-removed report from Videogaming247, Sega has apparently struck a deal with PlatinumGames to publish its first three titles.

Those three titles are the following (some info via Kotaku):

Bayonetta, directed by Devil May Cry creator Hideki Kamiya, an action game featuring a "witch battling angels", with guns on her feet.

Infinite Line, a DS Sci-fi RPG ...

"But just how many of these consoles flying off the shelves are bought with the sole reason of playing Grand Theft Auto 4 in mind? Well, it seems in the Xbox 360 side, 40% of the green machines being sold have the game going with them.

This comes directly from Major Nelson podcast co-host e, who cited the statistics in the latest talk session with some of the industry's big celebrities. Here's his quote, verbatim: "Roughly 40 percent of consoles going out the door had a copy of GTA going wi..."

"Looking like a humongous Rubik's Cube, the Wii Fit ad in Times Square actually comprises of several screens that each show people doing various exercises with Nintendo Company Ltd.'s fitness program. It's a pretty neat sight, especially during the evenings."