Recent Rumor Dept.

  • by Quinton Miles

    The world of Street Fighter is getting ready to collide with a universe you didn’t expect…LittleBigPlanet. According to a news post on Spain’s PSN! (via Ripten) message boards, Sackboy skins for a number of Street Fighter characters will be making its way into Media Molecule’s game in the near future.
    As you can see from the [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Gearbox Software laid off an unspecified number of employees this past week in what the company is classifying as “transformative changes”. The layoffs are said to be because of lower than expected sales of Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway. In response to the news, Gearbox president Randy Pitchford sent along a statement to Kotaku:

    A number [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    GameStop will be offering additional bonuses to sports gamers throughout the 2009 gaming season if an image from a recently released survey is to be believed. Dubbed the GameStop Season Pass, the free voucher/card will provide you with 10% off all sports games (listed in the flyer above) that come out in the next year. [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    After getting hammered by members of the media and gamers alike for switching to its current format, it now appears that E3 could be getting ready to get another dramatic shakeup.
    According to a recent post on N’Gai Croal’s Level Up Blog, sources have confirmed that the show will be making a number of changes aimed [...]

  • by Matt Paprocki

    Although Rare recently debunked the thought, it seems there is still hope that a new Killer Instinct is in the works. This time the rumor was sparked by the inclusion of three free cards for use in Viva Pinata 2, which can be scanned into the the game via the Vision Camera.
    While the cards means, [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Let’s go crazy!! According to a recent listing on the ESRB website, a new port of Capcom’s highly successful fighter Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is on the way.
    In the listing, versions of the game for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox, and Xbox 360 are shown. With the game having already arrived on the PS2 [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    After a year of announcements, delays, closed betas and other tom foolery, could the launch of PlayStation Home be right around the corner? Maybe, if a recent post by Variety’s Ben Fritz is any indication. Coming from a demo of the service with SCEA director Jack Buser, quite a few hints were dropped:
    Sony hasn’t announced [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    The concept of a high-definition version of Nintendo’s Wii has been a hot button topic among gamers ever since the system launched in 2006. For the most part it’s been speculation, but if a recent report by What They Play’s John Davison is true, Nintendo is set to release a “Wii HD” by the year [...]

  • by Matt Paprocki

    With all of the teaser videos and promise of the video game being the “third” Ghostbusters entry, the hype train hit a stride. Then, disaster. Activision merged with Blizzard, and the game’s future was in the middle of a total plotonic reversal between Zuul and someone’s refrigerator (and you typically don’t see that type of [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Google’s made some rumblings in the past about wanting to be involved in the video game industry, but this one definitely takes the cake if it turns out to be true. The Inquirer’s Charlie Demerjian is reporting that the internet giant is getting ready to purchase Valve Software, and that it will apparently happen “any [...]

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