EA is set to release a Syndicate multiplayer demo on Xbox Live and US PSN today. As promised, the co-op trial will support up to four players and feature one of the nine levels due in the final game. ‘Western Europe’ sees you and your leather-clad chums infiltrate Cayman Global to assassinate Colonel Enrico Gabron …
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BioWare and EA have released a new star-studded behind the scenes video with the voice acting cast of Mass Effect 3. Martin Sheen reprises his role as Illusive Man along with other fan favorites like Seth Green, Keith David, and Jennifer Hale. Jessica Chobot makes her in-game debut as Diana Allers, and Freddie Prinze Jr. …
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Here’s a shocker – in response to Bioware planning to allow gay relationships in Star Wars: The Old Republic, so called “Family Research Council” president Tony Perkins has taken Star Wars: The Old Republic to task for allowing gay relationships in the MMO. In a radio broadcast, Perkins said: “In a new Star Wars game, …
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Battlefield 3 developer DICE is hiring an ‘anti-cheat administrator’ in a further effort to abolish cheaters from its otherwise awesome online shooter. This comes after hackers launched an attack on BF3′s PC players last week, banning a large number of innocent players as part of a protest against the anti-cheat system Punkbuster. “In our continued …
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A Microsoft exec has reportedly confirmed the company will not be releasing a new Xbox console in 2012. Speaking to french website Lepoint.fr, Cedrick Delmas, Marketing Director of Microsoft France, was presented with recent rumors that have suggested the platform holder is on the cusp of revealing its next-generation of hardware. Delmas responded by stating …
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EA has stated that it has “taken steps” to correct a problem which saw innocent Battlefield 3 players banned from online multiplayer. Addressing fans on Battlelog, the publisher claims the problem causing the bans is related to “select 3rd party services” rather thank Battlefield 3 itself. “Together with the 3rd party service providers we have …
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Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling has said the restriction that limits DLC to a single user profile was unintentional and will be fixed. The oddity was found yesterday, when CoD Elite users reported that other profiles on their consoles weren’t able to access the recently-released maps for Modern Warfare 3. Subscribers rightly point out …
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Nintendo has explained their new NFC technology set to be incorporated into the Wii U’s controller. The tech allows users to read and write data wirelessly, in a similar way to how Activision’s Skylanders action figures interact with the ‘Portal of Power’ reading device. The new tech will also, in theory, allow the Wii U …
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Valve have announced that they have released a new Steam Mobile app for iOS and Android devices. Before your jaw falls off, it doesn’t bring Steam games to mobile, but it does let you interact with Steam in many ways, including browsing the library of games, seeing when your friends are online, what they’re playing …
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BioWare has released a brand new Mass Effect 3 trailer focusing on the game’s multiplayer component. The trailer shows off multiplayer in action, and includes details about the different races and classes you’ll be able to play. BioWare has revealed it will be releasing a single player demo as well as a multiplayer beta. For …
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Deep Silver has released a trailer showing off Dead Island’s upcoming story DLC. Announced earlier this month and set for release next week, the Ryder White DLC stars the main title’s antagonist as a newly playable character. The publisher says it’ll offer a single player campaign “with several hours of story content with twists and …
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Infinity Ward has released title update eight for Modern Warfare 3 on Xbox Live, introducing a range of tweaks and performance improvements. These include improvements to host disadvantage / lag compensation, theatre fixes, increased speed of YouTube uploads from 32k to 256k, reduced fire rate for all Akimbo weapons, shotgun rebalancing (slight nerf to Striker, …
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Here’s something every Apple fanboy likes to hear – the latest on the Apple grapevine is the rumour that the company is planning a summer launch for the as-yet-unannounced iPhone 5. 9to5Mac claims to have been informed by “a reliable source at Foxconn” in China that the new smartphone is now gearing up for production. …
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Microsoft has released a new Star Wars Kinect video as promotional activity kicks off ahead of the game’s rumoured April release date. Described as “a hilarious two-minute short film” (we’ll let you make your own minds up), it features Moneyball and Parks and Recreation star Chris Pratt donning a bathrobe to take on Darth Vader …
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Modern Warfare 3 gamers are up in arms again today as it appears that the DLC downloaded by CoD Elite subscribers can only be played by the profile that downloads it. Usually, content downloaded to an Xbox console, including games and DLC, can be played by any profile on that console. But according to complaints …
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