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EA revealed earlier today that it will be cutting off online services for a variety of games, effective April 13th, as well as some of their iOS offerings on March 31st. Among the titles affected are Burnout Revenge, The Godfather II, and EA Sports MMA, which is notable for being the first Online Pass-requiring game …

Warner Bros. Interactive has released the first trailer for Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, which is due for release on Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii, DS, 3DS and Vita in summer 2012. As always development duties are being handled by Traveller’s Tales, which has previously given Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean …

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 …

Everyone is still in the dark over the future of Nintendo gaming, namely meaning the sparce details concerning next year’s release of the Wii U? Nintendo of America president and COO Reggie Fils-Aime has once again been outlining his thoughts on what it will take to make the Wii-U a success, in an interview with …

Here’s a new trailer showing off the split-screen multiplayer mode in GoldenEye 007: Reloaded. Reloaded is the PS3 and Xbox 360 version of the Wii title released last year, now with high-def visuals and silky smooth frame rates. Want to see more? Here’s a walkthrough of a stealth type mission to give you a further …

Activision has released a new GoldenEye 007: Reloaded trailer showing off the game’s MI6 Ops mode in action for the first time. The publisher says the mode offers “new, distinct levels separate from the campaign that span the varied environments from the story and challenge players to complete different Assault, Elimination, Stealth and Defence objectives”. …

Konami has unveiled another new PES 2012 trailer, this time showing off the new ‘hold-up play’ mechanic. It’s an evolution of the ‘tracking play’ feature introduced in last year’s game, letting you easily hold-up an attacking player by backing your defender off towards his own goal while sticking tight to the opponent. The company has …

Activision has officially announced GoldenEye 007: Reloaded for release on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and released a video to seal the deal. The Xbox and PS3 update of last year’s Wii game is set to feature a brand new engine running at 60 frames per second, support for PlayStation Move and online support for …

Konami has released the first official gameplay videos for PES 2012, and we have them here, all merged into one. The six individual videos showed off over seven minutes of ball controls, defending, marking, skill moves and more. Set for release this autumn on PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, PSP and PS2, Konami says PES …

Wii U can change the way players interact with first-person shooters, according to Nintendo EAD’s Katsuya Eguchi. Speaking in the latest issue of Edge, which is arriving with subscribers now and features an 8-page Wii U cover feature, Eguchi said Nintendo’s “very happy and excited” about the FPS possibilities with its innovative controller. “A very …

EA is so confident of Wii U’s success that it has been working on games for the console for some time and has pledged to have titles ready for it from “day one”. Discussing the importance of launch-day support for consoles, EA Games label boss Frank Gibeau said, “It served us well on PlayStation 2 …

Nintendo’s new console, the Wii U is unlikely to “dramatically outperform” PS3 and Xbox 360, according to Shigeru Miyamoto. Discussing the difficult balancing act between launching a powerful yet affordable console, the Nintendo design legend told GameSpot: “We’re very sensitive to pricing because people have generally only a certain amount of their spending that they’ll …

The Wii U plays games that run on a proprietary 25 GB format, it was revealed today. As previously reported, that’s the same size as Blu-ray discs. But don’t think that means the Wii U will run Blu-ray discs. In fact it won’t even run DVDs. Speaking with investors and analysts, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata …

Although Nintendo never likes to talk specs, its new HD Wii U could be up to 50% more powerful than the PS3 and Xbox 360. That’s if estimates from developers, who apparently told Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia as much, turn out to be accurate. So far we know only that the console will pack …

Sony has confirmed that it has already started development on the PlayStation 4. The company’s EVP and chief financial officer Masaru Kato told a conference call today that work on the system is “already underway”. He revealed that production resource was factored into costs for the company’s full year financial results, which were released yesterday. …