Each week the iOS Gaming Watch List will inform you of some noteworthy releases coming to the App Store. Major releases tend to hit on Thursdays, so we'll be coming at you every Wednesday with the games to look out for, as well as some of the bigger content updates on the way. While this won't be...
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PlayStation Vita sales are meeting expectations but still lacking in certain regions, according to Sony CEO Kaz Hirai.
"Worldwide, the Vita is pretty much along where we would expect it to be, maybe trending behind in certain territories," Hirai...
Pre-ordering LittleBigPlanet Karting through GameStop will unlock hundreds of in-game collectibles when you start the game, the PlayStation Blog announced today.
The "Headstart Pack," exclusive to GameStop, grants access to over 900 items at startup players would otherwise have to unlock through progression. Players can utilize these karts, costumes, construction materials, and music for...
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Marvel vs. Capcom Origins is coming to PlayStation Network on September 25th and Xbox Live Arcade on September 26th, Capcom announced today.
The bundle includes Marvel Super Heroes, an arcade fighter set in the Marvel Universe that introduced the Infinity Gem stat-enhancing system, and Marvel vs....
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, the rhythm game from developer Indieszero featuring classic melodies from the seminal RPG series, will receive a demo and one last round of downloadable songs, publisher Square Enix announced today.
The game shipped with...
As scores do for film, background music sets the tone for video games. Next week the Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment celebrates this influence with the opening of "The Sound of Games," an exhibit showcasing why this aspect of gaming has become so meaningful to so many.
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Whore of the Orient, the next game from the remnants of L.A. Noire developer Team Bondi, is in development for PCs and next-generation consoles and...
The Metal Gear 25th Anniversary event in Japan brought news of a movie, a new Metal Gear title, and a mobile social game.
Gamestop is considering adding a destination to its retail website for shoppers looking for classic game cartridges and discs that are no longer carried in their brick-and-mortar stores.
In an interview with Polygon during the first-ever public Gamestop Expo in San Antonio, CEO Paul Raines explained the company sees the opportunity in classic,...
Lionhead Studios had two principal rules in designing Fable: The Journey, its upcoming Kinect-based Fable spinoff. "We didn't want to do 'Fable Party Games,'" creative director Gary Carr told Polygon during a recent demo. "The other rule we had on the wall was, 'Don't do anything that makes you...
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 is headed to the Wii U, according to a listing on the official Entertainment Software Ratings Board for the upcoming title.
The sequel to 2010's Sniper: Ghost Warrior was previously announced to arrive on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.
The upcoming Sniper game will use CryEngine 3, echoing Crytek's earlier statement that a title using the engine is on its way to Wii U. Speaking to Polygon earlier this month, Crytek director of business development Carl Jones stated the engine is currently running on the new platform.
"The engine is working on Wii U," Jones said. "There are a couple of licenses and one very, very...
La Mulana is coming to WiiWare after all, according to a Nintendo listing which schedules its release September 20th for 1000 Wii Points.
The title, now being published through EnjoyUp Games, was initially cancelled when Publisher Nicalis decided against releasing the 2D platformer on North American and European WiiWare platforms. Nicalis explained this was due to the state of the WiiWare market, in which the window for successful release closed in 2009.
La Mulana is described as an archaeology action and exploration title, featuring a variety of weapons and 40 hours of gameplay.
The next game in the Metal Gear series will be Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, according to an announcement that was made today at the Metal Gear 25th Anniversary Party.
The announcement was meant to be embargoed and media were not meant to tweet...
The team behind the sci-fi stop-motion animated adventure game, Jack Houston and the Necronauts, has turned to direct funding after a failed Kickstarter pledge put them under their initial goals.
The game had a funding goal of $56,000 which it...
Metal Gear Solid Social Ops is being made for Japan's leading mobile gaming network, GREE, it was announced at the Metal Gear 25th Anniversary Party this evening.
While details are currently scant, it appears that the game is being made in Unity...
A Metal Gear movie is in the works, according to an announcement made at the Metal Gear 25th Anniversary Party held today in Tokyo.
During the party Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima was joined on stage by the CEO and founder of Marvel Studios (Iron...
Steam Greenlight, a service that game publisher Valve announced back in July that allows members of the community to vote on which games they'd like to see on Steam, is launching tomorrow.
For the first time since Steam's inception, any game developer will be able to submit their game to the service for the Steam community to decide whether the game should appear on one of the world's most popular PC and Mac gaming platforms. As the countdown to Steam Greenlight's launch nears an end, many independent developers are excitedly polishing their games for submission.
Jason Koohi is a developer...
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