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A picture of an alleged early prototype of a PS4 controller containing what appears to be a touchpad has leaked ahead of the PlayStation event. It had been rumoured in the previous week that the new PlayStation 4 controller would have a touchpad (or touchscreen?) on the front.   Now an image has been posted online [...]

GameStop cites surveys of its customers. The game retailer – which makes around half of its profits from selling pre-owned games – has warned that its customers might decide not to buy a next generation games console if it blocks playing pre-owned titles.   GameStop spokesman, Matt Hodges, pointed to surveys of members of the [...]

Iwata says Cloud gaming has major issues. Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, was asked by investors about the future of dedicated gaming platforms, and whether they would be negatively affected by newer gaming solutions, like Cloud gaming services.   Needless to say, he dismissed the notion right away, pointing out that Cloud gaming has some [...]

Sony will indeed reveal the successor to PlayStation 3 at its PlayStation Meeting 2013 press event on February 20, according to sources of The Wall Street Journal. “Sony’s device will be released later this year, these people [familiar with the matter] said, and will spar against Microsoft’s own machine, which is also expected to be [...]

Thirteen years after its launch, Sony has stopped shipping PlayStation 2 consoles to retailers in Japan. Launched on March 4, 2000 in the nation, the console has sold over 150 million units globally, making it the most popular system of all-time.   In Japan itself, Sony has sold 22 million PS2s. Unlike in other nations, [...]

Game maker THQ has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, with its assets being sold to private equity firm Clearlake Capital Group for $60 million. The company’s stock fell 73 percent on the 19th to finish at $0.35 cents.   Last month, the company admitted it was seeking “strategic financing alternatives” as it bled cash. Clearlake [...]

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Mega Manbrand, according to an email from Capcom that dropped into my inbox this morning. The Blue Bomber has been battling the Robot Masters with his sweet arm cannon for a quarter of a century, and Capcom is releasing a free game in order to celebrate.   Announced last [...]

Second title update set for consoles on January 22. Resident Evil 6 will launch for PC as a digital download on March 22, 2013 in North America and at retail and at download in Europe on the same date, Capcom has announced.   The PC version will include the same content found in the original [...]

“Full development on the game started a month or two ago.” The next Mass Effect game will launch “late 2014 to mid 2015,” BioWare has told GamerSyndrome.   “I honestly can’t tell you an exact because full development on the game started a month or two ago,” the studio said. Last month, it was announced [...]

Ouya closed its Kickstarter campaign today with $8,584,466 raised from 63,308 backers. It exceeded its intial $950,000 goal by 903 percent.    Console manufacturer Boxer8 have since launched an official Ouya web portal, separate from the project’s Kickstarter blog, accessible at Ouya.tv. The site currently contains the Kickstarter pitch video, a form to receive e-mail updates, and the [...]