Category Archives: Rumour

Talk surrounding the looming Zynga initial public offering has the social games publisher asking $10 for each of its 100 million shares.

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Whispers suggest Microsoft is planning a range of Xbox Live-exclusive TV shows as part of its drive to make the service an entertainment powerhouse.

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Crytek’s Kinect action title Ryse is rumored to be releasing on the next iteration of the Xbox console, missing the 360 all together.

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Half-Life 3 rumors have been swirling the net since Half-Life 2 was released to the console masses in fall 2007 via The Orange Box. Starting last week, the rumor sector lit up to boiling when a Half-Life 3 shirt was sported by a Valve employee at an event, which was either the biggest troll ever or the smarted marketing ploy in the world. Today, a “US-based voice actor” has told OXM they recent recorded lines for “Half Life Episode 3″. OXM has asked the actor for further clarification on the matter. This could be another massive troll, a lie, or a slip of the tongue. No matter what the case may be, one thing is for certain: if Half-Life 3 or Episode 3 is in the works, Valve will announce it when it is damned good and ready to do so – unless there’s a proof-positive leak beforehand. [pic]

Eagle-eyed players have spotted what appears to be a teaser for PlayStation 3 exclusive The Last of Us in Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception.

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Following on from Capcom’s tease, purported leaks offer intel on the next Dead Rising game.

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BBC Worldwide uploaded a teaser trailer for a new Doctor Who game called The Eternity Clock earlier today, before swiftly removing it.

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GameStop has outed some upcoming DLC for Assassin’s Creed: Revelations called The Mediterranean Traveler Map Pack, and has it listed for a January 24 release. It’s rumored to include maps for multiplayer modes, some of which were seen in Brotherhood: Siena, Jerusalem, Dyers, San Donato, Firenze and the Imperial District of Constantinople. The retailer has it listed for $9.99. Thanks, D’toid.

Picking your Vita games up online could save you big bucks, according to unconfirmed Sony comments.

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The BBFC has outed Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition with a rating listing, and states it will be release on February 17. Formats other than Xbox 360 weren’t listed, but surely it will be released on PS3 as well. Also, considering it’s called the Komplete Edition, much to the chagrin of our spellcheker, like Eurogamer, we’re going to assume it includes all DLC released to date. We’ll send Warner a mail and ask.

An “unnamed Japanese developer” has told Wii U daily that Nintendo’s next console will contain a quad-core 3GHz PowerPC-based 45nm CPU, 768MB of DRAM “embedded” with the CPU and shared between it and the GPU which is 40nm and ATI-based. Try saying all of that three times really fast while holding your tongue. The site’s source claims to be working on porting a PS3 game to Wii U, and that Nintendo is currently testing another version of the console with 1GB of DRAM embedded with the processor. As usual, just file this away for later use until Nintendo officially announces specs. Thanks, D’toid.

The Silent Chief has a purported screengrab of an actor’s resume again showing the unannounced Resident Evil 6. The actor in question, who also reportedly lent her talents to Dead Island, lists her role as that of “Chinese villager/zombie”, which suggests a new setting for the series.

Thanks, Destructoid. [image]

According to sources close to Eurogamer, Team Ico’s Fumito Ueda is quitting Sony, and will finish up work on The Last Guardian in a “freelance capacity.”

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An image has surfaced evidently pointing to what is claimed to be a new version of the PlayStation Network.

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Kotaku reports leaked screenshots turned up over the weekend of the first batch of DLC for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The now-deleted screens were accompanied by rumours that the five maps contained therein would be called Morning Wood, Concrete, Park, Italy and Overwatch. Interestingly, Overwatch is the title of a map included in Modern Warfare 2.

Activision has indicated Modern Warfare 3 will receive 20 DLC packs; Call of Duty Elite premium members receive all DLC ahead of its general release.

Whispers have fledgling developer Superbot working on a PlayStation 3-exclusive fighter starring characters from Sony’s first-party line up.

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VentureBeat has heard whispers that Maple Story and Combat Arms publisher Nexon will make its initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange come December 6. The online game provider is expected to bring in $1.28 billion, putting its market value at $8.97 billion – far outweighing other giants of the industry, including EA at $6.99 billion.

In its IPO filing, Nexon boasted of eight games which have generated $100 million in lifetime revenues, including three with over $300 million in and one of more than $400 million. It now hosts 57 online games in 104 countries.

A tweet from Internet sleuth Superannuation points to a resume which suggests Visceral is either working on a follow-up to Dante’s Inferno or, at the very least, hired someone to write the script for it.

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Internet sleuths have linked BioWare’s latest game, seen only in a teaser, with both the Command & Conquer series and a cancelled project from a defunct studio.

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The Hollywood Reporter has word that New Line Cinema has put “into development” an adaptation of the 80′s arcade game, Rampage.

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