Category Archives: Rumour

Chalk this one up as “wishful thinking” if you like, but reports out of East Europe suggest S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 may not be ready for burial just yet.

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Superannuation has dug up a resume for game designer Jeremie Benhamou, and it states he has been working on the projects Dead Space 3, Army of Two 3 and an unannounced EA project at Visceral for the last three years. Dead Space 3 rumors have been around for a while now, and Army of Four has been swirling about for a while as well. Maybe an E3 reveal is in the cards. We’ll send a mail.

Digital Extremes’ Star Trek movie tie-in may get a Wii U release, with the title set to release on “all major home consoles” in early 2013.

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New Play Control! Pikmin 2 is finally set to release in North America later this year according to the latest issue of Nintendo Power.

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Nintendo of America registered the domain fireemblemawakening.com over the weekend, suggesting the 3DS tactical role-playing game may be heading stateside after all.

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The 10,000 job cuts Sony plans to make by the end of 2012 are not expected to affect its gaming division.

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More evidence of a Smash Bros-like title in the works at Sony called PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale surfaced thanks to a domain registration dug up by PlayStation Lifestyle.

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According to industry whispers, Prey 2′s delay is the result of a protest action by developer Human Head.

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A retail source has sent Kotaku an image of teaser poster which is purportedly some sort of save the date deal for Black Ops 2. The date on the poster is for May 2 where it states to come back for a “debriefing.” Note the Treyarch and Activision logos on the poster. If legitimate, it means more news on the next Call of Duty game will be revealed in the next couple of weeks. We’ll send a mail to Activision on this, but we don’t expect the firm to confirm anything until it’s ready. Here’s a larger picture of the promo (thanks, AHA-Lambda).

JeuxVideo is teasing a major PlayStation 3 announce on May 2. The French site will show off the new game in a live stream video. It’s unclear whether the reveal will be named elsewhere beforehand or whether it’s an exclusive; auto-translate tells us we will know the title soon enough. Rumoured PlayStation 3 reveals include God of War 4, a LittleBigPlanet MMO, Gran Turismo 6, and a new Killzone.

Thanks, SixthAxis.

According to a report by a “Kinect-like video game console” was the reason for Apple CEO Tim Cook’s visit to Valve’s headquarters last week, which might integrate Steam Box project.

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EA has denied it’s preparing for a massive rearrangement of staff, with as many as 1,000 jobs reported to be on the chopping block.

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If the LinkedIn profile for Microsoft’s group product planner Praveen Rutnam is any indication, the firm is to implement a strategy which will “further monetize” the Xbox Live subscriber base “for holiday 2012.” Granted, this could mean anything from more paid-content options such as the recently added HBO Go, or as Joystiq points out, the firm could be finally doing away with MS Points – although that rumor was later refuted by Microsoft Switzerland. It could be anything, really, even different payment options or point cards, therefore, we’ll send a mail. Via Supererogatory.

According to a report on Apple Insider, Apple CEO Tim Cook paid a visit to Valve headquarters today in Washington, and suggests he and the firm’s Gabe Newell could be cooking something up. These leads many to speculate numerous reasons for such a visit and what the duo could be discussing, such as the “input, output, and platform hardware” Valve is currently hiring for, maybe even the possibility of Steam integration with AppleTV. Then again, it could have just been a friendly visit. Put your speculation hats on and start guessing. Thanks, Kotaku.

The latest issue of PSM3 has posted dates for both Grand Theft Auto V and Hitman: Absolution. According to the magazine, the Rockstar title will hit retail on March 9, 2013, while Agent 47′s latest mission lands in December of this year. The dates were posted in the “Readers’ Most Wanted” section, and while not listed in the mag’s rumors portion, we’re still calling it as such until both games are given set release dates by the publishers. Thanks, Gematsu.

Whispers suggest Nintendo is close to putting a price tag on its new console, the Wii U, with a significant margin on manufacturing costs.

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If some leaked correspondence from a GameStop manager can be taken as truth, it looks as though Wii U may release on November 18. While not confirmed by any means, it would make a it of sense considering Nintendo’s penchant for Sunday release dates, as well as the fact the last two consoles also released in November. This new bit of information follows earlier rumors this week which had it pegged for November 19. Still keep this under your hat as a rumor for now until Nintendo announces a firm release date.

Sources close to IGN have said rumors of the tech inside Sony’s next console, rumored to be codenamed Orbis, does indeed utilize AMD’s A8-3850 APU and a Radeon HD 7670 GPU.

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Remember that Smash Bros-like title supposedly in the works at Sony? Here’s more slim evidence of its existence.

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PS3Trophies has dug up some interesting information on a fourth bit of DLC for Batman Arkahm City. If correct, it looks as though players will be treated to some Harley Quinn content which includes a playable Robin – previously a pre-order incentive.

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