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Rumor Mill: Spark Unlimited Working on Battlefront 3

Star Wars: Battlefront 3 is one of the projects that fans have been desperate to see announced and that some have thrown into the vaporware category, but fresh rumors suggest that development on the game might be progressing well at a new company. Information posted on the PlayStation Lifestyle site says that Spark ...

8 February 2012
20:01 GMT

Rumor Mill: Electronic Arts Prepares New Populous, Respawn Shooter, Outernauts

A user from the gaming-oriented forum NeoGAF has claimed to have seen information on a page which details the launch plans that publisher Electronic Arts has for the next 12 months, including a number of unannounced titles like a new Populous, Outernauts and Respawn. Populous is the most interesting name of the list...

6 February 2012
02:22 GMT

Rumor Mill: Next Assassin’s Creed Takes Place During American Revolutionary Period

A source has claimed that the next installment in the long-running Assassin’s Creed series from Ubisoft will take place during the American Revolution historical period, although it is not clear whether the main character will actually be a revolutionary. The source, which claims to have inside knowledge of th...

30 January 2012
07:09 GMT

Rumor Mill: Redeemable Codes for Xbox 360 Kept Once Points System Is Eliminated

A new report has suggested that video game publisher and hardware creator Microsoft will keep the redeemable codes system that they are using for the Xbox 360 home console even after the currently used Microsoft Points are eliminated and replaced with clear cash value. A source has told Eurogamer that Microsoft is a...

26 January 2012
04:52 GMT

Rumor Mill: Next Xbox Graphics Card Similar to AMD Radeon HD 6670

A source which is close to the development process at Microsoft that will result in the next Xbox home console has told IGN that the video card the platform will use will be similar to the currently available AMD made Radeon HD 6670. The card supports DirectX 11, 3D games, 1080p resolution and multi-display output o...

26 January 2012
02:29 GMT

Xbox 720 Hardware in Development at IBM, Console Arrives in 2013

Another new report about the next Xbox console has appeared on the web, this time with rumors concerning IBM and Global Foundries, the two companies that are supposedly working on the hardware of the upcoming console, the oft-rumored Xbox 720. The current Xbox 360 will still be around for quite some time, according ...

25 January 2012
18:31 GMT

Rumor Mill: Australia Will Get 25 Game PlayStation Vita Line-Up on February 23

The PlayStation Vita is set to release in Europe and North America on February 22 and a lot of industry watchers will anxiously watch launch day for clues about the long term prospects of the new gaming handheld from Sony.But another big gaming market, Australia, is set to get access to the Vita during next day and u...

17 January 2012
02:49 GMT

Rumor Mill: Xbox 720 Might Integrate Tablet

Video game site Gamespot is quoting unnamed sources inside Microsoft to suggest that the new yet announced but much rumored Xbox 720 home console from the company will be built around a tablet concept.The source does not offer much information on the tablet or what features it will sport but talks about the desire of...

10 January 2012
13:41 GMT

Rumor Mill: New Resident Evil Will Expand Franchise, Spark Is in Charge

The developers at Spark Unlimited have refused to deny that they are working with publisher Capcom on a new Resident Evil video game, telling fans that they are unable to comment on information that has not been made public by another source.The rumors were launched when Spark announced that it was beginning pre-prod...

19 December 2011
07:00 GMT

Rumor Mill: Downloadable Games for Vita 40 Percent Cheaper than Packaged Ones

A comment from a Sony spokesperson, made to a website which focuses on cheaper video games, suggests that buying downloadable games for the upcoming PlayStation Vita handheld might be significantly cheaper than buying retail packages.The Sony representative said that packaged games will cost at the most 40 dollars or...

6 December 2011
12:11 GMT

Rumor Mill: Shadow of the Colossus’ Fumito Ueda Is Set to Quit Sony

Rumors have suggested that Fumito Ueda, who is the leader of the Team Ico development team and is well known for creating Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, is set to quit parent company Sony and become a freelancer.It seems that the developer will continue to work on The Last Guardian, his current project, in his new c...

1 December 2011
04:21 GMT

Rumor Mill: New Version of PlayStation Network Is in Beta Stage

An image has been posted on the Internet which is said to show the new look of the PlayStation Network service from Sony, which at the moment is rumored to be in closed beta stage and will be introduced for all users at the beginning of 2012.One of the beta testers has posted a screengrab of the new PSN interface, al...

29 November 2011
04:24 GMT

Rumor Mill: 2K Australia Working on BioShock Infinite

A staffer inside the 2K Australia development studio has told MCV Pacific that the team is working with Irrational Games on the development of BioShock Infinite, the action adventure game that is set on the floating island of Columbia. 2K Australia has some experience with the BioShock series, having previously work...

28 November 2011
02:31 GMT

Rumor Mill: Xbox 720 Comes in Two Versions, Both Kinect Powered

The latest rumors about the next home console from Microsoft suggest that gamers might see two versions of the console on launch, with different features, but both of them will offer full integration of the Kinect motion tracking system.Digital Foundry says, based on anonymous sources, that, “Kinect is set for ...

25 November 2011
08:49 GMT

Rumor Mill: Wii U Might Get Support for Two Tablet Controllers

When the new Wii U home console from Nintendo was first announced at this year's E3 trade event, the company stated that only one of the new tablet controllers can be connected to the device at the same time but it seems that this approach might now be changing.Develop says that a trusted development executive s...

9 November 2011
05:46 GMT

Rumor Mill: Skyrim Has Werewolf As Bonus Race

We already know that vampires will be a part of the upcoming third person role playing game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and, when it comes to the undead, it now seems that the developers at Bethesda are also allowing players to become werewolves while playing the game.A pair of videos that showed werewolves in action...

7 November 2011
05:09 GMT

Grand Theft Auto V Takes Place in Los Angeles, Has Multiple Playable Characters, Report Says

Immediately after Rockstar Games confirmed yesterday that a new Grand Theft Auto game was coming, by revealing the logo for GTA V, rumors have started flying around the web about the game and where it's going to see its action take place.Grand Theft Auto games have shaped the industry, and Rockstar has always em...

26 October 2011
06:37 GMT

Rumor Mill: Volition, Rare and Lionhead Working on Xbox 720 Games

A report in the United Kingdom based Xbox World magazine hints at the fact that a number of well known video game developers linked to Microsoft are already working on titles that will be launched on the next generation console, which has been widely called the Xbox 720.The magazine says that Rare, which has been kno...

5 October 2011
05:44 GMT

Rumor Mill: Dead Space 3 Might Introduces Split Personality Isaac

Video game publisher Electronic Arts has not revealed any official announcement that Dead Space 3 is in development but this has not stopped sources from claiming that one of the main features of the game might be that main character Isaac Clarke develops a second personality.A source that is familiar with the develo...

4 October 2011
13:41 GMT

Rumor Mill: Dead Space 3 Takes Isaac to Snowy Tau Volantis

Leaked details about Dead Space 3 are mentioning a new snow covered planet called Tau Volantis that main character Isaac Clarke will have to explore after he crash lands there.It's not clear why Clarke is flying around the planet but once he goes down he is caught in something called a white-out, a condition tha...

28 September 2011
05:03 GMT

Rumor Mill: PlayStation Vita Launches in Asia on November 12

A new rumor suggests that the Asian launch date for the all new Sony made PlayStation Vita handheld is set for November 12, with the Western markets set to get access to it during the month of March 2012.The rumors come from a French site called GamaLive, which says that it has a source inside the headquarters of Son...

6 September 2011
16:31 GMT

Rumor Mill: Mass Effect Franchise Might Come to Facebook

A set of new job postings at publisher Electronic Arts suggests that the company might be preparing to bring a Mass Effect video game to the popular social site Facebook, probably in time with the launch of the third installment in the series. EA is looking for a number of developers in order to create something d...

2 September 2011
05:48 GMT

Rumor Mill: New Deus Ex DLC Will Take Place on Ship, Will Include Australia

Soon after Deus Ex: Human Revolution has been released last week the publisher Square Enix has launched a teaser campaign that includes coded messages and mysterious locations, apparently pointing to the first piece of downloadable content that will be released for the video game.Source inside the Eidos Montreal stud...

1 September 2011
04:18 GMT

Rumor Mill: Xbox 360 and Kinect Bundle Price Cut to 249 Dollars

A flyer from retail giant Walmart seems to suggest that the price of the Xbox 360 and Kinect hardware bundle, featuring the 4 GB hard drive, will be cut from 299 to 249 dollars next week. The date of August 28 is clear but the flyer does not make it clear whether this is a promotion coming from Walmart, hoping to ...

26 August 2011
05:48 GMT

Rumor Mill: Fable 4 Set to Arrive in 2013, Duke Nukem Begins Also Planned

A couple of massive rumors have hit the proverbial mill yesterday, with one saying that a full-pledged Fable 4 will arrive in 2013, while the other seemingly confirmed that Gearbox Software is planning a reboot of the Duke Nukem franchise with Duke Begins. Quite a lot of rumors have started to appear on the web re...

23 August 2011
17:21 GMT

Rumor Mill: Nintendo Prepares New 3DS with Second Analog Stick

A rumor coming from a French site is saying that video game publisher and hardware developer Nintendo is working on a new version of the 3DS handheld, which will be launched during 2012, will have a second analog stick and will place less of an emphasis on the three-dimensional gaming capabilities. 01net is the sour...

23 August 2011
05:41 GMT

Rumor Mill: Ubisoft Is Working on Terrorism Powered Project Osborn

A source inside French video game publisher Ubisoft has told Siliconera about a new project that the company is working on, under the temporary title of Project Osborn, built around the idea of a terrorist attack taking place on American soil, with one of the protagonists being a descendant of George Washington himse...

16 August 2011
17:41 GMT

Rumor Mill: PlayStation Vita Launches in the United Kingdom on October 28

A flyer that is distributed by the United Kingdom based locations of the retail chain Blockbuster shows a launch date of October 28 for the new PlayStation Vita handheld from Sony. The last Friday of October is said to be the day when gamers would be able to pick up two different models of the Vita in stores. S...

2 August 2011
18:41 GMT

Rumor Mill: Samsung Will Create PlayStation Vita CPU

A report in the Japanese industry newspaper The Semiconductor Industry News has suggested that the central processing units that will be at the heart of the new PlayStation Vita handheld from Sony will be manufactured by Samsung. No other information about the manufacturing process or about the specifications of t...

1 August 2011
10:13 GMT

Rumor Mill: Battlefield 3 Is Not Coming to Steam

Video game publisher Electronic Arts has stoked up rumors that it is preparing a major split with digital distribution platform Steam by apparently announcing that its upcoming first-person shooter Battlefield 3 will not be available on the Valve created outlet. Electronic Arts has posted a list of retailers based...

11 July 2011
05:48 GMT

E3 2011: Rumor Mill – Wii U Might Launch on July 20, 2012

The biggest news coming out of the E3 Nintendo press conference and from the entire trade show has been the reveal of the new Wii U home console, the hardware that Nintendo is currently developing and is set to allow more gaming experiences with its new, touch screen enabled controller.At the actual press conference ...

8 June 2011
11:36 GMT

Rumor: Xbox 360 Gets Full Stereoscopic 3D Support at E3

The Xbox 360 console might get full support for stereoscopic 3D at next month's E3 conference, as a source indicates that Microsoft is keen on making such an announcement. Stereoscopic 3D is one of the most touted features of the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360's arch rival, as Sony is making use of this attribute...

25 May 2011
18:01 GMT

Rumor Mill: Another PSN Attack Coming Soon, Service Might Be Down Again

A source that claims to have access to private communication channels used by hackers has announced that another attack on the PlayStation Network is being planned which might mean that those who play on the PlayStation 3 or plan to get content from the PSN might have problem in the coming days.The source has ta...

6 May 2011
06:48 GMT

Rumor Mill: God of War 4 Coming in September 2012

A massive rumor has just appeared concerning the next iteration in Sony's God of War franchise, with a report saying that God of War 4 is set to appear on September 2012. Sony's God of War series may have seen the end of its trilogy last year, when God of War 3 concluded the adventures of Kratos, but thi...

21 April 2011
18:01 GMT

Rumor Mill: Rockstar Is Developing for Nintendo Wii 2

The rumors about the Wii 2, a console which has not yet been confirmed as being in development by Nintendo, have grown even bolder, with a French site that talked about the new controller including a touchscreen now claims that the well-known developer Rockstar has been confirmed as creating games for the new platfor...

20 April 2011
05:40 GMT

PSP Goes Out of Production, Sony Avoids Talking About It

Sony may have stopped the production of the PSP Go altogether, according to a recent report, while the company is currently avoiding the subject in an official statement.Sony's PlayStation Portable, in all of its iterations, hasn't exactly been the success the Japanese company wanted, especially when compar...

20 April 2011
03:45 GMT

Rumor Mill: Big Cuts Coming to Sony Online Entertainment

A number of sources inside Sony Online Entertainment have said that the company has closed down three of its development studio and that a third of all the people it had employed have been laid off. The rumor has been given some credibility by George Broussard, a video game developer that has worked on Duke Nukem,...

31 March 2011
04:59 GMT

Rumor Mill: Valve Is Preparing Steam Video Recording Tool

Steam is expanding, having added the ability for gamers to take screenshots of their video games by using the overlay, and information coming from one member of the community suggests that Valve is now preparing to also add the ability for players to capture video from Steam titles. The information comes from a co...

23 March 2011
14:31 GMT

Rumor Mill: Internet Protocol Television Comes to Xbox 360 This Year

A series of sources from inside Microsoft have said that the company is working on something called Project Orapa, which will be launched before the end of 2011 and will bring Internet based television, known as IPTV, to the Xbox 360 home console in the United States. The sources have told ZDNet that Microsoft is ...

10 March 2011
16:41 GMT

Rumor Mill: New Grand Theft Auto Might Be Named Rush

Fans looking for more information on the next Grand Theft Auto game have discovered a number of new casting calls for a project called Rush that suggest it is linked with the new game from Rockstar Games. Rush is being described as being an “interactive project” and the casting company in charge is Tel...

9 March 2011
17:41 GMT

Rumor Mill: Sony Prepares Impossible to Hack PlayStation 3

An anonymous source that is working inside the headquarters of video-game developer and hardware manufacturer Sony has said that the company is working hard to create a new version of the PlayStation 3 home-gaming console that would be impossible to hack.The source is saying that the new model will be using the same ...

22 February 2011
05:30 GMT

Rumor Mill: 3D Halo Combat Evolved Coming This Fall

A rumor suggests that this fall publisher Microsoft will be launching a full remake of Halo: Combat Evolved, using both high definition graphics and three dimensional gaming technology to offer newer gamers a chance to experience the shooter that started one of the biggest franchises in the world of gaming.New site J...

7 February 2011
06:36 GMT

Rumor Mill - Star Wars: The Old Republic Delayed to Fall

A series of sources working inside video game developer BioWare have stated that the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO is being delayed, with the new launch date set for a time frame during the month of September of this year. Initial reports from Electronic Arts, who handles all publishing duties for the gam...

27 January 2011
06:33 GMT

Rumor Mill: New Final Fantasy Title Will Be Announced by Square Enix

One of the listings linked to an official Square Enix event strongly suggests that the publisher is getting ready to announce a new title in the Fabula Nova Crystalis series of video games, which so far has spawned Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix is apparently set to talk about the new game at an event called Firs...

18 January 2011
03:24 GMT

Rumor Mill: PlayStation Portable 2 Will Launch in Time for Christmas

A number of high level sources inside Sony are saying that the video game publisher and hardware maker is preparing to launch its new generation of handheld, the PlayStation Portable 2, in time for the crucial Christmas shopping season of this year. The rumors came courtesy of MCV, which has also reported that the...

14 January 2011
04:38 GMT

Rumor Mill: Raven Could Be Creating Call of Duty Game

A new job listing from developer Raven suggests that the studio could be the fourth one that is working on the Call of Duty franchise for publisher Activision Blizzard, joining long-running creators at Infinity Ward and Treyarch and the new comers at Sledgehammer Games. The link to Call of Duty comes with a job list...

6 January 2011
15:01 GMT

Rumor Mill: March 4 Pokemon Black and White Launch Date for Europe

Pokemon Black and White, the new pair of games for the Nintendo DS for the long-running franchise, have already arrived on the Japanese market and have made quite a splash and Nintendo has already announced that the two titles are set to arrive in North America on March 6, but the company has not offered any official...

5 January 2011
15:01 GMT

Rumor Mill: Ubisoft Is Preparing Rayman 3D

A posting on the official site of the online classification systems belonging to the Australian government suggests that publisher Ubisoft is working on a new Rayman video game that will be delivered using the new 3D gaming technologies that have been introduced to home console and will arrive on portables. The ga...

29 December 2010
15:01 GMT

Rumor Mill: Strategy Spin Off Prepared for Assassin's Creed

A series of job postings coming from the Massive studio of publisher Ubisoft suggests that the Assassin's Creed franchise might be getting a spin off which uses at least some of the mechanics of the real time strategy genre. Massive is looking for fresh blood for the company, suggesting that they have a big ...

29 December 2010
04:53 GMT

Rumor Mill: Kinect Accuracy Worked On at Microsoft

An anonymous source working in the video game industry has suggested that developer Microsoft is working on improving the accuracy for Kinect, the motion tracking add-on for the Xbox 360 that was released in early November of this year. It seems that the engineers at Microsoft who have created Kinect are working h...

22 December 2010
02:52 GMT


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