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- May 31
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- Square Enix to feature cat-men, screaming elves and caped gunslingers in Heroes of Ruin for 3DS
- Call of Duty Elite officially announced: Socially-networks your CoD, is a lot like Bungie.net but with paid-for content
- Rumoured PSP2 name change sounds like a biscuit
- First StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm cinematic teaser and 40 new screens
- The Two Hobbit Films Now Have Names
- May 30
- May 29
- May 28
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- Bradley Cooper is working on the Hyperion script
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt's cancer comedy 50/50 gets a trailer
- Orlando Bloom will return for The Hobbit
- Mortal Kombat: First DLC to feature klassic character skins and fatalities
- Hulk Hogan's Main Event launching Superhero comeback on Kinect
- Respawn Entertainment hires Star Wars artist for upcoming mystery title
- Kaos releases Homefront Xbox 360 update, details plans for DLC and free gear
- Dragon Age II designer addresses criticisms, drops DLC hints
- May 27
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- House of the Dead: OVERKILL Extended Cut heading to PS3. Goregasm!
- Here Comes The Fades
- Advert for an advert, anyone? Screens from upcoming trailer confirm stunningly-rendered desks for Tomb Raider reboot!
- Alphas Is More Like House Than Heroes, Says Creator
- Uncharted movie loses David O. Russell in utterly unsurprising twist
- The bits you didn't see in Portal 2
- BurgerTime World Tour's trailer and website whet our retro appetites
- Ubisoft's E3 lineup detailed with web-streaming locations
- This. Is. SHINOBI!
- Double Fine's 'Trenched' double-timing it to XBLA on June 22
- New Disney Universe looks like Sackboy with mouse ears
- First Assassin's Creed Revelations trailer and screens have shocking, um... revelations
- New Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D trailer shows off all the new features
- May 26
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- Syndicate reboot still unannounced, but here's some of the script. Maybe. Though we hope not...
- George Clooney gets angsty in The Descendants trailer
- Shark Night 3D trailer swims in
- Torchwood: Miracle Day Not A Reboot Says Russell T Davies
- SFX SPECIAL The Ultimate Guide To Anime
- True Blood Season Four: Identity Crises For All
- Jeff Bridges confirmed for comic adap R.I.P.D.
- Infinity Blade multiplayer proves it’s the most gamer-loving game on iPhone
- Sonic Generations and Shinobi confirmed for 3DS
- Don't panic: Hothead developing new Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy game
- Xbox Live experiencing technical difficulties
- Deathspank returning to deliver swift, salty justice in "Deathspank: The Baconing"
- May 25
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- Two injured on set of The Hobbit
- Director Matthew Vaughn On X-Men: First Class Sequel
- Update: TooManyGames responds to Howard Stern's gamer rant
- Mortal Kombat: How to make a Fatality
- Gangs of London getting film adaptation (finally!....?)
- Altman be praised! Dead Space 2 receiving free multiplayer DLC
- May 24
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- Phoenix Wright movie coming from the director of Ichi the Killer and Audition? Human minds are unprepared for this wonder
- The Muppets Movie gets a first teaser trailer
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations locations revealed
- Sony announces PSP Remaster series for PS3
- Sony reports $3.2B annual loss, $171M spent on fixing PSN problems
- European Ocarina of Time 3D special editions to come bundled with ocarina?
- Fox News debates government funding for artistic games
- The Penguin set to nest in Batman: Arkham City
- L.A. Noire sells 1.6m in first week, becomes fastest-selling new IP in the UK
- May 23
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- Dead Island: 11 minutes of solid gameplay looks like a better, gorier, undead Far Cry 2. With excellent skull-splatting combat
- Benedict Cumberbatch will appear in The Hobbit
- The pre-E3 surprise the whole world was hoping for... Or, er, a new Carmageddon, anyone?
- Cannes 2011: Tree Of Life wins the Palme dOr
- Batman: Arkham City features a new voice for Harley Quinn
- May 22
- May 21
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- A third trailer for Green Lantern arrives online
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon scores a new full-length trailer
- Matthew Modine and Tom Conti join The Dark Knight Rises cast
- Reviewer slams Conduit 2, developer retaliates with negative Amazon book reviews
- GameStop announces vague CoD: Modern Warfare 3 pre-order bonus
- Microsoft offers students free 360s with Windows 7 PCs
- Grand Fantasia prize pack
- Fallout: New Vegas's Honest Hearts DLC incompatible with some save files
- Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One release date, box art and pre-order bonuses revealed
- Rapture-proof your iPhone with a chic Pip-Boy 3000 case
- Gears of War 3 campaign teaser trailer has precious seconds of story info
- May 20
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- First image of Tom Hardy as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises
- Exclusive: The first Batman Live trailer arrives
- Vincenzo Natalis Neuromancer to film in early 2012
- Carrie remake is in the works
- Adam McKay dishes on football comedy Three Mississippi
- Doctor Who "The Impossible Astronaut" Most Recorded UK Show Ever
- New Duke Nukem Forever history trailer recounts Duke's 3D transition
- Ocarina of Time 3D artwork livens up slow news day
- BioWare and Ubisoft clean up at the 2nd Annual Canadian Videogame Awards
- TT Games announces LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, NGP version included
- New book provides comprehensive guide to graphic-adventure genre
- May 19
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- Cannes 2011: Von Trier banned from fest
- Kevin James' Zookeeper gets a new trailer and poster
- New Shadows of the Damned trailer is awesome, not particularly subtle
- James Cameron and Michael Bay talk about the future of 3D
- PSN hit by password-update exploit
- Monster Hunter Dynamic Hunting revealed for iPhone
- Video Games Get Arty asks: 'What if games got arty?'
- Major Nelson wants you to download games like a pirate...
- Gears of War: The Board Game coming this fall
- Mass Effect 3 will reward completionists with better ending
- Guardian Heroes XBLA remake finally has a trailer
- May 18
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- Meet Pat Mills and SFX at London MCM Expo
- Misha Collinss New Web Series: Divine - Teaser Trailer
- Michelle Williams is Glinda in Oz The Great And Powerful
- Joel Edgerton is Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby
- Armie Hammer will saddle up as the Lone Ranger
- Gotham City Impostors art doesn't take itself too seriously
- Geoff Keighley's 'The Final Hours of Portal 2' now available on Steam
- Official Modern Warfare 3 reveal coming next week, supposed pre-order poster leaked
- Satirical game-development novel Am So As launches for Kindle
- Dead Island in-game trailer is a tease
- May 17
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- Survey teases potential Hitman: Absolution box art
- First LA Noire DLC detailed in Best Buy flier
- The Creative Assembly working on new Total War title
- Robotic engineer builds Portal 2 Personality Core replicas
- Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane to reboot The Flintstones
- Cannes 2011: Neil LaBute talks Crooked House
- Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin gets a teaser trailer
- European PSN 'Welcome Back' package detailed
- First official poster for The Muppets unveiled
- Duke Nukem Forever demo comes June 3 according to sly new trailer
- PSN restoration questions answered in FAQ, 'Welcome Back' package detailed
- Gears of War 3 collector's editions detailed
- Cannes 2011: Elisabeth Olsen on Martha Marcy May Marlene
- Cannes 2011: Brad Pitt talks The Tree Of Life
- Gotham City Impostors revealed, is a Batman-themed FPS from the creators of FEAR
- Mass Effect 3 will include same-sex male relationships
- Rockstar offers online preview of L.A. Noire's remixed soundtrack
- Ubisoft Motion Pictures prepping 3D Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon films
- May 16
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- Cannes 2011: Snowtown reaction
- The Dark Tower Still Going Ahead At Universal
- Cannes 2011: The Tree Of Life first reaction
- Chris Hemsworth confirmed for Snow White And The Huntsman
- Cannes 2011: Michael Fassbender is a vampire
- Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan join Byzantium
- Cannes 2011: Jessica Chastain on The Tree Of Life
- Cannes 2011: Gemma Arterton gets a Crooked House
- May 15
- May 14
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- Cannes 2011: Johnny Depp talks Pirates
- Cannes 2011: Unlawful Killing sparks controversy
- GR’s weekend giveaway: Ten copies of The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky for PSP
- V, No Ordinary Family, The Event Cancelled; Once Upon A Time Greenlit
- Cannes 2011: Monsters sequel on the way
- Cannes 2011: Weinstein's pick up The Iron Lady
- Modern Warfare 3 officially confirmed with trailer (UPDATED with three more trailers)
- Stephen Merchant surprised by fan response to Portal 2, found voicing Wheatley 'exhausting'
- Disgaea 4 promises to make your manliest fantasies come true
- Cannes 2011: Armie Hammer signs on for 2:22
- Howard Stern lays audio smackdown on gamers
- Cannes 2011: Cillian Murphy meets Wayfaring Strangers
- May 13
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- Witcher 2 sparks debate over mandatory ratings
- Mortal Kombat makes April its bitch, leads big month for US gaming
- Megaton Modern Warfare 3 leak hits the internet, nukes every fact and secret about the game, its story and settings
- Cannes 2011: Emily Browning on Sleeping Beauty
- Cannes 2011: Scorsese and Von Trier team up
- Warehouse 13 To Spawn Steampunk Spin-Off Starring HG Wells
- NBC: No To Wonder Woman, Yes To Awake & Grimm
- New Darkness 2 screens released, voice cast may include Nolan North
- Square Enix posts dire forecast: revenue losses, unspecified cancellations
- Navy announces anti-pirate MMO
- New Alien game coming from Total War developer
- Cannes 2011: Restless first reaction
- Cannes 2011: Polisse reaction
- First three Dragon Quest games get Wii release in Japan
- Tales of Grace F confirmed for North American 2012 release, Tales of the Abyss for 3DS also incoming
- Cannes 2011: We Need To Talk About Kevin first reaction
- CGI Tekken film 'Tekken: Blood Vengeance' coming summer 2011
- Mortal Kombat Kollection koming kwickly, ket ko karrive kin "kate kummer"
- Cannes 2011: Kung Fu Panda returns to the Riviera
- May 12
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- Cannes 2011: Super 8 first look reaction!
- New Torchwood Pics
- Cannes 2011: Britain gets A Prophet with Feltham
- Cannes 2011: Colin Firth and Emily Blunt team up
- Horrible Bosses trailer online
- Atari 2600 remake arrives on Xbox Live Arcade today
- Cannes 2011: Sleeping Beauty first reaction
- Ace Combat: Assault Horizon trailer reveals October release date, shark-themed nemesis
- Fresh images for Japanese LA Noire release
- Crush3D announced for the 3DS
- Fallout: New Vegas gets wild in Honest Hearts DLC trailer and screenshots
- Zynga launching Lady Gaga-themed FarmVille spin-off, GagaVille
- May 11
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- LA Noire launch trailer teases us one last time
- Cannes 2011: Puss In Boots hits the Croisette
- Cannes 2011: Midnight In Paris reaction
- Cannes 2011: Jason Statham's Killer Elite heading to the US
- Rachel Weisz bound for The Bourne Legacy
- New Real Steel trailer online
- JJ Abrams Pilot Picked Up For A Series
- SpyParty early-access beta now open to applicants
- Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D teased with viral video
- Hitman: Absolution's barcode belongs to a bag for dildos (seriously)
- Blizzard to boost production of WoW expansions
- Uncharted's Nolan North “will burn someone's house down” if the movie is bad
- Hitman: Absolution officially announced for 2012 with painfully vague teaser
- Crysis 2 'Retaliation Pack' dated for May 17th, teaser trailer makes us want to go clubbing
- May 10
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- New Alan Wake won't be a direct sequel or DLC
- Madman genius converts hundreds of classic Gamecube and Wii screens into tearfully beautiful 3D, gives 3DS new purpose
- First look at Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
- Final Destination 5 trailer released
- Brink launch trailer highlights themes of class warfare, face-shooting
- Skyrim interview: You ask, Bethesda answers
- US opens arts funding to videogames
- Modders build bin Laden's hideout in Counter-Strike: Source
- Rumor: Heavenly Sword sequel in development
- L.A. Noire getting two downloadable soundtrack albums
- May 9
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- PSN restart misses its first deadline in order to strengthen security, but fear not. Free games are coming. At some point
- Get your free beta key for 8Realms now!
- Celebrate Gollancz's Half Century
- Painfully crap supposed Grand Theft Auto V video leak causes confusion. Previously unseen crap screenshots clear things up
- The Skin I Live In teaser trailer
- May 8
- May 7
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- Keanu Reeves looking to play Kaneda in Akira remake
- Will Smith could star in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained
- Rumor: Microsoft to announce Xbox 360 successor at E3 next month
- Volition reveals character-sharing 'Initiation Station' for Saints Row: The Third
- Gears of War 3 beta updated with giant bobbleheads and squeaky chipmunk voices (also, new playlist)
- Valve launches Replay System for Team Fortress 2, announces First Annual Saxxy Awards
- Sony CEO issues apology to PSN customers
- May 6
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- JJ Abrams talks Brad Bird and Mission Impossible 4
- NintendoTV on YouTube!
- Plot details for Ben Affleck's next film Argo
- Duke Nukem Forever “shrinkage” trailer is one (more) minute of explosions and dick jokes
- Smithsonian announces winning titles from "Art of Video Games" poll
- Assassin's Creed Revelations revealed at last
- Disney Interactive confirms staff cuts at Black Rock Studio
- Saints Row: Drive By canned for PSN and XBLA
- May 5
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- Snow White And The Huntsman has its prince
- How Are Those US TV Telefantasy Pilots Going Down?
- Full Conan The Barbarian trailer brawls online
- Second Green Lantern trailer lands
- The Darkness 2 dated for October, new trailer now playing
- Sony's letter to Congress: A timeline of the PSN/SOE attack and Anonymous finger-pointing
- Mass Effect 3 delayed till early 2012, thus ruining Christmas
- THQ talks Homefront DLC, uDraw ports and profitable 2012 line-up
- $150 Wii, $20 Nintendo Selects lineup confirmed
- Rockstar announces L.A. Noire pulp short story series
- May 4
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- Star Wars Blu-Ray set for release September 12 2011
- Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray - Details
- Rachel Weisz is Oz The Great And Powerfuls evil witch
- Sony update: Lawsuits, Congress absences, and free stuff
- First Mortal Kombat tournament bloodying up Vegas this month
- Reader match! Play the Gears of War 3 beta with us on Thursday at 7 PM EST / 4 PM PST
- New Ocarina of Time 3D trailer reminds us it's not out for another month
- Toxic Avenger creator joins The Gunstringer cast
- Nintendo's E3 lineup full of games by western developers
- Ubisoft launches motion picture studio
- Silicon Knights looking to finish Too Human Trilogy
- EA franchises get Simpsons treatment
- Bethesda confirms 3 new DLC packs for Fallout: New Vegas
- May 3
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- Nintendo hinting at more hardcore future with new budget range and Wii bundles? Speculation time!
- Black Ops Escalation DLC: Launch day video brings zombies, electrified septuagenarians, annoying voice-overs
- The Ledge trailer edges out
- Sony announces user data stolen from SOE servers
- Rumor: Nintendo limiting number of 3DS Zelda: Ocarina of Time copies
- US videogame trains Cambodian kids to detect and avoid land mines
- How to get your friends into the Gears of War 3 beta
- Catherine 'Love is Over' Deluxe Edition and pre-order bonuses revealed
- Guns 'n' Roses/Mega Man X5 mystery solved by... Claire Redfield
- Toys 'R' Us leaks Mortal Kombat DLC date
- Unreleased Sonic skateboarding game discovered on Xbox development unit
- Dragon Quest X composer teases 2012 Wii release
- May 2
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