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Call of Duty: Black Ops II multiplayer suffers problems on PS3

When millions of people around the world sign on to play a brand new game, technical problems are an inevitability. Call of Duty: Black Ops II is experiencing a handful of technical problems on the PlayStation 3 in its first week.

PS Vita gets PlayStation Plus on Nov. 19. Can it help save the system?

Just in time for the holidays, Sony is updating the PS Vita handheld with support for its PlayStation Plus subscription service. Players will get access to a slate of critically acclaimed games for an annual fee, but will that entire people to actually but the console?

Jetsetter: EA battles with BBC over FIFA 13 glitches, Treasure returns

In Jetsetter for the week ending November 3rd, we take a look at Britain and Japan. The BBC and EA got in a tiff over FIFA 13, Q-Games moved its PixelJunk series from PlayStation to PC, and cult developer Treasure comes to Nintendo 3DS.

Pulp Fiction, Silent Hill writer brings Wolfenstein to the big screen

Roger Avary's been away from movie making for more than five years, but the Pulp Fiction co-writer is returning to theaters with B.J.Blazkowicz in tow. His next project will be a movie adaptation of the Wolfenstein series.

Need For Speed Most Wanted review: The opposite side of Criterion’s open world racing

While the sterile seriousness of the Need For Speed series has seeped into its formula, Criterion has made another spectacular game.

Ubisoft broadens its Wii U support with Splinter Cell: Blacklist

Ubisoft has already bet big on Nintendo's Wii U, developing exclusives for the console like Rayman Legends and ZombiU alongside high profile ports like Assassin's Creed III. GameStop ads suggest Splinter Cell: Blacklist is coming to Wii U next.

Jetsetter: FIFA players vie for Scottish soccer team manager’s job

In Jetsetter for the week ending Oct. 27, FIFA players jockey to become replace the Dunbarton Sons football team manager spot in Scotland, Italy's first video game museum opens in Rome, and Indiagames loses its chief after Disney acquisition.

Rockstar: GTA: Vice City for iOS, Grand Theft Auto V info “next month”

Rockstar Games piles on the nostalgia while whetting appetites for the new. The studio announced a 10th anniversary release of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for Android and IOS before teasing info about Grand Theft Auto 5.

Report: Not many Nintendo Wii U units to go around at launch

The Nintendo Wii U will be a hot commodity this holiday season, not just because it's the first new home console from the company in six years, but because there won't be very many of them to go around.

Microsoft will allow mature games in the Windows 8 Store afterall

The Windows 8 Store's guidelines prevent UK video game publishers from selling many of their most popular games through Microsoft's new service. On the new operating system's launch day, Microsoft said it would ease ratings restrictions, but it may be some time before changes take effect.

How will the Mass Effect movie change under its new writer?

Four years after it was optioned and one year after plot details were first discussed, the Mass Effect movie has a new writer. Its new scribe, though, has never has a script produced. How will he change the BioWare adaptation?

Co-op, Not Competition: Nintendo reveals list of worldwide best-selling games of 2012

Nintendo revealed comprehensive lists of the best-selling video games of 2012 to date, shedding significant light on player tastes around the world. What games will publishers be investing in based on current trends?

Fix It Later: Resident Evil 6 patch continues 2012 trend of apologizing to fans

Capcom takes a page from the BioWare play book with its upcoming patch for Resident Evil 6. Out in December, the update looks to fix major complaints about how the game is played.

Microsoft Xbox 360 update comes to all, introducing disruptive changes

Microsoft completed its week long roll out of the new Xbox 360 dashboard on Tuesday, preparing its console business for the Friday release of Windows 8. Changes to the interface might not please users, though.

Doom 3 BFG Edition bumps the original Doom 3 up to $121 on Steam

In the past, re-releasing a game as a digital download was simple since the original release was only available as an out of print disc or cartridge. Doom 3: BFG Edition demonstrates that the business is trickier when a game was released digitally first.

Lawsuit against Sony over the great PlayStation Network hack of 2011 dismissed

A year and a half after hackers breached Sony security gaining access to user information for 69 million PlayStation Network users, a class action lawsuit against the company has been dismissed by a California judge.

Capcom’s general manager illuminates the company’s “ratings” based development

What happens when a company puts too much stock in chasing the best user metrics in video games and trying appeal to the biggest audience possible? You get a faded company creative giant like Capcom.

Mass Effect 3 Wii U studio prepares a 2013 Square-Enix game for Wii U

Straight Right, the Australian studio hard at work converting BioWare's Mass Effect 3 for the Nintendo Wii U, is working on another port of a triple-A franchise for Nintendo's new tablet controller console. This time, for Square-Enix.

Naughty Dog job listing hints The Last of Us will get a co-op campaign

No game is more missed in Sony's holiday line up than Naughty Dog's promising survival drama The Last of Us. That game's deeply personal experiences can be shared though, as a Naughty Dog job listing suggests a co-op mode is coming.

Electronic Arts accidentally gives away unlimited credit on Origin

Electronic Arts' Origin has played second fiddle to Valve's Steam since it opened last year, with an audience of just 11 million members compared to 35 million. The publisher got an unexpected PR windfall over the weekend when it accidentally gave away unlimited free credit.

Borderlands 2 DLC preview: Captain Scarlett serves up more of Gearbox’s trademark comfort gaming

The first Borderlands 2 DLC campaign, Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty, gives players a host of new allies, enemies and quests to enjoy in the shooting dungeon crawler, but a demo made it feel more like a Borderlands B-side than a must play.

Jetsetter: Valve backs Brazil with new Steam pricing while Square completes Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

In Jetsetter for the week ending October 13th, Valve starts supporting the Brazilian Real on Steam, Black creator Stuart Black opens a new studio, and Tetsuya Nomura claims that Square-Enix's studio in Japan has already finished work on Lightning Returns.

Mass Effect 3: Omega will be BioWare’s longest, most expensive expansion yet

Mass Effect 3: Omega, the latest downloadable expansion for BioWare's successful science fiction epic, will be out at the end of November alongside the Trilogy and Wii U editions of the game. It will be the longest DLC yet, but it will also be the most expensive.

Borderlands 2 DLC expansion “Captain Scarlett and Her Pirates Booty” is out on Oct. 16

The first of Borderlands 2's four downloadable expansions will be out on Tuesday, bringing with it a hearty amount of piracy.

Creators of Bulletstorm and Gears of War: Judgment open new studio called The Astronauts

Andrian Chmielarz and other expatriates from the Gears of War: Judgment team have opened a brand new studio in Poland's thriving dev scene.

Sony opens a whole new PlayStation Store on Oct. 17

Sony delivers a redesign of its PlayStation Store after 6 years. How does it fit into the facelift of its overall gaming business?

THQ shuts down its Asia-Pacific publishing business

THQ shuts down another subsidiary as the video game publisher desperately tries to lower costs in the wake of a new NASDAQ delisting.

Borderlands 2′s DLC Mechromancer makes for slick solo play

Gearbox drops Borderlands 2's new Mechromancer Gaige online a week early. Read on for a look at why she might be the ideal character to solo.

BioShock creator Ken Levine helped on PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale script

Irrational Games' Ken Levine guaranteed his BioShock characters were perfect in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale by writing their script.

Is Max Payne 3 animation studio working on Grand Theft Auto V?

Rockstar Games signs a new agreement with Max Payne 3 animation studio Technicolor. Is it working on Grand Theft Auto V?

Major Nelson: NBA Live 13 was supposed to be out on XBLA Oct. 3

More details about EA's cancelled NBA Live 13 sneak out as Xbox Live's director confirms it was a downloadable title.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 closes out its run with two new multiplayer modes

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 isn't done. There are two new multiplayer modes for the 2011 shooter before Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 arrives.

2K Games recasts XCOM reboot as a downloadable multiplayer shooter

According to a new survey, 2K Games much delayed XCOM reboot has been re-imagined again, this time as a budget-priced, third-person shooter.

With 38 Studios’ goods for sale, who will make Kingdoms of Amalur 2?

When the bones of 38 Studios are picked clean, who will make Kingdoms of Amalur 2, the lost sequel to Curt Schilling's only game?