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We’ve heard rumours before that Konami would be releasing Metal Gear: Rising on the PlayStation Vita handheld in addition to home consoles. This page from the Vita presentation during the AT&T Developer Summit looks to reveal that in addition to the other franchises we already knew about (including Bioshock and Call of Duty), Metal Gear Solid: Rising will also be coming to the Vita.
Rumours have pegged this year’s Call of Duty as a sequel to the Treyarch-developed Black Ops. Now, an image of US Target pre-order cards running on IGN appears to confirm the title and show a release date of November 13.
On Friday, a user on the Flamehaus forums uploaded a very convincing PDF, complete with accompanying photo, of a book called Valve: Handbook For New Employees.
Citing unidentified sources, Mike Gwilliam of the Forget the Box media collective has reported that the full bill of materials for the Wii U comes to about $US180, with roughly $US50 of that going to the controller. As Nintendo calculates labour, marketing and other costs, we’re to expect a machine costing no less than $US300 at retail, Gwilliam reports.
There are reports circulating that the latest issue of German mag PC Action contains not only confirmation that hardcore death simulator Dark Souls is headed to the PC, but that it features “new bosses”.
Publisher Bethesda may have axed the first-person shooter Prey 2, according to a report from Dutch gaming website PS Focus.
