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That’s right, you heard it correctly. Konami have pulled MGS4…

With so many questions unanswered they only had this to say: ” We are very sorry but we had to pull the game due to the massive amounts of 360 fanboys arguing about it not being a PS3-only exclusive”. Several minutes after Konami released this statement, PS3 owners around the world went into uproar, creating riots and spam on several million forums around the world.

Even snake himself was pissed off about the whole situation and here is what he had to say about it all: “What the hell is Kojima thinking? I’ve had enough of this crap, I’m defecting to Microsoft”… Snake was later found at Kojima’s house and was arrested for murder.

Konami have just released another statement saying “It was only a damn April fools’ joke, why did you do this Snake, why? Snakeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee”

Happy April fools everybody

Sega released some unbelievable new information to their shareholders last night regarding future projects. They released information regarding the release of a secret Sonic project (Sonic Unleashed) alongside snippets of information regarding a huge hardware project. Obviously we at GoY are very exited about this news as we are big fans of the Dreamcast. They plan to make a public announcement at the end of the month but they have let some information slip.

They revealed that the new device will “provide strong competition to the portable industry” and they have some flagship titles already in the works which will be announced alongside the mysterious console. The fact that they claimed it would be possible for them to create an affordable portable device for emulating previous Sega consoles (claimed last April) fortifies out hopes for a Dreamcast portable.

Is this a dream?

Watch this space for cakes and pie.

Late Monday night/Tuesday morning, the official GTA VI site listed some April Fools’ news which stated that a HMV store in Birmingham (the site gave the address of a specific store) would be selling pre-release copies of the game on 360 at opening time on the 1st of April. Rockstar (presumably they were at the heart of the prank) presumed that GTA fans would either see through the fairly obvious joke, or would arrive at the store only to ask for a copy of an unreleased game and realise their own stupidity.

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Tired of gunning through the epic war against space villains? Tough Luck because it appears that most of this years exclusives are exclusively that. With Epic/Microsoft’s Gears of War on the horizon it only seems fit that we now hear how Sony plan to oppose them. Gaming blog Videogamer.com have got their hands on some juicy information which is sure to please the PS3 side of the war, even if it is something which has been expected all along. They have found what appears to be Sony’s rough pencil sketches depicting the dates which they aim to release 3 exclusives in the UK this year, 2 of them Sci-Fi shooters.

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Information regarding an upcoming multiplayer map-pack for (the 360 version of) COD4 has cropped up, in the form of an mini-page on Xbox.com. The pack will comprise of 4 new maps and will cost a whopping 800 Microsoft points (about £10). We think this is a ridiculous price-tag to slap on something so small, we don’t like micro-transactions but this is the wrong way of doing away with them! Who in their right mind would pay ten pounds of their hard-earned dosh on 4 measley maps? That works out at £2 per map, which may not sound like too much, but it all adds up. This is made worse by the fact that the Mass Effect add-on, which gives you an hour and a half of extra single player entertainment, costs only 400 points and it is made even worser by the fact that you can download many class maps for the PC version, for free!

Source:  http://snipurl.com/codmappack

EA are no strangers to buying out competitors, in fact that’s how they’ve come to grow so huge in the first place.You may have head about EA’s recent attempt to buy out publisher Take-Two, and their subsequent dismissal to said offer. Well now it looks as if EA are biting back as they’ve decided to take their offer straight to Take-Two’s shareholders. This is all business talk which we GameOnYou simpletons don’t really get down with but basically EA are prepared to go to great lengths to get their greasy mitts on Take-Two and thus, Grand Theft Auto.

Source: BBC

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We Say: No Chance

If you’ve been following the gaming news, analysts recently predicted that Sony are going to be worried after the Xbox 360 price-cuts as it may cause sales to dry up. Sony, always the optimists, say this is not the case. Which is no surprise, what is a surprise is that they give a resoundingly good reason. They say that PS3 sales will continue uphill due to the fact that it has Blu-Ray integrated into the system. While this may be true I’m not so sure as Blu-Ray player prices are, like the 360, falling.

If this argument proves to be correct then Microsoft will not be happy as the 360 cut was a snide attempt to undercut the PS3 not only in price but also due to the large volume of exclusive titles coming to the console. Looks like Microsoft will have to rely on their own hard-hitting sequels in the holidays. That, and GTA IV.

Take-Two have confirmed that Rockstar have a major sequel in the works which will go into the final stages of development after GTAIV has been released. This info was given in to investors earlier today and while details are slim, we can speculate on the possibilities.

Our money’s on either a sequel to Max Payne (alongside the release of the upcoming film), Red Dead Revolver 2, Manhunt 3, Bully or (if we’re very lucky) Lemmings X: Rise of the Machines. From the previous statement you may have guessed we at GoY are not the gambling types, but if we’re right at least we’ll win a fraction of the money we bet and a fraction of the respect we lost.

2008 2K Games Line Up
Borderlands
Mafia II
Top Spin 3
Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution
Don King Presents: Prizefighter
NBA 2K9
NHL 2K9
Dora Saves the Mermaids/Go Diego Go! Safari Rescue

First off, I would like to start by saying that this line up doesn’t quite strike me as “Cracking”…Well from a company that brought us great games like Bioshock , Dungeon Siege 2 and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion I expected a little more.
Dora Saves the Mermaids!? - I’m sure everyone like me is very excited for this title but I’m a little curious about what a game about saving the mermaids could Involve, well no need to worry Dora fans because here is a small quote from 2K Games on what you can expect: (more…)

A Dutch gaming blog have managed to dig up what looks like some fairly hard evidence that the European Xbox 360 will be dropping its price in the near future.

It goes without saying that this will hopefully also include a UK price-drop. More news as it comes, fellow bargain hunters!

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Update: It has now been confirmed by Xbox Live’s Major Nelson. There will indeed be a price drop for Europe - Including UK. Details after the post-break.

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