[Game News] Rockstar delay GTA Episodes for PS3

It seems, due to a last minute request from SCEE, GTA : Episodes From Liberty City has been delayed until April on the PS3. 

The game now has an expected release date of 13th April in North America and 16th in Europe. SCEE had asked for last moment changes to in game radio, television and internet content for the European release. Rockstar decided the delay would also affect the North American release of the expansion to keep a worldwide simultaneous launch.  

The pack, which contains The Lost and The Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, had previously been expected two weeks before this new date. The content was expected on the PS3 for the first time, having previously been 360 exclusive DLC.

[Game News] Battlefield Bad Company 2 heading for top seller in March?

In a statement released by EA, Bad Company 2 is set to be March 2010's top selling game. The title, EA's nearest contender to Activision's FPS monolith, Modern Warfare 2, has reportedly sold over 2.3m across both North America and Europe. In a month where the game went up against FFXIII, this seems a pretty good achievement.

March will also contain other big hitters like God of War 3, so it's a pretty mean feat in such a blockbuster month.

Hit the break for the EA statement

[Game News] Sony and Kevin Butler send a message from the future to natal, Wii

That message is, we're better than you. Watch the video for hilarity, trust me, it ensues.

[Game News] Rockstar show of new Red Dead Redemption screens

Rockstar today published new screens for it's new sandbox-western. The game, set for release this May on the 360 and PS3, follows the story of former outlaw John Marston in 1908 America.

Hit the jump for more screens.

[Tech News] HTC Legend to be Vodafone exclusive in UK

The HTC Hero had been a fan favourite amongst android fans until the release of 2.0 and 2.1 devices like the Droid or Nexus One. Whilst the Hero will be receiving an upgrade to 2.1 (at some point this month), it will also be receiving a hardware reboot in the form of the Legend.

The 2.1 centric device, said to improve upon the hero in most ways, will be finding it's way to the UK in April via Vodafone, with the carrier having announced via their coming soon page that the device will be exclusive to them.

This comes as part of a larger push towards android for Vodafone. The carrier will also be carrying the Nexus One, it's spiritual brother, the HTC Desire, as well as Sony Ericsson's Rachael carrying Xperia X10. The former has no expected date, with the other two slated for an April release on Vodafone

[Tech News] Microsoft shows off Windows Phone 7 Marketplace

Microsoft has finally shown off the marketplace for its new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7 Series. The design itself isn't wholly surprising, it keeps with the style and flow of the 7 series shown at MWC in Barcelona earlier this year when the it was announced.

There is one unexpected item, 'contoso'. This has been confirmed by Microsoft to be a place holder for carrier stores, allowing users to access applications specific to their carrier.

Microsoft has also confirmed that the marketplace will be the only place where a user may install apps to their phone.

[Game News] Sega teasing new Yakuza

Sega, having just recently released Yakuza 3 outside of Japan, is readying for the release of Yakuza 4 in Japan two days from now. On a bit of a roll, the Tokyo company decided to tease a new game at a Yakuza 4 launch party.