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Well it’s that time of the year folks, yes it’s GDC the time where we tend to hear things from developers they really shouldn’t tell us like ‘The sky’s blue’ and ‘Pig’s Fly’.

The first GDC Rumour we have for you is about Little Big Planet and it’s possible second title, now last Novemeber UK Developer Media Molecule said last November that releasing a full sequel is something it’d “never want to do,” with level designer Danny Leaver adding it’d “be the most counter-productive thing you could do, I think.”

Producer Martin Lynagh said in the same interview, “I think what you’ve seen so far from LittleBigPlanet, that’s the way it’s going to continue. We have a lot of stuff coming out, especially next year.”

Last week it was announced that Sony has purchased Media Molecule, now with a Sony press conference looming at GDC and all the confusion circling Little Big Planet we would hazard a guess of something BIG coming, is it a second title or some really awesome DLC? Tune in to the press conference on March. 10 to find out.

Earlier in the week, Bungie announced that it would be ‘Dropping a multiplayer bomb’.  Now Bungie didn’t let anything else slip but it seems one Taiwanese website knows a little more than the rest of us leaking what looks like a new trailer for the game, and it looks pretty damn impressive.

Now this may be a really good hoax, but it certainly looks a step in the right direction from Halo’s current multiplayer, if the video is to be believed we’re getting jet packs, stab moves and some pretty EXPLOSIONS.

This could be anything, a hoax, a leak or even a planted leak from Bungie themselves all we do know is this looks pretty awesome.

Via [Gamer]

Update:

The term ‘Gem’ was apparently an early code name for the product according to Sony Computer Entertainment Of America director of communications Patrick Seybold. “We have not announced the final name at this point” he said  when speaking to Kotaku earlier today.

Although this does not necessarily rule out ‘Gem’ as Sony’s chosen name it seems they are still at this point not willing to commit to any name, this is after another incident which some of you may remember when Ubisoft CEO Tves Guillemot this fall dubbed the controller ‘MoCon’ which later turned out to be an abbreviation of the term Motion Controller.

Electronic Arts Chief Executive John Riccitiello has reportedly let slip today that Sony’s motion sensitive magic wand like Natal beating behemoth will in fact be called ‘Gem’.

Speaking at the 37th Annual UBS Global Media Conference today, the EA boss appeared to name the as of yet unnamed motion sensitive device during a talk about console innovation at the conference, reports IGN.com.

“In the coming year, both Sony and Microsoft have announced new controllers,” he said. “Motion sensor controls, Natal and Gem, these are likely to bring new consumers into the marketplace.”

As of yet we have no further explanation or have been supplied with one in reference to Riccitiello’s comments, however something to bare in mind is he could in fact just be refering to the glowing light at the end of the device or it could even be some sort of codename we just don’t know.

However when questioned a Sony spokesperson was quick to dismiss the comments adding that: “No official name for the PlayStation motion controller has been announced.”

With quite a dismissive comment from Sony it leads us to believe this might be true, however at this point it’s all rumour and speculation.  Stay tuned to VGTribune.com

As we did, you may have received a random circular from someone on PSN yesterday about a rumour that Sony may start charging you money for the currently free online service.

Now obviously the message is a load of rubbish Sony would be foolish to even think about it but if you think about and do a bit of digging there may be a bit more to it, feel free to take this all with a pinch of salt but remember things change.

Now don’t judge this as a comparison in any way but as a avid Xbox fan in my opinion the PSN experience still leaves a lot to be desired, as someone watching from the sidelines you have to think after the huge hole its left in your wallet and yes I admit it does have some rare ‘good’ titles however some isn’t enough no matter how good they are but something you have to notice as a PS3 fan is that Microsoft’s supposedly flawed system is obviously and always has been superior in terms of online play. Fact.

Although it will cause outrage amongst PS3 users its best to think about it like this the model of a subscription based online gaming service is proven and executed very well by Microsoft for the past 6+ years, now the Xbox has its ‘flaws’ but if Sony could provide more of a enjoyable rich experience it could very well overtake Microsoft’s bulging empire or at the very least create some competition the problem is can Sony do this without charging users, better question is are Sony prepared to go back on there word.

Stay tuned to VGTribune.com for the latest.

According to a source in Japan, Capcom is preparing to announce a new Devil May Cry game that is a prequel to the original game Devil May Cry. This game will feature the original bad-ass Sparda. For those of you who don’t know, he is the father of Dante and Virgil.

While this picture only shows the The gun known as “Luce & Ombra” are Latin “Light and Shadow”, these were the guns wielded by Sparda in the legendary dark night mode in the original Devil May Cry.

Although this is only speculation and we only have this picture to go on, I would like to believe that Capcom is working on something new in the Devil May Cry series. Especially since it’s been a while since Devil May Cry 4 was released.

This could also be the rumored PSP game that has been in development since 2006? Who knows, but we will find out in 18 days.