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A recap of the first day's headlines from the Los Angeles games trade show, as reported by our sister mag MCV
Read More »E3 08: Gears Of War 2 dated
Gears Of War 2 will be released worldwide on November 7th, Epic Games has told assembled media at this year’s E3. Speaking at Microsoft’s press briefing this morning, Epic Games boss Cliff Bleszinski walked the crowd through the title on a big screen – showing off giant new foes and …
Read More »E3 08: Netflix in game-changing Xbox deal
Microsoft’s online platform Live has been given a huge boost after it signed an exclusive deal with Netflix that means 360 users will soon be able to stream a plethora of content from the online movie rental service. Revealed as part of today’s E3 Media Briefing, Microsoft has termed the …
Read More »E3 08: Final Fantasy XIII confirmed for 360
Microsoft is cheering a significant psychological victory with the news that Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII will be released simultaneously on both Xbox 360 and PS3. It’s the first time a full, numbered instalment in the FF series has debuted on more than one machine, and (with the exception of …
Read More »E3 08: Xbox will beat PS3
Microsoft boss Don Mattrick has told the global games media that Xbox 360 will sell more consoles than PlayStation 3 – and that gaming is now the leading form of entertainment. When it comes to hardware, we’re in fantastic shape. According to NPD data, we have the largest installed base …
Read More »Too Human demo confirmed for tonight
Alongside talk of a possible new Geometry Wars title hitting the Xbox Live servers tonight , Microsoft has confirmed that a playable demo of Silicon Knights’ upcoming Too Human will go live in conjunction with the platform holder’s E3 press conference at 18:30 this evening. Too Human has been in …
Read More »E3 08: Squadbased Halo title to be announced tonight?
Given the huge global and commercial success that was Halo 3, it seems a mere given that Microsoft will look to continue its Halo franchise at this year’s E3 – and rumours are suggesting that a brand new entry to the series will be confirmed at the Microsoft press conference …
Read More »Sam Houser: People want to put Rockstar out of business
Media-shy Rockstar founder Sam Houser has told MCV that the biggest challenge of his career so far has been powerful people” who have tried to put Rockstar out of business”. Speaking exclusively in the latest instalment of our MCV Legends series – and naming no names – Howser said that …
Read More »Kotick: Guitar Hero can rival iTunes
No-one would argue that Guitar Hero’s achievements to date have been significant, but Bobby Kotick, the chief executive of Activision Blizzard, has said that the franchise can achieve even greater things by challenging Apple’s iTunes music download service. Speaking to The Financial Times, Kotick talked of plans for a Guitar …
Read More »UK retailer pulls R4 Cards
Following this morning’s MCV story , online retailer SimplyGames.com has stopped selling R4 cards. The indie told MCV that it justified selling the devices as larger rivals, such as Amazon, were also selling them, but has now called on other retailers to also stop stocking the items. SimplyGames.com only started …
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