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The prequel to the original Gears of War trilogy will launch next March. Epic Games creatively announced the March 19th target for Gears of War: Judgmentwith a fan’s tattoo revealing the date at ComiCon in San Diego. Epic also unveiled the Island map for the game’s Overrun multiplayer mode. People …
Read More »Activision announces Deadpool game
Marvel’s Deadpool will at last star in his own video game, Activision has announced—via Deadpool of course. The unveiling of the title came about this weekend at ComicCon in San Diego, where it was also revealed that the most recent Transformers developer High Moon Studios will be handling development. The …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: July 8-14
Valve has revealed the top selling titles for the week prior, with the first three days of the Steam Summer Sale figuring in quite a bit. ArmA II still grabs the top spot despite being just 20 per cent off for the initial days of the sale. The rest of …
Read More »IN PICTURES: The ‘Super Slim’ PS3 4000
Images of the rumoured PS3 4000 – or PS3 Super Slim – have appeared online. Brazilian tech site Tecnoblog says it sourced the stills from a Sony filing with telcoms regulator Anatel. As is consistent with previous rumours, the new model appears to have a flip-top lid as opposed to …
Read More »Battlefield 3 lead designer departs DICE
'Time to move on' for Daniel Goldfarb
Read More »Kickstarting Ouya – Was it right?
We talk to the people behind the hackable console and ask why they've taken to crowdfunding
Read More »DEVELOP AWARDS: Luminaries carry the torch for games development
VIDEO: The industry's finest prove themselves good sports in the opening video to the Develop Awards 2012
Read More »DEVELOP AWARDS: The winners; the highlights
A gala ceremony in Brighton was attended by over 550 people from 150 companies, where they saw the likes of Moshi Monsters, Dear Esther and World of Tanks handed highly-coveted awards. Now in its tenth year, the Develop Industry Excellence Awards recognise creative, commercial and technical smarts. Taking place at …
Read More »D3 reveals Earth Defense Force 4 for Japan
Earth Defense Force 4 has been revealed by publisher D3. It’s the fourth instalment in the cult ‘B-movie’ alien shooting romp. Sadly, however, a European release has not yet been confirmed. "Unfortunately I have no additional information that I can share about EDF4,” a D3 statement released to Eurogamer read. …
Read More »MCV reports on Daily Mail story, descends into nonsense
Let’s get this straight before we even get to the details – this is definitely Microsoft’s fault. Not the kid’s for spending all the money. Not the dad’s for letting her child have access to her bank card. Dispel thoughts of bad parenting. Close your eyes, breathe deeply and become …
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