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Mafia II has topped the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 for the second consecutive week, despite a 23 per cent drop in sales. The Xbox 360, PS3 and PC third person shooter is ahead of Square Enix’s Kane & Lynch 2 again, which saw a 19 per cent …
Read More »Killzone 3 gets concrete date
The American PlayStation blog has issued the first solid release date for Killzone 3 – February 22nd 2010. Previously Sony had only confirmed a February arrival for the game, which is the third in the series first debuted by Amsterdam-based developer Guerrilla Games on the PS2 back in November 2004. …
Read More »Doctor Who accessories materialise
Doctor Who-branded Wii and DS accessories will land on shelves this October. The new products have been produced by Koch Media’s Blue Ocean Accessories, and will arrive in time for the two Doctor Who video games – Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth for DS and Doctor Who: Return to Earth for …
Read More »Bungie: Microsoft deserves respect
Community director Brian Jarrard says the Xbox owner fully supports studio independence
Read More »Bungie: The Microsoft years
Pt 1: Brian Jarrard looks back on a decade of Halo, Microsoft, and the thirst for independence
Read More »Duke Nukem Forever lives!
Brothers in Arms and Aliens vs Predator developer Gearbox has, as predicted, been revealed as the studio tasked with steering the hugely traumatised Duke Nukem Forever to its seemingly impossible retail release. And furthermore, studio boss Randy Pitchford told a Seattle audience tonight that development on the game is complete. …
Read More »Yakuza 4 confirmed for Europe
Sega has confirmed that Yakuza 4 will be released in western markets in spring of next year – around 12 months after it first hit Japanese retail. Four is a very powerful number,” the European Sega blog reads. In this particular instalment as not only will you experience the gritty …
Read More »Crackdown DLC suffers teething trouble
Many consumers who have purchased the first DLC for Crackdown 2 are reporting of problems with the game following the download. Numerous users of the Xbox.com forums are complaining that upon trying to play the game following the installation of the Premium Toy Box Pack their console is freezing up. …
Read More »Driving genre needs Gran Turismo 5
An elongated development cycle can sometimes be the death knell of a highly anticipated title, but Sony has insisted that the five-year wait for Gran Turismo 5 will not lead to critical disappointment. Far from looking dated, it will look state of the art,” SCE Worldwide Studios Europe VP Michael …
Read More »Buyer steps in to save MyWorld
An anonymous American company has completed the purchase of Project Myworld from collapsed studio Realtime Worlds, Develop can reveal. The move has permanently split Realtime Worlds into at least two segments – with numerous potential buyers eyeing up scattered portions of the company that are still deemed profitable. It is …
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