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One thing universally absent from this year’s E3 was any kind of hardware price cutting from any of the major platform holders – and that’s something that Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick is not happy about. I was disappointed not to see any sort of aggressive price cutting,” he told …
Read More »Double Fine under pressure as Activision launches lawsuit
Activision insists it hadnâ??t relinquished the rights to Brutal Legend, a game soon to be published by EA
Read More »Develop Awards finalists announced
Rockstar and Media Molecule lead nominations in most diverse contest yet
Read More »E3 2010 confirmed for June 15th to 17th
This year’s show hasn’t even finished but already the ESA, organiser of E3, has named the dates for 2010’s event. The organisation also says this year’s event has been a major success. E3 2010 takes place from June 15th to 17th, once again at the Los Angeles Convention Center, USA. …
Read More »Report: 360â??s DVD format falling behind?
Forza 3 shipping on two discs, questions surround Metal Gear Risingâ??s capacity, while MS kills off Blu-ray possibilities
Read More »Xbox Originals service draws to a close
Microsoft has confirmed that there will be no further releases on its Xbox Originals digital download service. The retail channel, which arrived in December 2007, offered 360 owners the chance to download full game releases from its Xbox catalogue. The platform holder told IGN that it has finished its portfolio” …
Read More »Forza 3 to come on two DVDs
The increasing complexity of games and the limited storage capacity of DVDs has been threatening to come to a head for Xbox 360 of late, and Forza 3 is set to be the game that finally breaks it. Forza’s content director John Wendl told Joystiq that: It is going to …
Read More »Microsoft: We won E3
It’s not the twinning but the taking part that counts, right? Nope. How you win or lose something like E3 is hard to fathom, but the reaction to Microsoft’s conference was certainly positive – so much so that the Xbox 360 platform holder seems happy to declare victory. I think …
Read More »Halo Reach over a year away
Halo developer Bungie has stated that the recently revealed Halo Reach will not reach the market until autumn 2010, a year after the release of the next chapter in the Halo franchise – Halo ODST. Speaking to GameSpot regarding the already touted Halo Reach beta, an unnamed Bungie staffer explained: …
Read More »Report: Axed Ensemble â??not the right studioâ?? for Natal
E3'09: Shane Kim explains that Microsoft made a 'substantial' investment in motion-sensing as Ensemble was cut loose
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