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Top global games publisher Activision-Blizzard has announced a number of brand new titles that it has in development – with the headliners being a brand new Wolverine title and a next-gen update to Nazi-hating FPS Wolfenstein. Despite this week’s news that EA has teamed up with id for the publishing …
Read More »EIF 08 to honour art in gaming
EIF Chairman Chris Deering has unveiled plans to celebrate video game art at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival 2008. The EIF boss has called on game development teams to showcase single frames captured from actual play in their games for the ‘Expo Of Art’. Any game that has not yet been …
Read More »E3 08: Sony backing 80GB PS3 in US
Sony made an important announcement regarding its PS3 hardware strategy at last night’s E3 conference, confirming that from September its focus would be laid solely on its 80GB model. The hardware will drop from $499 (as it was in the MGS4 bundle) to $399 and will replace the existing 40GB …
Read More »E3 08: Nintendo explains Zelda and Mario confirmation
Were new Mario and Zelda titles for Wii confirmed at E3? It seemed so when Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told an excited E3 audience that our internal teams that make Mario and Zelda are both hard at work, and will bring new titles to Wii”. But talk soon turned to …
Read More »E3 08: Dead Rising on Wii shuffles into view
We know that Dead Rising 2 is in development, and if talk is to be believed , it may even be in development at a Western studio, but the E3 attention has turned to the apparent confirmation from Japanese games bible Famitsu that a port of the first title is …
Read More »E3 08: Microsoft confirms new Halo title
Halo fans saddened by not only the complete absence of Halo content from Microsoft’s E3 conference , but also the release date slip of Halo Wars , can now take solace in the apparent confirmation from Microsoft that a new Halo title is indeed in development. In an interview with …
Read More »E3 08: Ubisoft reveals NARUTO: The Broken Bond
Ubisoft has announced a sequel to its 2007 action title Naruto: Rise of a Ninja, entitled Naruto: The Broken Bond, set to release in time for Christmas this year. The title will feature an online multiplayer mode that gives players the chance to compete in tournaments. Based on the world-renowned …
Read More »E3 08: Ubisoft boosts Imagine range
Ubisoft has unveiled two new titles in its Imagine series of video games at E3, Imagine Dream Weddings and Imagine Movie Star. Imagine Dream Weddings is targeted at young girls who must create the perfect wedding in the face of unruly guests and unexpected events. The game is under-development at …
Read More »Rhianna Pratchett writing Mirror’s Edge script for EA DICE
Pratchett previously wrote scripts for recent releases Overlord and Heavenly Sword
Read More »E3 's08: Review: Day two
We all know why Little Johnny-friendly Nintendo quickly skirted over the fact that a GTA title would be making its way to DS , but, with the sun well and truly down here in LA, it’s fair to reflect that the shock announcement was possibly the biggest news of the …
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