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Rising Star Games has announced a new release date of March 14th for Suda51’s unique Wii title, No More Heroes. This has been our biggest production run for a video game,” said Martin Defries, COO, Rising Star Games. We just want to make sure we can supply everyone.” No More …
Read More »Gears Of War 2 trailer online now
An official sneak preview of Epic’s Gears Of War 2 is avaiable to view online now. The Microsoft video has been posted on Gametrailers.com. Age restrictions apply. To view the video, click here.
Read More »Microsoft finally makes handheld gaming move
During the firm’s keynote at GDC today, Microsoft revealed that its Zune portable music player was staking a claim in the handheld gaming space by being able to play games made using XNA Game Studio. XNA general manager Chris Satchell demonstrated the portability of code between Zune, Xbox 360 and …
Read More »XNA community gaming arrives on Xbox Live
During its GDC 2008 opening keynote, Microsoft has unveiled its answer to the often-speculated idea of ‘a gaming YouTube’, with a service called Xbox Live Community Games – and Microsoft has got the ball rolling by adding a number of new games to the service made by amateur developers from …
Read More »Gears of War 2 confirmed
Epic Game has revealed Gears of War 2 for the Xbox 360 at this year’s GDC. Cliff Bleszinski unveiled the game during Microsoft’s GDC keynote, after Tim Sweeny had demonstrated the significant improvements to the Unreal 3 engine earlier in the show. Bleszinski claimed that Gears of War 2 will …
Read More »Microsoft unveils Xbox Live Community Games
GDC08 KEYNOTE: Satchell demos XNA game distribution service to hit Xbox Live
Read More »SAW game being taken as seriously as a movie
The creator and chief scriptwriter of the original SAW movie has talked of his excitement of working on the upcoming game adaptation of the horror franchise. James Wan, the executive producer for the original SAW movie as well as Saw III, is penning the plot for the Brash Entertainment release. …
Read More »WiiWare dated for May 12th
Nintendo’s WiiWare platform will launch in North America on May 12th. The new service has been designed with developers in mind, letting them upload and sell games via digital distribution to Wii owners. For the full strory, head over to the world’s number one games development site and the premier …
Read More »Play.com Live tickets on sale to public
Tickets have gone on sale for Play.com Live – the online retailer’s Wembley showcase for games, which take place over the weekend of March 15th. Play.com has promised an ‘entertainment extravaganza packed full of the latest video games, with exclusive game launches, movie trailers from this years biggest films, live …
Read More »Frontier unveils first WiiWare title
GDC 08: Braben's studio reveals LostWinds, built with in-house tech
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