Publishing

Assassin’s Creed II follow up Brotherhood will be released in November. The date has been revealed in an E3 trailer for the game, which says the title is released in the US on November 16th. The trailer is embedded below. The European date can’t be much different – the last …

Crysis 2 in 3D on Xbox confirmation points to big news at tonightâ??s press conference

Activision has confirmed that a track from US hip-hop star Eminem’s new album Recovery will feature in this year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops. Slim Shady joins a star-studded roster of talent set to appear in a number of its upcoming titles. Recently revealed DJ Hero 2 welcomes R&B face …

Games for Microsoft’s Kinect will cost significantly less than current Xbox 360 games at retail, reports suggest. Edge Online reports that a highly placed retail source” claims that motion games revealed last night such as Kinect Sports, Kinect Adventures, Dance Central and Your Shape: Fitness Evolved will cost just 29.99 …

The first video of the still mysterious Kinect Star Wars game from last night’s Microsoft pre-E3 press gathering has gone live, and you can watch it here. Details of the title are thin on the ground – with no name, no developer and no release date announced. Yet attendees watching …

Ubisoft is to open a new department focused on digital publishing, appointing former Microsoft casual gaming boss Chris Early. The division will concentrate its efforts on a wide range of platforms, including iPhone, console, PC and web. Our focus on digital publishing will be about operating games as an online …

With a PS3 price drop very unlikely to feature as part of Sony’s E3 press conference tomorrow, it looks as if Sony might instead be preparing a slight revision to its current home console. CVG reckons that the two new model numbers registered by Sony last week refer to new …

Creators of Okami and Devil May Cry working on biblical fantasy adventure

Xbox 360 is suffering a bit of a year-on-year dip so far in 2010. Why is this and what are you doing to reverse it?In the face of price drops, new form factors and massive marketing expenditure by the competition, Xbox 360 still grew full-year market share in EMEA from …

Microsoft has confirmed that a Kinect-based Star Wars title is in development. The game, of which the licence is owned by LucasArts, was unveiled today at Microsoft’s Pre-E3 World Premier event in Los Angeles and took by far the biggest cheer. Details of the Star Wars title are thin on …