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Report suggests EA is working beyond the upcoming Wii edition of Dead Space

Acclaimed director Peter Jackson has revealed that the secretive Halo game project he was once working on has been cancelled. Little was ever known of Jackson’s collaboration with Microsoft and now it appears that the collapse of the Halo film project has dampened any hopes of the anticipated games collaboration. …

Despite a 14 per cent year-on-year increase in Amazon’s Q2 revenue at online retail colossus Amazon, the website has reported lower than expected profits for the last 12 months – and video games have been named as one of the chief culprits. Sales for the period climbed overall reaching $4.65bn …

Studio ready to talk to publishers as the development of its non-Halo game continues

But the next twist in this unfortunate tale – like all great gunslingers, set to a backdrop of tense economic decline – was unprecedented. Argos, that obstinate burlesque tease of ‘one week only’ offers, reached breaking point. Less than seven days after a major publisher was pilloried for trying to …

Former THQ trade marketing manager Wayne Wilson has joined HMV in the newly-created post of online games manager. Wilson, who started at the retailer earlier this week, worked on major releases such as Saints Row 2, UFC: Undisputed and Red Faction: Guerrilla. Prior to that he worked at Woolworths for …

Assassin’s Creed: Discovery will hit shelves on November 20th for Nintendo DS. As revealed in Ubisoft’s latest release schedule, the game will launch alongside Assassin’s Creed Bloodlines on PSP and Assassin’s Creed 2 on Xbox 360, PC and PS3. The games are part of Ubisoft’s blockbuster Christmas 2009 line-up, which …

Develop catches up with the Finnish studio behind Alan Wake

On the same day that a brand new map pack (entitled Napal & Cordite) is due for release, Dutch games developer Guerrilla Games has stated that it is to step away from Killzone 2. Speaking on the EU PlayStation Blog, the developer’s Seb Downie stated: Right now we’re going to …

Rumoured Microsoft division confirmed as Frank Oâ??Connor talks Halo anime