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Developer Gearbox has accused game reviewers of unfairly marking down Duke Nukem Forever, which was finally released in June after over a decade in development. The game carries a very low 49 per cent average on aggregation site Metacritic (on Xbox 360) and was widely derided for its poor execution, …

Sonic The Hedgehog returns in a title that will satisfy fans both old and new as the athletic mascot marks his 20th Anniversary. Sega’s Sonic Generations allows players to blast through each level as both Classic Sonic and Modern Sonic. The former revisits the 2D side-scrolling platform action of the …

Global restructuring plan expected to save $128m in operational costs by 2012

Sales have been strong and the critical reception not bad, but Battlefield 3 has failed to clear the first hurdle in its race against the behemoth that is Call of Duty. The latest Xbox Live user chart from Microsoft shows that Battlefield 3 was only the third most played game …

Managed to get hold of a copy of Modern Warfare 3 early? Then Microsoft is urging you to think twice before putting the disc in your Xbox 360. The warning, which has become fairly standard nowadays, comes from Xbox Live’s director of policy and enforcement Stephen Tolouse. Responding to questions …

Microsoft will at next month’s Spike TV Video Game Awards announce a surprise successor to Xbox 360 horror title Alan Wake. Furthermore the platform holder has confirmed that the game will be a digital-only release on Xbox Live. Of course, this doesn’t mean retail is left out of the loop …

Path-finding tech to be used in undisclosed MMO

As has been rumoured, publisher Ubisoft has officially announced a brand new Tom Clancy title – Rainbow 6: Patriots. The title is being developed by Ubisoft Montreal, though it is also being supported by Ubisoft Toronto and Ubisoft Red Storm. It will be released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC …

Browser gaming will not move on if people are afraid to abandon pre-IE9 user base

New fund initiative could offer local indies as much as CA$3 million