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Community director Brian Jarrard says the Xbox owner fully supports studio independence

Studio will discuss sequels after Duke Nukem Forever; 2K Games takes long-term publishing rights

Pt 1: Brian Jarrard looks back on a decade of Halo, Microsoft, and the thirst for independence

The Deus Ex creator pitched a sci-fi RPG and walked away with the chance of a lifetime

Brothers in Arms and Aliens vs Predator developer Gearbox has, as predicted, been revealed as the studio tasked with steering the hugely traumatised Duke Nukem Forever to its seemingly impossible retail release. And furthermore, studio boss Randy Pitchford told a Seattle audience tonight that development on the game is complete. …

Sega has confirmed that Yakuza 4 will be released in western markets in spring of next year – around 12 months after it first hit Japanese retail. Four is a very powerful number,” the European Sega blog reads. In this particular instalment as not only will you experience the gritty …

Many consumers who have purchased the first DLC for Crackdown 2 are reporting of problems with the game following the download. Numerous users of the Xbox.com forums are complaining that upon trying to play the game following the installation of the Premium Toy Box Pack their console is freezing up. …

With sales of 6.9m for the recently released Red Dead Redemption, you can bet your horse on the fact that work on the next game in the series is well underway – and MCV was recently told what it’s called. Speaking to MCV under strict conditions of intoxication, one employee …

CEO confident it will prevail in legal wrangle with cheat-bot creators

An elongated development cycle can sometimes be the death knell of a highly anticipated title, but Sony has insisted that the five-year wait for Gran Turismo 5 will not lead to critical disappointment. Far from looking dated, it will look state of the art,” SCE Worldwide Studios Europe VP Michael …