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It appears that a group of online hackers has got their hands on a full version of Halo Reach far ahead of its official worldwide release on September 14th. Microsoft recently posted a digital version of the title online for reviewers to access, and it seems as if some modders …

(*I mean the reactions with value, of course, not snide passive-aggressive and near-libelous tweets about kick-backs, lies, brown envelopes and whatever. That’s just being silly and bitter.) Anyway, it’s all fair provided it’s done appreciating this context: – Firstly, as we have pointed out regularly in this piece, these are …

US analyst Michael Pachter claims that US retailer GameStop has yet to experience any dent to its pre-owned sales in spite of a considerable increase in the number of publishers charging second hand buyers an additional fee to access certain content. The company has not seen a negative impact on …

Microsoft’s mixed message over its ambitions to market the Kinect motion cameras to the traditional hardcore Xbox 360 audience continues. I believe a large slug of the core community will love Kinect for 360,” European VP for Xbox 360 interactive business Chris Lewis told Eurogamer. They’ll love the navigating round …

Publisher EA is so confident about the quality of its upcoming shooter Crysis 2 that it has already declared that the game wills gain a 90 per cent plus review average with critics. It’s going to be another 90 rated game from Crytek,” EA Partners boss David DeMartini told Eurogamer. …

Begbies Traynor, the acting administrator for stricken Dundee studio Realtime Worlds, has announced that 23 members of the 60-strong team that had been working on recently-announced RTW title ‘Project MyWorld’ have been offered their jobs back. As a smaller entity MyWorld is attracting considerable interest from potential buyers and 23 …

A report entitled ‘Kids and Games: What Boys and Girls are Playing Today’ by M2 Research claims that 93 per cent of girls aged 8-11 play online games. For boys the number is 91 per cent. It adds that while Nintendo still dominates the portable games space, the growing popularity …

APB team informed of fate via microphone, claims source

Mobile games publisher Gameloft has announced that it is to release a PSP version of its popular mobile FPS NOVA. That game received a warm reception from critics on iPhone and iPad and has been a consistent performer in the download charts. Android and Palm Pre versions are also available. …

Hetherington and Jones seek to take back title post-RTW meltdown