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LucasArts has announced Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II for 2010. The sequel to the 2008 smash hit was revealed by Samuel L. Jackson during the Spike TV Video game Awards . The trailer featured Starkiller, the protagonist from the original game. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was released on …

Tiger Woods has confirmed he is going on an ‘indefinite break’ from professional golf following various revelations about his infidelity – throwing doubt over his many licensing and endorsement deals. But games publisher Electronic Arts, which releases the hugely successful Tiger Woods branded PGA Tour golf game every summer, says …

Jonathan Blow’s celebrated indie game Braid will become available to download from PSN on December 17th. Publisher Hothead Games has announced that the title will cost just €9.99 (around 9) for PS3 owners. The game, ‘a puzzle platformer’, allows players to manipulate time and control protagonist Tim. Braid won plaudits …

Naughty Dog and Double Fine add to a growing list of attending luminaries

Frontier founder reveals dev dreams, office space and Pink Floyd love

Australia’s Attorney General has claimed the decision to ban Aliens Vs Predator from release was in the public interest”. Michael Atkinson defended the Office of Film and Literature Classification’s refusal of classification, claiming only a minority of consumers is upset by this ruling. Speaking to ABC News, he said: This …

The renowned Frontier founder gets the rapid-fire question treatment

Vast range of avatars can be exported to Gamebryoâ??s engine

Sony’s highly anticipated MAG could appear on shelves as early as Janaury 2010. Several retailers – including Game, Amazon and HMV – are listing the release date for the massively multiplayer online first-person shooter as January 29th, both online and in stores. However, a Sony spokesperson told MCV: We still …

UK retailers believe they have cracked the formula to survive the next decade – after enduring a true annus horribilis on the High Street in 2009. In a year of financial troubles, company closures and an erratic release slate, a whopping 91 per cent of retailers claimed they were confident …