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Publishing rights to Russian studio 4A Games’ long-in-the-works Metro 2033 have been bought by THQ. The publisher will release the game on 360 and PC next year. Metro 2033 is based on a best-selling Russian novel by Dmitry Glukhovsky and is built with 4A’s cutting edge proprietary engine. For the …

After what must have been a prolonged period of number crunching, Gamasutra has concluded that 15 per cent of the total revenue generated by Call of Duty: World at War in North America has come from sales of additional digital content for the game. In total this represents $45m, taking …

AUDIO SPECIAL: The Audio Guys talk to Develop about contributing to Forza 3

In news that isn’t all that surprising, Microsoft’s European creative director of Microsoft Game Studios Peter Molyneux has confirmed that Lionhead’s upcoming RPG Fable III will support the motion-sensing Natal camera. News first came from Gamesbrief’s Nicholas Lovell, who was in the audience at Molyneux’s BAFTA seminar last night. Seeing …

Many headlines on the internet this morning will lead you to believe that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed overnight plans to release an external Blu-ray drive for Xbox 360. Whether this is actually the case or not remains to be seen. The furore comes courtesy of an interview with Gizmodo. …

High street retailers have been accused of locking new IPs out of the market this Christmas – and limiting consumer choice by only dedicating shelf space to ‘formulaic sequels’ and pre-owned games. In a letter to MCV, Rising Star Games’ MD and COO Martin Defries said that new content and …

Sony has confirmed that Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time will arrive on November 6th in the UK and November 4th in Europe. It is Insomniac’s third Ratchet and Clank game for PS3 – following 2007’s Tools of Destruction and 2008’s Quest for Booty. A special edition for the …

It may seem unfair to select in isolation a comment from your recent editorial column, doing so allows me to get on my soapbox and have a good old moan. While I share your congratulations to Codemasters on their recent performance, your column remarked variety at retail is to be …

Publisher signs up 4A Games' Nvidia-powered Metro 2033 for 360/PC release next year

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