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Earlier this week Peter Jackson, the acclaimed director behind Hollywood film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, claimed that he is no longer working with Microsoft on a new Halo title – but the Xbox 360 platform holder seems less sure.

 On Monday Jackson said of Halo: Chronicles: That Halo …

New research shows more Internet users in China use the web for online gaming than shopping. New research from the China Internet Network Information Center shows approximately 200 million of China’s web users regularly play online video games. This places the pastime the sixth most-used application for the Internet, while …

In what could be the biggest development surprise for quite some time, the Halo rumour mill has suddenly turned its attention to Texan developer Gearbox who many now believe is already working on Halo 4 for Xbox 360. When asked by Eurogamer whether one of its unannounced titles is indeed …

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As the industry continues to struggle with the death of the established hardware cycle that has defined the games industry for over two decades, THQ boss Brian Farrell has predicted that two of the current three home consoles will receive a price cut in the next nine months.

 Speaking to …

Sony has revealed two new controllers for the PS3 will be heading to the US this autumn. These vibrant DualShock 3 joypads will be available in Metallic Blue and Deep Red and are due to hit shelves in October. The new controllers, spotted by Engadget, expand the range of coloured …

Our stated strategy is to launch one to two titles targeted at the core gamer each year, each with the potential to become a long term franchise. In early January, we plan to release our new action game, Darksiders. Darksiders generated tremendous interest at E3 this year and was nominated …

As part of its Q1 financial report, THQ boss Brian Farrell has confirmed that Volition’s FPS sequel Red Faction: Guerrilla has passed the 1m sales mark worldwide. Farrell also went to great lengths to highlight the publisher’s strong critical reception, with the Metacritic average of its titles now standing at …

American publisher THQ has reported a year-on-year sales increase for the quarter ending June 30th 2009, with revenue jumping 77 per cent to $243.5m. Net income hitting $6.4m – in the same period last year the company suffered a $27.2m loss.

 The big successes for the publisher included first person …