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Gabe Newell states his ambition of evolving the seriesâ?? AI Director

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How strong is Sega’s line-up for 2009 compared to previous years? Undoubtedly our best ever. That may sound like the typical soundbite but FY10 is the culmination of several years’ hard work as the ‘new’ Sega to establish fresh brands and new development goals. This year we continue our strong …

Acclaimed film director and current EA employee Steven Spielberg has given a huge thumbs up to Microsoft’s Natal motion tech system, claiming that the technology has changed the way he will approach the games genre. Natal changes the paradigm of what I would have written last week, now all that …

Konami’s upcoming PSP only Metal Gear Solid game will be called Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and it will be unveiled at Sony’s E3 conference this evening, MCV understands. Nothing else is known of the game, though it seems likely that it will be a fully fledged MGS outing and …

E3'09: Film director lauds Microsoftâ??s Natal, but is currently working with Ubisoft for the upcoming Tintin title

The news that the next chapter in the Metal Gear Solid series is heading to Xbox 360 is certainly extremely good use for the platform, but fans shouldn’t be expecting that title to be an Xbox 360 exclusive. Spong spotted a quote in a recent G4 interview with Microsoft’s VP …

Electronic Arts revealed EA Sports Active has achieved worldwide sales of over 600,000 units in less than two weeks. This accomplishment was announced during the company’s E3 press conference, with EA Sports president Peter Moore declaring the publisher was delighted by the overwhelming response” to the Wii fitness game. This …

Nintendo has announced that sales of DSi have taken just eight weeks to reach the one million mark across Europe – five weeks quicker than the Nintendo DS Lite took to reach the milestone. In addition, almost 500,000 Nintendo DS and DS Lites have been sold across Europe in the …

E3'09 EA Sports MMA promised to be the publisherâ??s â??next global franchiseâ??