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Mega-publisher Activision Blizzard has revealed that Crash: Mind Over Mutant will hit retail on October 31st, and The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon will arrive on November 21st. Both titles had disappeared off release schedules following the merger between Vivendi and Activision, but it has now been confirmed …

Comic book-inspired The Punisher: No Mercy, made by Budapest team, will be digital download exclusive

Thanks to our good chums at 505 Games, you can head into Q4 with a quintet of titles that could improve your life skills, your profit margin or both: * Spellbound* My Pet Dolphin 2 * I Did It Mum! 2 * I Did It Mum! Picture Book * Hello …

Xbox Japan boss Takashi Sensui has called Xbox 360 the best option” for Japanese consumers, despite the system’s minute installed base in the territory. Sensui said that the release of upcoming major RPGs would help the 360 to continue its renaissance in the region – which saw its weekly sales …

Developer Bungie has today released the latest in a long-line of significant updates to its globally popular Xbox 360 title Halo 3 – whilst at the same time dropping even more bizarre hints about the direction of its seemingly soon-to-be revealed new title. The new Halo 3 update, dubbed TU2, …

An important step toward what most consider to be the inevitable digital delivery future arrives this week when EA’s Burnout Paradise becomes available to download for PS3 users via Sony’s PlayStation Network Store. The move was first confirmed last month. The European price has not yet been confirmed, though US …

Microsoft has announced that its recent trial that saw Xbox 360 users participate in a mock election via Xbox Live saw nearly 100,000 gamers participate – with Democratic candidate Barack Obama winning a landslide victory. The experiment, which has been running since August 25th, allowed gamers to vote via their …

Many of Sega’s classics are already enjoying great success on the download services offered by the current crop of home consoles, but now rumours are suggesting that a boxed compilation of its 16bit Sonic hits is heading to PS3 and Xbox 360. A listing on Amazon, spotted by StrategyInformer, speaks …

French publisher Ubisoft has confirmed that it is to publish Acquire’s upcoming ninja stealth romp Tenchu 4 on Wii in both North America and Europe some time next year, IGN reports. Tenchu 4 will be the first title in the series to be developed by Acquire since PlayStation title Tenchu …

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