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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 …

Firm has raised $100m since founding in 2006

Xbox 360 sales rocketed up 32 per cent over the weekend, official UK retail monitor GFK-ChartTrack has confirmed to MCV. The console outsold the PS3, which saw an eight per cent drop in its sales compared to the previous weekend. MCV broke the news last night that Xbox 360 had …

Five new start-up studios given exhibitor status at November's Game Connection Lyon

Want to get into the head of the ‘hardcore’ gamer? Then simply head for any online games forum on a Tuesday morning and look for the thread about the current UK Charts. The response is always the same. Who buys this mini-game shit?”, F**king destroying the games industry!”, Infinite Undiscovery’s …

Enterbrain's latest Maker title to export to both Flash and Xbox Live Community Games-compatible format