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New UK studio headed up by former Splash Damage MD debuts with Activision/Raven/id contract

Take Two confirmed that post-apocalyptic shooter Borderlands will be released on 360, PS3 and PC next year – and revealed the first detail sot he game. Speaking at the publisher’s E3 press conference this morning, president of developer Gearbox Randy Pitchford surprised the crowd by claiming that the title contained …

Take Two executive chairman Strauss Zelnick warned his rivals that the company’s success in 2008 was just an hors d’oeuvre” at the firm’s press conference in LA this morning. However Zelnick didn’t mention EA’s acquisition bid for the company in his opening speech – but there’s still time for him …

Whether it was the wide-smiled docile tones of Cammie Dunaway, the emphatic wide-chinned confidence of Reggie Fils-Aime or the imperial confidence of Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s confident strides across the E3 stage were a total un-surprise considering the manner in which it is bossing today’s games industry . A quick recap …

It’s fair to say that most people weren’t really too sure what to expect from Sony this E3. The heavily rumoured , and indeed more-or-less-already confirmed God of War III was a given, but still succeeded in raising the pulse upon its unveiling at Sony’s conference . Arguably more exciting …

With Sony’s latest PS3 firmware now out in the wild and seemingly hurting no-one (unlike its direct predecessor ), Jak and Daxter developer Naughty Dog has told Joystiq that a patch which enables Trophy support in its successful PS3 title Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune will be out next month. The studio’s …

Swedish studio signed by Hollywood giants to male video game sequel to Wanted

Halo developer Bungie has confirmed that the much-rumoured announcement it was prepping for E3 did exist, but that it was pulled by the developer’s publisher at the last moment. The story so far runs like this: Pre-E3 rumours began to mount that something Halo related was being planned for E3, …

A new next-gen outing for retro franchise Golden Axe lead Sega’s offering at this year’s E3. Golden Axe: Beast Rider takes the classic on-foot brawler and throws beast-mounted combat into the mix in a game that promises to expand upon the mythology first explored in the 1989 arcade and Mega …

'There will be a number of people at Vivendi Games who are going to be terminated,' says COO