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Grasshopper founder Suda51 has told MCV that he first planned for Rising Star’s No More Heroes to be an Xbox 360 title. Speaking exclusively in the No More Heroes Recommended Extra magazine given away free in this weeks’s MCV magazine, Suda51 said: Originally, I’d wanted to make this game for …

It’s easy to lose track of what new PS3 SKU to expect next, what with all the recent talk of 80GB cancellations and 120GB rumours – but now tech site T3 is claiming to have the scoop on a brand new slimline PS3. Claiming to have word from a ‘particularly …

Four $2,500 scholarships, devised with EA's Bing Gordon, available to students attending accredited universities

The retail community is buzzing in anticipation of Grand Theft Auto IV’s release, following Rockstar’s confirmation of an April 29th release date – with many key figures from the trade voicing confidence in the title’s record-smashing ability. As with previous GTA releases, GTA IV will be the benchmark for all …

EA has confirmed that UEFA Euro 2008 is being developed by EA Canada, and will be out on multiple platforms this April. The game is scheduled to appear on Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, PSP, PC and mobile phones, and is the only chance that us English folk will get to …

Another interesting snippet in EA’s recently released and much-discussed financial statement was the claim that new extreme-sports outing Skate outsold Activision’s Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground. CFO Warren Jensen boasted: "Despite the fact we launched on three fewer platforms, Skate outsold Tony Hawk 2 to 1." Tony Hawk’s is one of …

Japanese outfit co-founded by Mikami uses social networking site for company blog

Following a spate of under-your-breath internet rumours that upcoming RTS Halo Wars is bound for PC as well as Xbox 360, Microsoft has rubbished the talk. Speaking to IGN, a spokesperson stated: "Halo Wars is being developed from the bottom up for the Xbox 360 and its control scheme to …

Sky News reports that National Geographic is to drop the HD DVD format in favour of rival hi-def format, Blu-Ray. National Geographic, along with New Line Home Entertainment, HBO Home Video and BBC Home Video, are all distributed under the Warner umbrella. Warner announced it was to drop HD DVD …

Following its inclusion in EA’s successful The Orange Box, Valve’s dimension-bending shooter Portal has become somewhat of a cult classic – and now developer Valve has said that there’s plenty more to come from the franchise. Speaking to Eurogamer, Valve’s Doug Lombardi said of a possible add-on or sequel: "There’ll …