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Aside from Epic’s recent news about its upcoming third update for Gears of War 2, all is relatively quiet in the Gears of Wars universe – but an admission from one of the game’s key writers suggests that Epic and Microsoft have plenty of Gears surprises on the way. IGN …
Read More »Activision returns to Transformers IP
Publisher Activision Blizzard has confirmed that it is back aboard the Transformers bandwagon and lining up a games release to coincide with the summer arrival of DreamWorks and Paramount’s movie sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The game, which will be released on Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PC, DS and …
Read More »Virtua Tennis 2009 takes to the court
Sega has announced that Virtua Tennis 2009 will be released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in May. The game will feature real-world tennis stars such as Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams. And, for the first time, British number one and world number three Andy Murray …
Read More »Hawx dated for March
French publisher Ubisoft has announced that its upcoming Tom Clancy flight-sim Hawx will hit shelves on March 6th for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. PC gamers will have to wait a week until March 13th, just two weeks after Tom Clancy: End War gets its release on the format, which …
Read More »Resi 5 demo sails past 1m downloads
Microsoft has confirmed that the recently released playable demo for Capcom’s massively hyped survival horror sequel Resident Evil 5 has been downloaded 1.8m times by European and North American gamers. The demo was first released on January 26th, though was available exclusively to Xbox Live Gold members until January 29th, …
Read More »GTA IV: The Lost and the Damned priced
Rockstar has announced that the upcoming Xbox 360-exclusive downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto IV, named The Lost and the Damned, will cost 1600 Microsoft points when it’s released on February 17th, Eurogamer reports. That equates to around 13.50 in real money, though can work out cheaper depending on where …
Read More »Microsoft to cut 5,000 jobs
Leading software developer and Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has confirmed the speculation that it is to slash 5,000 members of its global workforce following an 11 per cent year-on-year decline in net profit. For the three months ending December 31st the firm reported a net profit of $4.17bn. Shares …
Read More »NPD: Xbox 360 enjoys its biggest ever North American December
In a carbon copy of the festive sales success the firm saw in Europe at the end of 2008, Microsoft is celebrating both a record month and record year for Xbox 360 in North America. Xbox 360 sold 1.4m units in December according to NPD stats, with sales climbing 38 …
Read More »Trivial Pursuit coming to next-gen
US publisher EA is set to bring family board game favourite Trivial Pursuit to a host of games platforms this March, with versions planned for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, mobile phones and online on Pogo.com. CasualGaming.biz has the complete story – click here for more details.
Read More »LucasArts denies Indiana Jones cancellation
LucasArts has insisted that its physics-based next-gen Indiana Jones title has not been scrapped despite recent reports to the contrary. IGN yesterday claimed that multiple sources” had informed it of the title’s cancellation, with the development team being reallocated to other projects. However, a LucasArts spokesperson issued a statement to …
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