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Xbox 360 owners who snap up Activision’s Singularity will be entitled to receive a free copy of 2009’s open-world action title Prototype. It’s out in North America on June 29th, though it doesn’t yet have a firm UK release date. A late June or early July release is expected. The …

A Californian man is to sue Sony over its recent 3.21 firmware update for the PS3 that removed the ability to install alternative operating systems such as Linux. The suit, filed by Anthony Ventura, claims Sony’s decision to force users to disable the OtherOS function was based on its own …

Yesterday you saw the cut-down TV version of Microsoft’s brand new live-action teaser trailer for Halo Reach. Now, courtesy of Kotaku, you can watch the full-length version:

Ubisoft’s Red Steel 3 – which has still not been officially confirmed – is said to be building a game using Nintendo’s Wii Vitality Sensor. The publisher will apparently use Nintendo’s peculiar fingertip pulse oximeter for, according to reports of an interview with Red Steel art director Jason Vandenberghe. The …

The CEO of development studio Obsidian has claimed that his studios’ cancelled Aliens RPG was, to all intents and purposes, complete when Sega decided to pull the plug. If you had come in and played any of the last builds we were working on, you would have said it was …

The first official details of this year’s still mysterious Call of Duty outing will be revealed tomorrow on GTTV in the form of a teaser trailer. The preview spot for the show stated: Put all the rumours to rest – don’t miss the global announcement of the next Call of …

From the first moment Wii was revealed it’s the game that we all envisioned – a motion sensitive lightsaber simulator where players could take on the likes of Darth Vader and Obi Wan Kenobi. There have been titles that have promised to fulfil the dream, but none – perhaps due …

In the history of video games, there are few games business brands that can raise as many mixed emotions as LucasArts. Having released over 160 games as both a developer and publisher (it signs external products, but lets partners like Activision handle the actual box shifting), on paper it should …

Best Buy arrives in the UK this Friday with the grand opening of its Thurrock store – and it has been confirmed that the retailer will be selling the black version of Nintendo’s Wii for just 99.99. The price will run from April 30th to May 3rd. Other offers include …

Ubisoft hopes this summer’s World Cup will help it crack the ‘polarised’ football game genre. The publisher will launch Pure Football for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in May, which is fronted by former England captain Steven Gerrard. And Ubisoft brand manager Phil Brannelly believes that the association with Gerrard …