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Bungie hints at new title reveal

In the fashion that has become typical of the Halo developer, Bungie has posted an ambiguous message on its website that most are presuming to be the preamble to the unveiling of a brand new project. Under the header ‘Keep it Clean’, the message, which was posted by Bungie member …

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LittleBigPlanet online features to arrive post-launch

Speaking on the US PlayStation blog, a member of the Media Molecule development team has confirmed that LittleBigPlanet’s online Create mode, which allows players to work together on the creation of user-made levels, will not be available out of the box. Instead, the anticipated functionality will be added to the …

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LA Noire to boast biggest ever budget?

After a long period of silence regarding Rockstar’s L.A. Noire, a number of details have emerged about the title from its homeland down under – including the claim that it could have the largest development budget ever seen in gaming. IGN reports that Tom Crago, the president of the Game …

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UK retail sales climb despite credit crunch

Whilst calling it ‘the end of capitalism’ is perhaps a little strong, the current economic climate is still probably the most uncertain in living memory – which makes it all the more surprising to see a rise in UK High Street spending in August. The BBC reports that numbers from …

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Life with PlayStation launches

After a brief hiccup yesterday that saw the service pulled after launching a little prematurely, Sony has now officially released its free Life With PlayStation service for PS3 owners. The software, which can now be downloaded via the Folding@Home icon in the PS3’s network folder, allows users to access up …

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Kotick: Guitar Hero outselling Rock Band 6:1

The High Street battle currently raging between long-time gaming favourite Guitar Hero and plucky newcomer Rock Band is one of the more ferocious in today’s industry – and now Activision boss Bobby Kotick has detailed the many reasons why he believes his firm’s title has the upper hand. Speaking at …

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EA to address Spore DRM concerns

Spore publisher EA has responded to a number of the complaints being levelled at the publisher regarding its seemingly strict DRM measures included in Will Wright’s latest PC outing – and it has stated that it intends to make changes to its current three install limit on the game. Speaking …

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Peter Moore: Rare is not applicable in todays market

Aside from his intriguing insights into both the demise of the Dreamcast and original Xbox , in the third part of his interview with The Guardian former Xbox and Sega hardware boss Peter Moore has stated that UK developer Rare, which is now owned by Microsoft, is not in touch …

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Peter Moore: Hard drive killed first Xbox

In the third part of The Guardian’s recent interview with current EA Sports boss and former Sega and Microsoft gaming head Peter Moore, the charismatic figure has admitted that the price of the hard drive in the original Xbox was the main factor that forced the company to make an …

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JAPAN: 360 trumps Wii in sales shock

Its price is to be cut in the UK this Friday , and it recently pipped PS3 in the US August sales battle – but now Xbox 360 has managed its most staggering victory yet by topping Wii in the weekly Japanese hardware charts to become the nation’s best selling …

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