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Ubisoft will publish No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle in the US. Rising Star Games holds the publishing rights for the game in the UK and Europe, with the title due for release in 2010. Both publishers were responsible for releasing the original game in their respective territories, which went …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Crackdown 2 confirmed
Microsoft has unveiled the sequel to its award-winning Crackdown. The game’s trailer was briefly shown during the platform holder’s pre-E3 press conference, and is due for release in 2010. Crackdown 2 brings back its trademark open world gameplay but with revamped cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes We know that your …
Read More »Mizuguchi developing ‘Codenamed Eden’ with Ubisoft
E3'09: Rez creator's Q Entertainment signed for secret project
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E3'09: New MMO APB is publisher's latest dev deal
Read More »ROUNDUP: Microsoft E3 press conference
Microsoft has just finished off its very impressive E3 presentation, leaving both Sony and, in particular, Nintendo with plenty to do to live up to it. Highlights included full body motion control system Natal, which as well as allowing game control also boast facial, voice and pattern recognition. There was …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Global ‘Games on Demand’ service heading to 360
Microsoft has revealed that it will be offering a Games on Demand service for Xbox 360 in just a matter of months. Games on Demand launches this August and will let console owners download 360 games direct to their console. It’s not yet clear if these ‘full retail games’ as …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Alan Wake coming next spring
Microsoft has unveiled the long-awaited RPG Alan Wake at its E3 conference this evening. The firm showed off a gameplay video of the title, which stars a writer whose wife has gone missing. Sam Lake from the game’s developer Remedy said: "I’m very hapy to tell you that Alan Wake …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Valve readies biggest ever push for Left4Dead 2
Left4Dead 2 has been announced exclusively for Xbox 360 and PC, and will be the subject of Valve’s biggest ever marketing push. The sequel to Valve’s highly popular 2008 zombie shoot-‘em-up was unveiled at Microsoft’s E3 press conference via a new trailer, and will be released on November 17th, 2009. …
Read More »MICROSOFT: The Beatles kick off E3
In perhaps the highest-profile beginning to an E3 in history, Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have appeared on stage at Microsoft’s conference to endorse The Beatles: Rock Band. The music legends told the crowd they thought the game was great” – as the platform holder announced that All You …
Read More »Twitter the E3 hype machine of choice
Few things get the hype juices flowing as readily as E3, but this year has seen many of gaming’s big names turn to communications revolution Twitter to crank up the excitement ahead of their big reveals. For instance, in the last few hours alone we’ve had the likes of: Sony …
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