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Epic Game has revealed Gears of War 2 for the Xbox 360 at this year’s GDC. Cliff Bleszinski unveiled the game during Microsoft’s GDC keynote, after Tim Sweeny had demonstrated the significant improvements to the Unreal 3 engine earlier in the show. Bleszinski claimed that Gears of War 2 will …
Read More »360 failure rates estimated at 16 per cent
A new report from US electrical warranties firm SquareTrade claims that the failure rate for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is about 16.4 per cent, 1UP reports. The infamous ‘Red Ring of Death’ accounted for 60 per cent of the faulty machines. The stats were gathered from over 1000 warranty claims. And …
Read More »Spore also heading to next-gen consoles
With a European release date of September 5th being set for EA’s massively hyped Spore on PC, Mac and DS just hours ago, talk has already shifted to the possibility of Will Wright’s epic arriving on other platforms. Spanish site Revogamers quotes an EA rep as saying that the Wii …
Read More »Rockstar denies GTA IV multiplayer claims
Hot on the heels of Microsoft’s supposed revelation that the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV will be the only one to support online multiplayer, Rockstar has moved to deny the news. A spokesperson for the publisher told MCV: As we’ve said previously, both the Xbox 360 and …
Read More »GTA IV multiplayer to be 360 only
With the April release of Grand Theft Auto IV rapidly approaching, Microsoft has stepped up the format battle by re-stating that the online multiplayer component of the game will be Xbox 360 only. The fresh news comes in a podcast on the blog of Microsoft’s Major Nelson, where Mattrick states: …
Read More »Gears of War 2 team takes shape
IGN reports that the former head of EA Chicago, Kudo Tsunoda, has been appointed by Microsoft to head up its Game Studios Gears of War team as thoughts turn to the follow up to its smash-hit 360 and PC title. Microsoft Game Studio’s Shane Kim said of the news: "I’m …
Read More »Microsoft: Wii hasnt won console war yet
Speaking to a reporter from The New York Times, Microsoft Game Studios corporate VP Shane Kim has said that there’s a long way to go before the winner of the current generation of consoles is crowned. When asked about Wii’s seemingly unstoppable momentum, Wired quotes Kim as saying: "The generation …
Read More »US: 360 HD-DVD price slashed
With many predicting that the hi-def DVD war is fast approaching an end, and an end that will be marked with a Blu-Ray victory, Microsoft has slashed the price of its HD-DVD Xbox 360 drive in North America to $129.99. This represents a discount of $50 – and means that …
Read More »Black and Ninja Gaiden head to Xbox Originals
The Xbox 360’s Xbox Originals service, which allows gamers to download full Xbox games on their console, is set for a boost next week with the arrival of three new titles. EA’s trigger-happy FPS Black will be joined by Tecmo’s pseudo-sequel Ninja Gaiden Black and 2K Games’ Sid Meier’s Pirates …
Read More »Big RRP difference on Devil May Cry 4
February 8th can’t come soon enough for fans of Capcom’s successful hack ‘n’ slash (‘n’ shoot) action series Devil May Cry, but PS3 gamers face a costlier outlay than their Xbox 360 rivals. The PS3 version of Devil May Cry 4 looks set to retail for 49.99 in most High …
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