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Sega has revealed another weapon in its Aliens armoury – a new Aliens vs. Predator game being developed by UK developer Rebellion. The studio was also behind the 1995 release of the same name on Atari’s ill-fated Jaguar console – a game regarded by many as by far the best …
Read More »EA confirms G.I. Joe movie tie-in
Publisher EA is to publish the official multiplatform game tie-in for Paramount’s upcoming G.I. Joe movie, which is due to hit cinemas this August. The game’s narrative will pick up where the film leaves off, and will touch on elements from the film, cartoon and toy range. It will boast …
Read More »The Lancer is the new Lightsaber
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 »Xbox Live freed up for GTA IV
To celebrate the release of its exclusive Grand Theft Auto IV downloadable content next Tuesday , Microsoft is to allow players of the game free access to multiplayer gaming – for a limited time at least. Kotaku reports that from the release of The Lost and the Damned on February …
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 »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 »Xbox figures high in brand survey
A new report from brands and marketing agency Vitrue claims that Xbox was the fifth most discussed brand on social networking sites in 2008. The company compiled its results by monitoring online conversations across a number of social networking sites, measuring the frequency in which a number of blue-chip” brands …
Read More »Are job cuts on the way at Xbox?
Following the news that Microsoft is to shed some 5,000 jobs in the next 18 months, with 1,400 of them happening immediately, sources are claiming that its Xbox division could be a potential victim of the culls. ZDnet is reporting that Microsoft is directly targeting its Entertainment and Devices Division, …
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 …
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