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Microsoft will launch a new hardware bundle containing an Xbox 360 Slim console, the motion-sensing Natal camera and a 250GB hard drive before the end of the year, so says industry analyst Michael Pachter. Furthermore, Pachter believes that the price of SKU could end up being even lower if PS3 …
Read More »Gears of War 3 revealed, dated
As had been previously confirmed, Epic Games’ design director Cliff Bleszinski’s appearance on US TV show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon was used to offer the world the first glimpse of Gears of War 3. Furthermore, Microsoft has subsequently given the game a firm release date of April 8th 2011. …
Read More »Cliffy Bs reveal IS Gears of War 3
Right, remember when we said that Cliffy B’s upcoming announcement next week was not Gears of War 3? Forget it. It will be, and a blunder from Microsoft has confirmed it. Kotaku has spotted an ad that has just appeared on Xbox Live that reads: Gears of War 3 Announced …
Read More »Star Trek Online scraps console plans
The chances of recently released MMO Star Trek Online making the expected trip to consoles have been drastically cut following Cryptic Studios’ admission that its console project is currently on the back burner”. The announcement paints an even bleaker picture for consoles MMOs and follows the confirmation that Cryptic’s superhero …
Read More »Alan Wake release pushed forward
Microsoft has announced a revised release date for Xbox 360 exclusive Alan Wake in May – one week earlier than expected. The game will hit retail on May 14th rather than its initial May 21st date, which, incidentally, is the day Red Dead Redemption and Split/Second: Velocity are released. Director …
Read More »Current 3D console tech limited
Both the PS3 and Xbox 360 lack the processing power needed to run ‘proper’ next-gen 3D titles, according to one console developer. Citing the fact that only a handful titles to date have even struck upon what was once championed as the defining standard of the current generation of consoles …
Read More »THQ holds off $40m project for Natal
Publishing giant THQ has a Natal game in the pipeline that could cost as much as $40 million to make – yet the company is hedging its bets due to the unknown popularity of the device. THQ VP of core games, Danny Bilson, said that Natal had lent the company …
Read More »Sega triumphs at Industry Quiz
Sega emerged victorious at last night’s MCV/Xbox 360 Quiz, fending off competition from Gamespot and GAME. A mixture of retailers, media, peripheral firms and publishers gathered at London’s Sway Bar to battle to be the biggest brains in games, and win some pretty spectacular prizes, including Xbox 360 Elites and …
Read More »MS says no to Xbox web browser
Though to some the omissions of a built-in web browser on Xbox 360 continues to baffle, Microsoft has once again definitively stated that it will not be introducing the feature in any future updates for the console. Instead, it intends to focus on optimising key web experiences through the possible …
Read More »BioWare rules out Xbox SWTOR
Acclaimed RPG developer BioWare has moved to scupper any lingering hopes that in-the-works MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic is also lining up a secret arrival on Xbox 360. Talk of said SKU emerged yesterday after an Xbox 360 version of the title appeared on a leaked GAME release schedule. …
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