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Microsoft’s interesting experiment in episodic content has officially kicked off with the release of Fable II Episode 1 on Xbox Live. The 2GB free download offers gamers a sizable chunk of Lionhead’s title for nothing. The idea is that gamers will like what they see and then shell out real …
Read More »Wii 2 predicted for 2011
Nintendo will release a follow-up to its highly successful Wii console in 2011 – that’s the prediction from none other than Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada. Interestingly, he also predicted that the machine is likely to boast an all-new controller. In the same piece, however, Wada predicts that the upcoming …
Read More »Date set for BioShock 2
Having joined the mass exodus that has to date defined the upcoming release schedule for Q4 this year, publisher 2K Games has now said that BioShock 2 will be released worldwide on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on February 9th next year. Set a decade after the events of the …
Read More »Ruffian is right dev for Crackdown 2
Microsoft has defended its decision to hand over the development responsibilities of Crackdown 2 to Scottish startup studio Ruffian. Back in December, Realtime Worlds – developers of the original Crackdown – had explicitly contested rumours that Ruffian was working on the lucrative IP. I very much doubt that Microsoft would …
Read More »Minimal changes for GOW on PS3
Sony has revealed that aside from the technical changes, the re-releases of both God of War and God of War 2 on PS3 are likely to be more or less identical to their PS2 forbearers. The games will, however, boast revamped 720p visuals, 60fps gameplay and run with 2X anti-aliasing. …
Read More »God of War remake coming to PS3
Sony has announced plans to release retooled versions of its God of War PS2 games for the PS3 – and has signed up US independent studio Bluepoint to help with the conversion. The games were originally developed by SCEA’s Santa Monica Studio. The new versions of God of War 1 …
Read More »Sony to distribute Dirt 2
In a surprise move, UK publisher Codemasters had confirmed that Sony is to take over sales and distribution duties for the upcoming Colin McRae: Dirt 2 on both PS3 and PSP. The deal echoes Sony’s swoop to capture the PlayStation publishing rights to Atari’s Ghostbusters earlier this year – though …
Read More »Dirt 2 Codemasters biggest ever game
Codemasters has claimed Colin McRae: Dirt 2 is the most important title in the company’s history – and is backing it with its biggest ever marketing spend. Fresh from two weeks at the top of the ELSPA/GfK-ChartTrack All Formats chart with Ashes Cricket 2009, the publisher is confident Dirt 2 …
Read More »Assassins Creed takes on COD
Some have been quick to peg the high number of releases slipping from Q4-09 to Q1-2010 as the ‘Call of Duty effect’, but publisher Ubisoft has stated that it’s confident that Activision’s shooter will have no negative impact on sales of the forthcoming Assassin’s Creed II. The first game we …
Read More »Crytek plots future on consoles
Though the Germany-headquartered indie giant Crytek has built its reputation and riches predominantly in the PC space, the managing director of the group’s UK studio believes that it can be a key player in console gaming. We have a lot of history with first-person-shooters, action-adventure games and multiplayer gaming, particularly …
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