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The VGC community has clearly been impressed with the Mirror's Edge trailer that was released recently, building up some major excitement for the game amongst consumers and fans alike.
Gears of War fans everywhere, here's a little something to make you all have a collective fanboygasm - Gears of War 2 gameplay footage.
The following scene comes from the game's campaign mode. Enjoy!
Earlier today it was revealed that Universal Pictures and Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski have signed a deal with publisher Take-Two to bring the acclaimed FPS BioShock to the movie screen.
Mirror's Edge, which is being developed by DICE and published by EA, aims to take look at the first person games and rectify the often unnatural sense of disembodiment that we've taken for granted in the genre, and put movement and speed directly into the hands of the player.
$500 million dollars. That is how much money GTA IV has earned, according to the New York Times, in its first week. Take a moment to let that settle in.
Considering that Grand Theft Auto IV is one of the biggest titles to be released in the last few years, it's no surprise to see both industry veterans fighting for the claim of being the "true" home of Grand Theft Auto.
This might disappointed some, but Sierra announced today that they'e taken the decision to delay Prototype until 2009.
"Sierra Entertainment and Radical Entertainment have made the decision to shift Prototype to launch in 2009," said a publisher spokesperson.
Take-Two has justly decided to sue the Chicago Transit Authority after a decision by the company was made to pull $300,000 worth of Grand Theft Auto ads from public transport spots in the city last month.
Yes, it's another Grand Theft Auto IV article. Considering the popularity of the game, don't expecting much else this week, as the rest of the industry is understandable keeping quiet while the game has its run.
Speaking to Next-Gen, Xbox's Aaron Greenberg ...
Speaking in the latest Major Nelson podcast, guest "e" has revealed a surprised statistic regarding initial Achievement scoring for the game.
Capcom have released a number of new screenshots Street Fighter IV screenshots highlighting all the recognised boss characters from the SFII era; Balrog, Vega, Sagat and M.Bison
Chart-Track has made available UK sales data for GTA IV's launch based upon actual EPoS data and retailer estimates.
According to Chart-Track estimates, GTA IV first day sales were 609,000 units - eclipsing the record of 501,000 units set by GTA: San Andreas in 2004....
No kidding.
Grand Theft Auto IV has only been out over two days, and already it's been Google Mapped.
Just like the real thing, locations and highlight have been marked throughout Liberty City, down to the smallest details and all interactive locations.
Head ov...
Although the Prince of Persia franchise has been quiet of late, Ubisoft have clearly been at hard at work expanding the franchise for the future, and the first shots of the newest title in the series have finally been revealed.
Speaking to Reuters today, Take Two Interactive CEO Ben Feder told the press that he felt that analysts have been overly conservative about their estimates of just how well GTA IV will sell this year.
A little late with this one, maybe, but this is so priceless that it just has to be preserved for prosperities' sake.
In a new low for even Jack Thompson, the wannabe-saint has decided to send a letter not to Take Two Interactive, but to the mother of Take Two's chairman, Strauss Zelnick instead!
Courtesy of Major Nelson, we'll be regularly providing you with a list of the latest activity out of Xbox Live, highlighting what's popular on the Live servers amongst Live fans for the world over.
[sum]Courtesy of Major Nelson, we'll be regularly providing you with a list of the latest activity out of Xbox Live, highlighting what's popular on the Xbox 360 / Xbox amongst Live fans the world over.
So says Kotaku.
Apparently, GameTrailers TV has secured a deal to showcase the first ever in-game footage of the upcoming sequel to one of the Xbox 360's biggest titles.
6 months after its release, Rock Band is finally delivering on its much advertised full album downloads. On April 22, the Judas Priest album Screaming for Vengeance will be available for download.
The album will cost 1200 Microsoft points, or $14.99. Individual tracks w...
IGN has reported that at the Namco Bandai editor's day in San Francisco, the original Dreamcast version of Soul Calibur will be brought over to XBox Live Arcade exclusively.
Although details are sketchy at best, they reported that all of the Dreamcast's modes wi...
Although this is stating the blatantly obvious, Variety is convinced that Grand Theft Auto 4 is going to bring in a lot of pennies. Not just a little. A lot.
No doubt highly illegal, and completely defeating the point of the printed press in the first place, but the first ever review for Grand Theft Auto IV has recently been leaked onto the internet.
Recently the BBC announced it's iPlayer video service will soon be available via the Nintendo Wii, thus making it the first of the current generation of consoles to have a truly dynamic range of online video content.
The video download and streaming service offered b...
Spurred on by the huge success of Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G and Cris Core: Final Fantasy VII, the PSP has seen something of a second coming in the land of the rising sun recently.
Nintendo still manage to hold onto the high rungs of the ladder rather substantially, wh...
A number of UK video game retail stores have come clean and admitted recently that they're going to struggle to meet consumer demand for the launch of Rockstar's anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV, when it launches on April 29.
Criterion Games, developers of the Burnout series, announced today that work on a patch (codenamed "Bogart") for their latest title, Burnout Paradise, is finally complete, and it will be available to download from Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network on April 24th.
Electronic Arts confirmed a set release date for Rock Band today... at least for the Xbox 360 anyway; the Xbox 360 version of Rock Band in Europe on 23rd May. It will be a "timed exclusive" for Microsoft; the PS3, PS2 and Wii versions will not appear until to appear on European store shelves until "later this summer".
Following in the same vein as Blue Dragon, Mistwalker's second Xbox 360 RPG outing will see downloadable content for the title appearing on Xbox Live, the first of which is due later this week... in Japan at least.
What a turnaround of fortunes this has turn out to be.
A survey of over 2,000 Australian retailers has discovered that the country's game-sellers are less than stellar about the Xbox 360. According to a recent GameRush report, PS3 and Wii are being viewed as the main...
Creators of the new struggling title Rainbow Six Vegas 2 "Ubisoft" have leaked information on a downloadable patch that is on its way to gamers worldwide.
Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux confirmed today that Keystone will not be the only XBLA game in development which will allow players to amass Fable money outside of Fable 2. Joining Keystone will be two other titles; Wizard’s Tower and Mage Dice will also hook into Fable 2.
In the wake of the recent Xbox 360 price cut, sales of the console have risen 35-40 Europe-wide price drop, Chart-Track director Dorian Bloch confirmed today.
Famed Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu recently published a list of their highest scored games of the year.
What's interesting is the abundance of Xbox 360 titles appearing on the list, despite the lack of support for the machine in Japan.
Despite being rejected twice before, EA is still apparently chomping at the bit to acquire Take Two. After the resounding "NO!" they received from Take Two's Executive Chairman Strauss Zelnick, EA has once again taken its case to the shareholders.
February's NPD results were released today, and things are looking good for the industry, with sales of all consoles up from January.
The DS regained its top spot, followed by the impossible to find Wii, Sony's PS2, the PS3, the Xbox 360, and the PSP.
The web has been ablaze lately regarding the adoption of an external Blu-Ray player by Microsoft for the Xbox 360. Here is a posting of what Microsoft has to say as of today:
I'm exited to have the ol' rumble back in town.
Subsequently I've been doing research on why the Rumble feature wasn't added earlier. It is the source of many a flamewar online and it is actually a subject that involves another next-gen console.. the Xbox 360.
Prolific games retailer Gamestop recently posted a shot of the official boxart for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the upcoming Soul Calibur IV. It's not your traditional boxart though.
Just a quick heads up to all Mass Effect fans; the news downloadable content for the game is now up on Xbox Live!
Amazon UK has cut the price of all Xbox 360 SKUs on it's website this morning, following news late last night that a Dutch retailer had detailed euro-priced cuts to the console, whilst the German FT ran a story admitting that Microsoft will drop the price of the console today.
Some of you have surely been following the Dark Sector game which is being released on Both the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. This is not an article about the game itself, this is instead a bit on what we can expect for the multiplayer end of things. While there are some d...
Ok, I'm posting this article to let everyone know about a new game that seems to have some forethought put into it! This game (X-Blades)is being released on ALL of the next gen consoles as well as PC! I hope this is something everyone can get exited about! I love games that come out for multiple platforms as it helps EVERYONE, regardless of console choice, to become enthusiastic for the same title! .... it also helps weed out fanboys!
Although many gamers continue to criticise a lack of originality and drive from the gaming industry, nothing could be further from the truth. Us gamers have never had it better. Which is why Mirror's Edge deserves your attention.
Southpeak has announced that they will soon be releasing two download content packs for the game Two Worlds. Both will be released for 600 points on the Xbox Live Marketplace, and released a month apart from each other. First being in March, second in April.
Now this is what you call irony.
Following on from Riccitiello public notice of Electronic Arts intentions to buy up famed Grand Theft Auto publishers Take Two, Take Two share price rose.
By a lot.
This goes out to all my fellow 360-ers who are looking for the best HD deal you will probably see. Despite the fact that HD-DVD will be "no more" shortly, there are still some great titles out on the format currently (The Matrix Trilogy, The Bourne Ultimatum, etc.). The deal is the current price-cut on the external HD-DVD drive!
One of the big anticipations came from Lionhead Studios showing off number three of their four innovations of Fable 2, along with a Xbox Live game that will let players earn money in game, Players will now be able to campaign in a new style of Co-Op play.
This shall begin as a History of my FFXI life! After this post though, I will be writing up a story of my life in current Vana'diel. I hope that even if you do not enjoy the game, that you will enjoy my stories!
It looks like Valve has a winner on its hand. The rather lovely first-person puzzler Portal (which was part of the developer's Orange Box) took home the prize as Game of the Year at this year's Game Developers Choice Awards.
So far news about Epic Games has been mainly about their ongoing suit with Silicon Knights and the Unreal Engine.
However now some good news is around the corner that one of the keynotes of this years GDC is the announcement that Gears of War 2 is real and will be out this November
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