| Tony Hawk is to be 'reinvented', something this "franchise needs" | |
| Posted: 09.05.2008 05:46 by Jamie Davey |  Comments: 0 |
 Activision has indirectly patted EA on the back for their newcomer Skate, which captured praise of many for its unique control style and approach.
The Tony Hawk name is no stranger to videogames and seems to have lost its edge, the publishing giant plans a "breakthrough" to change all that. | |
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| Codemasters snag the Formula One license, first arriving next year | |
| Posted: 09.05.2008 05:19 by Jamie Davey | Comments: 0 |
 They're well chuffed with themselves, the license gives them full access to race circuits, the teams and their drivers’ likenesses.
Formula One games have had a two year absence and now they'll be "the jewel in Codemasters’ racing crown" says CEO Rod Cousens. | |
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| Activision confirm Call of Duty 5 with "a new military theatre" in 2009 | |
| Posted: 09.05.2008 04:58 by Jamie Davey | Comments: 7 |
 They released the announcement during a conference call, where they were happily posting their financial results.
No news whether Infinity Ward or Treyarch are handling the game but the latter is working on the new James Bond game, which will use the COD4 engine. | |
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| Pandemic elves unveil Lord of the Rings: Conquest, due in autumn | |
| Posted: 08.05.2008 06:54 by Jamie Davey | Comments: 2 |
 Those Middle-earth faring Pandemics have finally come clean - LotR: Conquest is a Battlefront style project letting gamers relive huge battles and more.
You can choose from orcs, elves, ents to Frodo, Gandalf and even ol 'One Eye' himself, with around 150 characters promised on screen at once. | |
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| GTAIV issues on PS3 'fixed', Rockstar offers apology to all affected | |
| Posted: 08.05.2008 06:22 by Jamie Davey | Comments: 4 |
 The recent patch released for PS3 has 'fixed' the stutter and lock-up issues, it was linked with the GameSpy servers and the immense load they experienced.
Rockstar "apologize for the inconvenience this has caused." GTAIV should be back in the good graces of the Sony masses once more, hopefully. | |
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| EA Canada working on Fight Night Round 4 - next year on consoles | |
| Posted: 08.05.2008 06:01 by Jamie Davey | Comments: 0 |
 It'll be launched under their EA Sports label, the fourth in the series will feature a new physics system to better land those fists of fury.
It'll also include some of the prime fighters of boxing, including the return of the Mike Tyson character - ear biting presumed optional. | |
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| NVIDIA Boss on PC piracy: "it sucks" - better authentication needed | |
| Posted: 08.05.2008 05:45 by Jamie Davey | Comments: 1 |
 Getting down with us cool slang hipsters, Roy Taylor of NVIDIA proclaims the rampant pirate culture of games for PC does indeed suck, and suck big time.
He believes better digital authentication could really help, offer patches and extra goodies only to those legitimate and registered owners. | |
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| Fable 2 "(quite) big-ish" update coming next week says Lionhead | |
| Posted: 08.05.2008 05:18 by Jamie Davey | Comments: 1 |
 According to Lionhead community head honcho Sam, a refreshing update on their diabolical creation is due sometime next week.
A near toothless Sam proclaims, "I suggest you make sure you've got access to the internet, next week!" | |
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| Race Drive: Grid demo hits Xbox Live Marketplace, PC demo delayed | |
| Posted: 08.05.2008 04:50 by Kres | Comments: 1 |
 Codemasters announced today that its released a playable demo for the Xbox 360 version of Race Drive: Grid onto the Xbox Live Marketplace. The demo will contain 3 events which consists of The eBay Motors Muscle Cup which allows you to take the wheel of a Ford Mustang GT-R, whilst the advanced International Trophy lets you drive a Nissan S15 Silvia, and lastly the Euro Turing Car Series gives you a BMW 320si touring car. | |
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| DOOM part of "id Software DNA", number 4 on its way but no details | |
| Posted: 08.05.2008 04:43 by Jamie Davey | Comments: 3 |
 Given the length of time DOOM 3 took to reach avid gamers it's almost shocking to hear anything about such a thing until 2015 or so. Some breaks in tradition are a good thing.
id Software has advertised for new job posts at the company too, from producer to designer. Get those demonic resumes ready... | |
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