| New Afro Samurai Screenshots | |
| Posted: 24.09.2008 04:54 by Jamie |  Comments: 0 |
 The Afro Samurai image gallery has been updated with 21 new screenshots. | |
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| Force Unleashed sells 1.5 million copies worldwide | |
| Posted: 24.09.2008 03:27 by Jamie | Comments: 5 |
 LucasArts announced this morning that The Force Unleashed, its latest Star Wars game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, has sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide in its first five days of being released. "The record-setting sales of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed shows the undiminished power of Star Wars and its popularity across all media types, including videogames," said Darrell Rodriguez, president of LucasArts. "We're blown away by the response to the game." | |
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| Duke Nukem 3D now on XBLA | |
| Posted: 24.09.2008 03:17 by Jamie | Comments: 2 |
 You can now purchase and download Duke Nukem 3D from the Xbox Live Marketplace for 800 Microsoft Points. Unlock the full version for 39 levels of mayhem! Wreak havoc on your foes with weapons like Pipe Bombs, Shrink Ray, and Freezer. Impress your friends on the leaderboards, earn achievements, and take advantage of the painless death system – rewind 10 seconds or 10 minutes, the choice is up to you. All new User Clip recording, sharing and uploading have been added and best of all - online multiplayer with cooperative and DukeMatch for up to 8 players through Xbox LIVE! What are you waiting for? This game requires the Xbox 360 hard drive or the 512MB Memory Unit for storage. There are no refunds for this item. | |
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| New Far Cry 2 Screenshots | |
| Posted: 24.09.2008 03:12 by Jamie | Comments: 0 |
 The Far Cry 2 image gallery has been updated with 15 new screenshots. | |
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| Bruce Shelley tells us shy Microsoft killed Ensemble Studio | |
| Posted: 24.09.2008 02:49 by dtungsten | Comments: 3 |
 A special blog post by Bruce Shelley, part of the senior management and spokesman for Ensemble Studios, talks about the surprise at the Microsoft Games Studios decision to shut down ES and gives some of the reasons why he thinks it happened. "Everyone at our studio was shocked, and I think remains very disappointed that this is going to happen. I believe we thought we were immune to shut-down talk because our published games have done so well and have been so profitable," said Shelley. In the statement Shelley gave several reasons why he thought that MGS was shutting down ES. "First, they want to divert the headcount tied up in ES and the costs that are expected to be required to run ES for the next few years into other projects. Second, it sounded like it cost more to run ES on a per person basis than other first party studios... And third, (the) games (other MGS studios) are expected to deliver in the next few years are expected to be more strategic and profitable to the company than anything we would be finishing after Halo Wars." | |
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| Halo MMO Canceled at Ensemble Studio | |
| Posted: 23.09.2008 10:49 by dtungsten | Comments: 3 |
 A fascinating article on Gamasutra reveals that one of the projects at the closing Ensemble Studio would have been an MMO in the Halo universe. The article shows a number of prototype artwork which was posted at one of the Ensemble artists' personal web page. It is speculated that the actual MMO project by Ensemble was canceled by internal executives sometime in mid to late 2007. | |
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| Duke Nukem 3D Re-releases on Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow | |
| Posted: 23.09.2008 04:45 by Jamie | Comments: 4 |
 Classic 90s PC shooter Duke Nukem 3D will be available to purchase on the Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow for 800 Microsoft points. | |
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| Rumour-mill: Sonic Genesis collection in development for PS3 and Xbox 360 | |
| Posted: 23.09.2008 02:41 by Jamie | Comments: 4 |
 Sega has released many Mega Drive compilation collections for previous consoles in the market, and now it appears that they could be developing a special Sonic Genesis collection for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. This hasn't been officially confirmed by Sega, but two retail listings would suggest that a Sonic Genesis Collection is planned, at least for a North American release. | |
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| L.A. Noire May Be Multi-Platform | |
| Posted: 22.09.2008 12:09 by dtungsten | Comments: 2 |
 A tantalizing rumor attributed to Tom Crago, CEO of Tantalus and the current President of the Game Developers Association of Australia says that L.A. Noire may no longer be a PlayStation 3 exclusive title. The rumor says that the game may be released on both the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 and that it is probably a year away from release. | |
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| Sega confirms Golden Axe: Beast Rider for October 17th | |
| Posted: 22.09.2008 06:47 by Jamie | Comments: 1 |
 Sega has confirmed that both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Golden Axe: Beast Rider will be released in Europe on October 17th, 2008. | |
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