More fantastic news from Microsoft out of Gamescom! In 2009, Microsoft shut down two of their game development studios – ACES and Ensemble. Today they’ve announced they’ll be bringing new version of those studios most recognised games; Age of Empires and Flight Simulator. Revealed today, Age of Empires Online will be adding a bit of Farmville-esque social interaction, levelling up, …
Battlefield developers DICE have started hyping their Gamescom appearance, promising to reveal “something great.†“As the preparations have been set and the ball is in motion, it’s safe to say we are going to have something great for people this year,†said Battlefield community manager zh1nt0. What could it be? The developer has said there’ll be no more map packs …
With all the news flying around about Gamescom and Kinect it quickly became apparent that we still don’t have an official release date the for the redesigned Xbox 360. I dropped an email to Microsoft and this is the official answer as of today the 17th of August 2010. Last Updated: August 17, 2010
Microsoft have shown off a little bit of the already quite impressive – and nicely minimalist – Windows 7 Phones, including their much touted Xbox Live integration. They’ve now revealed the platform’s impressive list of launch titles. All the usual suspects for mobile gaming – like Bejeweled, Flight Control and Asphalt – there are some pretty interesting surprises, like Castlevania, …
The only real industry day for Gamescom is today with 3 of the big gaming companies having their press conferences today. I’m not expecting any huge announcements but I am still hoping to be pleasantly surprised. The press conferences will be as follows with all times being German obviously. Last Updated: August 17, 2010
Microsoft has just announced that Kinect will be released across Europe, Asia and most importantly Africa on Wednesday the 10th of November 2010. They also restated that their will be at least 15 Kinect titles at launch with the current front runners being Dance Central, Kinectimals, Joy Ride and Kinect Adventures. We’ll be bringing you more news as and when …
The news that Heavy Rain has sold over 1.5 million units isn’t that surprising really as the game is that original and good. However what is surprising is that it has smashed Sony’s sales expectations and is still going. Quantic Dreams founder, David Cage, has also been blown away as he originally predicted that Heavy Rain would sell 1.5 million …
The headline pretty much says it all but according to a listing on kalahari.net that awesome Halo Reach Special Edition 250Gb Xbox 360 will be sold locally for a not so terrible R3899. The console comes with a copy of Halo Reach and 2 Xbox 360 wireless controllers. If you are in the market for a new Xbox 360 and …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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