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New Star Wars Game Series to be Revealed Soon
Saturday, May 26th, 2012

LucasArts is currently working on a new Star Wars game series, with the first game due to be revealed next week. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(”); var script = document.createElement(‘script’); script.type = ‘text/javascript’; script.src = ‘http://widget.crowdignite.com/widgets/1064?_ci_wid=_CI_widget_’+_CI.counter; script.async = true; document.getElementsByTagName(‘body’)[0].appendChild(script); })(); Tweet [...]

Square Enix: Activision “Crazy” For Letting go of True Crime: Hong Kong
Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Square Enix believes Activision has “gotta be crazy” for cancelling True Crime: Hong Kong, which the former acquired and renamed Sleeping Dogs. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(”); var script = document.createElement(‘script’); script.type = ‘text/javascript’; script.src = ‘http://widget.crowdignite.com/widgets/1064?_ci_wid=_CI_widget_’+_CI.counter; script.async = true; document.getElementsByTagName(‘body’)[0].appendChild(script); })(); Tweet reddit_newwindow=’1′

Borderlands Voice Chat, Framerate Issues Fixed in Sequel
Sunday, May 20th, 2012

Gearbox Software has assured Borderlands fans that the game’s sequel will fix the dreaded voice chat, as well as framerate issues. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(”); var script = document.createElement(‘script’); script.type = ‘text/javascript’; script.src = ‘http://widget.crowdignite.com/widgets/1064?_ci_wid=_CI_widget_’+_CI.counter; script.async = true; document.getElementsByTagName(‘body’)[0].appendChild(script); })(); Tweet reddit_newwindow=’1′

Naughty Dog on The Last of Us’ Graphics Engine Improvements
Sunday, May 20th, 2012

Following the release of the first trailer of The Last of Us since its VGA reveal, Naughty Dog has explained the considerable improvements being made to the game’s graphics engine.

600,000 Players Participated in Ghost Recon Future Soldier Beta
Saturday, May 19th, 2012

Ghost Recon Future Soldier‘s console beta reeled in an impressive amount of players, with 600,000 participants trying the futuristic shooter out.

Activision: Zampella And West Planned Halo ‘Killer’
Saturday, May 19th, 2012

After Activision settled with Electronic Arts over its $400 million lawsuit out of court, the Call of Duty publisher states that former Infinity Ward co-heads, Vince Zampella and Jason West, planned to specifically challenge Halo, but instead took the idea to EA.

Bleszinski: Japanese Developers Shouldn’t Ignore Multiplayer
Sunday, May 13th, 2012

Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski believes that in order to have their games attract attention in the West, Japanese game developers should implement a multiplayer component into their titles.

Missing Battlefield 3 Servers Clarified by EA
Sunday, May 13th, 2012

Following reports pointing towards EA removing their own and DICE’s servers from Battlefield 3, the publisher has clarified why their free servers have been disappearing.

EA Terminates Free Battlefield 3 Servers, Wants Players to Pay Instead
Saturday, May 12th, 2012

Electronic Arts has removed a substantial quantity of both their own and developer DICE’s servers from Battlefield 3. Instead, they’re pushing the servers which requires payment from players.

GTA V Won’t Release in 2012, Analyst Expects
Saturday, May 12th, 2012

With BioShock Infinite‘s delay from its 2012 release into next year (purportedly due to the inclusion of a multiplayer component), it’s natural to believe that Take Two would replace the initial October release for Irrational’s title with GTA V. An analyst, however, believes that despite the delay, Rockstar Games won’t be releasing their blockbuster until [...]

Max Payne 3′s Arcade Modes Detailed
Friday, May 11th, 2012

Rockstar Games has detailed Max Payne 3′s Arcade Modes, which includes a Score Attack mode, in addition to a return of the New York Minute mode.

Capcom Expects Resident Evil 6 to Ship 7 Million, DmC 2 Million
Friday, May 11th, 2012

Capcom has already stated that Resident Evil 6 will be the biggest game the company has ever created. In fact, they’re so confident of the game that they expect it’ll ship seven million units.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Won’t Break Sales Records, Suggests Analysts
Sunday, May 6th, 2012

Despite the game already setting pre-release records, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 won’t be able to surpass sales record upon its retail launch, according to several analysts.

Ubisoft Could be Preparing Avengers Tie-In
Sunday, May 6th, 2012

A recent domain registration of ‘Avengers: Battle for Earth‘ points toward Ubisoft preparing a video game tie-in based on the recent movie release.

TimeSplitters Developer: “Pretty Much Every FPS Loses Money” Except COD
Saturday, May 5th, 2012

The co-founder of Free Radical, the now-defunct developer who created the TimeSplitters series, has stated that nearly all first-person shooters in the market lose money.