Official Xbox Editor Jon Hicks has been reported in a recent interview that the mag will next month reveal the return of a "substantial franchise" - as an Xbox exclusive. [caption id="attachment_915" align="alignleft" width="583" caption="Wishful thinking"][/caption] The Next Month page of the latest issue of UK magazine says a 'gaming classic' is set to return. "It's a very substantial franchise and it's going to be a very bi...
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“Gears of War 3” ignites anticipation as the biggest blockbuster game of 2011 Explosive finale to the landmark “Gears of War” trilogy available exclusively on Xbox 360 in April 2011 AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 14 APRIL 2010 – The spectacular conclusion to one of the game industry’s most memorable and celebrated sagas, “Gears of War 3”, is poised to take the world by storm next autumn.  At this time next year, fans around the world...
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The Gears of War 3 release date have been announced on the Xbox 360 dashboard...April 2011 enuf said. ...
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Much talk in the US about some new features possibly coming to the next Gears game. Albeit the talk is internet gossip, rumors and hearsay, but...the news comes courtesy of Edge online or a US publishing source. So despite all that the news is that Epic have re configured the cover system so that the Locust or some now have tentacles that can reach over cover to slap you silly or fatally...the actual wording on the tentacles is 'tentacle - lik...
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Join renegade Sam Fischer with this Elite console bundle, available April 15 AUCKLAND – April 1, 2010 - Coming exclusively to Xbox 360, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction, hits stores on April 15 and to celebrate Xbox is releasing a limited edition console. The bundle, available at EB Games, features an Xbox 360 Elite, two black wireless controllers, a 250GB hard drive, headset, a copy of Splinter Cell Conviction and a bonus copy of ...
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Doug Lombardi from Valve has announced that Portal 2 is on its way at the end of the 2010. What's even more interesting is that he has confirmed that the PC and 360 platforms will get the game but has not spoken of the PS3. It is well known that Valve has issues with developing games for the Sony platform and co founder Gabe Newell is not the biggest PS3 fan it's been reported. Speculation online has been also rife about whether that means...
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Activision Blizzard was sued by the executives who created the Call of Duty video game franchise over claims the company used "false" insubordination charges to fire them and avoid paying royalties. Jason West and Vince Zampella, who co-founded Activision's Infinity Ward studio, sued the company in Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday, claiming breach of contract and wrongful termination. They seek at least US$36 million (NZ$52 million) and co...
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In a recent interview Valve's  Chet Falisze, a writer for the designers of Half life, The Orange Box and Left-4-dead series, is quoted to have remarked: "We thought that the Orange Box didn't put our best foot forward with the PS3 community. We don't want to do something like that again on the PS3. We want to give PS3 owners the best possible experience. "Some of that will come from us learning and getting better. Before we can go ...
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Following on from Major Nelson's twitter post is this from his website // I am in San Francisco today where we are hosting our X10 media event. This invite only event gives our media friends the chance to hear some news, get updates on some of the upcoming games and (more importantly) get hands on time with some of the titles. Here, in no specific order, are 10 things you need to know coming out of X10 today: The Halo...
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Yes it's exciting news being twitted around on Xbox Live's Major Nelson's twitter page. He of course is referring to the the Microsoft X10 event coming up soon and a further Tweet revealed more code "At the venue for our X10 event. A LOT of cool stuff to talk about starting tomorrow. Hint: SCDR2F3HRLP2 and more #X10Xbox" Ok..a couple of more new clues: GRPDAWTS. That's all for now. #X10Xbox So lets have a guess at the code? SCD...
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