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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Ubisoft  has tweeted some interesting news recently Ubisoft community developer Kimi Matsuzaki revealed the following “Xbox Live – where you want to keep an eye on for the Big announcement." a few hours later this appeared "Check Xbox Live around 2 am PST/5 am EST/11 am CET for that announcement I mentioned..." Gaming blogs are putting the smart money on either a Splinter Cell or GRAW announcements and that the timing of the ...
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The journey through Hell begins today. Visceral Games, an Electronics Arts Inc.  studio, today announced that Dante’s Inferno™ is now available in New Zealand for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system.  With scores of 90 from both PLAY Gamer Magazine in the UK and Official PlayStation Magazine in Italy, the birthplace of Dante Alighieri, Dante’s Inferno is being praised by criti...
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DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio today announced that first-person shooter fans will get early access to the best-in-class online war experience in Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2. Players can now download a free* console demo worldwide on Xbox LIVE™ Marketplace. A PC beta is also now available to players that pre-order** the game at participating retailers in New Zealand and through select community channels. On February 4th, the demo will b...
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New Zealand’s interactive gaming and entertainment industry shows no signs of an economic slowdown achieving a record sales result of just over $170 million for the 2009 calendar year. Despite the economic challenges of the last 12 months, sales data compiled by independent market research group GfK Retail and Technology Australia indicates computer and video gaming sales of $170 million – an increase of 12 per cent from 2008. The data in...
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Posted on Rockstar's own blog recently was the following Q an A's...good news for PS3 owners The question posed was, “I was highly anticipating the release of The Ballad Of Gay Tony, but just found out that it is only on the XBox360. I am certain that I am not the first person to ask this, but how come it wasn’t released on the PS3?” Which Rockstar replied, “We know that it continues to be an often-asked question – and believe us, w...
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