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Valve says no to Google buy-out rumour

Valve says no to Google buy-out rumour

18th Sep 2008 Both Valve and Google have refuted rumours spread by The Inquirer that the internet giant was to buy-out the Half-Life developer. [16]

Uwe Boll announces new videogame

Uwe Boll announces new videogame

18th Sep 2008 Uwe Boll, maker of awful films, has announced a new videogame to be set in the Vietnam war, dubbed 1968 Tunnel Rats. [22]

id: Rage being held back by Xbox 360

id: Rage being held back by Xbox 360

17th Sep 2008 id's Tim Willits has commented that the storage capacity of the Xbox 360 is holding back id's Rage. [73]

MS: Four more Halo games in development

MS: Four more Halo games in development

17th Sep 2008 Microsoft hasn't abandoned the Halo franchise, though Bungie has abandoned Microsoft it seems. [23]

EA to loosen Spore install restrictions

EA to loosen Spore install restrictions

17th Sep 2008 EA has announced that it will loosen the install restrictions imposed by the SecuROM DRM used in Spore. [42]

Team17 to remake Alien Breed

Team17 to remake Alien Breed

16th Sep 2008 Team17 is stepping away from the Worms franchise for a little bit and will be remaking the original Alien Breed game. [28]

Brett Ratner wants to make Guitar Hero Movie

Brett Ratner wants to make Guitar Hero Movie

16th Sep 2008 Brett Ratner has been pressuring Activision to let him make a Guitar Hero movie it seems, but Activision is saying no. [21]

Piracy softmod comes to the Wii

Piracy softmod comes to the Wii

16th Sep 2008 The first homebrew channel for the Wii has been released that will let the console run pirated games without a hardware fix. [11]

Guitar Hero: World Tour setlist revealed

Guitar Hero: World Tour setlist revealed

15th Sep 2008 The full setlist for the new Guitar Hero game, Guitar Hero: World Tour, has been leaked. [28]

Microsoft fires Xbox 360 whistleblower

Microsoft fires Xbox 360 whistleblower

15th Sep 2008 Microsoft has terminated games tester Robert Delaware for publicly speaking about Xbox 360 failure rates to the press. [15]

Spore DRM allows only one account

Spore DRM allows only one account

15th Sep 2008 Spore has seen several changes to the DRM within apparently, with users getting an increased number of activations but only one account.  [34]

Gizmondo 2 to go on sale in December?

Gizmondo 2 to go on sale in December?

12th Sep 2008 The Gizmondo 2 has been unveiled and demoed for the press, with the company claiming it will go on sale late this year.  [9]

Halo Studio working on next-gen game

Halo Studio working on next-gen game

12th Sep 2008 Microsoft has begun recruiting for programmers to help the Halo Studio work on a new next-gen game. [21]

Chex Quest 3 Released

Chex Quest 3 Released

12th Sep 2008 Chex Quest 3, the third chapter in the popular cereal-based Doom conversion, has been released after a ten year beta session. [9]

Valve: Left4Dead demo coming to PC and 360

Valve: Left4Dead demo coming to PC and 360

11th Sep 2008 Valve's Gabe Newell has confirmed that a single and multiplayer demo for co-op zombie shooter Left4Dead is on the way. [18]

Ubisoft to launch dog coaching game

Ubisoft to launch dog coaching game

11th Sep 2008 Ubisoft has announced that it will be launching a new dog coaching game on the PC and DS based around the work of Cesar Milan. [15]

Crysis PC fully specced

Crysis PC fully specced

11th Sep 2008 EA has now released the full specs for the Crysis Warhead branded PC, which will apparently ship with Windows XP. [35]

HMV: Games to trump music sales

HMV: Games to trump music sales

10th Sep 2008 HMV has been devoting increasing amounts of shop space to selling games lately as it believes that game sales will soon trump music sales. [9]

Creationists object to Spore

Creationists object to Spore

10th Sep 2008 The first inevitable backlash against EA's Spore has started, with creationist bloggers starting a massive anti-spore campaign. [92]

Microsoft closes Halo Wars developer

Microsoft closes Halo Wars developer

10th Sep 2008 It has been confirmed that Microsoft is closing down Ensemble Studios, the developer behind the upcoming Halo Wars game.  [9]

Crysis Warhead $699 PC unveiled

Crysis Warhead $699 PC unveiled

9th Sep 2008 Electronic Arts has unveiled a new Crysis branded PC that will run Crysis: Warhead at a decent rate. [35]

Duke Nukem film in the works

Duke Nukem film in the works

9th Sep 2008 3D Realms may be making a film version of Duke Nukem 3D according to comments by Max Payne producer Scott Faye. [35]

EA to stick with SecuROM for Red Alert 3

EA to stick with SecuROM for Red Alert 3

9th Sep 2008 EA has announced an intention to continue using the controversial SecurROM copy protection software with the upcoming Red Alert 3. [61]

Far Cry 2 release date announced

Far Cry 2 release date announced

8th Sep 2008 Far Cry 2 has just had an official release date announce, as well as details of the collector's edition version of the game. [22]

EA forced to close down free petrol stunt

EA forced to close down free petrol stunt

8th Sep 2008 EA may have thought their free petrol giveaway for Mercenaries 2 was a good idea, but the police thought otherwise. [17]

Will Wright prefers high sales to high scores

Will Wright prefers high sales to high scores

8th Sep 2008 Will Wright set out to make Spore as casual as possible apparently, preferring high volume of sales to critical acclaim. [26]





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