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The Revolution will not be televised (in HD)

The Revolution will not be televised (in HD)

27th Jun 2005 1080up.org aims to convince Nintendo that HD is the future, and Revolution should support it.

First Serious Sam 2 benchmarks - we have 'em!

First Serious Sam 2 benchmarks - we have 'em!

23rd Jun 2005 We have the first benchmarks of the new Serious Sam 2 game, which sports a next-gen engine - see it's performance on a 7800, inside.

Streets of Rage walked again!

Streets of Rage walked again!

20th Jun 2005 The new Sonic Gems title for PS2 and GameCube contains some awesome hidden extras...

Vin Diesel Is Agent 47

Vin Diesel Is Agent 47

15th Jun 2005 Games are the new comic books, or so it seems in Hollywood these days, with the announcement that Vin Diesel is to star in a film version of Eidos' Hitman game series.

Chinese gamer sentenced to life

Chinese gamer sentenced to life

15th Jun 2005 A fanatical Chinese online gamer is given a suspended death sentence after stabbing a virtual theif who sold his treasured Dragon Sabre sword that was won in the popular Korean MMO, Legend Of Mir 3.

Valve not waiting for R520

Valve not waiting for R520

15th Jun 2005 Despite wide speculation, Valve have confirmed this morning that Half Life 2: Lost Coast has not been delayed to wait for ATI's R520 GPU, and are hoping to release it in July.

Lego Star Wars to ship for Mac

Lego Star Wars to ship for Mac

15th Jun 2005 Aspyr Media is getting ready to ship the block-em-up for OSX in a little over a month. Can you feel the Force, etc etc?

Blizzard talks Battlegrounds, Diablo 3

Blizzard talks Battlegrounds, Diablo 3

14th Jun 2005 The World of Warcraft developer talks about the upcoming PvP expansion and 'no-comments' some Diablo 3 rumours in a new interview.

PGR3 site launches

PGR3 site launches

13th Jun 2005 Bizarre Creations have launched the official Project Gotham Racing 3 website, with four impressive engine-note samples to download

Halo movie set to blast onto screens

Halo movie set to blast onto screens

13th Jun 2005 Fox and Universal appear to have come to an agreement with Microsoft that will see Halo: the movie hit alongside Halo 3.

Get your face in B&W 2

Get your face in B&W 2

10th Jun 2005 Want to be preserved forever in digital form? Lionhead are offering one lucky winner the chance to have their face included in Black & White 2 as one of the Greek characters.

Xbox 360 will be $299

Xbox 360 will be $299

8th Jun 2005 The Xbox 360 is going to cost $299 at launch, according to analysts. Expect Europe to get done over, again.

PSP Hacking: "Hello World" to Mario World in 5 days

PSP Hacking: "Hello World" to Mario World in 5 days

7th Jun 2005 Hackers have unlocked the PSP, and have gone from the first "Hello World" to full blown Mario World in just 5 days.

Sony seeks end to PSP grey imports

Sony seeks end to PSP grey imports

6th Jun 2005 If Sony has it's way, you won't be seeing many more imported PSPs before the 1st September.

Rockstar talks San Andreas PC

Rockstar talks San Andreas PC

6th Jun 2005 Rockstar talks about the physics changes made to the game engine for the PC version.

Quake 4 website launches

Quake 4 website launches

2nd Jun 2005 The official website for Quake 4 launches with a story backgrounder and new trailer.

Metal Gear Solid creator prefers XBOX 360

Metal Gear Solid creator prefers XBOX 360

1st Jun 2005 The man behind the Metal Gear Solid games has doubts over PS3.

Allard talks Xbox 360 details

Allard talks Xbox 360 details

31st May 2005 The head of the Microsoft Xbox 360 team talks about pricepoint, Halo, and the awesomeness of wireless controllers.

Oh my God! They killed Morpheus!

Oh my God! They killed Morpheus!

31st May 2005 You bastards! The Matrix Online MMORPG plays with shock tactics.

Doom recompiled for Doom 3

Doom recompiled for Doom 3

27th May 2005 An enterprising modder has recompiled the original Doom to run as a sub-game in Doom3.

Sims set to Spore

Sims set to Spore

26th May 2005 The man behind the wildly - if puzzlingly so - popular Sims series looks to evolution for his next 'God' game

HL2: Aftermath to ship in September

HL2: Aftermath to ship in September

24th May 2005 The expansion pack for Half-Life 2 will ship in September, and is due to land on retail shelves as well as Steam.

Tim Sweeney reveals more Unreal Engine 3 details

Tim Sweeney reveals more Unreal Engine 3 details

23rd May 2005 Tim Sweeney answers some questions about Epic's upcoming and highly anticipated Unreal Engine 3, which was demonstrated at Sony's Playstation 3 curtain raiser.

Ninja Theory Gets Jap Life-line

Ninja Theory Gets Jap Life-line

23rd May 2005 Divine Intervention for Heavenly Sword Coders, as they land deal with Sony

The Phantom disappears

The Phantom disappears

23rd May 2005 So... where is the Phantom and its revolutionary on demand video game service? Nowhere to be seen at E3, and Infinium Labs state that they are short of funding.

Legal case against DoA hackers dropped

Legal case against DoA hackers dropped

23rd May 2005 Tecmo, makers of Dead or Alive: Xtreme Beach Volleyball, have dropped their legal case against hackers who created a nude patch for the Xbox game.

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