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SAGA Opens Beta to Public

26. February 2008

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SAGA Opens Beta to Public

According to their press release, SAGA is now open for a public beta test for users who sign up at www.playsaga.com. The brainchild of Silverlode Interactive, SAGA is a collectible MMORTS with a persistent universe. At release, the game will cost $19.95 for the basic version, but players will be able to buy “booster packs” [...]

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Sony Announces God of War PSP Bundle

26. February 2008

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Sony Announces God of War PSP Bundle

Another announcement coming out of of Destination PlayStation today: SCEA is going to be selling a limited-edition PSP bundle including the new God of War: Chains of Olympus. The PSP in the bundle will be a swank, “Deep Red” version with a silkscreen of Kratos on the back. While Chains of Olympus comes out on [...]

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At Long Last: Metal Gear Solid 4 Release Date

26. February 2008

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At Long Last: Metal Gear Solid 4 Release Date

According to Kotaku, Metal Gear Solid 4’s release date has been announced at Destination PlayStation, a retailer conference. The big day is June 12, 2008, and there is also word that Sony will be offering a bundled version of the 80 GB PlayStation 3, MGS4, and a Dual Shock 3 controller for $499. With a [...]

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MKR Sues Capcom for Dead Rising

26. February 2008

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MKR Sues Capcom for Dead Rising

The MKR Group, a movie producer with rights to George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, are moving forward with their suit against Capcom over copyright infringement. The producer contends that the game Dead Rising, now part of the XBox 360’s Platinum Hits line, is an unlicensed video game adaptation of Dawn of the Dead. [...]

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Guild Wars Hits Five Million Mark

26. February 2008

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Guild Wars Hits Five Million Mark

When we hear talk of the number of users of MMOs, we’re used to hearing numbers on two different orders of magnitude: the little guys rejoicing when they reach 200K and Blizzard bragging about how they have the equivalent of the population of Greece actively subscribed to World of Warcraft. In a pleasant break from [...]

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EA and Take-Two: Some Thoughts

25. February 2008

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EA and Take-Two: Some Thoughts

By now, I’m sure many of you have heard about EA’s acquisition offer to Take-Two over the weekend for $26 per share. And, if you haven’t heard, you can take a look at EA’s website explaining their reasons for the acquisition. A lot will be made over the coming days about the implications of this [...]

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EA and Ubisoft?

25. February 2008

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EA and Ubisoft?

EA is trying to acquire Take-Two. Domain registrations indicate that may not be their only target.

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WiiWare versus Xbox LIVE XNA: A Brief Comparison

21. February 2008

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WiiWare versus Xbox LIVE XNA: A Brief Comparison

At GDC ‘08, both Nintendo and Microsoft either announced or elaborated on their plans to open up their consoles to smaller developers. Each initiative claims that it will make smaller, innovative games available to a broad user base. In the case of Microsoft, that will happen through the submission of community-created games to Xbox LIVE. As [...]

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2K Announces Civilization Revolution Release Date

20. February 2008

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2K Announces Civilization Revolution Release Date

Civilization Revolution, the new console-centric installation in the sleep-devastating Civilization franchise, now has a release date: June 3. This will be the first Civilization to come to consoles, and it will come out simultaneously on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Nintendo DS. As the game was developed specifically with consoles in mind, [...]

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GDC ’08: Microsoft Opens Xbox LIVE to Community Developers

20. February 2008

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GDC ’08: Microsoft Opens Xbox LIVE to Community Developers

As part of their keynote address today at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), Microsoft revealed their plans to open up Xbox LIVE to new, community-created games. Soon, developers using the XNA Game Studio software will be able to submit their games for distribution on Xbox LIVE. Game submissions will undergo an as-yet undefined [...]

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