Rockstar: LA Noire 'not a GTA clone'
(via CVG) - Detective title has 'no point of reference', says publisher. Rockstar detective drama LA Noire cannot be compared to the GTA series, according to the publisher.Related StoriesSplinter Cell: Conviction demo live March 18Metro 2033 launch trailer unleashedNew Alan Wake screenshots hit the netGears Of
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New Alan Wake screenshots hit the net
(via CVG) - See five of them here. Five new Alan Wake shots have emerged from the darkness and you can see them below. Related StoriesSplinter Cell: Conviction demo live March 18Metro 2033 launch trailer unleashedGears Of War 3 not coming this yearMicrosoft: Blu-ray absence key to 360 outselling
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GDC: 'Designing Shadow Complex' or: zig when they zag
(via Joystiq) - While Metroid director Yoshio Sakamoto may not have played Shadow Complex, the XBLA darling's creators definitely played Metroid. During a panel titled "Designing Shadow Complex," Chair Entertainment Creative Director Donald Mustard encouraged the audience of prospective downloadable game makers to embrace genre limitations.
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Splinter Cell Conviction Demo & Flash Game announced Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
(via Game Radar) - BrutalGamer.com writes :- Ever fancied playing a game of Where's Wally/Waldo but in a real world environment… and maybe featuring Sam Fisher? No thought not – what if I say you could also snag yourself a limited edition copy of the Splinter Cell Conviction game? Interested now
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News: Alan Wake getting two downloadable episodes
(via OXM) -- Remedy confirms DLC will stretch as far as two episodes, at the very least. Remedy managing director Matias Myllyrinne has told Joystiq that Alan Wake will get at least two episodes of DLC.
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News: No more Bad Company 2 server problems
(via OXM) -- EA maintenance has now been completed, so it's smooth sailing from now on. EA has finished maintenance on the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 servers.
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Epic Games: Gears of War 3 not releasing this year
(via 360 Monster) - 'We don't have any games coming out in 2010.' That's what Epic Games Vice President: Mark Rein stated at the Games Developer Conference last week. The new confirms that Gears of War 3 will not be releasing this year, though doesn't rule out a possible announcement. People Can Fly, a subsidiary of Epic Games, is currently developing a shooter for Electronic Arts which is expected to release in early 2011.
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Microsoft: Blu-Ray Absence Boosted Xbox 360
(via Edge Online) - Microsoft director of product management Aaron Greenberg believes the absence of an Xbox 360 Blu-ray drive has played a significant role in the console’s success. “We’ve just taken a different strategy. Sony bet on the physical disc, and there are costs associated with that,” he told us.
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News: Bungie trademarks Marathon name
(via Eurogamer) - Old IP ready for a comeback? Bungie's filed a new trademark to secure the name Marathon for a videogame. Marathon, remember, was Bungie's game for Mac from a million years ago.
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News: Fable I, GTA: San Andreas cost 800 Microsoft Points
(via OXM) -- Xbox Originals get their prices slashed in the latest Deals of the Week. Fable I, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne will cost 800 Microsoft Points this week.
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Rumor: Street Fighter IV Characters Get New Costumes Street Fighter
(via Kotaku) -- These apparently leaked shots of a Super Street Fighter IV theme for the 360 are a bit more interesting than they ought to be, showing off a new range of alternate costumes for the game's fighters. More »
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Review: Metro 2033
(via Eurogamer) - No picnic. Ah, time to roll out one of my "meanwhile in capitalist Russia" anecdotes... A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to be out in Moscow visiting a developers' fair. While I was there I met up with one of the 1C Company bosses, and we had a chat about the apocalyptic theme that runs through Russian and Ukrainian gaming.
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New Alan Wake Screenshots Released Today
(via Xboxic) -- Microsoft Game Studios released new screens for the upcoming psychological action thriller, Alan Wake, a title exclusively for the Xbox 360. (comment on this article…)
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Hunted: The Demon's Forge: First Screens
(via Game Spy) -- Hunted: The Demon's Forge (X360)The first official images from inXile's recently announced third-person action game do the rounds.
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Red Dead Redemption
(via Game Spy) -- Red Dead Redemption (X360)Red Dead Redemption
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News: Splinter Cell: Conviction demo on Thurs
(via Eurogamer) - Fisher the fight. That didn't take long - the Splinter Cell: Conviction demo Ubisoft was talking about yesterday will be released this week, on Thursday. In it Sam infiltrates a warehouse and is asked to Rescue the Scientists.
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Skate 3
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Alan Wake: New Gallery
(via Game Spy) -- Alan Wake (X360)Remedy releases another set of in-game shots from its psychological thriller.
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Rockstar: LA Noire 'not a GTA clone' L.A. Noire
(via Game Radar) -- CVG: Rockstar detective drama LA Noire cannot be compared to the GTA series, according to the publisher.
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Splinter Cell Conviction Demo Out This Week Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
(via Game Radar) -- Kotaku.com: 'It's a bit hard to believe the long-delayed Splinter Cell: Conviction will actually be out soon. If you needed something tangible as proof, you could always try the Xbox Live demo of the game, due out this week.'
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Designer Builds Coffin For Xbox's Suffering RROD
(via Slashdot) - angry tapir writes "The Xbox 360 RROD coffin is created by Aussie designer Alexis Vanamois, and it does exactly what it says on the tin. It's the ultimate final resting place for 'bricked' Xbox 360 consoles that have suffered the Red Ring of Death; it even has a cavity for your controller!" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Metro 2033 UK Review
(via IGN) -- Metro 2033 (X360)Mind the gap.
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Alan Wake : a little bit more
(via Xboxyde) -- Alan Wake is shyly back with these 5 new images from Microsoft.
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Via MIX10: Windows Phone 7 Series Details
(via On10) - At yesterday’s MIX10 conference, we got a lot of new information about the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series devices, including features, options for developers, how applications will be handled and marketed and more. If you weren’t able to attend the conference yourself or tune into the live stream, here’s what you missed: Windows 7 Phone Series Features According to the official press release, we learned that the phones would offer accelerometer support, a Microsoft Location Service, a Microsoft Notification Service (aka push notifications), hardware-accelerated video playback with DRM, IIS Smooth Streaming for live video, multitouch, camera and mic support.
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Video: Transformers: War For Cybertron dev diary
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Video: Metro 2033 launch trailer
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Video: Splinter Cell: Conviction overview
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Video: Fun with friends in Crackdown 2
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Metro 2033
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Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
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