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 Microsoft revealed Halo 4's Limited Edition today, and there's not a cat helmet to be found. Instead, the $100 package gets you a fancy box, a "UNSC Infinity Briefing Packet," and a host of in-game bonuses, expanding the multiplayer experience.
The LE includes the "War Games Map Pack," a voucher for "thre ...read more
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 As the November 6 launch of Halo 4 approaches, Microsoft is doling out more information about its multiplayer modes, collectively known as "Infinity Multiplayer" (surprise!). The game will introduce a brand new mode called Spartan Ops, which tells the story of the UNSC Infinity, the massive ship ...read more
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 Respawn Entertainment employees will attend this year's E3, but no, the studio won't be showing any new project at the big show. "Some of us will be present at E3, but we won't be showing anything or doing any press related to the game," Respawn community manager Abbie Heppe told Joystiq.
Thus far, little information exists o ...read more
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 There have been a lot of rumors about the next version of Microsoft's Xbox console. Officially, the company isn't saying anything about its plans for the next Xbox and they have also said it won't be talking about it at E3 2012 in June. However, a new rumor claims that Microsoft could be thinking of an interesting name for the next hardware ...read more
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 It is a good day for Halo 4 fans; check out the game’s cover art and marvel at some mysterious new enemies.
Microsoft released a set of 32 images which Halo Waypoint users pieced together into the image below; Microsoft has since confirmed that this is Halo 4′s cover art. Nice.
Meanwhile, AllGamesBeta posted a p ...read more
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 FIFA 13 is introducing five "game-changing" features this fall, including Complete Dribbling, First Touch Control and Attacking Intelligence, EA Sports announced today.
Complete Dribbling is influenced in part by the reboot of FIFA Street this year. This feature offers 360 degree mobility with the ball, of ...read more
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 Electronic Arts is prepping its own subscription-based companion service for its flagship military-centric first person shooter, according to a "very reliable source" belonging to Battlefieldo. The service (dubbed Battlefield™ Premium) would be to Battlefield 3 what Activision's Call of Duty E ...read more
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 Activision has paid out $42 million to the "Infinity Ward Employee Group," which sued Activision in 2010 seeking profits from Modern Warfare 2. A source speaking to Polygon said that the payment was not a settlement; rather, Activision's discovery phase (for its own lawsuit against former Infinity Ward leads ...read more
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 Treyarch's studio head Mark Lamia has dismissed criticisms that Call of Duty needs a new engine to power graphical improvements.
Despite this year's Black Ops 2 running on the same engine engine as 2005's Modern Warfare, Lamia says extensive improvements made to that 'foundation' have resulted in significant advances without ...read more
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 Mojang's Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has sold over a million copies in less than a week on sale.
That's according to Microsoft who released the figure today as confirmation of the game's record-breaking XBLA sales.
"It's official: Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has has broken all previous Xbox LIVE Arcade digital sales records, selling more than any ...read more
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FIFA 13 is introducing five "game-changing" features this fall, including Complete Dribbling, First Touch Control and Attacking Intelligence, EA Sports announced today.
Complete Dribbling is influenced in part by the reboot of FIFA Street this year. This feature offers 360 degree mobility with the ball, of ...read more
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 Sony has announced plans to launch a new BBC Sport app on PS3 and connected Bravia TVs in time for Wimbledon 2012, which kicks off on June 25.
It will offer live HD streams of sporting events including Wimbledon, Formula One and the Olympics, as well as on-demand content.
"Throughout the London 2012 Olympics Games, the BBC Sport app will give audiences access to 2 ...read more
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Electronic Arts is prepping its own subscription-based companion service for its flagship military-centric first person shooter, according to a "very reliable source" belonging to Battlefieldo. The service (dubbed Battlefield™ Premium) would be to Battlefield 3 what Activision's Call of Duty E ...read more
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 A free content update/patch is headed to Uncharted 3 sometime before the end of this month, bringing with it new multiplayer modes and the promise of a better tomorrow. Well, the promise of more updates in the future, at any rate.
In addition to an Advanced Settings menu and various other gameplay twea ...read more
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 Thanks to another week of minimal competition, Sniper Elite V2 maintains its vantage point atop the UK charts for a second week. The game may have seen sales drop 38 percent, but none of the new entries made any type of shakeup on the charts, with the regular motley crew holding the top ten.
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 Robbie Bach, former president of Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division, says Xbox 360's success is partly down to Sony's mismanagement of the transition from PS2 to PS3.
Speaking at the Northwest Entrepreneur Network (via GeekWire), Bach said it was vitally important for companies to capitalise on their rivals' mistakes.
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 Last week, we reported on the fact that the latest Modern Warfare 3 PC patch increased the number of prestige levels on the platform to 20. Also, we noted that Xbox 360 and PS3 users will get the same treatment at a later point.
In response to our earlier report, Infinity Ward ...read more
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 Shares of Sony stock have dipped to their lowest number in 31 years in Japan and to a 19-year low in the US, following a dismal earnings report for the previous fiscal year. Sony shares dropped 7 percent in Japan, to 1,135 Yen ($14), and 2 percent in the US, closing at $15.37.
Sony CEO Kaz Hirai plans to lose 10,000 employees in a company-wide reorganization effort. Sony reported a net revenue loss of 9.6 percent for fiscal year 2012, dropping from $89 billion to $79.1 billion year-over-year.
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 Sony has sold 1.8 million PlayStation Vitas, according to CEO Kaz Hirai. The executive announced the latest tally during the company's fiscal earnings call. Gamasutra reports Hirai thinks this is a "good start," but he did say, "We have to reinforce the software area in order to improve the business, that is ...read more
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 With the annual Call of Duty game comes the annual bundle. Following last year's Call of Duty: Black Ops bundle, Sony is looking to cater to the demographic of people who own neither a PS3 nor Modern Warfare 3.
Launching on May 25, this $300 bundle features the positively reviewed shooter, a 320GB PS3 slim system and one DualShock 3 controller.
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 Nintendo isn't breaking out hardware or software sales predictions for the Wii U just yet, unlike its other consoles. Instead, it's masking said predictions by mixing them in with those of the Wii. Bizarre? Yes, bizarre.
Anyway, Nintendo's looking at a combined tot ...read more
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 The Wii U launch lineup may have gotten a touch clearer, if alleged snapshots of a UK Blockbuster database are to be believed. The shots show off 25 different titles, some of which are already known, and some that aren't. Notable games include Rabbids Party Land, Marvel Super Heroes, Just Dance 4, Monsters Party and Sports Connection. Gr ...read more
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 Sega's earnings are down in the year ended March 31, 2012, which shouldn't come as a surprise given the company's recent extreme restructuring measures. Sega reported net sales of 395.5 billion yen ($5 billion), down 0.3 percent from 2011; net income dropped 47.4 percent to 21 billion yen.
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 Pokémon fans around the world were devastated to find out that all of their Gameboy cartridges would soon be wiped clean of their save games, but discoveries have shown that it’s not too late.
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 UK retailer GAME, which had nearly 1,300 stores across Europe and Australia last November, is nearing its final days unless some financial foolery and corporate conjurations work out. MCV lays out four plans it has gathered from sources, which may lead to potential outcomes over the next week for the troubled company.
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 We're seven years into this generation of gaming (we couldn't believe it either), and those seven years have delivered a series of unforgettable stories. That's when we decided to name our top 5 gaming protagonists of this generation, which was actually a lot harder than we first anticipated. The rules for selection were simple; be a talking protagonist (s ...read more
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 Nintendo’s legal team prevailed again today, as a Maryland U.S. District Court judge dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit against the gaming giant.
We’ll spare you all the legal mumbo jumbo, but just know that fitness company IA Labs sued Nintendo back in 2010, arguing that the technology used in products such as the Wii Balance Board, Wii Remote ...read more
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 It makes sense. More individuals are streaming Netflix on their consoles and, as of last summer, the Wii was used to stream Netflix most often. According to a report on AdWeek, Nintendo is working out deals with major content providers right now for the Wii's successor, the Wii U.
AdWeek's sources say that ...read more
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 As far as PR stunts go, this is a winner. EA will launch copies of Mass Effect 3 into space, which fans will be able to track down and keep when they decent back to Earth.
The copies will be sent into the upper reaches of the atmosphere using weather balloons. Launching ov ...read more
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 Bored with experiencing Hulu Plus through the same old ... interfaces? Get rid of that Hulu Plus ennui with Hulu Plus on Wii. Nintendo announced that the service is now available through the Wii in the US as of today.
Users can download the Hulu app through the Wii Shop Channel for free, and then subscribe for $7.99 a month to watch television sho ...read more
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There have been a lot of rumors about the next version of Microsoft's Xbox console. Officially, the company isn't saying anything about its plans for the next Xbox and they have also said it won't be talking about it at E3 2012 in June. However, a new rumor claims that Microsoft could be thinking of an interesting name for the next hardware ...read more
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 Yesterday, the first Battlefield 3 double XP weekend was announced. Players started earning double XP today at 12:01am PST only on PS3 and Xbox 360, and will continue to do so until Sunday night. Unfortunately, DICE wasn’t able to include PC for this event, and has decided to delay it unti ...read more
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 Gamestop will reportedly begin selling Steam gift cards next week, according to a Kotaku source. Sweetening the legitimacy of this bizarre reality, the source also snapped a photo of the packaging (pictured). The cards will allegedly go on sale starting May 15.
Valve has yet to respond to our query on the s ...read more
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 Angry Birds has come a long way since the original version of the arcade puzzle game was released for the iOS platform in December 2009. Today Rovio announced that the total number of downloads for all of the Angry Birds games has now exceeded 1 billion (with a "b") downloads since it was first launched.
Rovio's brief m ...read more
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 Social media is a very powerful medium and many people and companies use it frequently to share information as well as entertainment. When we see something on our feed, we assume it’s coming from the person we’re following.
Now it appears that over 55,000 Twitter accounts have been hacked by an anonymous source. Accordi ...read more
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 Hacking collective Anonymous has brought down Virgin Media's website in response to the internet service provider's decision to block access to The Pirate Bay.
Virgin Media was forced to take its website offline for an hour last night during a hack attack, and the site is down again ...read more
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 In the name of better surveillance of suspected criminals, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is trying to pursue a way that could force companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google to make many of their Internet products more easily wiretapped by law enforcement officials.
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 The Pirate Bay website may be blocked soon from six of the UK's Internet Service Providers, but the publicity surrounding that move has apparently caused a big traffic jump on The Pirate Bay site itself. TorrentFreak.com reports that according to an unnamed spokesperson for the site, "Thanks to the High Court and ...read more
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 The Elder Scrolls Online was just revealed to be ZeniMax Online's long-rumored MMO. Game Informer's next cover announced the game this morning. The mag says The Elder Scrolls Online will take place across the "entire land of Tamriel," approximately one thousand years before Skyrim's place in time. The story w ...read more
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 If you've noticed a lot of a hockey-themed subjects cropping up during your Draw Something playtime lately, it's not just because its hockey season and Zynga is trying to stay topical. Rather, it's all part of Draw Something's new advertising initiative, which allows sponsors to insert their brand/product/whatever ...read more
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