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The Xbox 360 has enjoyed a comfortable ride since launching way back in 2005, with consistently strong sales throughout its life. The system has even managed to crack Europe, a surprising feet considering the PlayStation brand’s dominance over the past decade and a bit. Nowhere is the 360’s success more apparent than the UK though, Chris Lewis has told MCV. The Microsoft VP of ...read more
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As the dramatic situation between Infinity Ward and Activision has been settling down lately, Treyarch has found a shining spot to stand in and hype their next iteration in the Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops. We’re sure this hasn’t gone unnoticed by anyone given the amount of words shooting out of the developer’s mouth lately. And, as it would seem, one of ...read more
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Activision may be prepping for a GoldenEye remake. So suggest several images sent to GoNintendo by an anonymous source. Supposedly developed from the ground up for the Wii, the re-imagined game is to star new Bond Daniel Craig but will still include the locations and scenes familiar from the original game, along with an “enhanced” multiplayer component sporting 4-player ...read more
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Activision has laid out the rules for its "Independent Games Competition." Announced during DICE by CEO Bobby Kotick, the competition will be open to US-based indie developers and conducted in two phases. The first round has already begun and is set with an August 31, 2010 cutoff for submissions. The first and second place winners will receive $175K and $75K, respectively. The second round of ...read more
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If you think Red Dead Redemption's desolate landscape is best explored and conquered with a band of gun-toting ne'er-do-wells at your side, you'll be pleased to note that the free Outlaws to the End DLC pack has roped in an official release date: June 22. It'll toss six online co-op missions (for two to four players) into the sandbox and take your posse uphill, downstream and in-between several ...read more
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The CoD: MW2 map pack two is now available on Xbox Live to download for 1200 MSP. The video below showcases all five new maps. Enjoy!
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Though Call of Duty: Black Ops' Cold War setting is a new feature for the series, one element of the game will stay true to the franchise's norms: the game's campaign will only be a single-player experience. Speaking to MTV, Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia explained, "single-player is the epic, cinematic, seat-of-your-pants thrill ride that you star in," while the game's cooperative offerings ...read more
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Bungie was none to keen on what Microsoft ended up calling the first Halo game. “Everyone” at the developer “hated” the Halo: Combat Evolved name even, designer Jaime Grisemer has revealed. Apparently Microsoft felt that Halo wasn’t descriptive enough of a name for a videogame brand, unlike competing military games at the time. Regardless, Bungie stuck to its ...read more
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Call of Duty: Black Ops is Treyarch’s game and no copy of Modern Warfare 2. That’s according to studio head Mark Lamia who says that Black Ops‘ development happened completely independently, with nothing drawn from Infinity Ward’s 2009 blockbuster. “We started Black Ops a year before Modern Warfare 2 came out. So we didn’t ask ourselves that question ...read more
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Like a terrorist in Modern Warfare, you may believe Infinity Ward to have been rather gruesomely shot down by their recent tangle with publisher Activision, but this isn’t so according to fellow Call of Duty developer, Treyarch. Mark Lamia, head of the studio that are currently developing Call of Duty: Black Ops, was eager to talk up his colleagues to Develop. He was asked if the recent ...read more
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