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Xbox Live: Top 10 of 2007

Posted by: Achea Shadow on: Monday, 7 January, 2008

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Gears of War Prequel Book

Posted by: Achea Shadow on: Friday, 4 January, 2008

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Saints Row 2

Posted by: Achea Shadow on: Wednesday, 19 December, 2007

New details have piled in on THQ sequel to Saints Row, which is heading to Xbox 360 and PS3 next year.
According to the latest mag previews, Saints Row 2 is set to feature a city 45 percent larger than the Xbox 360 original, with new vehicles including motorbikes, jet-skis and speedboats. So far, so GTA.
What’s [...]

Team Fortress 2 Updates

Posted by: Achea Shadow on: Thursday, 13 December, 2007

Valve Software is set to release new maps for Team Fortress 2, the team-based multiplayer sequel featured in The Orange Box.
Shacknews reports that the developer plans to release the maps individually for PC and in a map pack for TF2 on Xbox 360. As yet there’s been no mention of the maps releasing for the [...]

Ubisoft Games Delayed

Posted by: Achea Shadow on: Thursday, 13 December, 2007

Ubisoft has offloaded its weekly release schedule, revealing a handful of delays for its 2008 shooters Far Cry 2, Haze and Brothers in Arms.
As if we didn’t know already, the French publisher has confirmed that Free Radical shooter Haze won’t make it into the shops this year, and is now destined for release in “early [...]

Turok: Blog – Dinosaurs!

Posted by: Achea Shadow on: Tuesday, 4 December, 2007

the Turok Blog has been updated talking about the Dinosaurs within the game.  I haven’t had time to read over this myself yet but going on previous blog posts im sure it will be interesting

Bioshock: New Plasmids this week

Posted by: Achea Shadow on: Tuesday, 4 December, 2007

The PC and Xbox 360 versions will be patched this week, says the game’s official site, and new download content in the form of extra plasmids and gene tonics.
“Both the BioShock PC Patch and the 360 Title Update will be available next week,” says the Cult of Rapture official site.
“In addition to these fixes, we [...]

Xbox Live Activity: 19th November 2007

Posted by: Achea Shadow on: Tuesday, 27 November, 2007

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (UU’s)
1 Halo 3
2 Call of Duty 4
3 Assassin’s Creed
4 Guitar Hero III
5 Gears of War
6 Mass Effect
7 Madden NFL 08
8 MX vs. ATV: Untamed DEMO
9 Guitar Hero II
10 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Vegas
Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)
1 Undertow
2 Screwjumper!
3 Shrek-n-Roll
4 Switchball
5 Word Puzzle
6 Battlestar Galactica
7 3D Ultra™ Minigolf Adventures
8 Bomberman LIVE
9 Bankshot Billiards 2
10 Alien Hominid HD
The arcade list is based on full versions purchased.
Original Xbox Top Live Games
1 Halo 2
2 Battlefield [...]

Elder Scrolls MMO?

Posted by: Achea Shadow on: Tuesday, 27 November, 2007

Following the registration of the elderscrollsonline.com domain name, now ZeniMax, the owner of Bethesda Softworks, has licensed the Simutronics HeroEngine for a “massively multiplayer game project currently getting underway.”
Last year, BioWare licensed the HeroEngine for the company’s first massively multiplayer online game, currently in development at its Austin studio and rumored to be a KOTOR [...]

Splinter Cell Conviction: Delayed

Posted by: Achea Shadow on: Wednesday, 21 November, 2007

Yesterday, as part of Ubisoft’s end of the quarter fiscal talk with their investors, they revealed that the 360 exclusive Splinter Cell Conviction is taking longer than expected to develop and has been delayed. Originally, Conviction was planned for release sometime between January and March 2008, but Ubisoft made it clear that the game wouldn’t [...]