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  • Epic Vice President applauds Blu-ray

    Mark Rein, VP of Epic Games, has gone on record to suggest that Blu-ray offers an extra level of breathing space over DVD when developing games. He was speaking at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival about Unreal Tournament 3, developed by Epic. The often outspoken Rein seemed to seemed to welc...

  • Alvin and the Chipmunks coming to PS2

    Brash Entertainment has announced plans to release a videogame adaptation of the forthcoming Alvin and the Chipmunks live action movie later this year. According to the developers, who formed with a USD 400 million funding earlier this year, the game will take the form of a rhythm-based party ti...

  • EA defends PS3 version of Madden NFL 08

    Electronic Arts has responded to claims in USD Today regarding the PlayStation 3 version of Madden NFL 08, which was criticised as being “sluggish” compared to its Xbox 360 counterpart. Comparing both versions, the article stated that the Xbox 360 version ran noticeably "twice a...

  • Metallica goes nuts, sues game companies

    Update: It appears the original report from dailygaming.net that set the gaming community aflame had no truth to it whatsoever. HMXSean, Harmonix's community leader of the official Rock Band forums commented:  "In no way is this true. It is well written satire but it is very much satire.&...

  • Rein discusses UT3 Sixaxis and cross-platform play

    While the demo of Unreal Tournament III blasted across the Edinburgh Interactive Festival today, Epic’s VP Mark Rein released a plethora of information on the PlayStation 3’s timed release. He explained that the team is still planning on a November release, but they do not have an exact ...

  • The '4Cs' of Home and User Revenue Sharing

    The Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival was the site for SCEE’s Jamie Macdonald’s outline of the “4 Cs” behind Sony’s 3D social network, Home. After some promotional introductions, Jamie told the audience the prime objectives were: “community, competition...

  • PlayStation 3 Gamercard Spotted

    PlayStation 3's response to the Gamertag system is known as "Gamercard." During a playable demo of Unreal Tournament III at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival, an interesting tidbit was spotted on a menu. It’s called Gamercard and it doesn’t seem too unlikely that this will tur...

  • Metal Gear Online: First Direct Feed Footage from PSU

    Metal Gear Online is an online-oriented entry in the Metal Gear franchise, following up on the success of the online portion of MGS3 Subsistence on PS2 and MGS Portable Ops on PSP. Metal Gear Online allows up to 16 players to sneak and attack in online combat scenarios. The game uses a system called...

  • New Alien vs. Predator film gets PSP adaptation

    Sierra Entertainment is in the development stages of an Alien vs. Predator game based off the Twentieth Century Fox film scheduled to release this December. Rebellion, creator of Alens vs. Predator PC, will once again spearhead the operation of developing another successful title. Designed exclu...

  • WWE SmackDown vs. Raw becomes Greatest Hit

    THQ and JAKKS Pacific released a press announcement this morning stating that WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 has made the “Greatest Hits” list on PlayStation Portable. It was released in November 2006 (October 2006 on PS2). Achieving this feat is commendable by any nature, but in nine months...

  • Home abusers could face banning, says Sony

    Consumers who consistently abuse the use of Sony’s forthcoming PlayStation Home service will be heavily reprimanded, potentially leading to the banning of their machines from connecting to the Internet, revealed Home director, Peter Edward this week. Speaking at the Edinburgh Interactive Fe...

  • Gran Turismo 5 racing to Japan next July

    Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi has revealed to Famitsu magazine that developer Polyphony Digital hopes to release the highly anticipated Gran Turismo 5 in Japan around July 2008. Sony Computer Entertainment has yet to comment on a proposed release for the game in western territories. How...

  • Blazing Lizard's New Pirate Title

    We all love pirates and ninjas, right? Well Blazing Lizard has announced that its first game will be a unique match up: Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball. The game will be the first in a series of Pirates vs. Ninjas games. Dodgeball will support up to eight players (four local, eight online) and feat...

  • Ubisoft user-generated content game announced

    Ubisoft seems to have taken a page out of PlayStation Home and LittleBigPlanet's book, recognizing that user-created content is the future. Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft CEO, delivered his keynote speech at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival today, prodding the industry to recognize the importance of ...

  • Europe set to recieve new KOEI demos

    A trio of demos for KOEI games are lined up to hit a European Online Store near you, including the much anticipated Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Demo. Among the chance to pilot legendary Mobile Suits are demos for Fatal Inertia and Bladestorm: The Hundred Years War, with the Fatal Inertia demo being ...

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