Demand for subscription massive multiplayer online games (MMOG) will top $2bn (£1.3bn) by 2013, according to a new report. The study, by analysts Screen Digest, said the market had been driven by attempts to emulate World of Warcraft. The findings suggest that the MMOG’s market in Europe and North America grew by 22% and was [...]
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Gears of War PC Announced
It’s official: Gears of War is heading to PC. OK, so there have been enough rumors that news of the game on PC isn’t a huge surprise at this point, but it’s the PC-specific content that makes things interesting. In Gears of War PC, players will be treated to five new chapters in a “Timgad” [...]
Fall of Liberty reaches Turning Point
Codemasters tweaks the title of its Spark-developed alternate-history shooter set in Nazi-occupied America; new screens inside. Last August, Codemasters announced it was publishing Fall of Liberty, an alternate-history shooter set in a fictional timeline. The first-person shooter will see players defend the American homeland after the Nazis invade in 1952. Like the similarly themed Freedom [...]
£1 million worth of 360s stolen
Two truckloads of consoles hijacked as thieves stock up for Christmas. Two consignments of Xbox 360s has been stolen in the UK this week, reports regional newspaper, the Express and Star. The first occurred after a lorry (truck) was flagged down travelling south on the A38 at Hillards Cross. The driver, who thought he was [...]
Nintendo World Kicks Off in Japan
New Smash Bros. footage and more at the new Space World. Swords, and Mario Party 8. The DS also has a bunch of new titles playable, including Sim City DS, Wario Thief, and more. A new Smash Bros. trailer is also on display – it’s about three minutes long and at the end it shows [...]
Gears of War Party Steps on Graveyard
Hollywood graveyard hosts Epic’s third-person shooter. There are dead people everywhere, but it doesn’t smell. We’re at a graveyard in the middle of Hollywood, the ghost of Biggie Smalls is burping out of speakers and a couple hundred people are resting their drinks on tombstones — they are here for Gears of War. The game [...]
Get Your Music in God of War 2
FallOut Boy would totally compliment greek mythology. Aspiring Billboard musicians: landing yourself on the soundtrack for God of War 2 probably isn’t the big break you were looking for — but hey, it’s a start. Sony, in conjunction with EmoSpa…MySpace, is hosting a virtual battle of the bands in order to award one lucky artist [...]
Ubisoft Delays Assassin’s Creed; GRAW 2 En Route
An unannounced Wii game in-the-works, too. Expect the usual PR pizzazz in the coming weeks, but in an overview of Ubisoft financials during the first half of fiscal 2006-2007, the company both confirmed that Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2′s coming in the fiscal fourth quarter — which means it’s coming sometime before next March — [...]
Next Generation Multiplayer in Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent
DemonWare technology to be used in another game The fourth installment in the Splinter Cell series, Double Agent, will be featuring DemonWare technology for its multiplayer mode. DemonWare will power the online features of the game. Arnaud Carrette, Ubisoft Producer for Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent declared that his company needed the best technology [...]
Insomniac Confirms Resistance is 720p
They aimed for 1080p, but it didn’t work out. The number of PlayStation 3 releases supporting 1080p HDTV resolutions will undoubtably increase as the hardware matures, but for launch games, limited development time is an issue. Insomniac Games publicly stated they were aiming to include the option for 1080p in Resistance: Fall of Man, but [...]

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