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Apr 10, 2007
PS3 News | Unreal Tournament III
Epic Games' Tim Sweeney has revealed the studio is skeptical about Microsoft's Games for Windows Live due to the restrictions it places on developers - and PC gamers. Speaking in a 1UP.com podcast, Sweeney opined that the key problem with Games for Windows Live currently "is that any feature that Microsoft implements and charges for, the developer can't implement themselves." "As a PC developer, we're used to having complete freedom and defining our feature set - what we can give gamers and ...
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Apr 10, 2007
PS3 News | PlayStation 3
Co-founder of id Software, John Romero, has jumped on the console-slating bandwagon, backing cheap multi-core PCs to put an end to PS3 and 360. Romero, who's now at the new development company Slipgate Ironworks, told Adrenaline Vault: "Next-gen consoles are big but their future isn't too bright with the emergence of cheap PC multi-core processors and the big change the PC industry will go through during the next 5 years to accommodate the new multi-core-centric hardware designs." He goes on ...
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Apr 10, 2007
PS3 News | MotorStorm
Nigel Kershaw, lead designer on MotorStorm, has said that the reason the Japanese version of the game doesn't have online play was simply because the Japanese market wasn't "as bothered about online." The US and European version of Sony's mud-curdling racer shipped with full online play, while the first game out for the doors, the Japanese version, went solo. Many thought the online mode may have been dumped in order to get the game out of the door in time for the Japanese launch. Not so ...
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Apr 10, 2007
PS3 News | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
The Activision-owned publisher Red Octane revealed the third game in the Guitar Hero series is going multiplatform this autumn. A post in the support section of the firm's website promised, "Guitar Hero III for the PlayStation 2, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii are currently scheduled for release in the United States in Fall of ...
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Apr 10, 2007
PS3 News | Heavenly Sword
According to a "semi-official" blog, a big-hitting Sony title should be seeing the light of day this autumn. ThreeSpeech.com, the blog with "close links" to Sony, said that Heavenly Sword, a fluid, fast-moving slice 'em up spectacular featuring a flame haired swordslady, will hit PS3 this ...
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Apr 10, 2007
PS3 News from N4G | MotorStorm
PS3 - MotorStorm - Japan not bothered about MotorStorm online play Nigel Kershaw, lead designer on MotorStorm, has said that the reason the Japanese version of MotorStorm doesn't have online play was simply because the Japanese market wasn't "as bothered about online".
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Apr 10, 2007
PS3 News from N4G | Fight Night Round 3
PS3 - Fight Night Round 3 - Electronic Arts to buy stake in The9 Electronic Arts Inc. has reached an agreement with The9 Ltd. to buy a 19 percent stake in the Chinese online game operator for about $200 million, a local newspaper said on Saturday.

EA, the world's top video game publisher, and The9 have reached a basic agreement, Shanghai Securities News reported.

A representative from The9 was not immediately available for comment.

Shanghai-based The9 also obtained the exclusive right to run EA's casual game FIFA Online in China at the end of March, the newspaper added.
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Apr 10, 2007
PS3 News from N4G | BioShock
PS3 - BioShock - An Art Gallery of BioShock's Rapture City 1up points us to the Cult of Rapture, 2K Games' community site for Irrational Games' BioShock, has posted a pretty awesome update, showcasing the eccentric advertisements plastered on the walls of the game's fictional Rapture City.
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Apr 9, 2007
PS3 News | Grand Theft Auto IV
Like it or loath it (if you're a city official), GTA IV is coming this October and it's probably going to the biggest game of the year. The advertising campaign is up and running in New York, and not long after NY city officials cried outrage at the game's setting. It wasn't long ago that city councilman Peter Vallone, chairman of the council's public safety committee came out with this classic quote that will go down in gaming history: "Setting Grand Theft Auto in the safest big city in ...
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Apr 9, 2007
PS3 News | PlayStation 3
To tenuously coincide with this weekend's religious celebrations we've covered the self-proclaimed gaming saviors that were crucified by the critics and now we celebrate the resurrections - the games long thought dead and buried that were given a new lease life... Prince of Persia The kinetic adventures of Babylon's athletic blue blood first appeared in 1989 on Apple II and quickly leapt to a multitude of other platforms, including Sega Master System and NES. The original was a running and ...
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