Capcom has confirmed that Resident Evil 5 will be released on next-gen consoles PS3 and Xbox 360 - but not Nintendo's Revolution. The sequel's action will take place in sunlit urban environments rather than the series' usual doom and gloom-laden interiors. Early screenshots have also revealed a Chris Redfield look-alike in what appears to be the lead role. This hints that the plot might a take a turn back towards the Raccoon cityscape of Code Veronica and, most importantly, marks a return for ...
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Feb 25, 2006

Is it a bird? Is it a blue smudge?

360 News | Superman Returns

Electronic Arts has unveiled a single supershot of Superman Returns, the superhero action game based on the Man of Steel's return to the big screen. The film Superman Returns is being directed by Bryan Singer, who did a superb job of bringing the X-Men to the big screen. The story sees Superman returning from self-imposed exile to find that Lois Lane, the love of his life, has moved on, while old foe Lex Luthor is up to his old Metropolis-threatening tricks. EA Tiburon - responsible for the ...
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Feb 24, 2006

Halo 3 will be a 'super great product'

360 News | Halo 3

Microsoft chief Bill Gates has been speaking about Halo 3 for Xbox 360 and believes that it will be a "super great product." Bill also revealed that Bungie will be given all the time it needs to make the intergalactic FPS a killer-app for Xbox 360. "It's up to the team when it wants to ship Halo 3 and it's going to take its time to make the game a super great product. So even we don't know when it will come out," he told Engadget.com. He also took time to discuss the upcoming hardware battle ...
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Feb 23, 2006

Downloadable demo for The Outfit

360 News | The Outfit

On March 3rd, Xbox 360 owners will be able to download a multiplayer demo of Nazi-blasting shooter The Outfit from Xbox Live, enabling them to experience the game's WWII-set team-based skirmishes. The demo features the "Strategic Victory" match type, where you must secure command points and objectives scattered throughout the environments. Up to eight players can get involved with the action, picking between Axis and Allied characters and using the game's "Destruction on Demand" feature to ...
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Feb 21, 2006

Dead Rising Horror footage

360 News | Dead Rising

A brand new trailer for Dead Rising has just shuffled through the doors, showing Capcom's cadaverous action game in full flow, and giving a chilling teaser of just how big a threat the zombie horde will be. We played Dead Rising last year and found it a bit aimless, despite the brilliantly realised and vicious violence. But from the looks of these screens we're guessing that you'll be facing some more sprightly enemies - the savage supermarket trolley-wielding madman also appears in the ...
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Feb 17, 2006

Star Trek's next generation revealed

360 News | Star Trek: Legacy

Bethesda Softworks has revealed two new Star Trek games, the often-rumored RTS Star Trek: Legacy for Xbox 360 and PC, and the action-driven Star Trek: Tactical Assault for PSP and DS. After a messy legal scuffle between Trek licence holders Viacom and developer Activision, the rights to produce games from the entire history of Trek has passed to publisher Bethesda, just in time for the 40th anniversary of the TV series. As shown in these two screens, Star Trek: Legacy will drop gamers into ...
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Feb 17, 2006

Far Cry Instincts Predator screens stalked

360 News | Xbox 360

Here are five new snapshots of the next episode in Ubisoft's hell-in-island-paradise shooter, the increasingly randomly-titledFar Cry Instincts Predator, due to tear up the jungle at the end of March. Coming to both 360 and Xbox (in further titling craziness, the Xbox version goes by the name of Far Cry Instincts Evolution ),the 360 version will feature an enhanced version of the original Xbox Far Cry Instincts for good measure. Whether your preferred flavor is Evolution or Predator, you can ...
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Feb 17, 2006

Gears of War looks gruesome

360 News | Gears of War

Gears of War, Epic Entertainment's super high-tech FPS for Xbox 360, has some of the most toothsome enemies we've seen for a long time ... just take a look at these new shots for the proof. A brawny but thinky game, Gears of War is certainly looking like a must-have 360 shooter, employing the next-gen hardware's technical power to create stunning and atmospheric worlds, not to mention the ugly devils you can see here. And while you get cosy with these images, we'll be hiding in the cupboard, ...
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Feb 17, 2006

DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball bounces back

360 News | Dead or Alive: Xtreme 2

In an official confirmation that will surprise no-one, Team Ninja head Tomonobu Itagaki has stated in the latest issue ofJapanese Famitsu 360 magazine that his next 360 title will be another Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball game. In previous interviews, Itagaki has discussed his plans for DOAX2, letting slip that there will be at least one new game mode alongside the volleyball, and several new minigames in the style of the first title's pool-hopping. Where the first DOAX had Xbox all to ...
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Feb 15, 2006

Angels Blaze on to PC

360 News | Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII

Ubisoft has announced that Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII, originally planned for just Xbox and Xbox 360, will be released for PC as well. The flight combat game recreates the dramatic struggle for control of the skies over Europe during the Second World War. Gamers will be able to take control of one of 40 different aircraft in 18 single-player missions, or experience the mayhem of 16-strong multiplayer ...
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