Speaking to VG247 at Develop today, Bizarre Creations head Sarah Chudley said that Activision, and not Microsoft, bought the Gotham developer as Microsoft's "internal structure probably wasn't in the right place to buy things at the time."
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Competing against more than 700 gamers from a record 74 countries, the United States overcame the toughest competition in World Cyber Games (WCG) history to capture three gold medals, two silver medals, and a bronze medal in twelve PC and Xbox 360 titles, and won the overall team championship at the Grand Final in Seattle.

It is the United States' second team title and first since the 2005 WCG Grand Final in Singapore. Team USA captured gold medals in "Tony Hawk Project 8," "Gears of War," and "Dead Or Alive 4." South Korea and Brazil each earned two gold medals while Germany had one gold, one silver and three bronze.

The seven-year-old WCG competition, which started in South Korea, has been dominated by South Koreans and Germans since its inception. So far South Korea has won three Grand Finals including last year's. According to organizers, WCG is the largest international gaming festival with over one million attendees and visitors every year.

For complete results, visit worldcybergames.com (i.e., first link under Alternative Sources.)
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Before its recent acquisition by Activision, Microsoft had already told Bizarre Creations that it would no longer be used for the development of future instalments of the microsoft-owned PGR series - thus ending a close working relationship and presumably prompting Bizarre's eventual sale.

According to a source within Bizarre who cannot be named (such is the way with such things), Microsoft had informed Bizarre that it would be taking development of future Gotham games in-house, before its then owners had decided to put the developer up for sale.
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The summer dry spell for video games came to an end last week with the arrival of "BioShock," the creepy underwater shooter that has won rave reviews and flown off store shelves.

The main bulk of important games this year won't come out until November, but the next month or two will see the release of quite a few other hot games. These aren't necessarily "system sellers" -- games that are so good that consumers will buy a particular video game console just to play them -- but give potential customers a few more reasons to eventually take the plunge.
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Editor's note: John Gaudiosi writes the "Gaming Guru" blog for WRAL.com.

CARY, N.C. - Carolina has another professional team in its borders. Add the Carolina Core to the Hurricanes, Panthers and Bobcats.

The professional videogame team, part of DirecTV's new Championship Gaming Series, is competing in its first tournaments out at Electronic Arts' Los Angeles studio. DirecTV has partnered with Microsoft, Mountain Dew, Fox and Best Buy to create the first pro gaming league with a full season and $5 million in salaries for the six teams.

Each team represents a city. Charlotte made the cut and the Carolina Core were born.
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Directly from the Championship Gaming Series website the regular season is slated to begin on June 27. The players will be arriving in Los Angeles in the next few days and begin a month of preparation and competition to determine the Region 1 Champion. There will be several ways during the season to catch the action. In week 1 the matches will be covered by http://www.thecgs.com. You can come to the CGS website for up to the minute scores, video on demand and player reactions. Week 2 will be broadband week, where all matches will be streamed live on thecgs.com. Starting week 3 the matches will air live on DirecTV's channel 101. The full schedule can be found after the jump.
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A KIA car model featured in Xbox 360-exclusive PRG3 has been used in an image promoting the car manufacturer and the PlayStation 3. Whoops... For the record this is the second time assets from Project Gotham Racing have been used in conjunction with a PlayStation promotion. Back in January, a similar goof was made while promoting Gran Turismo HD. On Sony's own PSP Connect website, a 'splash' encouraging visitors to download a new GTHD trailer used an image of Xbox 360 racer Project Gotham ... » Read More

Do you remember back in January when PlayStation decided to show off the amazing next-gen graphics of Gran Turismo HD with a screenshot of, er, Xbox 360's Project Gotham 3? Well, looks like they're still trying to convince themselves that PGR really is a PS3 game...

Car manufacturer Kia is currently running a promotion with PlayStation in Spain that compares the thrill of driving one of their real-life motors with the thrill of driving a Ferrari Enzo on your PS3. Except no PS3 game has a Ferrari Enzo in it.

Ah well, at least you can't clearly tell that this screenshot has clearly come from PGR3. Oh wait. Look at the number plate...

You can check the Kia/PlayStation website out for yourself here, but since it'll no doubt be pulled very soon I've captured the moment for posterity.
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Gamers in the UK who are yet to pick up an Xbox 360 may be interested in a deal which Gamestation are running which will get you a Premium 360, Crackdown, WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2007, Gears of War, PGR3, Live Arcade Unplugged and an Extra Wireless controller for £304.99 delivered.
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DIRECTV announced today that the the second U.S. Championship Gaming Invitational will air Feb. 10 and 11, on DIRECTV's The 101. Gaming legend Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel will capture the action as the exclusive play-by-play commentator and global league spokesperson and advisor.

WHO: PARTICIPATING ATHLETES INCLUDE:
Emmanuel "Master" Rodriguez, Adande "Swoozie" Thorne, Caitlin "Venus" Buckshaw, Brian "Bboyle" Boyle, Winfield "7humbs" Hill, Vanessa "PMS Vanessa" Arteaga and Kristin "Vanity Assassin" Neglia

GAMES IN COMPETITION INCLUDE:
-- Counter-Strike: Source
-- Dead or Alive 4
-- Project Gotham Racing 3
-- World of Warcraft
-- Quake 4
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Original Rhythm Music Arcade Game Developed by Bizarre Creations

Electronic Arts today announced its launch onto Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade with Boom Boom Rocket. The game is a hypnotic rhythm music game conceived by EA's Pogo.com casual games design team and developed by Bizarre Creations, the developer who brought Project Gotham Racing 3 to the Xbox 360, and fan-favourite Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved to Xbox Live Arcade. The game is scheduled to go live Spring 2007 and is EA's first title on Xbox Live Arcade.
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The Grand Final of the World Cyber Games concluded after four days of intense gaming, with the youngest member of Team USA going undefeated to bring home the gold in Project Gotham Racing 3 on the Xbox 360.
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Just Cause is top of the charts for another week while Project Gotham Racing 3 is second...
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If you're anything like us, you love good games at a cheap price. Unfortunately, when shopping for 360 games, this confines us to the bargain been at local retail outlets which typically discount used games by as little as a couple bucks off the original price. Enter Microsoft's semi-new (new to the 360 library, anyway) Platinum Hits collection of cheapy 360 titles. Microsoft selected four games to lead the Platinum Hits charge (all priced at $29.99), and it should come as no surprise which ... » Read More

It has been a while since console gamers have been able to enjoy their racing games the way real fans of the genre should -- with a first-party racing wheel peripheral. Microsoft is bringing them a Wireless Racing Wheel for the Xbox 360 on November 1 packaged complete with a force-feedback version of Project Gotham Racing 3 for the retail price of $149.99.
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In something of a surprise that's not really a surprise, the Xbox 360's price has been technically lowered in Japan. Or, at least, it will be -- effective November 2nd, 2006, a "Core System Release Anniversary Pack" Xbox 360 will be available for just 29,800 yen. This contains the console, all necessary cables, a wireless controller, and two games -- Ninety-Nine Nights and Project Gotham Racing 3. A 20 GB hard drive will be sold for just 9,995 yen extra.
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Xbox Live members can now download the Project Gotham Racing 3 Theme Deck for 'Uno.' This content is 100 points and available in all Xbox Live regions
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Microsoft has been taking support on its first party games seriously, cranking out updates for launch titles Kameo and Perfect Dark Zero. Now third MGS launch title, Bizarre's street racer Project Gotham Racing 3 is up for some extra attention again by hosting another episode of the Game with Fame series, this time with famous DJs.
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Here are the Top 20 best selling Xbox 360 titles in Japan, as of June 20, 2006. 144,847 units of Xbox 360 were sold in Japan since its launch in December 2005:
1.Dead or Alive 4 (Tecmo) - 89,255 units
2.Ridge Racer 6 (Bandai Namco) - 59,509 units
3.Ninety Nine Nights (Microsoft) - 34,418 units
4.Perfect Dark Zero (Microsoft) - 26,085 units
5.Rumble Roses XX (Konami) - 25,331 units
6.Project Gotham Racing 3 (Microsoft) - 24,704 units
7.Enchanted Arms (From Software) - 20,233 units
8.Need For Speed Most Wanted (EA) - 17,973 units
9.Final Fantasy XI (Square Enix) - 13,865 units
10.Dynasty Warriors 5 Special (Koei) - 10,957 units
11.FIFA 06 Road to the FIFA World Cup (EA) - 7,283 units
12.Battle Field 2 Modern Combat (EA) - 6,581 units
13.Over G (Taito) - 6,265 units
14.Pro Baseball Spirits 3 (Konami) - 5,681 units
15.Wrestle Kingdom (Yuke's) - 5,301 units
16.Tetris the Grand Master Ace (AQ Interactive) - 5,184 units
17.Kameo Elements of Power (Microsoft) - 5,121 units
18.2006 FIFA World Cup Doitsu Taikai (EA) - 5,006 units
19.Tengai Makyo Ziria (Hudson) - 4,944 units
20.Call of Duty 2 (Activision) - 4,773 units
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Wednesday 12 July 2006 New content for Project Gotham Racing 3 has been made available for download from the Xbox 360 Marketplace. Called the Style Pack, it includes 12 new cars, a Photo Mode Integration option that allows players to upload their best moments online and some new minigames including Free Roam Points, Team Free Roam Points and Cat and Mouse. The new cars available are the following models: BMW M6 (2006) BMW Z8 (2001) BMW M3 CSL (2003) BMW Mini Cooper S (2005) Gumpert Apollo ... » Read More