Daily Archives: March 26, 2009

Why Microsoft is poised for a massive comeback

March 26, 2009
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Why Microsoft is poised for a massive comeback

The recession is bad. And it could get worse before it gets better. But the downturn will end. And when it does, the consumer electronics and IT industries will look very different from those that entered the recession in late 2007. There will be winners and losers — many companies that have been with us…

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J.J. Abrams Stays at Paramount Through 2013

March 26, 2009
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I think this bodes well for Star Trek; Paramount announced today that it will extend its production deal with J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot through 2013. Abrams has only released one film through Paramount so far, last year’s incredibly hyped Cloverfield, and there will likely be a sequel someday. Trek will be the second film…

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Left 4 Dead Isn’t Really About Zombies

March 26, 2009
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Valve Just Wants Us All To Get Along is a recap of Valve’s GDC lecture about teamplay: "The game is not really about zombies," Booth says. "It’s about your teammates." Working backward from that idea, Valve created mechanisms that would force players to work together, punishing gung-ho loners and even dropping chaos into the midst…

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More Fable II DLC On The Way, Fable III Tidbits

March 26, 2009
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The next episode of DLC for Fable II will be available within the next few weeks, according to Lionhead-head Man Peter Molyneux. "Spring," is the official release window, but Molyneux said it won’t be months, "think more like weeks" was the actual wording. The new content will be much more story driven and give gamers…

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Blizzard Speaking With MS About Next Xbox Machine

March 26, 2009
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Rob Pardo from Blizzard has confirmed that his company has had talks with MS regarding the successor to the Xbox360. Speaking at the GDC, Pardo would only reveal that Blizzard is actively engaged in discussions with MS, basically confirming that the next Xbox hardware design and development is on the way. Blizzard seems to be…

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GDC: Fallout 3 Takes Game of the Year

March 26, 2009
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The ninth annual Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony on Wednesday had seen UK developer Media Molecule collect the most prizes, yet it was Bethesda Softwork’s Fallout 3 which had won the coveted Game of the Year Award. As Fallout 3 had already lost out to LittleBigPlanet for the Best Game Design award, Bethesda’s chances were…

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Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor Gone Gold

March 26, 2009
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The latest game out of Dawn of War II developer Relic Entertainment is off to manufacturing and will hit retailers on April 9, publisher THQ announced today. A stand-alone expansion pack, Tales of Valor adds three campaigns and three new multiplayer modes, along with new maps and units, to the studio’s WWII strategy series. Though…

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G4 announces new “Runaways” team

March 26, 2009
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G4’s Blair Butler announced on “Fresh Ink.” See upcoming art from the series in the above video. Tweet

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