Andy Chalk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Unreal Tournament 3 Collector’s Edition Details Released

Midway announced details of the PC-exclusive Unreal Tournament 3 Collector’s Edition, due to be released in November. The Collector’s Edition will launch simultaneously ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 27, 2007

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SCi Reports $61 Million Year-End Loss

Game publisher SCi, owner of Eidos Interactive, reported a $61 million loss in its 2006-2007 fiscal year. Revenues for the 12 month period ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 27, 2007

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Ultima Online Celebrates Ten-Year Anniversary

Groundbreaking MMOG Ultima Online is celebrating its 10-year anniversary, marking the event with special events, prizes and free play for returning players. Released ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 27, 2007

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Halo 3 Sets New First-Day Sales Record

Microsoft has announced that Halo 3 brought in approximately $170 million in sales in the U.S. alone during its first day of release, ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 27, 2007

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Chinese MMOG Bans Men Playing Female Characters

Chinese game company Aurora Technology has placed a ban on men playing as women in its King of the World MMOG.A subsidiary of ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 26, 2007

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Activision Acquires Bizarre Creations

Activision has announced its acquisition of U.K. developer Bizarre Creations, the studio behind the hit Xbox racing series Project Gotham Racing.Under the terms ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 26, 2007

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Episodic Content Not Necessarily the Future at Valve, Newell Says

Gabe Newell has suggested that episodic content may be coming to an end at Valve following the conclusion of Half-Life 2 Episode Three. ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 26, 2007

Interviews

Games for Grades: Interview With Play N Trade Founder Ron Simpson

The story of Brandon Scott is by now a familiar one to most gamers: A manager of a GameStop outlet in Dallas, Scott ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 25, 2007

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Sex Pistols Reunite For Guitar Hero III

Punk legends and rock-and-roll swindlers the Sex Pistols have reunited to record a new version of their seminal hit “Anarchy in the U.K.” ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 25, 2007

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Gameloft and CBS Join to Develop CSI Mobile Games

Mobile gaming company Gameloft has joined with CBS to develop and publish a series of games based on the hit CSI television franchise. ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 25, 2007

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Ubisoft Announces Tom Clancy Air Combat Franchise

Like a radiation-fed Russian fungus, the Tom Clancy series of games continues to grow, mostly recently with the addition of the Tom Clancy ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 25, 2007

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Microsoft Offers Replacements for Scratched Halo 3 Discs

Microsoft has announced that it has added Halo 3 to its disc replacement program in the wake of reports of scratched Halo 3 ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 25, 2007

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