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Warner Bros. Courts New Akira Director

A director with a reputation for delivering on time and on budget could be just what the Akira movie needs. Following the departure ...

By Logan Westbrook Legacy AuthorJuly 15, 2011

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Rumor: Next Xbox Could Run Windows

Microsoft apparently wants to bring its product lines much closer together. Insider sources are suggesting that Microsoft has some pretty big plans for ...

By Logan Westbrook Legacy AuthorJuly 15, 2011

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LA Noire Dev Denies Poor Working Condition Accusations

Team Bondi senior staff admit that hours were sometimes long, but says they were never as long as the anonymous whistleblowers made out. ...

By Logan Westbrook Legacy AuthorJuly 15, 2011

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Microsoft and Double Fine Committed to Bringing Trenched to Europe

Double Fine says to sit tight while Microsoft gets this mess straightened out. Despite killer reviews, Double Fine’s latest Xbox Live Arcade game ...

By Logan Westbrook Legacy AuthorJuly 14, 2011

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Codemasters: UK Developers Need to Work Together Better

With government backing nowhere to be seen, UK studios need to rely on each other more. Ian Johnson, the head of Codemasters’ new ...

By Logan Westbrook Legacy AuthorJuly 14, 2011

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Rumor: Zynga Could Have Bought PopCap for $1 Billion

PopCap apparently passed up guaranteed cash to go for EA’s possibly more lucrative offer. It wasn’t just EA that was interested in picking ...

By Logan Westbrook Legacy AuthorJuly 14, 2011

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Metacritic Co-Founder Calls on Reviewers to Rate More Bad Games

Games reviewers have the top end of the scale down, says Metacritic, but now they need to work on the bottom. Marc Doyle, ...

By Logan Westbrook Legacy AuthorJuly 12, 2011

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Molyneux Says Kinect Breakthrough Will Come

The Fable creator says that people didn’t like the mouse at first either. Lionhead founder and Microsoft Studios creative director Peter Molyneux says ...

By Logan Westbrook Legacy AuthorJuly 12, 2011

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Rumor: Windows 8 Will Play Xbox 360 Games

Sadly, cross-platform play will apparently not be a feature. If you want to play Xbox 360 games on your PC at the moment, ...

By Logan Westbrook Legacy AuthorJuly 12, 2011

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Modern Warfare 3 Domain Used to Promote Battlefield 3

You need to plan way, way ahead when it comes to registering web domains. Someone is putting the “modernwarfare3.com” domain to good use, ...

By Logan Westbrook Legacy AuthorJuly 12, 2011

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Razzie Awards Eyeing Transformers 3 for Nomination List

Dark of the Moon could be on track to repeat the franchise’s Razzie success. Michael Bay’s third – and thankfully final – Transformers ...

By Logan Westbrook Legacy AuthorJuly 12, 2011

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No Plans For the Wii U Yet, Says BioShock Creator

There are no Irrational games on the Wii U horizon just yet, but the mind behind BioShock is excited about the console all ...

By Logan Westbrook Legacy AuthorJuly 12, 2011

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