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- Updated Oct 10, 2011 10:28 pm PT
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Top Story Zune creative director leading Next Xbox development
LinkedIn profiles indicate Jeff Faulkner tapped to head design on Microsoft's as-yet-unannounced console. continue »
- Posted Oct 10, 2011 11:28 am PT
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Hot Stories
Newsmakers
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Remedy talks Max Payne 3
The makers of Max Payne 1 and 2 shed light on how Remedy Entertainment has been involved in the development of Rockstar's Max Payne 3. Full Story
- Posted Oct 6, 2011 9:00 am PT
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Resident Evil director talks Retribution
Paul Anderson on casting Leon Kennedy for film franchise, taking plot points from Resident Evil 4 and 5, and motorcycle-riding, machine-gun-toting zombies. Full Story
- Posted Oct 3, 2011 2:22 pm PT
- 177 Comments
Featured Stories
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Xbox 720 logo appears in 'Real Steel' trailer
Microsoft branding for supposed Xbox 360 follow-up spotted in Hugh Jackman's near-future robot boxing film. Full Story
- Posted Oct 5, 2011 12:34 pm PT
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L.A. Noire dev moves to shut down
Documents filed with Australian Securities and Investments Commission today foretell studio's imminent closure. Full Story
- Posted Oct 5, 2011 8:32 am PT
- 139 Comments
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Battlefield 3 beta 6x larger than Bad Company 2's
DICE GM says open beta for new shooter logging six times more simultaneous players than predecessor; final code will "look, play, and sound better." Full Story
- Posted Oct 4, 2011 1:36 pm PT
- 289 Comments
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Metal Gear Solid HD Collection LE inbound
Konami offering top-tier SKU for high-def Xbox 360 and PS3 bundle that includes 248-page art book, special packaging designed by lead artist. Full Story
- Posted Sep 30, 2011 3:45 pm PT
- 273 Comments
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Modern Warfare 3 tops gamer holiday wish list - Nielsen
Activision's shooter leads tracking company's survey of most anticipated titles, followed by Gears of War 3, Madden NFL 12. Full Story
- Posted Sep 30, 2011 8:51 am PT
- 554 Comments
Latest Top Stories
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Mass Effect 3 cooperative multiplayer confirmed
BioWare promises joint missions in upcoming sci-fi role-playing shooter are indeed coming, "nothing of what you've feared." Full Story
- Posted Oct 10, 2011 3:47 pm PT
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iPhone 4S pre-orders surpass 1 million in 24 hours
Apple's latest smartphone hardware iteration surpasses iPhone 4 to set single-day preorder record. Full Story
- Posted Oct 10, 2011 4:38 pm PT
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Runner 2 breaks away from Bit.Trip pack
Gaijin Games bringing sequel to rhythm-based platformer with new art style to XBLA, PSN; release date TBA. Full Story
- Posted Oct 10, 2011 5:36 pm PT
- 9 Comments
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How Broken Sword broke the Da Vinci Code code
GDC Online 2011: Series director Charles Cecil details the process of writing engaging games that merge modern-day drama with historical fact, like his own Broken Sword adventure games. Full Story
- Posted Oct 10, 2011 4:12 pm PT
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Microtransaction missteps in Eve Online
GDC Online 2011: CCP postmortem discusses studio's first foray into virtual item sales with its subscription-based sci-fi MMORPG, from player protests to premium monocles. Full Story
- Posted Oct 10, 2011 1:55 pm PT
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Netflix backtracks on Qwikster, 'still considering' games
Online rental service cans plans to bifurcate streaming, DVD-by-mail branding; game integration now a maybe. Full Story
- Posted Oct 10, 2011 12:41 pm PT
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Atari founder on the end of consoles
GDC Online 2011: Games guru says there's no need for another Xbox or PlayStation, Facebook games are "too stupid to live," and recalls wanting to fire early Atari employee Steve Jobs. Full Story
- Posted Oct 10, 2011 9:17 am PT
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Monkey Island to Portal: Whose story is it, anyway?
GDC Online 2011: Telltale Games design director Dave Grossman lays out different ways for developers to share the storytelling duties with their players, and how to make them still feel in control. Full Story
- Posted Oct 10, 2011 10:40 am PT
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Shippin' Out October 9-15: Forza 4, Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
New release slate led by Turn 10's Forza Motorsport 4; Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, and Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster also out. Full Story
- Posted Oct 9, 2011 6:49 pm PT
- 35 Comments
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Battlefield 3 beta gets new map for PC
DICE adds 64-player Caspian Border map to PC iteration of ongoing multiplayer trial; Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 game to get "HD installation content" option. Full Story
- Posted Oct 7, 2011 1:13 pm PT
- 234 Comments
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L.A. Noire dev $1.4M in debt - Report
Documents filed with Australian government reveal Team Bondi heavily indebted to staff and MotionScan company on the eve of closure. Full Story
- Posted Oct 7, 2011 9:19 am PT
- 124 Comments
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NBA legend sues EA, NCAA
Celtic great Bill Russell sues NCAA and EA due to lack of compensation for unauthorized use of likeness in NCAA Basketball 09. Full Story
- Posted Oct 7, 2011 3:45 pm PT
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Mortal Kombat Kollection tops September PSN sales
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment's arcade fighter compilation the best-selling game on Sony's PS3 storefront last month; Resident Evil series claims four of the top 20 spots. Full Story
- Posted Oct 7, 2011 11:33 am PT
- 57 Comments
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Sony considering buyout of Sony Ericsson - Report
In wake of smartphone gaming growth, Wall Street Journal says Sony wants to make handset and tablet business internal. Full Story
- Posted Oct 7, 2011 12:40 pm PT
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Tablet owners gaming less on consoles - Study
GfK survey of more than 3,000 participants shows majority use gaming consoles less often as a result of owning a tablet. Full Story
- Posted Oct 6, 2011 8:40 pm PT
- 139 Comments
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UFC app grapples onto XBL December 1
Ultimate Fighting Championship app coming to Xbox Live this December with pay-per-view events, on-demand content, and Kinect integration. Full Story
- Posted Oct 7, 2011 8:06 am PT
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Halo film coming next year?
French press release for latest Halo novel mentions Halo film coming in 2012 from Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks. Full Story
- Posted Oct 6, 2011 10:30 am PT
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Raving Rabbids bouncing to TV in 2013
Ubisoft commissioning 26 half-hour episodes based on unstable Rayman supporting characters; series due to air on Nickelodeon in 2013. Full Story
- Posted Oct 7, 2011 8:34 am PT
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Transformers: Fall of Cybertron hits fall 2012
High Moon Studios follow-up to War for Cybertron featured on November cover of Game Informer, billed as a successor rather than a sequel. Full Story
- Posted Oct 6, 2011 11:35 am PT
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More Top Stories
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Tekken Hybrid $250 pack includes arcade stick
- Oct 6, 2011 2:41 pm PT
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Ace Combat soars past 10 million sold
- Oct 6, 2011 3:59 pm PT
- 38 Comments
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Capsized righted on XBLA in December
- Oct 6, 2011 4:17 pm PT
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Nintendo unveils Ice White 3DS
- Oct 6, 2011 12:16 am PT
- 154 Comments
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Tropico 4 hits Xbox 360 on October 18
- Oct 6, 2011 12:01 pm PT
- 8 Comments
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No More Heroes heads to smartphones
- Oct 5, 2011 11:48 pm PT
- 26 Comments
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Apple cofounder Steve Jobs dies
- Oct 5, 2011 5:04 pm PT
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- Oct 6, 2011 9:28 am PT
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Gran Turismo 5 update and DLC detailed
- Oct 6, 2011 8:44 am PT
- 57 Comments
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Xbox Live adds dozens of TV and film partners
- Oct 5, 2011 11:25 am PT
- 120 Comments
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Microsoft to hold Akihabara Xbox 360 festival
- Oct 10, 2011 10:28 pm PT
- 9 Comments
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Asia Shippin' Out Oct. 9-15: Forza 4, Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
- Oct 10, 2011 10:25 pm PT
- 1 Comment
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Level-5 World event set for October
- Oct 7, 2011 1:11 am PT
- 25 Comments
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iPhone most popular dev platform in UK - Report
- Oct 6, 2011 10:39 am PT
- 11 Comments
The GameSpot Game Charts
Rankings based on GameFly multi-platform rental figures for the week ending October 3, 2011.
System Update
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Metal Gear Solid gets Risk board game
Konami's Metal Gear Solid series is no stranger to other games, having crossed over into franchises like Ape Escape and Super... Read More
Rumor Control
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PlayStation Vita launching in NA February 28?
Source: Gaming blog Just Push Start . What we heard: At last week's Tokyo Game Show, Sony Computer Entertainment... Read More
Release Calendar
This Week (Oct 09, 2011)
- Forza Motorsport 4(X360)
- Orcs Must Die!(PC)
- Might & Magic: Heroes VI(PC)
- Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
Next Week (Oct 16, 2011)
- Batman: Arkham City
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Impact(PSP)
- Dungeon Defenders
- PowerUp Heroes(X360)
