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20/03/2012 News
BBC iPlayer makes long-awaited Xbox Live debut
Xbox 360 owners can finally access the popular BBC iPlayer on-demand catch-up service via a dedicated Xbox LIVE application released online today.
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01/11/2012 News
Review Roundup: Halo 4
The long awaited return of Master Chief to the Xbox 360 is now less than a week away, and the first reviews are starting to come in. The good news is that the critical response has been overwhelmingly positive, with plenty of praise for the way 343 Studios has picked up the reins from series creator, Bungie.
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23/11/2012 News
New free-for-all multiplayer playlist added to Halo 4
You might have thought that Halo 4 was a fairly generous package, what with its blockbuster solo or co-op campaign, varied competitive modes, Forge map editor and ongoing Spartan Ops side missions. Well, developer 343 Studios clearly feels it hasn't been generous enough, as it's adding some new modes to the multiplayer suite.
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23/10/2012 News
Assassin's Creed movie could begin filming next year
Ubisoft has announced that it plans to go full steam ahead on a movie adaptation of the Assassin's Creed games, with shooting on the blockbuster set to begin as early as Summer 2013.
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24/10/2012 News
Assassin's Creed III offers four exclusive missions for PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 version of Ubisoft's upcoming epic stealth adventure Assassin's Creed III will come with four exclusive story missions, it's been revealed.
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06/08/2012 News
"Never say never": Epic teases Gears of War first-person shooter
Gears of War was developed from the ground up as a third-person shooter based around its duck and cover gameplay, but that doesn't mean that now the Gears universe is well established, the studio won't consider making an FPS set in that world, if fans demand it.
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04/06/2013 News
Fable HD remake coming to Xbox 360
Lionhead Studios has released a teaser trailer for a remake of the original Fable, set for release on Xbox 360
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14/09/2011 News
Call of Duty: Black Ops - Rezurrection coming to PS3 and PC this month
Activision has announced that PlayStation 3 and PC owners will receive the new Call of Duty: Black Ops downloadable content pack Rezurrection very soon.
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25/10/2012 News
Halo 4 War Games Pass Detailed and Priced
As you'd expect for such an eagerly anticipated shooter with a long and illustrious multiplayer history, the upcoming Halo 4 will be beefed up well into 2013 with additional maps for online play.
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31/10/2012 News
Halo 4 will tackle sexism in gaming, says 343 Industries
Microsoft studio 343 Industries is taking a stand against sexist abuse in multiplayer gaming, with two of its senior female staff speaking out about the problem ahead of Halo 4's launch.
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14/11/2012 News
Review Roundup: Call of Duty Black Ops II
It's sure to be the biggest game of the year, but is Black Ops II worth your time and money? According to the critics, the answer is a big sweaty "yes", with praise for Treyarch's shooter raining down from all sides.
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24/04/2013 News
Darksiders reborn?
Nordic Games has splashed out and picked up the rights to THQ series such as Red Faction and Darksiders
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17/01/2013 News
Halo 4, Uncharted among the picks for Writers Guild of America award
The 2013 line up for the Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing award is still pretty good time capsule of where big blockbuster gaming is getting words right
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11/10/2011 News
Xbox 360 to get new BBC TV content and more
Microsoft has announced that the multimedia capabilities of Xbox 360 are to be greatly expanded thanks to new partnerships with various TV content providers.
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23/01/2012 News
FIFA 12 breaks records with fifth straight chart-topping week
EA Sports' FIFA 12 has claimed a fifth successive week atop the UK all-formats chart, breaking a number of industry records in the process.
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30/10/2012 News
Halo 4 is "more emotional" says Cortana voice actor
Jen Taylor, the actor who voices Cortana in the Halo games, has revealed that for Halo 4 the game's production methods differed from before - and that the story will benefit as a result. Speaking to NBC News in the US, she explained that for the first time her dialogue with Steve Downes, the voice of Master Chief, were recorded with both actors together in the studio, rather than separately.
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11/04/2013 News
Halo movie could still happen, says director
Will a Halo movie ever get in front of cameras? Microsoft certainly wants it to happen, and the project is not without high profile supporters
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13/12/2012 News
Assassin's Creed III is Ubisoft's fastest selling game ever
"Let's do the time warp again," sang the cast of the Rocky Horror Picture Show and it's a sentiment that will surely be echoed by Ubisoft, as history-hopping epic Assassin's Creed III has clocked up over seven million sales since it went on sale less than six weeks ago.
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10/01/2013 News
343 Studios already promising to make Halo 5 even better
Halo 4 only came out just before Christmas, but Frank O'Connor, the Microsoft man in charge of the franchise, is already talking up the next game in the series
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07/11/2012 News
Play Halo 4 and earn free Microsoft Points
As if you needed any more reason to dive into Halo 4 this week, Microsoft has unveiled a scheme which rewards players with free Microsoft Points.
