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BBFC target video game downloads

22 May 2008, 10:42

The BBFC has announced a new voluntary scheme that will rate online downloadable games.

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The Cars album gets Rock Band outing

21 May 2008, 13:00

New downloadable Rock Band album available next week.

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Competition :: EverQuest II compilation

21 May 2008, 11:59

HEXUS.gaming has five copies of Everquest II to giveaway, which includes all of the expansion packs!

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Square Enix set to expand its empire

20 May 2008, 12:39

Mergers are all the rage these days and now Square Enix is on the prowl.

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Ghostbusters and Bourne Conspiracy at MCM London Expo

20 May 2008, 11:28

Sierra Entertainment UK has today announced their participation in the forthcoming MCM London Expo.

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Nintendo appeal against price-fixing fine

20 May 2008, 10:06

Nintendo contest a £92.1m fine it was given for price-fixing its products.

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Platinum and SEGA deal spawns three new titles

16 May 2008, 09:07

A third person action game, an RPG and a fighting game planned for 2009.

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GRID multiplayer content confirmed

15 May 2008, 10:05

News of the online features for Race Driver: Grid, which include 12 vs 12 events.

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HEXUS.gaming :: Dead Space- Developer Diary

12 May 2008, 11:02

EA's Glen Schofield, Bret Robbins and Chuck Beaver amongst others, talk about Dead Space, a survival/horror adventure set on the USG Ishimura, a planet mining ship far out in the ...

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Codies secure Formula One licence

9 May 2008, 11:43

Codemasters to develop games for famous racing franchise.

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NVIDIA sponsored WIC map making compo kicks off

8 May 2008, 11:00

Aspiring designers can now enter their multiplayer maps in the World of Confict competition.

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Post Q4 results, THQ point accusatory finger at Nintendo

8 May 2008, 10:15

THQ blame Nintendo cornering the kid's market for its poor Q4 results

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'EA SPORTS Freestyle' revealed

7 May 2008, 09:30

Electronics Arts launch new brand aimed at casual gamers.

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Infogrames buy-out Atari

1 May 2008, 13:00

Atari set to become wholly-owned subsidiary of Infogrames.

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Warner Bros purchase £15 million worth of shares in SCi

28 April 2008, 10:49

SCi Entertainment group has teamed up with Warner Bros in a move that should secure the immediate future of the company.

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EA lighten up on downloadable content charges

25 April 2008, 16:56

From this point forth, EA will only charge for content that directly affects game-play.

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Codies snap up SEGA's racing studio

25 April 2008, 15:15

Good news for the British gaming industry. Codemasters have saved SEGA's racing studio from closure.

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Competition: Overclocked - A History of Violence

25 April 2008, 12:45

Five copies of the PC thriller to giveway!

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Earthworm Jim dug up for fourth instalment

23 April 2008, 11:53

Interplay and Earthworm Jim creator, Douglas TenNapel has signed a deal to relaunch the career of the spineless superhero with a new animation series, a feature film and a video ...

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Konami lift the lid on next Silent Hill outing

22 April 2008, 10:42

Provisionally named, Silent Hill V, Konami has now confirmed that the next installment in its Silent Hill series will be released across Europe this September and will be entitled Silent ...

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Fancy a quickie? Rokkitball launches tonight

18 April 2008, 12:32

InstantAction.com, a browser based action gaming platform, has announced Rokkitball, a futuristic team-based game that’s probably best described as football with rocket launchers… which sounds interesting. And if you’re curious, ...

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NCSoft battle against illegal game servers

10 April 2008, 11:12

NCSoft, the publisher of massively multiplayer games such as Guild Wars, Lineage II and City of Heroes, plan to crack down on illegal game servers, which are currently being used ...

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SEGA Rally sequel canned as studio shuts down

9 April 2008, 09:26

Despite some rave reviews and a decent review score on Metacritic of 77 per cent, the sequel to SEGA Rally has been ditched following poor game sales. Worst still, the ...

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EA extend Unreal Engine 3 deal

9 April 2008, 09:05

Electronic Arts has extended its license with Epic Games to develop a further five games using the flexible game engine, Unreal Engine 3.

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Rockstar Games acquire Mad Doc software

7 April 2008, 10:27

Rockstar Games has expanded its assets by acquiring the North American studio, Mad Doc Software for an undisclosed amount of money and creating a new studio that will be named ...

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HEXUS.gaming :: Warhammer online trailer!

2 April 2008, 10:01

Check out this teaser trailer for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.

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Study reveals violent videogames make us more relaxed

2 April 2008, 09:18

Although the findings of this latest study conclude the opposite to recent studies and state that playing online violent videogames actually make us more relaxed, once again it's research that ...

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UK newspaper offers cash for anti-games story

1 April 2008, 13:33

Following the recent publication of the Byron report, which examines and discusses the use of classification in videogames and the role of policing any changes that are made, a grubby ...

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Moto GP license goes exclusively to Capcom

31 March 2008, 10:31

Although THQ has been the publisher behind the majority of the Moto GP titles since 2002, Capcom has today confirmed that they have secured the exclusive rights to the franchise ...

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Capcom to acquire Tenchu developer

31 March 2008, 10:16

Capcom is in the process of acquiring the Japanese developer behind the popular stealth game series, Tenchu. The deal, which doesn't involve huge wads of cash, but instead will see ...

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How to silence those Rock Band drums!

27 March 2008, 12:44

Rock Band has a problem... The drum kit pads are just too damn loud when you whack them with the sticks, meaning you either gotta try and play softly or ...

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Vivendi’s games in firing line following Activision-Blizzard merger?

19 March 2008, 12:38

Will we ever see another F.E.A.R title? Is it the end for Crash Bandicoot? Are Scarface’s days numbered? And was the expensive 10-year deal that was signed with Ludlum Entertainment ...

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The Beatles to rock Guitar Hero franchise?

18 March 2008, 14:26

The Guitar Hero franchise looks set to rake in even more cash if the wishes of the music publishing company that owns the copyright to the Lennon-McCartney collection are realised.

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