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Friday, Nov 20
News: BioWare reveals new Dragon Age DLC
It's due out this winter or holiday or festive season or whatever you want to call it, and costs £3.99 on PS3, 400 MSP (£3.40/€4.80) on Xbox 360 and 400 BioWare Points on PC. We presume the latter shares the same value as Microsoft Points, but we're asking EA to be sure.
Thursday, Nov 19
Article: Face-Off: Assassin's Creed II
This is the game I've been waiting for. While the original Assassin's Creed may have been short on variety, there's no denying the quality of the visuals and the immense possibilities of the openworld sandbox it presented to us. On Xbox 360, at least, it was a technological marvel that laid t...
Interview: Enslaved
Enslaved may be published by Namco Bandai rather than Sony, and may be on Xbox 360 as well as PlayStation 3, but Ninja Theory's latest still has a lot in common with its PS3 exclusive, Heavenly Sword - Gollum Serkis is returning to wax lyrical in his own inimitable, rubber-faced way, and the...
News: Modern Warfare 2 sets Xbox Live records
Stat-happy Activision blows trumpet. It certainly prompted a lot of activity on Xbox Live, according to the publisher, which reports that more than 2.2 million people played it on Xbox 360 on 10th November, logging more than 5.2 million hours of multiplayer between them.
Tuesday, Nov 17
News: Microsoft dismisses Natal rumours
Launch details "weren't accurate". Microsoft has distanced itself from reports last week on alleged launch details for Project Natal, claiming they "weren't accurate" and insisting there remain "a lot of things to get decided".
News: Mad Catz: MS could/would not block us
Mad Catz has told Eurogamer that its Wireless-N Gaming Adapter could not and would not be blocked by Microsoft, despite having the same functionality for a lower price. There's absolutely no way that Microsoft could conceivably lock it out," he said. "They can't lock it out and nor would th...
News: Modern Warfare 2 recalled in Russia
The Russian government has recalled all Xbox 360 and PS3 copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 due to its objections to the controversial airport terrorism scene. A censored version of the console game, minus the "No Russian" mission, is expected to be released pending government appr...
Monday, Nov 16
News: UK charts: MW2 rewrites the record books
Activision's game sells staggeringly well. Activision's Modern Warfare 2 has become the biggest game in UK history, selling over 1.7m copies and generating £67.4m in just five days. Modern Warfare 2, therefore, trounced Grand Theft Auto IV's opening week record of 927,000 units.
Video: DigitalFoundry- Modern Warfare 2 PC/Xbox 360 Comparison
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Article: Tech Comparison: Modern Warfare 2 PC
However, it's equally obvious that since the launch of Call of Duty 2 alongside Xbox 360 back in November 2005, the series has been moving towards a more mainstream focus, concentrating on the console audience and what those gamers want from a first-person shooter. The result has been eno...
Friday, Nov 13
Review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Reflex Edition
And just like the Swindon vs. Norwich match this week, it has nil-nil written all over it, with Activision hoping for the best by fielding its Treyarch reserve team. The bold intention was to release a fully-featured conversion, complete with all the levels and multiplayer features that h...
News: MS spins third place in October NPD
As Nintendo looks towards record books. Xbox 360 remains the only console showing year-to-date growth," boasted Microsoft, "and consumers spent $289m on Xbox 360 hardware, software and accessories in October - more than any other platform."
News: October NPD: Uncharted 2 sells big
But with exclusives like Wii Fit Plus in second (441,000) and Wii Sports Resort in fourth (314,000) Nintendo's Wii has regained dominance in the US, and shifted a meaty 506,900 units. Last month's leader, Sony's PS3, finished as second best console (320,600), while Microsoft's Xbox 360...
News: European Xbox 360 sales hit 10 million
Microsoft has announced that 10 million Xbox 360 consoles have now been sold in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. It's taken four years to reach the 10 million mark. According to Microsoft, Xbox 360 is the only console to achieve year-on-year growth in the EMEA region this year.
Thursday, Nov 12
Article: Face-Off: Modern Warfare 2
Basic settings don't cut it with Modern Warfare 2. You really need to spend some time setting up the game to play nicely with your screen... or indeed your capture kit. Usual form within any Digital Foundry Face-Off is simply to run the game at default settings and let the chips fall as they may - th...
News: Tropico 3 user content for Xbox Live
Island settlement game out tomorrow. Other sharers of note are Trials HD and Forza Motorsport 3. Nevertheless, most developers appear to be put off such features by Xbox Live's inherent certification process, which involves more hoops than on PC, where modders are rife.
Friday, Sep 25
News: PSN: Lost Planet 2, Ninja Gaiden demos
Sony has updated the PlayStation Store and the highlights are Lost Planet 2 and Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 demos for PS3 and the long-awaited first downloadable content for the PS3 version of Fallout 3 - the Broken Steel pack that ups the level cap.
Wednesday, Aug 19
Opinion: News: Ninja Theory signs up with Namco
New PS3 and Xbox 360 title in dev. The announcement was made at the NBG press conference in Cologne today. Apparently Ninja Theory's new game is in development for PS3 and Xbox 360, but that's all they're saying so far. Not so much as a piece of concept art was shown.
Monday, Aug 3
Hands On: Xbox 360 summer dashboard update
So, the changelogs looked rather unimpressive, and key features promised at E3 were conspicuous by their absence, but having spent some time with the new Xbox 360 dashboard, I can't help feel it's actually rather good, and, as is often the case with these system software upgrades, there...
Thursday, Dec 4
News: Fable II patch "coming along nicely" (Xbox 360)
Children taken off assassination hit list.
