Arcade air combat game scheduled to arrived September 18.

If Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge and Warhawk have taught us anything, it’s that there’s always room for aerial shooters, and Sierra Online is happy to oblige fans with the upcoming PlayStation Network revival of the classic PC flight simulator Red Baron.
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Free update to hit PS3 and 360 simultaneously with motorcycles and a whole lot more.

Criterion producer Jeremy Chubb has outlined the company’s plans for the eagerly anticipated update that brings motorcycles to Burnout: Paradise. Along with introducing the FV1100 street bike and the Nakamura Firehawk V4 racing bike, the Bikes Pack, which is currently in […]

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"Loads of scope" for LittleBigPlanet to work with Home.

Home’s projected release date is still "TBA 2008," but that hasn’t stopped the steady trickle of theoretical details for the theoretical service. Next up? Media Molecule co-founder and LittleBigPlanet designer Alex Evans.

When asked whether he would be doing anything with Sony’s "other big online fascination, Home" in […]

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Konami’s rhythm game will adapt to how many inputs a drum controller has.

So we know common sense has at last broken through the barrier of insanity, and all music game peripherals will be compatible with all music games. But this raises an interesting question: How will Konami’s Rock Revolution — a game designed for their […]

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They’re "very excited" about the trilogy he likens to Star Wars and Lord of the Rings.

So far, the critical reception surrounding Too Human has been mixed. But as has been proven many a time, that doesn’t necessarily translate into poor sales. Yet, right now, with game scarcely out, we have no idea what sort of […]

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Tennis game will feature Wimbledon, use Wii MotionPlus

Ubisoft loves the WiiMotion Plus, LucasArts not so much. So where does Electronic Arts stand on the new Wii peripheral? Just ask EA Sports vice president Peter Moore.

At EA’s Games Convention press conference Wednesday, Peter Moore announced a new sports title simply called Tennis (for now). Developed by […]

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A preview of the booths before the show opens!

The Leipzig Games Convention officially starts tomorrow, but we took an early look at many of the booths as they were being set up. Here are a bunch of photos we took, and the video will be up wheneverthehell Jason finishes it.
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Get some hands on time with Vader’s secret apprentice a little early.

If playing as Yoda or Darth Vader in Soul Calibur IV or watching The Clone Wars over the weekend hasn’t yet satiated your Star Wars lust (because really, who with any self respect did go watch The Clone War?), then you’ll be pleased […]

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The images of rocks, clouds, marble and other textures that serve as background images and details for 3D video games are often hand painted and thus costly to generate.

An example of the kind of 3D video game images that could be improved by the new computer graphics research pioneered by an undergraduate student from UC […]

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"Year of Paradise" introduces PS3 Trophy system and motorcycles.

Criterion Games, makers of the hit Burnout racing series, has announced that Burnout: Paradise will be available to download in full on the PlayStation Network for $29.99 this fall. The downloadable version will incorporate all of the recent major updates to the game as well as all […]

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