Blogs: Splitting Hairs
(via OXM) -- How many of you still bother with split-screen?. So a while ago, when Serious Sam HD was released, my mate who lives a few minutes away from me if I wanted to play it on co-op. I thought it would be fun so he came round only for us to find - oh oh! - it didn't actually have splitscreen.
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News: Hunted: The Demon's Forge announced
(via OXM) -- Bethesda will publish the new third-person co-op action game. Bethesda has announced Hunted: The Demon's Force, a third-person co-op action title.
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News: Crackdown 2 release date announced
(via OXM) -- Microsoft reveals the date you can superjump around buildings for the second time... Microsoft and Ruffian Games have announced the release date for Crackdown 2.
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News: Splinter Cell: Conviction demo confirmed
(via OXM) -- Ubisoft says there will be a demo but refuses to reveal any more info. Ubisoft has finally confirmed there will be a demo for Splinter Cell: Conviction.
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News: Moto GP 09/10 shots screech in
(via OXM) -- 10 fresh looks at the latest thing on two wheels. Capcom has released new screenshots for Moto GP 09/10.
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News: Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg responds to Sony's 'Move'
(via OXM) -- And he does it via the classic PR technique of completely ignoring it. Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg has responded to Sony's unveiling of its 'Move' controller.
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News: KISS' Gene Simmons: 'I'm the voice of Guitar Hero 6'
(via OXM) -- First unofficial confirmation of the next Guitar Hero title on the way courtesy of old-skool rocker. Gene Simmons of KISS has 'unofficially' confirmed Guitar Hero 6 is on the way.
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News: Modern Warfare 2 map pack will cost 1200 MS Points
(via OXM) -- Ouch... Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling confirms the lofty pricetag for the DLC. The first map pack for Modern Warfare 2, Stimulus Package, will cost 1200 MS Points.
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News: Mass Effect 3 will shift back towards RPG
(via OXM) -- BioWare acknowledges criticisms from fans that sequel is shooter-heavy. BioWare has dropped its clearest hint to date that it will be nudging Mass Effect 3 back towards RPG territory.
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News: Only 4% of 360 owners get all the achievements
(via OXM) -- Stats show only a small fraction of gamers bother nabbing all of the achievements. A panel at this year's GDC showed that only 4% of 360 owners get all of the achievements from their games (via Joystiq).
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Features: Call of Duty 7 - Five Things We Want To See
(via OXM) -- How Treyarch can pull out the stops with five simple steps... While the Activision vs ex-Infinity Ward chiefs legal battle rumbles on, there's another Call of Duty title being cooked up behind the scenes.
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Previews: Lost Planet 2
(via OXM) -- Meet the new boss, twenty times bigger than the old boss. When our Capcom rep and co-op partner informs us that the mountain-sized alien insectoid Akrid worm chasing the speeding train we're riding isn't even close to the largest foe we'll fight in Lost Planet 2, we nearly drop the pad.
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Blogs: Map Pack Clash
(via OXM) - Battlefield Bad Company 2 or Modern Warfare 2?. The battle for the top of the Xbox Live 'most played' list took an fiery turn this week, as Activision set the date for the first Modern Warfare 2 map pack. EA countered by announcing the first Battlefield Bad Company 2 map pack will hit the very same day.
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News: Splinter Cell gets Horde Mode
(via OXM) -- Multiplayer mode offers "hundreds of hours of gameplay". Ubisoft Montreal's Patrick Redding has described the game's Last Stand multiplayer option as being like Gears 2's Horde Mode, and said it will offer "hundreds of hours" of gameplay.
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News: Anger over BioShock 2 DLC
(via OXM) -- Fans discover the 400 MS Point download is just an unlock key for disc content. Anger has spilled over on the BioShock 2 forums after it emerged the DLC was just an unlock key for disc content.
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News: EA Sports MMA busts out new screens
(via OXM) -- Sixteen of them, in fact. So get stuck in!. EA has released 16 new screenshots of EA Sports MMA.
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News: Fable III latest screens
(via OXM) -- Six fresh looks at the game that needs to sell over five million. Lionhead has released six new screenshots of Fable III.
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News: Mass Effect 2 paid DLC announced
(via OXM) -- Kasumi's Stolen Memory is due for release on April 6th. BioWare has revealed the first paid DLC for Mass Effect 2 - Kasumi's Stolen Memory.
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News: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 mocks Modern Warfare's 'mapathy'
(via OXM) -- DICE offering free maps on the same day Infinity Ward launches its DLC. DICE has ramped up its campaign against Infinity Ward, offering free Battlefield: Bad Company 2 maps on the same day the first Modern Warfare 2 DLC launches.
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News: Fable III 'needs' to sell over 5 million
(via OXM) -- Peter Molyneux sets ambitious sales milestone for the third in the series. Fable III 'needs' to sell over five million copies, says Peter Molyneux.
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News: Next Final Fantasy won't be as linear, says Square
(via OXM) -- Development time blamed for the linearity of Final Fantasy XIII's opening hours. Square-Enix has addressed complaints of linearity over Final Fantasy XIII on how long it would have taken to develop an open game.
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Features: Modern Warfare 2 Translated
(via OXM) -- What the bambis, tango, and actuals really mean... You've heard them all shouted out many, many times.
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News: Splinter Cell co-op is 'multiplayer with a story'
(via OXM) -- Far Cry 2's story supremo was drafted in to craft the co-op side. Patrick Redding, former Far Cry 2 scribe, has revealed he was drafted into Splinter Cell: Conviction's development to help create "multiplayer with a story".
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News: Super Street Fighter IV Hakan trailer and screens
(via OXM) -- Now you can see Street Fighter IV's craziest character in action. Yesterday, we told you about the reveal of the final Super Street Fighter IV character, Hakan.
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News: Final Fantasy XIII on 360 'not hard decision to make'
(via OXM) -- Yoichi Wada explains that it was something the Xbox team had asked for. Yoichi Wada has said that developing Final Fantasy XIII for Xbox 360 was 'not a hard decision to make'.
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News: Resident Evil 5 DLC already price discounted
(via OXM) -- Capcom offers a cheeky way to trim a few Microsoft Points off the price-tag. Capcom is offering all the Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition DLC via an 'Untold Stories' bundle for a slightly cheaper price.
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News: Staff cuts at Aliens vs Predator developer
(via OXM) -- Reports that Rebellion is trimming the workforce at its Oxford studio. There are reports that staff is being let go at Aliens vs Predator developers Rebellion.
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News: OXM #58 on sale, exclusive Fallout gamerpics
(via OXM) -- Bodycount, Vanquish, Crysis 2, F1 2010, X10 round-up and more... The latest issue of Official Xbox 360 Magazine is now on sale!
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News: DJ Hero gets Eminem and Jay-Z DLC
(via OXM) -- Activision announces new DLC pack that has the likes of Without Me and Encore. Activision has announced a new DLC pack for DJ Hero, due for release next week.
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News: F1 2010 announced, exclusive details in OXM
(via OXM) -- Codemasters will be releasing the official game this September. Codemasters has announced F1 2010, due for release this September.
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