Mass Effect 3 - Review

So the conclusion of the Mass Effect trilogy is here and many thousands of you have been plugging hours into the superb finale since its release on 9th March. Once again you lace the boots of the ever manipulative Commander Shepard as you attempt to unite the whole galaxy under threat from the sinister Reapers. These are a race of synthetic executioners tasked with wiping all biological life from the galaxy and have returned with vengeance. At...

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GAME Franchise Sale Update

As many of you now know GAME have put themselves up for sale follow their banks decision to cut up from funding on new releases. It has now been on a few days and the rumour mill has already kicked off with who is interested in taking over.  Among these are OpCapita whom have reportly made a firm offer for the retailer. Mentioned in The Times, it has been proposed to have offered to buy out GAME’s lenders and pay-off debts with all their suppliers....

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Phil Harrison Joins Microsoft

As I’ve previously explained the loss of Peter Molyneux from Lionhead and Microsoft is one of the most surprising developments of recent weeks and came with it a bunch of new rumours about who would replace him and what his plans for the future are. It has now been globally confirmed that the former Sony and Atari executive Phil Harrison has been hired by Microsoft to help boost the Xbox 360’s standing in the traditionally Playstation friendly European...

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XBLA Achievement Increase

Good news Achievement fans, Microsoft have confirmed that as of next month all their Xbox Live Arcade titles can opt to increase their collectable Gamerscore for 200 to 400 points. With this comes an upgrade to 30 potential Achievements from the current 20 limit that will allow developers more options when issuing their additional game objectives. The new 400 point limit will be mandatory for all new XBLA releases from June this year with developers...

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Peter Molyneux departs Microsoft and Lionhead

One of the biggest stories to hit the industry this week has been the news that Peter Molyneux; the much-loved creative head of Lionhead Studios, will be parting ways with the studio and Microsoft. The news came just one day after the announcement of the new game in the Fable series, Fable Hero's for XBLA and was released by Molyneux himself via his official twitter feed which was also in fact his first public message since November last year. "I...

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The Fall Of GAME...?

So this week marks the first 7 days of trading for the purchase of the GAME franchise. Finally this has started to affect the UK public and with it raised the profile of the failing business model. It’s been easy to ignore the financial reports and credit warning that have hit the Internet over the last few months with many people thinking that the management of the company would counter their decrease in profits. Unfortunately this has not been...

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