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Suspect Behind Norwegian Attacks Claims He Used Modern Warfare 2 for Training
Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian man who has been arrested for killing over 76 people in a bomb attack in Oslo on Friday and a subsequent mass shooting at a political youth group retreat, claims in an exhaustive manifesto that he trained for the attacks using Modern Warfare 2. That claim comes from a 1500 page manifesto entitled "2083 – A European Declaration of Independence," which is ...read more
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XBLA prices slowly rising, says Microsoft
While the majority of XBLA games are still in the 800-point-and-under bracket, XBLA's Portfolio Director Chris Charla admits that the number of over-1,200-point titles in the service's library has been steadily increasing. During an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Charla said that XBLA's pricing trends are "a little bit of the opposite" of what one might normally see in an app-store ecosystem, ...read more
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Bulletstorm was great, didn't sell, says Epic
Speaking with Kotaku, Epic President Mike Capps lamented Bulletstorm's financial performance, saying that the title "didn't make money for us." However, despite its relatively poor sales, Capps implies that the game was still worth making, and that Epic-owned developer People Can Fly is more to the studio than a content farm for the Gears of War series. "The next thing we do with People Can Fly ...read more
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Modern Warfare 3 to be equal on PS3 and Xbox 360
With such a ridiculously massive budget and multiple development studios involved, one would hope both versions of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 turn out to be almost identical. The major differences between multiplatform versions of a game always involve crucial elements; i.e., frame rate, visual fidelity, overall experience, etc. But Infinity Ward has once again stated that MW3 will offer ...read more
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Battlefield 3 outpacing Black Ops pre-orders
If those awesome Battlefield 3 trailers haven’t put fear into the hearts of Activision execs, the latest pre-order figures should. Battlefield 3 is outpacing the pre-order volume for Call of Duty – Black Ops. This should be quite a concern for Activision since it is locked in a cheek by jowl struggle for FPS dominance with the other 800 pound gorilla of the video game industry – ...read more
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343 working on Halo 4 in secrecy for over two years
Remember all those times when you would wonder to yourself what exactly 343 Industries is doing? They certainly haven't been releasing games, and their most popular development project to date has been Halo Waypoint. Well yesterday at SDCC '11 the Halo panel kicked off to talk about all things Halo. In the process, Frank O'Connor admitted to the world that 343 has been working on the Halo 4 ...read more
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Modern Warfare 3 Hardened Edition photo
Robert Bowling has posted a picture of the Hardened Edition of Modern Warfare 3. Bowling said more on this edition will be revealed during the Call of Duty XP event in September. The event will also debut Modern Warfare 3′s multiplayer. Game’s out in November. you can see a bigger photo in the read more
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Sony insurers looking to bail before possible lawsuits from PSN hack
Current estimates put the recent PSN hack damages in the range of 100's of millions of dollars. Sony which has insurers in place to cover these types of things, but those insurers are looking to bail on the electronics maker. The insurers believe that they shouldn't be held responsible for the claims that are likely to arise from class-action lawsuits or other large payouts that might be ...read more
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Business is Good for Microsoft and the Xbox 360
Microsoft today reported its fourth-quarter earnings results for the months ended June 30, 2011. The company shipped 1.7 million Xbox 360s for the quarter. For fiscal year 2011, Microsoft shipped 13.7 million consoles, up from 10.3 million a year ago. Since its launch in 2005, Microsoft has shipped a total of 55.5 million consoles worldwide. Additionally, the company said it has 35 ...read more
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Notch reveals the new XP system in Minecraft
One of the biggest features that is on it's way to Minecraft is the new XP system. Notch recently revealed the coming content in an interview, where he also professed some of his inspiration for the new mechanics and the possible backlash that big changes like this could bring to the game. “I’m a big roguelike fan,” explains Notch. “It’s really fun. The idea is that you level up ...read more
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