With Square Enix's long-awaited role-playing sequel Final Fantasy XIII having just hit Europe and North America, the company passed along some shipment figures. Final Fantasy XIII on PlayStation 3 (left) and Xbox 360 (right) In all, over five million copies of Final Fantasy XIII have shipped since the PlayStation 3 version hit Japan in December 2009. Of that sum, the North American and European shipments of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editi
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Activision shelved the True Crime series after only two games. Not that either were bad; they just never quite lived up to the potential of a cop's perspective on the fight against crime in a sprawling urban open world game. As part of this fresh start, True Crime moves halfway around the world to Hong Kong where investigator Wei Shin has been assigned to infiltrate a Triad gang. But to get the action movie feel developer United Front wanted, th
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Game streaming service OnLive will launch June 17, offering PC and Mac owners the ability to play games remotely through their web browser at $14.95 a month. Between a dozen and twenty-five titles will be available at launch, OnLive executive Steve Perlman told VentureBeat. The company has partnered with various publishers including Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, 2K Games, THQ and Warner Bros. to offer subscribers a selection of titles including Mass
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A pair of new Split/Second gameplay trailers delivers the delights we expect from Black Rock Studio's PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 racer--fast cars and fancy explosions. Published by Disney Interactive Studios, Split/Second zooms onto North American retail shelves on May 18 then screeches to a halt in Europe on May 21. [video]17541[/video] Shackvideo users can use the HD Stream. The second trailer follows with more action from the 'Downto
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With Dawn of War II's standalone expansion Chaos Rising slated to hit North America / Europe tomorrow (it's already available in Australia/ New Zealand), developer Relic has rolled out a new update that adds new features to plain old Dawn of War II (PC). Among the changes are five new units, nine new multiplayer maps, a new Free-For-All multiplayer game mode, and various other tweaks. As with all Dawn of War II updates, Steam (required to run t
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Continuing to deliver downloadable goodies for those with access to Mass Effect 2's online Cerberus Network, developer BioWare has issued a new weapon: The Arc Projector. "The Arc Projector is capable of discharging a massive electrical blast that can jump to multiple targets," explains the company. Other upcoming additions include the new hovertank and five more missions. Thus far, all of the downloadable content for the sci-fi shooter-RPG ha
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Split/Second was one of my bigger surprises at E3 last year. I probably played the one airport track that was on demo a dozen times. The combination of arcade racing and screen-blurring speed with letting me blow up the environment to knock out the other racers completely got its hooks in me. I finally got to see and play some more of the game at GDC. They turned me loose on a downtown circuit that looked like a mashup of any number of maj
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The recently announced Civilization V will use hexes in place of square tiles along with some major combat changes. The game was shown off at GDC 2010 and I got a look at the new UI, diplomacy, and combat running beautifully in Windows 7 and DirectX 11. New Screenshots from GDC 2010 The new UI is streamlined, minimalistic, and functional. While every option isn't presented by default, all of the options are a click-away. Fans worried about a si
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On Monday, it was Deus Ex and Hitman. On Tuesday, it was on Order of War and Battlestations. Now, the third day of Steam's "Square Enix, Eidos Interactive Publisher Week" is here, offering savings on Tomb Raider and The Last Remnant PC. Tomb Raider: Anniversary and The Last Remnant Tomb Raider + Last Remnant Bundle - $37.39 (66% Off) Tomb Raider Bundle - $27.99 (60% Off) Tomb Raider: Legend -

In development at 2K Czech, the Xbox 360 versions of Mafia II was playable at GDC 2010. I was shown a brief video presentation introducing me to Vito, the game's main character, and the mission I would be playing. Vito, home on leave from World War II after being wounded, meets up with his old friend Joe. But while Vito was off killing Nazis, Joe became involved in organized crime and soon serves as the driving factor behind Vito's descent into
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Sony's wand-shaped PlayStation 3 motion controller is officially titled the "PlayStation Move," the company revealed today during its Game Developers Conference event. The device was previously code-named "PlayStation Motion Controller," and is due out this fall. Stay tuned for more.

Got a hankering for some historical strategy but not sure if Napoleon: Total War (PC) is up your alley? Then I've got some good news: a demo is now up for grabs on Steam. The 1990MB download includes two sections, a "War on Land" tutorial and "Battle of Ligny," with the latter offering the option to player as either France or Prussia. Released back in February, Napoleon: Total War marked the first entry in the Creative Assembly-helmed series
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EA Sports has announced that a new fitness title, currently tagged as EA Sports Active 2.0, is in development and will be available this fall for the PlayStation 3, Wii, iPhone and iPod touch. The fitness program aims to deliver true fitness results by featuring a wireless control system, powered by new leg and arm [...]

The OnLive game streaming service will launch in the US on June 17, and is backed by Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Take-Two Interactive, THQ and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The service will be available for PC and Mac and will initially cost $14.95 per month. According to the folks over at OnLive, the monthly fee ?provides [...]

I think I know where these alternate timelines are going. At the beginning of the season, it was reasonable to assume that everything we saw on the island was part of the straight chronology – the timeline we’ve been following since the very beginning. So, Oceanic Flight 815 crashed on the island. The pilot was [...]

In 2008, Jonathan Bissoon-Dath and Jennifer Barrette-Herzog sued Sony and God of War creator David Jaffe for copyright infringement over the original PS2 game. Bissoon-Dath and Barrette-Herzog claimed that the game shared a number of “suspicious” coincidences with The Adventures of Own: Owen’s Olympic Adventure and screenplay Olympiad. According to a posting by Jaffe on his [...]

Capybara Games has revealed that Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes will be available on both PSN and the XBLA with redrawn graphics. In addition, new equippable artifacts are being added, and the existing ones tweaked, to improve the multiplayer experience. You’ll also be able to go back and replay segments of the game after [...]

Codemasters announced today that they will release a Formula 1 racing title in September, titled F1 2010. The release will be the first such game for the PC in eight years. Codemasters will use their own in-house EGO engine, and there will be several modes available, including Career mode. Additional features to be incorporated in [...]