Reports over the last few days are hinting at a slightly delayed launch for Piranha Bytes' upcoming RPG sequel. October 13 is apparently Gothic 3's new release date, according to the August 2006 issue of the PC Power Play magazine, and the GOCOO music group's website (...)

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Atari's decisions as of late are somewhat confusing. First they decided to sell off the Driver license over to Ubisoft, supposedly so they could focus on one single racing series (namely Test Drive Unlimited, which will be priced only $40 at launch on the Xbox 360). And now they're back on the racetrack, having announced an agreement with (...)

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Age of Conan Signed By SCi/Eidos, Pushed Back To 2007

Funcom have recently found a partner in their quest to spread their brutal MMORPG all over the world - and the winner is... SCi Games / Eidos. The British publisher signed an agreement with Funcom that will see SCi publish the boxed version of Age of Conan, while Funcom retains digital distribution rights. (...)

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Looks like hack'n'slashes are here to stay. Another sample of mindless clicking will arrive in 2007 from German publisher dtp, who's Anaconda games division is to release a new Action-RPG called Legend: Hand of God. The game is being developed by Master Creating, the same bunch that did last year's Restricted Area (...)

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Weeks, ney, months of speculation have finally come to an end yesterday, when AMD and ATi officially announced plans to join forces in a transaction valued at around $5.4 billion! Though not directly related to the gaming landscape, this merger between (...)

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Far Cry was one of the most resource hungry games of its time, and even today I bet there are some systems that can't handle all the detail from Crytek's tropical shooter at a smooth frame rate. And by the looks of it, Crysis will be no different. You've probably seen the trailers, but can you guess what kind of monster-machine (...)

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"He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the past." Yes, it was George Orwell who first wrote that in his "1984" anti-totalitarian novel. But it was Kane who made it famous among the Command & Conquer community; and it suits him like an iron glove. (...)

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Well, maybe not entirely exclusive. But by now, Michel Ancel's team is obsessively focused on making the best out of the Wii version of Rayman Raving Rabbids. Speaking to the Nintendo Power magazine, several devs from Ubisoft's Montpellier studio said that their next-gen Rayman game is being designed specifically for the Wii, (...)

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Microsoft's latest conference from a few of days ago revealed some pretty solid Xbox 360 figures and predictions, despite all the public attention that's being channelled towards Sony and Nintendo these days. By the end of June, Microsoft had already managed to sell over 5 million Xbox 360 units worldwide (...)

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Blizzplanet sends word that a StarCraft fan-made CG animated movie is in the works at a worldwide team of 3D artists. The animation will be called "StarCraft Chronicles" and is currently in the planning stages, as the team still needs to fill up some positions for 3D Modelers, Character Animators, Concept Artists and so on. (...)

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