"Microsoft might actually announce the buyout within the next few days", used to be one of the hottest rumours during last month's GDC, and here we are facing the inevitable - and now official - fact: Microsoft Game Studios has finally proclaimed the acquisition of Lionhead Studios, the company founded by Molyneux (...)

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In order to keep us busy for a little more while waiting for Nival's delayed TBS, Ubisoft is offering us a nice little webgame based on Heroes of Might and Magic V, at HeroesMini.com. Armed with just 5000 coin and a short survival guide, you'll have to gather an army (...)

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Bethesda found a nice little way of squeezing an extra penny from the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion crazed fans' pouches. It's not an add-on (at least not yet), just some new objects to make the game a bit more interesting, that are being put up for sale on the OblivionDownloads.com website. The only thing available for now (...)

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The press release that just came in from Ubisoft announces as briefly as possible the development of the fourth chapter in the popular Rayman series, set to return into the loving arms of Michel Ancel (from Ubisoft Montpellier) - after he previously abandoned his neckless & limbless character, after Rayman 2: The Great Escape. (...)

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Sierra / Vivendi have just made our day, with the release of the first World in Conflict screenshots, showing off this promising new strategy game coming from the makers of the Ground Control series! The scenario, as we mentioned last week, will explore an alternative history, in which the two super-powers of the Cold War (...)

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Even though the Bet on Soldier shooter failed to impress last year, French developer Kylotonn insists on repeating history and so it's currently working on two expansions, titled Blood of Sahara and Black-out on Saigon. The first one should be out next month, bringing along another five levels placed in North Africa, (...)

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Milestone Warming Up Super-Bikes: Riding Challenge

For more than a decade now, the Italians from Milestone have kept us in constant motion with their racing games - be it Screamer, Superbike, or lately SCAR and Evolution GT. And since the latter is just about to race into stores this month, it was about time they pulled the curtains off the next simulator that they're working on. (...)

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SEGA Buys Sports Interactive And Secret Level // UPDATE #2

SEGA got an early start this morning and already managed to shoot two rabbits, having just annunced the acquisition of two important development studios: Sports Interactive on the European front, and Secret Level on the other side of the Atlantic. From a highly subjective point of view, the most important buyout is (...)

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More devious than ever, Eidos has announced that the fourth title in the Hitman franchise will ruthlessly make its way onto the Xbox 360 as well, disguised among the current-gen versions for the PC, PS2 and Xbox. All four of them will be let loose at the same time, on May 2nd, at which point a new wave of virtual assassinations (...)

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Ensemble Wants An MMO, And A Break From Age of Empires

Much to Microsoft's dispair, Ensemble Studios is seriously thinking about taking a break from its Age of Empires series, and is currently working on several projects that may not have anything to do with the famed strategy franchise (except for the Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs addon, of course). Even the Massively Multiplayer (...)

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