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Updated Jul 16, 2009 5:25 pm PT

Top Story June US game sales plummet 31% as Prototype triumphs - NPD

Analysts' fears exceeded as hardware sales nosedive 38 percent; DS still sells 766,500 as Activision's superhero platformer swoops off with 419,900. continue »
- Posted Jul 16, 2009 3:51 pm PT
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GTA creator opens up on APB

DEVELOP '09: Realtime Worlds' Dave Jones uses keynote to discuss origins of forthcoming cops-vs.-criminals MMOG, suggests sci-fi settings limit audience size. Full Story
- Posted Jul 15, 2009 4:02 am PT
- 114 Comments
FIFA Soccer 10 David Rutter Producer Interview

GameSpot UK brings you an exclusive interview with FIFA 10 producer David Rutter. Full Story
- Posted Jul 15, 2009 5:40 am PT

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Project Natal tech headed to PCs - Gates

Microsoft chairman tells CNET that the technology behind Xbox 360's motion-sensing camera is also in development for Windows-based machines--and will be used for much more than gaming. Full Story
- Posted Jul 15, 2009 10:00 am PT
- 388 Comments
PC Alan Wake's fate TBD - Remedy

Finnish studio rules out simultaneous launch with 360, says decision to bring game to Windows systems at all is Microsoft's; publisher remains mum. Full Story
- Posted Jul 15, 2009 4:50 pm PT
- 246 Comments
BioShock 2 delayed

[UPDATE] 2K Games pushes 2K Marin and codeveloped dystopian shooter out of its current fiscal year, CEO confirms 360, PS3, PC launch during first half of 2010; new multiplatform GTA in doubt for fiscal 2010. Full Story
- Posted Jul 13, 2009 1:41 pm PT
- 525 Comments
Dragon Age CE'd, MAG delayed to '10? - Retail Radar

[UPDATE] GameStop and GameFly now listing Zipper Interactive 256-person team shooter as arriving next January; BioWare's fantasy RPG gets extra-packed $75/$65 collector's edition with Mass Effect 2 in-game bonus. Full Story
- Posted Jul 15, 2009 4:17 pm PT
- 207 Comments
Gearbox was mystery developer behind Duke Begins

Court filings reveal Brothers in Arms studio had been tapped for now-shelved Duke Nukem project. Full Story
- Posted Jul 14, 2009 10:57 am PT
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Midway's Chicago HQ closing, final buyout price $49 million

Sixty employees at publisher's offices laid off, but 100-plus Mortal Kombat dev team rehired by Warner Bros.; $69 million to $76 million in assets and development costs written off. Full Story
- Posted Jul 16, 2009 2:38 pm PT
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Madden NFL 10 goes gold, demos due this month

Latest iteration of EA's football-sim series is finished for August 14 release; new release dates for two demo versions. Full Story
- Posted Jul 16, 2009 11:39 am PT
- 62 Comments
Namco Museum Essentials, Unbound Saga lead PSN update

Classic arcade compilation and SCEA's comic-inspired brawler slam onto Sony's weekly downloadable slate; Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman! and Myst also make the list. Full Story
- Posted Jul 16, 2009 5:25 pm PT
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Assassin's Creed PSP bundled up in white

$200 Bloodlines bundle arrives in November with white PSP-3000, 2GB memory stick, and a UMD movie. Full Story
- Posted Jul 16, 2009 12:53 pm PT
- 63 Comments
RE5 dated on PC, RE4 lurches to iPhone

Latest Capcom zombie action game hits computers in mid-September as earlier entry gets ported to popular Apple handheld. Full Story
- Posted Jul 16, 2009 10:11 am PT
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Where's Waldo found on Wii, DS, PC

Ubisoft promises to take gamers on The Fantastic Journey with striped globetrotter this September. Full Story
- Posted Jul 16, 2009 3:21 pm PT
- 18 Comments
Project Gotham's Bizarre Evolution

DEVELOP '09: Bizarre designer reveals Geometry Wars' inclusion "a joke," how Microsoft nixed betting feature from the series. Full Story
- Posted Jul 16, 2009 8:59 am PT
- 22 Comments
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 arrives on PS3 August 13

Publisher confirms Sony console edition of downloadable fighter will lag two weeks behind its Xbox 360 counterpart. Full Story
- Posted Jul 16, 2009 11:19 am PT
- 70 Comments
Little Big Planet, Phil Harrison awarded at Develop

Media Molecule picks up five trophies, ex-Sony and Atari man gets lifetime achievement. Full Story
- Posted Jul 16, 2009 8:05 am PT
- 25 Comments
PC Alan Wake's fate TBD - Remedy

Finnish studio rules out simultaneous launch with 360, says decision to bring game to Windows systems at all is Microsoft's; publisher remains mum. Full Story
- Posted Jul 15, 2009 4:50 pm PT
- 245 Comments
Codemasters reveals Dirt 2 dates

Rally title bearing the name of late racing legend Colin McRae coming out on consoles across the world in the second week of September; PC date MIA. Full Story
- Posted Jul 16, 2009 8:22 am PT
- 21 Comments
Project Natal tech headed to PCs - Gates

Microsoft chairman tells CNET that the technology behind Xbox 360's motion-sensing camera is also in development for Windows-based machines--and will be used for much more than gaming. Full Story
- Posted Jul 15, 2009 10:00 am PT
- 387 Comments
Dragon Age CE'd, MAG delayed to '10? - Retail Radar

[UPDATE] GameStop and GameFly now listing Zipper Interactive 256-person team shooter as arriving next January; BioWare's fantasy RPG gets extra-packed $75/$65 collector's edition with Mass Effect 2 in-game bonus. Full Story
- Posted Jul 15, 2009 4:17 pm PT
- 206 Comments
GTA creator opens up on APB

DEVELOP '09: Realtime Worlds' Dave Jones uses keynote to discuss origins of forthcoming cops-vs.-criminals MMOG, suggests sci-fi settings limit audience size. Full Story
- Posted Jul 15, 2009 4:02 am PT
- 113 Comments