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Article | 29/10/2011 Apple passed up by Samsung as world's top smartphone manufacturer
A report on Reuters reveals that Apple has now been passed up by Samsung as the world's leading manufacturer of smartphones.
Article | 23/03/2011 Crysis 2
Rain hammers down on the streets of New York City's Times Square. Upturned police cruisers spit fire into the night as the top half of a giant skyscra...
Article | 1/10/2010 A history of zombies in video games
In light of Capcom's Dead Rising 2 releasing this week for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC, we look back at notable video games featuring the undead o...
Article | 9/07/2010 The story of games studio Running with Scissors
From designing educational software to becoming synonymous with hardcore video game violence, we explore the anarchic history of Running with Scissors...
Article | 15/06/2010 EA press conference highlights
EA has held their big E3 press conference at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, demonstrating upcoming games they have scheduled to come out...
Article | 1/03/2010 Aliens vs. Predator
Released in 1999 on the PC, the original Aliens vs. Predator is largely considered an underrated classic; based on the excellent science-fiction cross...
Article | 29/10/2009 Bass Pro Shops: The Strike
Resident angler Patrick Shaw loves the sport of fishing and he may have just found a virtual simulation that's good enough to keep him off the lakes f...
Article | 22/08/2009 Kojima: New Metal Gear takes 'hundreds of hours' to complete
Kotaku reports that in a letter to fans the creator of the Metal Gear Solid franchise, Hideo Kojima, reveals that the upcoming PSP-exclusive Metal Gea...
Article | 24/08/2009 PS3 slim Q&A with John Koller
PS3 Slim. It's real, and it's in stores.
Article | 18/08/2009 Rare to bring back classic franchises on Natal
VideoGamer.com reveals in an interview with Rare director George Andreas that the UK-based video game developer has plans to use Project Natal for the...
Article | 31/07/2009 O' Reilly: Nude women in Guitar Hero 5 'shameless'
Outspoken political commentator and host of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O' Reilly has attacked a new viral advertisement for Guitar Hero 5 cal...
Article | 16/04/2009 Thief 4 hinted to be in development by Eidos
It's been years since Thief and Thief II: The Metal Age were released, but now the fourth installment in Eidos' stealth-based PC game series, Thief, i...
Article | 28/07/2009 Dead Space 2 & Dead Space 3 in development, film coming soon
Variety reports that Electronic Arts' science-fiction themed survival horror video game, Dead Space, will be a trilogy, with Dead Space 2 and Dead Spa...
Article | 25/07/2009 Halo Reach will be Bungie's last Halo game
In an interview with IGN UK, Bungie's Lars Bakken confirmed that the team will be not be making any more Halo video games after the next two upcoming ...
Article | 24/07/2009 Castlevania movie is now back on, with Saw director
Bloody-Disgusting reports that a film adaptation of Konami's vampire-whipping Castlevania video game series is back on.

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