Category - News

Orange Box Release this Week

Joystiq is reporting that Valve’s Orange Box will be released this week for the Xbox 360 and PC platforms. The Orange Box is an anthology of five games: Team Fortress 2, Half-Life 2, Episode One, Episode Two, and Portal.

Bungie Discusses Leaving Microsoft

1up has posted the highlights of q&a with Bungie’s Community Lead Brian Jarrard. From the article: ‘1UP: Is Bungie now contractually obliged to give Microsoft first-look on future titles, Halo-related or otherwise? Jarrard: We...

Mass Effect CE Goodies

1up has posted the contents of the collector’s edition of Mass Effect, the next BioWare RPG in the pipe. It will include a ‘Galactic Codex: Essentials’ book that sounds like it will serve as a sort of encyclopedia for the...

Microsoft Confirms Bungie Split

Gamasutra is reporting that Microsoft has officially announced Bungie to be ‘on a path to become an independent company’. Microsoft Game Studios president Shame Kim said that Microsoft would support Bungie’s ‘desire to...

NC Soft Gives Birth to Carbine Studios

Gamasutra is reporting that NC Soft has recently created Carbine Studios in Aliso Viejo, CA. Made up of 17 former Blizzard employees and former Fallout programmer and designer Tim Cain among others. Currently Carbine Studios is working on an...