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Vivendi Games to buy Activision
Single company "Activision Blizzard" to be created 3 December 2007 8:04 GMT
Vivendi Games has announced it is planning to acquire a controlling stake in Activision in a deal that will merge the two companies under the new name "Activision Blizzard".

This team-up will create a massive force in gaming that analysts say will be a serious...
Bourne Ultimatum mobile phone game available
Play as Jason Bourne on a multi-level, multi-national action packed title 8 August 2007 18:09 GMT
The Bourne Ultimatum mobile game is now available on phones worldwide.

Vivendi promise that gamers and fans of the Bourne franchise will experience the intense world of Jason Bourne in this mobile title.

The journey will have players rushing...
Xbox 360 gets F.E.A.R
Scary PC game coming to console 5 May 2006 9:54 GMT
It has been said that it scares even grown up men, but soon Xbox360 gamers will also be able to get a piece of the action when Vivendi Games' F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon) hits the console later this year.

Currently being developed for the Xbox360,...
Miami Vice coming to a PSP near you
Fashion conscious cops land on PSP 25 April 2006 17:03 GMT
Vivendi Universal Games has announced it will be launching Miami Vice The Game for the PSP this summer.

The third-person action shooter game is inspired by the new movie staring Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell due out in July.

Gamers will be able to play...
Bourne books heading to a console near you
Vivendi Universal buys into Ludlum's books 10 August 2005 15:29 GMT
Fans of the Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy films staring Matt Damon will be pleased to hear that Vivendi Universal Games has signed an exclusive agreement to publish games based On Robert Ludlum's best-selling works.

The global agreement will cover games...
20,000 Half-Life 2 accounts closed
25 November 2004 11:30 GMT
Valve, creators of Half-Life 2 has shut down 20,000 steam accounts where it says people were attempting to use pirated copies of Half-Life 2.

In a statement Valve, said that the reason for the closing of the accounts where due to a number of different reasons...
Half-Life 2 gets november launch date
19 October 2004 10:23 GMT
After months if not years of litigation, code leaks, missed deadlines and general hoo-ha, Half life 2 has finally gone gold. More important still, is that Vivendi has set a global launch date - the 16th November.

Vivendi plans to ship localized versions of the...
Half Life 2 gets November launch date
3 October 2004 16:16 GMT
Rumours on the internet are suggesting that Vivendi Universal is finally going draw a conclusion to what has become the ill-fated launch of Half-life 2.

While Valve are still towing the “Unfortunately, we do not have a release date from VUG right now” line, reports...
Half-Life 2 slips to November
8 September 2004 18:33 GMT
According to reports surfacing the on web, Half-Life 2 looks to be getting a Thanksgiving release date (that's november to us in the UK). The reports are starting to surface following a comment made by Valve's marketing boss Doug Lombardi:

"We're currently planning...
E3: Valve returns to The Source of its success for HL remake
13 May 2004 16:33 GMT
Valve is full of surprises, and thanks to the theft of Half-Life 2 source code, not all of them are of its own making. However it was certainly a surprise to hear that the original Half Life, probably now past its third million in sales thanks to the Generation releases,...
E3: No H.A.R.M. in a little F.E.A.R. from Monolith
13 May 2004 16:31 GMT
A single screenshot (see right) made up of shattered glass and gunfire spraying everywhere raised much speculation as the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) progressed this week.

However the formal announcement arrived that the game is not the second SHOGO Mobile...
Vivendi calls for multiplayer gamers for beta testing
27 February 2004 12:05 GMT
Vivendi Universal Games announced today a worldwide multiplayer test for the upcoming real-time strategy game, Ground Control II: Operation Exodus.

Signups have already begun, and will continue through the Multiplayer Beta start date of March 8th. The test will...
Half Life 2 delayed again
8 February 2004 16:20 GMT
Gamers will be distraught to here that the most anticipated game of last year has once again slipped. Due to be launched at the end of February, the game has now been given an illusive release date of Summer 2004.

Valve, the games developers blame the code-stealing...
Real Gun Pulled at LA Multiplayer Games Tournament
18 December 2003 10:16 GMT
"All over bar the shooting" would be an unfortunate way to view the events at a recent Counter-Strike Gaming Tournament organised by CXG. Let's let Joseph F Hill of CXG take up the story in his own press release;

At 4:30am (CST) I was informed by CXG staff and...
Half Life 2 Source code leaked
3 November 2003 1:03 GMT
UPDATED OCTOBER 15 2003:
While PC Owners all over the world enjoyed Halo instead, Valve are now treating this theft with the same force that the RIAA treats downloaded music. They will be suing anyone hosting the code or anyone they track down with the stolen section...
ECTS games round-up
3 November 2003 0:54 GMT
This years ECTS has seen a host of new titles and a host of sqeuels coming to a console or PC near you. We run done some of our favourites that are due to be released over the next months.

Ground Control II
Following on from the RTS of a few years past, this...