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The latest glimpse at EA's corporate warfare shooter introduces the characters you'll be playing as, and teases a few more multiplayer details, too. It says that nine missions from the original Syndicate will be available to play in the upcoming reboot, so that might comfort those who pine away for the 1993 version. Starbreeze's take on cyberpunk mercenary conflict will be out on February 21, 2012. More »
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The latest game to fall foul of Australia's lack of an adults-only game rating is the upcoming Syndicate reboot, the shooter having been "refused classification" in the country, which effectively bans the game from sale. More »
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The controversially re-booted Syndicate will be sporting co-op play, shown off in this shiny cyberpunk trailer. We've got seeing-through-walls vision power, enemy-tracking bullets and some kind of area-effect blast. Also: Everyone wears trenchcoats. Except the rent-a-soldiers, of course. More »
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This new trailer for Starbreeze's upcoming Syndicate shooter tries to show the common ground between the 1993 original and this new reboot. More »
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This Syndicate clip runs for 11:06. Which is enough time to show you one mission from the upcoming shooter. It's also 11:06 of you walking around just...holding a gun. More »
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Same cool concept, same cool aesthetic, very tired genre. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5845039&view=rss&microfeed=true EA has announced that it's upcoming reboot of the Syndicate universe will be out in February 2012. That's, not long after the game's reveal, but remember, Starbreeze has been working on this game for years. More »
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The forever-rumored reboot of EA's Syndicate franchise, originally created by the defunct Bullfrog Productions in 1993, is real. First gameplay details and a handful of screen shots have just allegedly leaked from Electronic Arts' Origin store, giving us our first glimpse at developer Starbreeze's new game. More »
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Starbreeze Studios, maker of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay and The Darkness, have been working on the secretive "Project Redlime" for years, a game frequently rumored to revive Bullfrog Productions Syndicate. After years of speculation, we may finally see that game next week. More »
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EA files three new trademark registrations for Syndicate, further teasing us with visions of a downloadable online sequel to Bullfrog's classic real-time tactics game. More »
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A series of trademark filings, submitted in 2009, reveal that Electronic Arts and developer Starbreeze are (or at least were) working on a new Syndicate game. More »
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TopWare Interactive snagged the IP and trademark rights to 2003 PC and Xbox action RPG Enclave, with plans to revitalize the series, starting with a remake of the original game for the Nintendo Wii. More »
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Starbreeze Studios, developers of The Darkness and Chronicles of Riddick, were working on two projects for EA. Now it's working on one, a potentially bad sign for Syndicate—or Jason Bourne—fans hoping that "Project RedLime" would reinvent the franchise. More »
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Electronic Arts will be handling the next video game iteration of the Jason Bourne series, since the last one failed to deliver anything compelling, and a developer's online resume briefly revealed its title to be "The Bourne Ascendancy." More »
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The Darkness was one of the unsung heroes of 2007, a perfectly capable shooter that was lost in the wake of biggershooters like BioShock, Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4. Let's see if the sequel can do better. More »
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Darkness falls on Richard B. Riddick once again in The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena. More »
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Oh look. Another PC game with a pointlessly restrictive limit on the number of installs. Aren't these kind of stories just heart-warming? More »
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Way back in October 2008, we first heard talk that Starbreeze were working on a remake of Bullfrog's classic Syndicate. Was nice talk, but talk nonetheless. Today, that talk has resurfaced. More »
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In this second developer diary for The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, developer Starbreeze talks about what goes into making the most polished game they've ever created. More »
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The Chronicles of Riddick developer Starbreeze explains how they went from polishing an old title to creating an entirely new game in this first developer diary for Assault on Dark Athena. More »
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The next chapter in the Riddick saga is ready to unfold, as Atari announces an April release for Assault on Dark Athena, with playable demos hitting the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next month. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5158610&view=rss&microfeed=true The latest trailer for Starbreeze's The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena contains everything anyone could ever want in a Vin Diesel-fueled space epic, including mech suits! More »
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Ludlum Entertainment has struck a deal with Electronic Arts, granting them exclusive worldwide rights to the works of author Robert London, with a new Jason Bourne game currently in development at Starbreeze Studios. More »
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If this new "Desperation" trailer for The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena doesn't get you excited about Starbreeze's upcoming continuation of the Riddick saga, then this probably isn't the game for you. More »
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Vin Diesel's Tigon Studios has revealed that while Assault on Dark Athena is a nice little episodic update to The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay, a true sequel is being planned. More »
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In the latest edition of the Official Xbox Magazine, developer Starbreeze details the multiplayer in The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, including a Pitch Black mode that is guaranteed to make players jump. More »
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Cast your minds back to February, and you'll remember some excitement surrounding the revelation Starbreeze had been tapped by EA to work on one of the company's "classic" franchises. Some comments by EA boss John Riccitiello made it seem like that franchise was Road Rash, but CVG now say that - according to a "secret agent" - it's not. It is instead Syndicate, which EA didn't develop (Peter Molyneux's Bullfrog did), but which they do own the rights to. Exciting news, if also a little terrifying, since the chances of another studio capturing the feel of the original are - as we've already seen - slim. More »
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The Darkness isn't just an English rock band with a penchant for big hair and florescent fahsions anymore—it's become a videogame! Really! Published by 2K Games, The Darkness is an FPS with a twist. You lurk in the shadows not just to hide, but to because the darkness actually fuels your inner demon. So how does it play? Hit the jump for our Frankenreview: the only review that wasn't trademarked when we planned the feature. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=272986&view=rss&microfeed=true I haven't really been paying too much attention to Starbreeze's The Darkness for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3, but after seeing this clip, I'll have to start. Sure, the comic book fan inside me withered into nothingness long ago, plus I'm a jaded FPS player, but extra demonic arms? C'mon. Michael McWhertor More »
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Here's one rumor I am extremely happy to verify and modify, as UK industry mag MCV confirms that Starbreeze is indeed working on bringing the 'seven shades of fantastic' Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay to next-gen consoles. More »
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Not to be confused with "believing in a thing called love," 2k Games announced its plans to publish Starbreeze's (the company behind Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay) The Darkness, based on a long-running comic book of the same name, for next-generation consoles. This Darkness, according to the press release "will feature a distinct blend of dark modern crime drama and supernatural horror with intense first person non-linear gameplay." Sounds like Deus Ex meets CSI meets Silent Hill? There's a movie in development, too, expected in 2007. How I love the tie-ins! More »
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Vin Diesel jokes notwithstanding (and there are a mountain of them that can be made), an insider at Starbreeze Studios, makers of Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay has let some tidbits on their new game, Kona. Computer and Video Games reports that the game has an "unusual hook." From the blurb: "You're actually shown an enemy's actions before they happen. So you're actually shooting predictively." That's some Jedi-type crap. More »
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