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Earlier this week a dispute popped up between popular publishers Activision, and the Call of Duty 2, 4, and Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward.  The two top men at Infinity Ward, the founders Vince West and Jason Zampella, were fired by Activision for disputes in the creative future of the Call of Duty series.  Activision also has announced that this years Call of Duty will be developed by Treyarch while leaving the year afters for a new company.  Infinity Ward will seemingly not have another CoD game out until 2011.

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What is foreseen as the “JRPG of the year,” Final Fantasy XIII, will release in the US on Tuesday. While it seemed to get positive feedback in Japan, now that the game is coming stateside, some reviews have been coming out, and they have generally been worse than expected.

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Well the Blur Multiplayer beta has now started, for those of you who don’t know what the hell we are talking about let us fill you in. Blur is described as “The Ultimate Powered-up racing experience”. Drivers careen through real-world track locations packed with sneaky short cuts and hair-raising jumps. The game features over 50 licensed cars to help you pickup those power-ups and more.

The game’s story uses Bizarre Creations community based interface allowing players to build a network of rivals, allies and fans but also give the experience to players outside the game.

Blur Certainly is one of the games we are waiting for this year it packs high octane competitive racing with that social element we all so crave it will defiantly be one of the titles on our Games of The Year list this year. Don’t forget to Visit the Blue website at: http://www.blurthegame.com

A clear fan of the Halo franchise has decided to rip the recent multi-player trailer of Halo Reach to shreds and examine every possibly detail shown. The information contained is of course part speculative and part fact but this makes an interesting listen to anyway. I myself cant wait for the reach beta after this. What did you think of the trailer? Tell me in the comments.

After its announcement only a few days ago and then hearing that this Tomb raider would be a digital only download we have now been treated to some pictures of the game. Apparently the upcoming title will feature co-op and the screens show a fixed camera perspective which should appeal to fans of the old games. Now it may just be that I haven’t had a good tomb raider game in a long while and I cant trust the brand any more but something makes me want this to be like sonic 4 and look good. What do you guys think? Do you want a good Tomb raider again?

Today Valve and GameInformer, by way of its cover, announced that Portal 2 will be making its way to hard drives and the Xbox 360 later this year. The sequel to 2007’s Game of the Year will ship on October 26 if GameStop’s pre-order page is to be believed.

Out Tomorrow in Europe on PC and following on the Xbox 360 April, 1.

Supreme Commander is the next installment in the award winning Supreme Commander franchise, set 25 years further into the future. Featuring numerous game enhancements, an in-depth campaign mode, online multiplayer and a unique storyline, the game represents a new dimension in RTS gaming.

“The partnership with Square Enix has been a highlight of my career,” said Chris Taylor, Founder and Creative Director of Gas Powered Games, developer of the game. “I couldn’t be more proud of what the team has accomplished, as the game has continually exceeded all of my expectations throughout its development.”

Why not check out our Supreme Commander 2 Photo Gallery?

Atari has Today announced that the Test Drive Franchise is back with Test Drive Unlimited 2, Eden studios developer of the original Test Drive are back at the wheel once again driving the game onto PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

As of yet there is no mention of a release date.

“The first Test Drive Unlimited innovated the racing genre with an immersive online and offline experience – over 1 million players created online accounts. Test Drive Unlimited 2 blends the single player and multiplayer experiences seamlessly, creating a dynamic world of unique content and challenges. Test Drive Unlimited 2 is “always live,” with automatic updates and seamless online/offline integration. A revamped single player narrative mode can be played offline or as part of the multiplayer experience.”

“After the highly successful Test Drive Unlimited which redefined the genre with massively open online racing, Test Drive Unlimited 2 will be an innovative evolution in racing games, expanding its unparalleled multiplayer experience and immersing players in a world full of new online content and lifestyle customization.” said Jeff Lapin, CEO of Atari, SA. “The game fits squarely into our strategy of moving online and generating new revenue streams while maintaining our current retail business.”

We know that there are a lot of big Battlefield fans out there, but we don’t think there are any bigger fans than its creators who have not only made wallpapers for the PC and iPhone, but for Cisco IP telephones as well. Yeah, we laughed too, but wait till you see it on your own Cisco phone. It’s made every phone call we’ve made five times more action packed.

Really.

Hit the jump to download the backgrounds for yourself and see our Cisco IP phone in action!

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Earlier in the week, Bungie announced that it would be ‘Dropping a multiplayer bomb’.  Now Bungie didn’t let anything else slip but it seems one Taiwanese website knows a little more than the rest of us leaking what looks like a new trailer for the game, and it looks pretty damn impressive.

Now this may be a really good hoax, but it certainly looks a step in the right direction from Halo’s current multiplayer, if the video is to be believed we’re getting jet packs, stab moves and some pretty EXPLOSIONS.

This could be anything, a hoax, a leak or even a planted leak from Bungie themselves all we do know is this looks pretty awesome.

Via [Gamer]