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Gears of War 2 Four Player Co-op Confirmed (Updated)

Update: Microsoft has told IGN that Bleszinski says "co-op's drop-in, drop-out, multiple difficulty settings for co-op players" instead of "multiple difficulty settings, four co-op players." The Shacknews staff believes that the pause between "multiple difficulty settings" and "co-op" indicates...

Gears of War 2 Four Player Co-op Confirmed

Gears of War creator Cliff "CliffyB Bleszinski has confirmed that the much-anticipated sequel will feature four-person cooperative play. During a video interview with GameSpot, he revealed that the game will feature "four-player co-op," which he further specified to be "drop in, drop out." ...

Blizzard Evaluating WoW Graphics Overhaul

Blizzard producer J. Allen Brack has said that World of Warcraft will "probably" undergo a major graphical upgrade at some point in its lifespan. "Will we need a graphical update from the ground up at some point? Yep, probably," said Brack to Eurogamer. "That's actually something we talk abo...

Rock Band DLC: Muse, Blur, Other UK Bonus Tracks

Next week's downloadable content for Harmonix's Rock Band will consist of the nine bonus tracks added to the UK edition of the instrument-based music game, which debuts on May 22. Studio owner MTV Games had previously confirmed to Shacknews that the songs would hit North America, but did not p...

Nintendo DS Sells 19.6M Units in the United States

Following this week's revelation of numerous hardware figures, Nintendo has added yet another to the list, detailing that the Nintendo DS has sold 19.6 million units in the United States since it launched in late 2004. Given this new information, we can now add Nintendo DS to our list of known U...