TimeGate Studios

TimeGate Studios, developer of Section 8: Prejudice has ceased operation, Kotaku reports. The news comes as a result of two crippling blows the the company. The first was the …
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TimeGate Studios lost its court appeal to SouthPeak Interactive earlier this month. The appeal leads all the way back to 2009, when TimeGate sued SouthPeak over alleged withheld royalties …
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• The Xbox Live Family Gold pack is no longer available. Originally introduced in November 2010, the four-pack of year-long Gold memberships was a popular deal among families, allowing discounted membership as well as Family Center content management. (Via Joystiq)

• TimeGate studios, developers of Aliens: Colonial Marines and XBLA’s Section 8: Prejudice, recently underwent layoffs. Twenty-five employees were laid off. The president of the studio, Adel Chaveleh, confirmed to Polygon. “This is never easy, and we’re doing all we can to assist those developers affected.” Sources told Polygon that the layoffs were a result of the game getting many negative reviews and lack of a publishing deal.

• Starting this month,Microsoft will be selling a 320 GB media hard drive and as an added bonus, a few games will be included on the drive. Major Nelson reports that XBLA titles Ms. Splosion Man and Pinball FX (with Sorcerer’s Lair) will be included, as well as the 360 title Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. The drive will be available for $129.99.

• Runner 2 is known for its flashy graphics, quick game play and fun music. Now fans can purchase music from the game with the Runner Extended Play album on Disasterpiece. The album is composed of five different tunes ranging from 30-34 seconds in length. The price starts at $1 for all five tracks, but buyers can elect to pay more as they see fit.

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Today TimeGate Studios released the new Skirmish mode for Section 8: Prejudice. The free mode plays like a team deathmatch, pitting the 8th Armored Infantry against the Arm of …
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This Sunday the XBLAFans staff will be teaming up with the fine people over at TimeGate Studios for the Game with Devs night. So get your questions ready for the TimeGate developers or the XBLAFans staff. The event will start at 5PM EST and run through 8PM EST on Sunday, July 31. Make sure you send a friend request or game invite to one of the following gamertags in order to join in on the fun: Read More

More downloadable goodness will be available for Section 8: Prejudice on on July 13, 2011. The Frontier Colonies Map Pack will feature two new maps: Desolation and …
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Section 8: Prejudice has not been on Xbox Live Arcade long, but it is already a hit. This is increasingly apparent in the new infographic from GameSpy, tallying all of …
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The great arcade shooter Section 8: Prejudice will be getting more awesome on June 1st with the release of its first downloadable content. The Overdrive Map Pack, as it …
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So this past weekend we had a blast playing Section 8 Prejudice with the XBLA community. We met a lot of awesome guys online and had a blast playing with TimeGate Studios. Huge thanks to Microsoft and TimeGate Studios for allowing us to participate in the event. We’ve submitted your questions, including a few we gleaned from the event itself to TimeGate.

As most of you know, we ran a contest leading up to the event and we were pleased with the responses we got, especially from our fans on Twitter. You guys kicked butt helping promote this event. Facebook fans, we hope you take this as a challenge to step it up next time!

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Join TimeGate Studios and XBLA Fans on Xbox Live as we play Section 8 Prejudice this Sunday, May 15th from 5-8PM. The developers will be online to teach you …
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