Here’s a roundup of today’s news found elsewhere on the internet:
Bizarre Creations to close this week (Eurogamer) - Bizarre Creations, the Liverpool-based developer behind the likes of Project Gotham Racing, Geometry Wars and Blur, shuts up shop this Friday, reports claim.
According to Develop, it floats off to game developer heaven on 18th February, after being formally disbanded by owners Activision
Analysts: Xbox 360 to top US hardware charts, sales to decline through 2011 (vg247) – Industry analyst groups Wedbush and EEDAR have posted their estimates of January’s US hardware sales, nominating the Xbox 360 for top spot coming out of the holiday season – but Michael Pachter has warned that sales will drop off without further price cuts.
Crytek on the Crysis 2 Leak and PC Gaming (bluesnews) - MyCrysis has another statement from Crytek's Cevat Yerli about the Crysis 2 leak taking a somewhat different approach than his first statement by thanking gamers for their support and offering reassurances that the PC "will always be important to Crytek in the future"
Report: THQ forming Voltron games (joystiq) - Variety reports that when the '80s hit Voltron is relaunched on the airwaves later this year in the form of Voltron Force, there will be video games on shelves to herald its arrival. According to the article, the titles will be published by THQ, which has secured the exclusive ability to do so from rights holder World Events Productions.
The Bizarre Legend of Zelda Controller We’ll Never Play With (kotaku) - You could have played GameCube (and Wii) game The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess with a very rare video game controller feature: a belt buckle. This is the never-produced Legend of Zelda controller from Nubytech.

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