Monthly Archives: April 2009

Q Games’ Dylan Cuthbert has created a PixelJunk 1-4 Facebook event titled, “PixelJunk 1-4 sells one million units at launch!”

Via Twitter, Cuthbert explained said it was all a joke, but promised that the more people join, the more images of the game will be uploaded.

And yep. There’s an image on the page.

Hit the links to see for yourself.

Thanks, D’toid.

Killzone 2’s first downloadable map pack, Steel & Titanium, will be available on PSN on April 30 for $5.99.

Yep, it finally got priced.

There’s a new video after the break. Go watch.

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Eurogamer Germany has a new video of the PS3 version of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel.

It shows character customization and a tiny bit of gameplay.

Developer Ascaron recently revealed the company had entered administration, as well confirming the existence of both a Sacred 2 add-on and a full sequel.

Hit up Eurogamer for the video.

A video for Square Enix’s Project Cube is posted below.

The game – which is to ship with co-op and multiplayer – was announced for Xbox Live Arcade during the Microsoft Japan Spring 2009 Title Preview.

No release date yet. We’ll let you know.

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Eidos’s board of directors confirmed court approval of Square Enix’s takeover of the UK-based firm today.

The takeover is expected to take effective on April 22.

Shares will delisted on the LSE after the end of business today, and this evening Eidos shareholders are to receive 32 pence in cash for each Eidos share.

Eidos shares will be canceled at 8.00 am on April 22.

Via Gamasutra.

Halo 3 is top of this week’s Live play charts. No musical chairs between it and the CoD titles since last week, but look for CoD: WaW to commandeer the throne again in next week’s list: it had a Double XP event over the weekend.

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles

1. Halo 3
2. Call of Duty: World at War
3. Call of Duty 4
4. Gears of War 2
5. GTA IV
6. RESIDENT EVIL 5
7. FIFA 09
8. Left 4 Dead
9. Halo Wars
10. Guitar Hero World Tour

Get all the Arcade and Community stuff after the break.

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Both Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and Grand Slam Tennis are to be bundled with Wii MotionPlus, EA just announced.

The company said specifically that, “the Wii versions of both Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis will be bundled with Nintendo’s new Wii MotionPlus accessory when the titles ship to stores this summer in Europe. In North America, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 will be bundled with the Wii MotionPlus accessory at launch.”

MotionPlus launches in the US on June 8 and in Europe on June 12.

Release after the break.

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Rare just noted that a new HD Banjo-Tooie trailer’s just gone up on XBLM.

Hit this to queue it up for your 360. There’s a few shots through that first link.

The three largest Chinese StarCraft II fansites are reporting that a beta for the long-awaited sequel will launch sometime before May.

Each site has apparently been given keys to give away, starting as early as this week.

Each site is officially approved by Blizzard, one site’s community manager claimed during an interview, and the news supposedly came straight from Blizzard’s Representative Office in China.

Now, before you get too excited, remember that we have received no official word from Blizzard on this – so stay calm. Take it as a rumor, or bad translation, until we hear otherwise. We don’t want you to pop an artery for no good reason.

Read the full thing through the link.

Stephen Fry’s confirmed that he was working on the PSP version of LittleBigPlanet today.

The actor posted on Twitter this morning that he was off to do some voiceover work on a “2nd edition of a video game”.

“I’ve come to the end of a lush voice-athon and yes, am empowered to confess that it was for a new PSP version of LittleBigPlanet,” Fry said, as reported by PocketGamer.

And that’s that.

Microsoft just confirmed a first Halo Wars add-on, titled Strategic Options.

It’s to release in the “coming weeks”. It’ll include the following:

• Keepaway Mode is the “Halo Wars” adaptation of Capture the Flag. Teams will battle it out to capture a free-roaming Forerunner Sentinel to score points before the other team. Capture three sentinels to claim victory.
• Tug of War Mode is all about having a stronger army than the opponent. Defeating enemies is essential, but success is determined by a combination of the army, buildings and resources left standing in the end.
• In Reinforcement Mode, all active battle units are provided in successive waves. Players must adapt their tactics and use the ever-changing set of units to outwit and outlast the enemy.

There’s new Achievements in there as well. Get the full lot after the break.

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King of Fighters creator SNK Playmore is currently hard at work on The King of Fighters: Sky Stage, a new XBL Arcade title that mixes fighting and shooting.

Characters from the KoF series are featured in the game and each has its own shooting skill.

Famitsu has the first shots posted: view them here.

Via Kotaku.

Some in-game screens for the Xbox 360 version of the MMOFPS Huxley popped up on Eurogamer Portugal this morning.

The game’s post-apocalyptic world was created by Korean developer Webzen using Unreal Engine 3.

Game is still in development for both PC and Xbox 360, with a release date still to be announced.

First screens of the last bit of DLC for the 360 and PC versions of Fallout 3 came out of Bethesda today. Get them after the break.

The content’s out on May 5, and this bit changes the end of the game, apparently, to make it “never-ending,” as we were just told by a Bethesda rep.

Not sure how that works. There was a full presentation of this at the Bethesda press day in London yesterday. The embargo on detail’s just lifted so keep your eyes open for info.

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Warner’s just confirmed Lego Rock Band for 2009 release.

The game’s on the way for Wii, PS3, 360, and DS.

Songs included:

• Blur: “Song 2”
• Carl Douglas: “Kung Fu Fighting”
• Europe: “The Final Countdown”
• Good Charlotte: “Boys and Girls”
• Pink: “So What”

Told you. Announcement after the break.

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Take-Two is to provide a live, listen-only webcast of its annual stockholders meeting this Thursday, April 23, at 10.00am EST.

Feel like listening? Sure ya do! Do so by visiting this link.

Of course, we’ll be bringing you any news from the meeting as it happens.

Press release is posted below.

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The first shots of Namco’s Magna Carta 2 came out of the Microsoft Japan spring showcase this morning. IGN has them.

It’s pretty. It’s an RPG. It’s Japanese. And that’s that.

IGN’s posted up some new shots of Lost Planet 2 from the Microsoft spring showcase this morning, and very pretty they are too.

You’ve seen some of these before, from the look of it. But what they hey.

EA’s confirmed that Brutal Legend’s to release for 360 and PS3 this October.

You’ll be able to play it on October 13 in North America and on October 16 in Europe.

“Wooo! Having an official release date is awesome!” said Double Fine boss Tim Schafer.

“And how cool is it that EA threw down the dough to have the name of an entire month changed to Rocktober?”

Site’s here, Twitter’s here. Press release after the break.

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Nelson’s confirmed that Left 4 Dead’s Survival Pack DLC’s up on Live.

The update’s free, and contains Survival mode and two extra complete campaigns for Versus mode.

The PC version’s expected “soon”.