Monthly Archives: April 2009

Here’s another Virtua Tennis 2009 video from Sega. Take a look after the break.

Sega confirmed earlier in the week that Virtua Tennis for Wii will have online modes just like the other versions, and, thanks to Wii MotionPlus, use of buttons is optional.

Game’s out in May.

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IGN’s got some new Tales of Vesperia shots.

Eleven fresh ones and few you have already seen.

No word on a PS3 version for Europe or North America, but PAL territories get it this June on Xbox 360.

NoA’s Reggie Fils-Aime has nonchalantly responded to the March NPD’s – which showed Wii sales at 601,000 for the month – saying Nintendo has “a number of important” new games incoming for both Wii and DS to boost hardware figures.

According to Reuters, Reggie is “confident that we’ll continue to see very strong hardware sales behind those launch titles.”

GameStop rumored yesterday that a Christmas blockbuster was in the works at Nintendo.

Three Speech made its final post today before running off into the sunset.

Over the years, the site published over 1,500 stories, and visitors left over 35,000 comments.

The site is closing because SCEE’s has decided to create its own EU PS Blog.

The site has thanked everyone for the support it received over the years, and hopes that the community will make Sony’s new blog a success.

Some new Tales of Versus shots were released today. They’re pretty darn cute.

Eurogamer Portugal has ‘em.

Exclusively for PSP, the fighter allows players to fully customize their weapons, choose from 35 different characters and try out the four-player fight mode.

No release date has been officially announced.

Volition has released the first developer diary for Red Faction: Guerrilla.

It’s posted on the official community site, or after the jump if you prefer.

In it, the game’s writer – Drew Holmes – talks about life on Mars, its six sectors and protagonist Alec’s main task. There’s also a glimpse at the title’s mysterious third faction, the Marauders.

Game’s out for PC, PS3 and 360 in June.

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There’s a video of PSP’s SOCOM US Navy Seals: Fireteam Bravo 3 after the break.

The shooter was announced yesterday.

It comes replete with competitive online play, communication via voice chat, battles for Medals and online leaderboards. It also has a single-player mode.

Game’s out this winter.

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Or any sort of music, for that matter. Speaking with 1UP, Harmonix said that the upcoming pint-sized version of Rock Band won’t be able to interact with its bigger, more plastic-intensive brother.

Does this mean we’ll have to buy new songs twice — once on each platform? That sounds a bit like highway robbery, if you ask us.

Guess the lack of money-gobbling peripherals kind of makes up for that, though. And really, we’re grateful to anyone who doesn’t glue their game to a tiny, multi-colored hand torture device. Have to keep things in perspective, after all.

NCsoft’s released the City of Heroes Issue 14: Architect update: player-created content generated 20,000 mission arcs within 24-hours.

Both factions created more than 3,800 stories with five missions each, resulting in more content that the developers created since the MMO’s inception.

In a letter posted on the game’s community site, Matt “Positron” Miller said that the mission architect “exceeded any expectation we have set for it.”

The site has a breakdown of the actual numbers.

Via Kotaku.

The Midnight Club: Los Angeles South Central vehicle pack was released this week, and Rockstar has sent through a video showing off the different vehicles included.

Available on Xbox Live and PSN for 240 MS Points ($2.99) the pack includes the 2008 Audi S5, 2008 Mercedes-Benz CL 65 AMG, and the 2009 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT.

Catch the video after the break.

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Japanese gaming sites are saying that Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete sold 100,000 copies on its first day.

The movie was sold as a standalone title, a special edition with a FFXIII demo, and as a bundle with a Cloud Black PS3 console.

No word yet on which one of the products moved most, or how many copies were exported.

Advent Children Complete is expected to be released outside of Japan in June. Demoless, of course.

EBGames.com has a listing for a Silver Dual Shock 3 it says will ship on June 24.

It’ll cost you the same as the black one – $54.99 – but at least Sony’s shying away from the “you can have any color you want as long as it’s black” mentality.

Hit the link to find out more.

Thanks, D’toid.

Dragon Age: Origins isn’t just another generic fantasy RPG with Tolkein-style elves and humans, BioWare has told Gamsutra.

“Elves in Lord of the Rings are very angelic,” said company boss Ray Muzyka.

“Dragon Age flipped that convention on its head. Elves are not special — well, not to everybody. To themselves, maybe; but to humans, they were a slave race for a while. They were enslaved, captured, and defeated.

“As a result, there’s a hatred. The elves hate the humans. The humans despise the elves and regard them as second-class citizens. Imagine playing as an elf in that world, interacting with humans. Imagine playing as humans traveling to the origin and seeing how elves were treated. You have that opportunity.”

Game’s out for PC, 360 and PS3 later this year. Full interview through the link.

REO Speedwagon and Styx are heading to Rock Band next week in the form of a seven-track song-pack.

A three-pack from progressive rock outfit Hautewerk is also expected..

Here’s what you’ll get:

• Styx – Blue Collar Man (Long Nights), Renegade, Too Much Time on My Hands
• REO Speedwagon – Ridin’ the Storm Out, Roll with the Changes, Take It on the Run
• REO/Styx collaboration – Can’t Stop Rockin’

• Hautewerk – Stop Start Again, Alone in My Head, I Know Where You Came From

Each REO and Styx song will run you 160 MS Points ($1.99) each or 880 MS Points ($10.99) for the track pack.

Hautewerk is available in track pack only for 440 MS Points ($5.49).

Each will arrive on XBL and PSN on April 21 and April 23 respectively.

Some Final Fantasy XIII scans from Dengeki PS3 Issue 445 have surfaced showing character spotlights.

Staff interviews were also scanned, should you decide to enlarge the photos and read them. Assuming you can speak Japanese.

Game’s out this winter in Japan, and expected during 2010 for the rest of the world.

Turbine will release a new patch for Lord of the Rings Online next week, with the Quest Guide feature coming out of beta.

Book 7 Patch 2 basically just fixes issues with Kill Boss quests, and re-opens the Strange Happenings raid.

Full patch notes can be found on the official site

Battlefield Heroes will release this summer, EA’s confirmed. No date. Just “summer”.

The shooter’s closed beta is ongoing, and just yesterday it was announced that EA had already handed out 75,000 keys.

Didn’t get one? You can still sign up.

To give you further incentive, we have a video posted below.

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The console version of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel has reached gold status, and will release on June 5 for PS3 and 360.

The PC version was released in November last year.

Sacred 2 will arrive in the states May 12.

Press release follows.

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Criterion has revealed that the Cops and Robbers pack for Burnout Paradise is set to land April 30.

The latest paid content for Burnout Paradise is rumored to compliment Marked Man, Road Rage and Stunt Run.

No word yet on pricing so check back with us.

There’s a nice bit of a read on the upcoming Left 4 Dead Survival Pack over on the game’s blog.

Talking about how the team came up with the design, the entry also mentions extra work that went into upping the DLC’s difficulty mode.

Expect this to be released for PC and Xbox 360 next week.