Monthly Archives: June 2009

Two maps for Modern Warfare2 are to be timed exclusives for Xbox Live.

This was announced at the Microsoft conference during the showing of the Modern Warfare 2 gameplay video.

Nathan said it looked awesome. No release date given as of yet.

A brand spanking new Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 trailer has been shown at Microsoft’s E3 presser.

It shows a man walking across a snowy ledge and then cuts your your character scaling a cliff wall.

He’s using ice-spike to get a grip but he’s sliding down fast.

It then cuts to your character holding a machine gun with a dropdown sight to the left. It’s all billowy, there’s a blizzard going on.

Suddenly some snowmobiles appear, just more cannon fodder, basically. They all get shot down. You hijack a snow mobile, and begin shooting and riding at the same time.

Demo over. It all looked awesome, apparently.

It has just been announced at Microsoft’s E3 press conference that Beatles track All You Need Is Love will be exclusive to Xbox 360.

We saw the opening to the game, McCartney was there and it looks rather good, if we’re being honest.

The conference is ongoing.

Looks like the surprise guests for the Beatles:Rock Band reveal is Yoko Ono, Ringo Star, and Paul McCartney.

Our heads just exploded. Olivia Harrison is there too.

There are three mics on stage. Let’s hope she doesn’t sing.

Keep an eye on this space for updates.

Microsoft’s E3 conference has just kicked off with the first footage from Harmonix and MTV’s Beatles Rock Band.

There’s a cartoon-style to the presentation showing various clips of the Beatles playing live, re-imagined videos and of course, The Beatle’s excellent music. Alex Rigopulous revealed it’s the opening sequence to the game.

We’re still waiting to hear if there’s any kind of exclusivity here.

We’ll update as they announce.

Microsoft is expected to kick off it’s E3 press conference here in a bit and with a “surprise” guest is rumored to be helping demo  The Beatles: Rock Band.

Also, those in the know over at Variety say that gamers should not expect God of War 3 this year. It gas been pushed into 2010. No surprise there really.

The Microsoft press conference is starting any minute now. Wait for it.

Certain Xbox Achievements for unannounced games popped up thanks to Xbox360Achievements.org.

Some of these are Halo; Reach, Joy Ride, and Shadow Complex.

The list is currently blank, so were are unsure what exactly the achievements consists of, or when any of these are coming out.

E3 starts today though, and the Microsoft Conference in just a few.

Hopefully we will know more then. Until that occurs, hit the link for more.

Via D’toid.

505 and Nintendo officially announced Cooking Mama 3 today.

Game has 80 recipes, 200 mini-games, four player multiplayer (using single cart DS Download play) and two totally new game modes ‘What dish can you make’ and ‘Lets go shopping’.

It’s out around Christmas.

More details after the break.

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LucasArts just tweeted that Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition will be heading to PC, and Xbox Live.

No date was given, but it’s a remastering of the original with new graphics, voice, and music.

Telltale is also working on an episodic version of the game according to another Lucas tweet. Here’s the link for that, and it’s expected July 7.

The wonders of Twitter  never cease.

Check out the official site.

Holy shit. Mark Rein confirmed to Eurogamer that Epic definitely will announce a new game at E3 this week.

“Yes we will have something new to announce at E3,” said Rein, before apologising that he couldn’t say anything more until the event.

“And I’m looking forward to seeing the show back to its former glory.”

Chair? People Can Fly? Gears 3?

The Microsoft press conference starts in just over an hour. Our liveblog’s here.

There are loads of screens for Spore Hero and Spore Hero: Arena up on the net.

If you would like to take a look at ‘em, D’toid has the lot.

Some are new, some are not. But look anyway.

Both games will release this autumn.

BBC’s Darren Waters said today that the mystery PlayStation 3 title he was shown behind closed doors last year “might” be shown during Sony’s E3 conference tomorrow.

“I’m also led to believe that a game I was shown more than a year ago now, and got me quite excited, might, just might, be unveiled at this E3,” he wrote on his blog.

“And I’ve also been told that the game has changed enormously since I first saw it…”

Tomorrow is now far too long to wait.

Creat Studios has announced a Digger remake and a new RTS title called Mushroom Wars for PSN.

Digger, a remake of the classic PC game from the early 80s, has has a facelift, but promises to remain true to the original.

Mushroom Wars is a RTS with arcade skirmish gameplay featuring opposing tribes of mushroom armies.

Both are expected for release this summer.

More details through the break.

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Update – We’re now live!

This is it! Microsoft will take to the stage at the USC Campus’ Galen Center at 10.30am PST this morning to deliver its E3 2009 keynote, and anticipation is running white hot.

Nathan’s on his way there now, so you’ll be able to read the whole thing as it happens, right here on VG247.

Forza 3, motion-sensing, a new Crackdown, Alan Wake, Halo ODST and many more are being heavily tipped for the event, as is some kind of exclusivity on Modern Warfare 2. You cannot miss this.

If you’re in the UK, it starts at 6.25pm BST, and that’s 7.25pm CET if you’re in mainland Europe.

The CoverItLive window’s through the link. We’ll put it live once Nathan’s up and running.

For details of sites streaming video live from the conference, hit this.

Don’t forget that EA’s conference is to follow at 2.00pm PST (that’s 10.00pm BST, 11.00pm CET), followed by Ubisoft at 5.00pm PST (that’s 1.00am BST and 2.00am CET). We’ll be liveblogging both.

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Halo 3: ODST and Modern Warfare 2 are the most-anticipated games in the US at the moment.

This is according to data compiled by OTX/Gameplan Insights, reports Gamasutra.

Polling 1,000 U.S. gamers, the data on purchase and pre-order intent showed both to be the highest on the anticipation meter for all pre-E3 games.

“At the top of the charts, Halo 3: ODST and Modern Warfare 2 continue to dominate the 2009 releases, while God of War III and Final Fantasy XIII are the current PS3 headliners for 2010,” said OTX analyst Nick Williams.

“With the national spotlight on the video game industry this week, it should be interesting to see how gamers react to the big announcements at E3. Expect to see a lot of movement in the rankings when next month’s GamePlan charts are released.”

Gamasutra has a list of the Top 25 at the moment. Go look before the newest Barbie title changes it.

Square Enix has just put out a trailer for it’s new shooter, Front Mission Evolved and you can see it below.

See a dark cityscape under attack and huge mechs walking into buildings like a knife through butter: mental.

Front Mission Evolved is developed by Double Helix for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. No date.

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Blue Fang, National Geographic and THQ today announced World of Zoo forDS,  PC and Wii.

It’s made by the Zoo Tycoon guys.

The game lets you care for 90 different animals, create your own park with 20 exhibits, and mad scientist design unique creatures.

Ok we made up the “mad scientist” bit, but what else would you call “creating your own creatures”.

It’s expected by the end of the year.
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EA’s released the E3 video for Double Helix’s G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra. Get it after the break.

It’s out for DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, and X360 on August 7, alongside the live-action movie of the same name.

The game takes up where the movie leaves off, and comes complete with co-op mode.

Take a look. Go Joe!

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The Major’s just announced the Deal of the Week this week is the Forza 2 March Car pack is now down from 400 Microsoft Points to a mere 240.

Now, we wonder why Microsoft would choose a game like Forza to suddenly re-promote hours before its E3 press conference?

Grab it here.

Geoff Keighley has rather cryptically announced that Modern Warfare 2 fans “won’t want to miss” Microsoft’s E3 press conference that is now only three hours and five minutes away.

“Gloomy day in LA, but it’s off to the Xbox press briefing I go. Modern Warfare 2 fans won’t want to miss it,” he tweeted.

Now, why is that, we wonder? Stupidly excited, we are.