Monthly Archives: July 2009

Activision has released 21 new screens for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2.

Gamespot has posted ‘em, and they are loaded with superheroes fighting it out during the Civil War which resulted from the Superhuman Registration Act.

Game’s out September 15 for DS, PSP, PS2, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360.

Those who pre-order Batman: Arkham Asylum through GameStop will get an exclusive Scarecrow Challenge Map called Dem Bones.

Apparently, the map is full of skeletons and you get to bash them to bits.

Good times.

All is revealed through the link.

Naughty Dog unveiled the co-op gameplay mode called Gold Rush for Uncharted 2 at Comic-Con today.

Arne Meyer explains the mode to you via the video after the break.

Game’s out October 13 in the US and who knows when in the UK.

More through the US PS Blog.

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Battlestations: Pacific players got some love today courtesy of the Carrier Battles Map Pack for Xbox 360.

It includes maps Midway, the Phillippine Islands, Leyte Gulf and the Aleutian Islands playable across five game modes.

Wallet-wise, it will run you 800 MS Points ($10).

More details are available through the Marketplace.

During Casual Connect in Seattle, PopCap revealed to WorthPlaying that Plant vs Zombies will indeed be heading to Xbox Live Arcade.

While this is great news for console owners wanting to try it out, information on achievements, price, multiplayer and the release date were not revealed.

Bummer.

Regardless, at least it’s coming.

Joystiq has posted a screen that is rumored to be from a Lucasarts project called Lucidity for Xbox Live Arcade.

It’s supposedly a side-scrolling adventure, but since Lucasarts is remaining mum on the situation, no one is quite sure what it is exactly.

The fantasy title has players controlling the main character, Sofi, by placing certain objects in her path as she travels through the game. Sofi will use these objects to surmount the obstacles impeding her progress.

Hopefully more will be revealed soon.

Electronic Arts has released DLC for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 on Xbox Live and PSN.

It’s a single course called Banff Springs and is the first time the Canadian course has appeared in the franchise.

The DLC will run you 600 MS Points ($7.50).

Nintendo has released some small commercials featuring people playing Deep Silver’s survival horror title Cursed Mountain.

Luckily, GoNintendo has posted a mash up so we don’t have to feature every single one.

The Wii exclusive is slated for an August 29 and September 9 release in the US and UK respectively.

Watch after the break.

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Microsoft has debuted Defense Grid: The Awakening for Xbox Live at Comic Con.

Hidden Path’s tower defense strategy title will be available on the service late this summer.

Previously a PC only title, the 360 version contains 24 environments, four bonus maps, 100 unlockable challenge modes, and over 12 hours of story-play.

Pricing and an exact date are to be determined at a later date, so until then, more information is through the press release after the jump.

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Konami has finally confirmed that Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 will indeed land on Wii come the fall.

New animations were added to the version, allowing players to find new ways to signal passes and the like, and producer Akiyoshi ‘Greyhound’ Chosogabe and his team have also worked to add key gameplay advances to this year’s version.

“The stakes have been raised and PES 2010 for Wii shows that Konami can still innovate and surprise,” commented Chosogabe.

“Our control system for Wii is still regarded as the finest and most intuitive around, and we have once again reworked it to add a level of control and realism that can appeal to new and old PES fans alike.”

Full thing after the break.

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The UK Government has decided to create a cross-departmental committee to examine issues affecting the videogame industry.

ELSPA’s first meeting with Minister for Creative Industries Siôn Simon last week was the catalyst for the formation.

“The news was indeed upbeat,” said ELSPA director general Michael Rawlinson. “The Minister assured us that the Government is confident of being able to introduce pro-PEGI legislation before the next election.

“We also covered the other hot topic of the moment: tax breaks for the industry. Siôn Simon confirmed that the Treasury is now open in principle to the idea of tax breaks for the country’s video games industry.

“But endlessly calling for tax breaks is not enough. What is obvious is that hard evidence has so far been very lacking so the Minister has now asked ELSPA to help further the debate by furnishing that evidence. This, of course, we are happy to do.”

Committee members are comprised of representatives from the Departments of Culture, Media and Sport; Business Innovation and Skills; Health; the Home Office; and the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

More through MCV.

Thanks, StickBoy.

Capcom has announced that Fate/Unlimited Codes will hit the Playstation Store during the early part of September.

The PSP digital download is based on the Japanese visual novel/anime/manga series that’s just starting to make its way over to North America, and is the first time Capcom has released a download only title.

Loads more can be found out about the game over on Kramez’s Unity page.

Miles Edgeworth, the fella who took a page out of Prince’s fashion book, will land in US stores via his own game February 16, 2010.

Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth has players taking on the role of his purpleness, tsk-tsking their way through investigations to get the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

There are loads of screens for the game over on D’toid if you wanna have look.

There’s also a video after the break.

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Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Square Enix franchise SaGa, a limited edition DSi bundle has been revealed for SaGa 2: Goddess of Destiny.

So far only available in Japan, the bundle costs 24,880 yen ($265).

Ouch. That’s a bit high.

More over on Siliconera.

Ubisoft has released the new Splinter Cell footage that was shown at Comic-Con.

CVG has the video. Go watch it.

It’s out in October.

Square Enix and Eidos announced that former Square Enix executive Doug Bone is the new sales director at Square Europe and Eidos’ Jon Brooke is now the marketing director.

Larry Sparks, still VP of Eidos, will handle Square’s Japanese titles in Europe while Mike Sherlock, co-Chief Executive Officer, will handle marketing, pubic relations ans sales former CEO Phil Rogers.

“The combined expertise of our companies, means we have an extremely talented team in the UK, a team who under Mike Sherlock’s leadership I am sure will deliver results and drive our business forwards,” said Rogers.

There will be some staff loss, but the company has promised to ‘minimize this wherever possible and offer support to employees directly affected’.

Via MCV.

Looks like there is no stopping Halo 3 from staying on top of the Xbox Live charts.

Don’t even try. It will be your ruin.

Here’s the rest for the week of July 13 courtesy of the Major.

Live Titles

1. Halo 3
2. Call of Duty 4
3. Call of Duty: WaW
4. Gears of War 2
5. Battlefield 1943
6. GTA IV
7. FIFA 09
8. Left 4 Dead
9. UFC 2009 Undisputed
10. Fallout 3

Arcade Titles

1. Battlefield 1943
2. The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
3. Ikaruga
4. Worms 2: Armageddon
5. Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers
6. Castle Crashers
7. UNO
8. N+
9. HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT
10. Sonic The Hedgehog 3

Original and community stuff is after the break.

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Ubisoft’s North America’s president, Laurent Detoc, has said that a team has been working on some BGAE “stuff” and despite the Ubidays video and screen leaks, the game’s not coming anytime soon as the series’ future is still up in the air.

“Whether or not it comes out remains to be seen anyway, but we didn’t want to abandon that IP because it has a cache and authenticity about it,” Detoc told IndustryGamers. “There’s something very pure about that game and it’s too bad that we were not able to build it as an IP at the time.

“I didn’t say there’s definitely going to be another game. I said something had leaked, which means we’ve been working on some Beyond Good and Evil stuff, but whether there’s going to be another game or not, that’s something for the future. But getting to your question as to why there’s work on the IP again, it’s a creative people business; the creative talent is interested in it and possibly exploring how to do it from a new angle.

“I’ll tell you, I didn’t know about the leak and neither did my boss. The problem when you do stuff like [intentional leaks] is if you get caught it’s really bad. Looking back at our history, I don’t remember anything we’ve done of that nature.”

More through the link.

Codmasters has announced that Colin McRae: DiRT 2 will include three new ESPN X Games stages along with official branding.

X Games America, X Games Asia, X Games Europe will “infuse added realism by bringing the series’ unique action sports atmosphere to the game” and be headlined by Ken Block, Dave Mirra, Tanner Faust and Travis Pastrana.

Players will be able to compete in the X Games events by reaching landmark achievements within the game’s World Tour.

Game’s out for everything under the sun September 8 and 11 in the US and UK respectively.

Loads more in the press release below.

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Some more chart work from GamerBytes has surfaced, and this time instead of Xbox Live, PSN downloads are getting analyzed.

Here are the top ten downloaded titles for the month of June on PSN courtesy of Gamasutra:

1. Final Fantasy VII
2. Wolfenstein 3D
3. Resident Evil Director’s Cut
4. Metal Gear Solid
5. Bomberman Ultra
6. Trash Panic
7. Zen Pinball
8. Street Fighter Alpha 2
9. Mortal Kombat II
10. Gunstar Heroes

For a full analaysis, hit the links.