Monthly Archives: August 2009

Peter Molyneux was on stage this morning to reveal Fable III.

No surprise there. He went through a part of the game’s plot, some of the new gameplay feautres and more.

It’s out in 2010. It’s out of Microsoft’s GC presser. See what happened here.

Update: Microsoft just released the press release for it. It’s after the jump.

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We thought this was finished yesterday with Joan of Arc, but it seems its not. But today, it will be.

Winston Churchill has appeared on the Lionhead website. The quote?

“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”

So we’ve had Che Guevara, Abe Lincoln,Emma Goldman, Aristotle, Robespierre and Joan of Arc. But whats the conncection? All will be revealed today.

Livetext with Pat and Keza is here. It starts at 9:00am BST.

Here we go again. Hot on the heels of Sony’s PS3 Slim announcement at GamesCom yesterday comes Microsoft with a 10.00am CET press conference.

Mr Molyneux’s involved. He said last night he’s going to show a new game. What on earth could it be?

That’s 9.00am UK time and dead o’clock if you’re in the US. Don’t miss it. Hit the link for updates.

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The assets from GamesCom just keep pouring in with no end in sight.

Brutal Legend’s trailer is posted for you after the jump.

It’s rockin’ to say the least.

Thanks, FileFront.

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Posted after the break for your viewing pleasure is the new trailer and some new shots from Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

Both sets were shown during EA’s Press Event during GamesCom earlier today.

It’s out March 5th in Europe and March 2nd in the US.

Enjoy courtesy of Eurogamer and FileFront.

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Twisted Pixel has revealed the Avatar Awards coming to Splosion Man.

To get these, break your first pane of glass in ‘Splosion Man and complete the entire co-op campaign.

Should you have already pulled both off, the items will automatically unlock and then you can choose between the male and female offerings.

No date just yet.

Via Joystiq.

Yesterday’s announcement that Gameloft had picked up the rights to give your Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii a case of the worms wasn’t exactly clear on what form said creepy-but-not-crawly would take. Would it be a new game, or would it be a port of a classic earthworm escapade? G4 asked Gameloft, and promptly received an answer.

“A Gameloft representative has confirmed to me it’s a remake of the 1994 original game released on Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis, not a new game,” reads G4′s post.

So that’s that.

We have posted the Uncharted 2 trailer from Sony’s GamesCom Press Event for you after the break.

It’s rather nice, as you will see.

Looks like Nathan is as tired as Pat, there at the end.

Thanks, Joystiq.

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BioWare and EA sent us over 13 new screens for Dragon Age: Origins.

Nice to get some new shots of it anyway, especially ones with actual dragons in ‘em and a bit of side-boob for the lads.

The old pics were getting a bit boring.

Have a look past the break.

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EA has just sent us over some rocking Mass Effect 2 screens.

Nice to look at they are.

We have them after the break.

Tell the wife to go hide while you enjoy yourself.

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A new Dragon Age: Origins video was shown by Ray Muzyka during EA’s press event today at GamesCom.

We have it posted for you below the fold courtesy of BigDownload.

The video reveals the origins of the Darkspawn and how the Grey Wardens were formed to fight back all the evil.

Game’s out in November for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

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Sony has released videos for both the Digital Reader and PSP minis.

We have both posted after the break courtesy of Joystiq.

For now, the Digital Reader is for comics only, but who knows what the future holds. Digital copies of Wuthering Heights, The Doppelganger or Atonement may not be just a pipe dream folks. We’ll have to wait and see.

Minis are expected to launch with the Go on October 1. Yay.

Watch on.

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Details on Persona 3 PSP’s downsized upgrade are finally* starting to roll in, and the game’s looking like much more than a simple port.

Most notably, all that female main character jazz is choice-driven. At the game’s outset, you decide rather you want to be a soft-skinned, purty-lookin’ Japanese girl or a boy who, well, looks just about as a pretty as his female counterpart.

Depending on your main character’s gender, certain events within the game’s story will change. For instance, if you charge out the gates as a girl, a male attendant replaces Elizabeth in the shadowy Velvet Room.

Other changes include new difficulty levels, more effiecient methods of travel, and the ability to directly control your party members in battle.

The game’s launching day and date with the PSP Go in Japan. Odds are, it’ll reach our shores eventually, but for now, Atlus isn’t talking.

*It’s been, like, less than a day since it was announced. We’re very impatient when it comes to Persona, it would seem.

Thanks, 1UP.

Activision’s Bobby Kotick, has told The Economist that despite criticism that the company is too dependent on exploiting franchises, many gamers feel the opposite.

“A small segment of very vocal gamers say everything has to be new and different every year,” he told the site. “Actually, people are happy with existing franchises, provided you innovate within them.”

The trick, according to Kotick, is to strike a balance “between the familiarity of a trusted brand and ‘innovative and inspiring’ new features.”

Guitar Hero 5 is out in September.

Via EndSights.

The official Gran Turismo 5 website has updated with some brand new info and screens for you to feast on. However, the info is in Japanese on the game’s website. Luckily, GTPlanet has the info translated for you already.

Here’s what you’ll get when the game releases:

• 1,000 vehicles in the game
• 80 courses in the game. 60 revealed with another 20 to be revealed
• YouTube support

Those are just some of the gameplay features in the game. Go through the link to find out more.

It’s in Cologne this week for journalists to get their hands on it. It could potentially be out by Christmas.

A new trailer for Ju-On: The Grudge has surfaced on the net.

It’s the Euro trailer, and it’s after the break.

Game’s out in October for Wii on both sides of the pond.

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Pictures dont do this justice. After the jump is the moment SCEI president, Kaz Hirai, steps out on stage and introduces the PS3 Slim to the world, bringing to an end the worst kept secret in all of mankind. He also talks about the price cut as well.

From GT.

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Or at least, they’re as family friendly as God of War screens get. No blood, entrails, or cyclops-turned-no-clops in sight. Just Kratos and a big, mean monster man striking poses at each other.

There are also a couple shots of Kratos attempting to fly in a cave, which strikes us as counterproductive.

See them all over at Shacknews.

Ubisoft has announced Silent Hunter 5 at GamesCom for PC.

Currently in the works at its Romanian studio, it’s expected to be released in 2010 and to continue the realistic submarine combat sim series by being set in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Players will be able to take control of both Allied subs and German U-Boats during World War II.

A first for the strategy-sim series will be the ability to view the action in first-person view and will also allow players to simulate life inside the boats by interacting with crew members and give them duties.

We have a trailer of it posted after the break courtesy of D’toid.

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Just as Endrant Studios finished pushing Wolfenstein out the door, the big bad wolf that is financial troubles came and blew the developer’s house down. Or part of it, anyway.

“We have recently completed a development cycle and have regrettably been forced to make adjustments to staff and headcounts,” a company rep told GamesIndustry.biz.

“Those affected are valued members of our team who have worked incredibly hard on our latest title. We hope that they land on their feet quickly.”

Wolfenstein was the (formerly) 17-person team’s first game. We join the rest of Endrant in hoping those who now find themselves unemployed don’t stay that way for long.