Monthly Archives: September 2009

Microsoft has announced that a Halo 3: ODST hardware bundle will be made available in all PAL territories.

Inside the large Halo decorated box, consumers will find a 120Gb Xbox 360 Elite, controller, a copy of Halo 3: ODST, a copy of Halo 3 and a key to the Halo: Reach beta.

It’s due later this month, and will run you £249/€280/R4,228 (South Africa).

Via Kotaku.

Majesco posted an operating loss of $4.2 million for the third quarter. The loss compares to a profit of $0.3 million for the same quarter in 2008.

Revenue for the company did show an increase however, up 19 percent to $17.2 million compared to $14.5 million last year.

Sales of the publisher’s Wii and DS titles were up 16 per cent and 18 percent respectively.

Release more Cooking Mama. Quick. More on GI.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Commander’s Challenge has landed on Xbox Live, according to the Major.

It is available in all XBL regions, has 50 missions, is 2.1Gb in size, and will run you 800 MS Points ($10.00/£6.80/€9.30).

Not familiar with the game? Here’s the description:

Fight for world domination in the all-new Red Alert 3 Commander’s Challenge! Do you have what it takes to withstand the brutal onslaught and relentless taunting of the world’s toughest commanders, including Ric Flair as Commander Hill? Find out as you attempt to conquer the world in 50 challenges featuring explosive new units such as the Giga Fortress, Desolator, and Cryo Legionnaire!

Head on through the link to find out more.

Update – Sorry. You can only get the Brutal Legend demo tomorrow if you’ve pre-ordered. Check out the game’s blog for more. Thanks, Enkeixpress.

Konami’s confirmed that the PES 2010 demo will release tomorrow for PC, PS3 and 360. The taster “showcases the full game’s Exhibition mode,” according to the PR after the break. The full game ships on October 23.

And just in case you’d forgotten, the Brutal Legend demo hits PSN and Live tomorrow, as confirmed at GamesCom.

Demotastic. Get both, obviously.

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EA Montreal’s Alain Tascan has admitted to GI.biz that the firm may one day revive the SSX snowboarding series should consumers demand it.

“We have a big catalog and we were talking about what people like,” he told the site. “I think this is something we will look at in the future to see if it makes sense to revive the franchise.

“It’s a little bit early to talk about it, but I feel… I know internally it is a franchise that people love because it was successful and good, and it reminds me of when we were young, and I feel if the market is there and is ready for a new one then we’ll consider it.”

In 2005, SSX On Tour was the last game in the franchise released, which saw launches on GameCube, PS2, PSP and Xbox.

More through the link.

Thanks, Eurogamer.

Atari’s appointed former News Corporation VP Philip Veneziano as its new CFO.

“I look forward to working with the Atari team as it continues to take advantage of its growth opportunity in North America,” said Veneziano.

“This company, which is recognised internationally as a leader in entertainment software, presents a tremendous opportunity to gain market share.”

More on GI.

Stardock’s opened pre-orders for Sins of a Solar Empire micro-expansion, Diplomacy. See here.

The add-on will bring a new tech tree, new ships and “deadlier pirates” to the space-based RTS.

Yours for $10. It’s out February 9. Buy it here.

After the break. Looks metally. Features bad metal stuff going down. Will most likely be brilliant. Fail to see how it can’t be. See the mad metal monster go mad.

See it now.

Demo’s out tomorrow! Thanks, brennan40.

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Sony has decided to stay quiet regarding the possibility of countering Microsoft’s dedicated Call of Duty hardware pack with one of its own.

An SCEE spokesperson told MCV that “we’ve not made any announcements about bundle packs, but will let you know should that change”, when asked about a possible MW2 bundle or any of the rumored bundles for that matter.

Microsoft announced today its 250GB Xbox 360 bundle which includes the game and full on MW2 branding on the console.

Nintendo’s released its entire DSiWare and WiiWare schedule for the rest of the year, as reported by NintendoLife.

Get the full list after the break. Backgammon here we come!

Thanks, Blerk.

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Large Dutch retailer Nedgame won’t be stocking PSP go this October, the chain’s told EG.nl.

Why? Two reasons. Firstly, it sees the €249.99 price tag – €80 more than the current PSP-3000 – as too steep. Secondly, the fact the console doesn’t use physical media means it won’t be able to sell any games for it. And selling games is how games shops make money.

A similar story relating to French retailers did the rounds recently, but SCEE poo-pooed it.

PSP go releases on October 1. Thanks, EG.

IGN’s posted a movie of the unveil section of last night’s 250Gb 360 Modern Warfare 2 special edition announcement in LA – get it after the break.

There’s another video there of the console and all its peripherals in a glass case, including plenty of close-ups and detail.

It’s $399 in the US. We’re still waiting on the UK price.

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Blockbusters is to close between 810-960 stores, the company confirmed in an SEC filing yesterday, in an effort “to improve four-wall profitability.”

The games and video retailer will close the stores by the end of 2010.

It’s not all bad, though. Sort of.

“All these stores are candidate stores,” said spokesperson Randy Hargrove.

“Although we may in fact close that many stores, if we can renegotiate leases or remodel stores to make them more profitable, that number might go down.”

Lots more detail on CNET.

Kotaku’s spotted a teaser for something called Project Gotham Racing: Ferrari Edition in a trailer for Zune HD that popped up on Monday.

There’s a very brief look at it in the video. It’s a 3D racer, obviously.

When? Dunno. Is it being done by Bizarre? No idea. We’ll ask, and shit.

Interplay’s to release new versions of ancient scrapper Clayfighter for Wii and DSi, the company’s confirmed.

Both games will release next summer.

The title originally released for SNES in 1993, and was followed by a Mega Drive version in 1994.

PR after the break.

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A shot of a Crackdown 2-branded Zune HD just popped up – and here it is.

Pretty. All we need now is a UK release and we’re off.

Yet more from last night’s Modern Warfare 2 LA event: get two off-screen multiplay movies after the break.

The first is of a level on top of a half-built skyscraper, the second being set in Afghanistan.

Looks proper shooty. The game’s out on November 11. Thanks, OPM.

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EG’s posted up some Uncharted 2 beta footage, and very swish it looks too.

It’s multiplay, with some co-op treasure-based stuff going on.

The game’s out on October 15 in North America, with a UK date still pending.

Acti’s put out some news Modern Warfare 2 screens in celebration of last night’s LA multiplayer event – get them on EG.fr.

Get all the rest of the news on the Modern Warfare 2 360 special edition, playtests and liveblogs from the presentation here.

SOE’s confirmed that 12 Star Wars Galaxies servers are to close, as detailed here. Only 13 will be left in operation.

Character creation has now ceased on all the affected servers, and character transfer to other, healthier climes has been made free until October 15.

Just when the zombies were turning up, too.

Thanks, brennan40.