Monthly Archives: October 2009

Namco Bandai has announced that over 2.5 million copies of Tekken 6 have shipped worldwide.

Games been out for just a couple days in the US and was released today in the UK.

Hopefully some sales figures will be released soon as well, so we can jump up and down for joy – or kick stuff, which would be more “Tekken style”, we reckon.

Via Joystiq, Andriasang.

Army of Two: The 40th Day’s director, Alex Hutchinson, has said that “player storytelling trumps game-authored story every time,” and that in the past, game makers aren’t so good at storytelling.

“We need to realize that we tell traditional stories very badly,” he told GamePro. “There are very few game stories that would get published in your average fiction magazine, and it’s not because we have bad writers.

“We enable other people’s stories, and that is so powerful and fresh that if we nail it… the sky’s the limit.”

Hutchinson chats more about storytelling ideals, and Army of Two: The 40th Day in the video posted below the break.

Thanks, GoNintendo.

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Random House has posted an excerpt from the first chapter of The Infernal City, a novel based on the Elder Scrolls.

What’s posted introduces the reader to protagonists Annaïg and Mere-Glim.

You should go have a read yourself. After we did, we decided we wanted it in our Christmas stocking.

It’s out on shelves November 29.

Thanks, Joystiq.

During his Left 4 Dead 2 talk today at EG Expo 2009, Valve’s Chet Faliszek explained that the DLC pack names found in the demo were spaceholders only, put there as required test by Microsoft.

“If you’re reading in the forums and you’re reading about the “Miracle” DLC or whatever, that’s test code,” said Faliszek. “To get tested through Microsoft certification, we had to do test scenarios with DLC.

“We haven’t actually come out internally with what we’re going to do yet.”

Also, as far as the original survivors are concerned:

“They’re not dead, so we’ll see what happens with that,” he said. “They’re not undead either.”

There’s loads more through the links there.

If you missed out on purchasing Team Fortress 2 yesterday for $2.50, now is your chance to get it for that price again providing you do so within the next 30 minutes.

Sale ends at 1:00pm PST and Valve says that this is it folks.

Get it through Steam now.

GO GO GO!!!!

BioWare’s tournament for Dragon Age: Origins is over.

The winners of the Warden’s Quest were the Hungary team, with the BioWare community team coming in second place.

Who placed where is in the list below, courtesy of VoodooExtreme.

1. Hungary
2. Bioware Community
3. Canada
4. Poland
5. UK
6. Netherlands / Belgium
7. France
8. Spain
9. USA
10. Czech Republic / Slovakia

Stats and the like can be found on the official site.

The AO version of Manhunt 2 will land on Direct2Drive next week for $29.99, reports BigDownload.

Rockstar has not detailed what exactly AO entails for the title, but rest assured it will contain more blood and violence that the retail version.

More info through here.

Infinity Ward has released a Modern Warfare 2 spoof video featuring Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels rendered in-game.

In it, the self-professed fan of the Call of Duty games speaks out against being spammed by sticky grenades.

The video is brought to you by Fight Against Grenade Spam and is past the break.

Oh boy.

There’s also a pot leaf in there too. See if you can spot it.

Via BigDownload.

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Most MMOs either had a Halloween-themed celebration, or are currently in the midst of one, and so you don’t get left out, Massively has complied a convenient list of games hosting events.

Here’s the full thing:

• Final Fantasy XI – Harvest Festival
• City of Heroes – The Deadly Apocalypse
• EverQuest II – Nights of the Dead
• Fallen Earth – Days of the Dead
• Warhammer Online – Daemon Moon Rising
• Aion – Harvest Revel
• Guild Wars – The Mad King’s Revelry
• Runes of Magic – Pumpkin Festival
• Lineage – Cavern of Chaos
• Lineage II – Spooks and Scarecrows
• Age of Conan – Nights of Lost Souls
• EverQuest – The Haunting of Norrath
• Legends of Norrath – Brraaaaaainss!
• Star Wars Galaxies – Galactic Moon Festival
• Exteel – Hey, sweet! Paint!
• Free Realms – Super Spooktacular
• Champions Online’s Blood Moon
• LOTRO – Harvestmath
• World of Warcraft – Hallow’s End (thanks, Sethos)
• Fusion Fall: Halloween Party
• Runescape – Web of Shadows

Most last into the beginning of November, and links as well as pictures providing more information are available through the link up top.

Thanks to all those who suggested additions to the list.

OK maybe not underpants.

Anyway, a new developer diary was posted on the US PS Blog this week for The Saboteur.

In it, lead designer Tom French chats about how the team brought Paris to light amidst the crushing occupation of the Nazis.

French explains how the lack of color in the city represents the despair felt by the citizens, and as you fight back, color is restored due to the hope and inspiration you inspire in the inhabitants.

Nice to know you make a difference, somehow.

Full thing is through the link, and the game’s out on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 just in time to be put under your holiday tree.

Jack-o-lanterns with a gaming spin popped up over on Joystiq and Kotaku – and surely elsewhere – over the past few days, and since today is Halloween, we thought we’d give you links to pictures of what your gaming brethren created.

Our favorites so far have to be the Borderlands pumpkin over on Joystiq, and one of Pitfall over on Kotaku.

Nice to see such creativity. We’re already planning ours for next year.

Go have a look through the links.

It has been revealed via Steam that Star Trek D-A-C will arrive on the service November 17 – the same day the film it’s based on is released for  Blu-ray and DVD.

Developed by Naked Sky Entertainment, the PC version adds two new ship classes, an Assault mode map and a Survival mode.

Pricing has yet to be determined.

Thanks, BigDownload.

Rockstar and the Movember Foundation are asking you to grow a mustache. Seriously. Like you need an excuse.

The purpose of Movember is to raise awareness for prostate cancer, and while the foundation wants you to grow one to show your support for finding a cure for it and other cancers, Rockstar says the best mustachioed male will end up as a character in Red Dead Redemption.

The contest kicks off tomorrow, and if you are willing to grow your very own lip caterpillar, go sign up on the Movember Foundation page, and on Rockstar’s contest site (links above).

Only catch is you must be clean shaven to begin with, even if you have a nice horseshoe, Sam Elliott or Freddie Mercury going on.

Via Joystiq.

A new video for LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues has been released and it’s posted past the break, courtesy of BigDownload.

It’s basically the scene from the bar during the first part of the first movie, with clips from it coinciding with the LEGO version.

Looks rather cute. Makes us want to watch the movie again.

Game’s out November 17.

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Valve’s Chet Faliszek has decided to grace the Eurogamer Expo in order to show off Left 4 Dead 2.

His presentation will be liveblogged by Tom Bramwell, and is set to go live at 3.30pm GMT.

You can read what happens when it happens through here.

David Cage presented Heavy Rain today during the last day of the Eurogamer Expo.

During his chat, he talked about levels, choice, sex, PS3′s prowess and other goodies regarding the game.

One of the scenes shown from the game was Hassan’s Shop which stars Shelby, the private detective, encountering a guy coming in to sack the store register.

Cage showed two different ways the scene can be played out – either by hitting the would-be robber over the head with a wine bottle, or talking him into leaving the store.

Eurogamer’s Ellie Gibson was on hand for the presentation and the Q&A that followed it, and lucky for us she livebogged the full thing.

The full transcript of it can be found through here.

This past Wednesday, Disney held an event in London introducing Epic Mickey to the press.

Loads of information came out of the event, and we bombarded you with everything we found on it.

However, now you watch Warren Spector’s presentation for yourself, thanks to a video from Gamezine.

It’s past the break.

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There are over 30 shots of Dragon Age: Origins up on Eurogamer, and most, if not all, look in game.

You better have one last look before you decide if you want it or not. It’s out in three more days in the US for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, and six more days in Europe.

Ok, so technically they’re “Husks,” but if it looks like a zombie and talks like a zombie, then what is it? Don’t strain your brain too hard on this one.

Anyway, this trailer – courtesy of G4 – is two minutes and 43 seconds of fast bullets chasing down slow zombie-husk things. Shepard may have a quick tongue on him, but we have to admit that explosions and gunfire make for a better trailer.

Check it out for yourself after the break.

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Nokia’s N-Gage service is a bit like Dracula as portrayed by the Castlevania series; it’s able to resurrect and revamp itself in a variety of forms, but in the end, its grandiose plans are thwarted by some guy with a whip. Or a lack of consumer interest. Whichever. So sayeth the N-Gage blog:

“N-Gage games can be purchased until the end of September 2010. While the N-Gage.com site together with the N-Gage Arena and other community features will remain in operation throughout 2010, the Ovi Store will be the new central place for all the mobile games that Nokia and other publishers offer from this point forward. We will no longer publish new games for the N-Gage platform.”

Other N-Gage features – like the N-Gage Arena and N-Gage.com – will recieve the wooden stake treatment after 2010.

More through the link.