Monthly Archives: October 2009

According to JVN.com, the PSPgo has sold over 8,000 units in it’s first three days on sale in France, with 50,000 units made available across the country to retailers.

Since the console went on sale nearly two weeks ago, sales for PSP hardware has increased in the UK by over 100 percent, although specific numbers weren’t given by Chart-Track.

Expect a small jump in PSP hardware sales in the US when the NPD’s are released on Thursday.

Catch more info, if you can read French, through the link.

This is so awesome. The Daily Star’s quoted our very own Psychotext on his anticipated favoured use for Modern Warfare 2′s Prestige Edition NV goggles.

Hordes of joy-pad junkies are rubbing their hands in anticipation and some have already admitted they will use the goggles for “stealth dogging” and to spy on gay cruising spots.

One Brit gamer, named Psychotext, posted on the forum vg247.com: “They’re good enough for stealth dogging/cruising and I think that’s all anyone really cares about.”

Best thing ever. Psychotext: we salute you.

Modern Warfare 2 ships on November 10.

Ubisoft’s released a brand new video of Red Steel 2: a tutorial showing mostly swordplay for the game.

Watching it, the graphics definitely have that XIII feel to it anyways.

Find it over at Eurogamer. The game will be out next year on the Wii.

SCEA‘s announced that Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in TIme has gone Gold, meaning the game will definately meet the US date of October 27.

Lovely.

No European date yet, though the assumption is that it’ll release on October 30.

Now ACiT is wrapped, we wonder what Insomniac are working on next? *hint hint*

2k’s sent out two new environment shots of Mafia II.

Not much, but they do look nice.

Game’s out early next year for PS3, 360 and PC. Catch the screens at Eurogamer.pt.

Remember Interstellar Marines? That FPS that was revealed at E3 2005 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360? Well, it’s emerging again.

A new section on the game’s website, known as “The Vault”, is now live.

With it comes a new teaser. Catch it over at SI.

No date yet.

EA has revealed to Eurogamer that the earlier listings from this morning of PlayStation 3 versions of Left 4 Dead 2 and Mass Effect 2 were posted in “error”.

As you may have noticed in our updates since, the listings have been removed from the website.

In a gist: both games are now 360-PC exclusive again… for the foreseeable future anyways.

While a L4D2 appearence on the PS3 was always going to be very unlikely, BioWare’s refused to rule out Mass Effect appearing on the console someday. But for now, that “someday” is a pipedream.

Catch more through the first link.

L4D2 is out on November 17, while Mass Effect 2 is out in Q1 2010.

In case you’re not aware, here’s a public service announcement: Uncharted 2 is out this week. Tomorrow in the US, Wednesday in Europe and Friday in the UK.

And it’s the bees fucking knees. The first PS3 title to get a ten from Eurogamer and thensome, it has a meta so far of 9.7, making it so far one of the highest rated titles this gen.

To celebrate the game’s release, SCEE’s put out the TV ad that will accompany the game on release. Catch it after the jump, thanks to the EU PS Blog.

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FIFA 10 has retained it’s postition at the top of the UK charts, despite sales for the game dropping over 64 percent.

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising puts up a strong challenge, and also becomes Codemasters’ biggest selling launch title, but still sees it fall short and land second in the charts.

Need for Speed: Shift rounds off the top three.

Find the top ten below. Last week’s data is here.

In an interview with The Washington Post (via GI), Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has said that the PSPgo has a “fundamental concept problem”, wondering “what’s the benefit” in it.

“I have the utmost respect for all our competitors, but it’s interesting to try and answer the consumer question of ‘What’s in it for me?’ in that product,” said Fils-Aime.

He also stated that, despite the success of the iPhone, the company has no plans to enter the mobile phone market.

“We don’t have a desire to get into the phone space. We think the game business is competitive enough.”

More through the links.

Sega’s UK managing director John Clark has gone on record with GI, saying he wants the company to “crack core gaming”.

It comes as the developer released hardcore games like House of the Dead: Overkill and Madworld earlier this year on the Wii with critical success, but sales on both were mediocre at best. Clark insists though they will persist and “have a go”.

“We’re prepared to have a go and try to be innovative, and we want to crack core gaming.  We’ve spent a lot of time thinking there must be a way to release mature, more adult content on the Wii format.

“House of the Dead performed really well. Was that because it was mature or because it was an arcade title? You might lean towards the SEGA IP and the affiliation with Nintendo, but we matured that up by bringing out House of the Dead Overkill, and made it more of a core game,” said Clark.

“At the same time we entered into an exciting partnership with Platinum Games, the first result of which was MadWorld – a fantastic, innovative, original game, no doubt about it.”

Find more through the link.

IGN’s gone live with the first reviews for Brutal Legend.

Judgement: it’s bloody awesome. IGN US went with a 9.0, while IGN Australia went with a 9.3.

A blurb from the US review:

“Brutal Legend isn’t quite perfect and there is room for improvement (it’s a little short, side quests are repetitive…), but when the credits roll you’ll find yourself hoping for a sophomore release. Double Fine created a rich heavy metal universe and backstory full of great characters and creatures, with potential for an out-of-this-world sequel. Here’s hoping Shafer and company get a chance to take us there.”

The US video review is after the jump. Game’s out on the PS3 and 360 this week.

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EA’s released a brand new dev diary for Dante’s Inferno.

In this one, it showcases the “fifth circle of hell” – anger.

It’s out next year for PS3, 360 and PSP. Diary is after the jump.

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EA’s announced that composer Tyler Bates will be doing the score to Army of Two: The 40th Day.

Bates, who has scored Watchemen, 300, Halloween 2 and TV show Californication, said it was “one of the most intense games I’ve seen.”

We’ll believe you when we play the game from next January for PS3, 360 and PSP.

Press release is after the jump.

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According to Koku Gamer, Forza Motorsport 3 has leaked onto P2P sites for any of you pirated lot.

Bad pirates, bad!

The leaked game is the full thing as well as the second disc that comes with the game, which we detailed over the weekend. Total download comes in at over 13Gb.

Game is out on October 23 in the UK. Find more info through the first link.

TheGamerAccess is reporting that a beta for ModNation Racers is already underway.

The beta for the game – which was announced at E3 at Sony’s presser from United Front Games – is most likely to be an internal affair for now as the site claims the beta was being played by a Sony employee.

Gamers who bought the GOTY edition of LittleBigPlanet in the US will have access to the beta when it’s publicly released.

As for Europe, we don’t know if, when or how to get the beta. But we’ll send an email off to SCEE to see if there are any plans for the beta will come to Europe once available to the public.

Find more info through the link. The game’s out next year for the PS3.

5th Cell’s creative director Jeremiah Slaczka has revealed in an interview with Gama that Scribblenauts was in development for over a year.

One year and three months, to be exact.

“[We worked on Scribblenauts for] a year and three months, which is crazy. That’s probably the only thing I don’t like about 5th Cell’s development. It’s just how it is. That’s the way it is. We’re competing against companies like Square Enix and Nintendo, triple-A products,” revealed Slaczka.

“People hold us to the same standard, which I’m totally fine with — I want them to hold us to that standard. But they get three years, and I get one year. That’s the big difference. I feel like a boxer with one hand tied between my back.”

More through the first link. The game was released last week for the DS.

Via Tiny Cartridge.

Update: Listing has been taken down. It’s now a Xbox 360 only game again.

Update 2: EA insist both listings for Mass Effect 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 were posted in “error“.

Original Story: The EA Russia website has listed a PlayStation 3 version of Left 4 Dead 2.

Previously, Valve has categorically said before they aren’t working on the PS3, so either this is a massive fuck-up or EA Russia is doing the jump on everyone. It’s the former, almost certainly.

Ex-KGB will be called in to kill whoever put up the listings, accidental or not.

We’ll leave an email with Valve. For fun, like.

Earlier, the same site also listed a PS3 version of Mass Effect 2.

Speaking at a Japanese retailer event, Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto has said that New Super Mario Bros Wii will “continue” to sell for many years.

“It’s a Mario that will continue selling even after one year has passed,” said the Mario creator.

Miyamoto was there to demo the game at the event, which was held in Tokyo yesterday.

Remember: this is one of three titles Nintendo prez Satoru Iwota expects to sell over ten million units.

Game was recently confirmed for release dates of November 15/20.

Thanks, Andriasang.

Infinity Ward’s Rob Bowling has confirmed in a tweet that Modern Warfare 2 will receive the Avatar treatment on 360.

It most likely wont be in the form of Avatar Rewards, but it will be for Avatar items: some of which Bowling hopes will be free.

“Not sure we’ll be doing any Avatar rewards, but we are making avatar items. With some free ones hopefully.”

Game’s out on November 10 for PS3 and 360. PC version is out on November 24, apparently.