Monthly Archives: November 2009

TVGB are reporting that the PSN version of Call of Duty: Classic will get a US release this Thursday for $14.99.

Earlier tonight, the game was confirmed for an Xbox Live Arcade release on Wednesday for 1200 MS points.

A couple of weeks ago, during the launch week of Modern Warfare 2, Sony released the game for the European PlayStation Store. However, it was soon pulled.

Other then that, only people who have bought the Hardened or Prestige version of MW2 for either PS3 or 360 have got the game.

But now you can buy if you haven’t got neither SKU. Go nuts.

We’ll email Acti in the morning, and see if this applies to the UK as well.

BioWare’s lifted the lid of a new party member for Mass Effect 2 in a brand new video, which you can see after the jump.

The video shows Samara, an Asari who knows bioic combat.

She kicks ass with her powers, as you’ll see.

Go watch. Some new shots were released as well tonight.

It’s out in Europe on January 28 for 360 and PC. Thanks, tLG.

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Speaking in an interview with Gama, Quantic Dream co-CEO Guillaume de Fondaumiere has said that if done right, games could be “meaningful.”

He said: “I think that the most important goal for us is to show that video games can be more than just shooting, driving — that games can be meaningful.”

de Fondaumiere was talking in the interview of his hopes for the developer’s upcoming PS3 exclusive Heavy Rain, where he welcomed the coined term for the game “interactive movie.”

“The best short-form definition we found [for Heavy Rain] was ‘interactive movie,’ which is a double-edged sword quite simply because it reminds people of those games at the early ’90s when you were basically in a movie and you had the choice between going to the left or opening the door to the right — which of course Heavy Rain is absolutely not.”

Find more through the link. Heavy Rain is released next year.

Nelson’s confirmed that Call of Duty: Classic will be this week’s XBLA game, going for 1200 MS points.

If you have the Hardened and Prestige edition of Modern Warfare 2, you’ll probably already have it.

But for those of you who couldn’t afford £120 “stealth dogging/crusing” NVGs, in case you didn’t know, this is the remake of the original Call of Duty from way, way back in the day.

It was released on the PS Store a while back, but was then pulled soon after, so no date for the re-release yet.

Croteam and Devolver Digital has announced Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, with a 2010 release planned for PC and the home consoles.

The game will include a new co-op mode tournament for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai next year.

No more other than that. Thanks, PlanetXbox360.

Ubisoft’s confirmed a €78 million loss for the first half of the current fiscal year, ended September. The same period in 2008 saw a €33 million profit.

Revenue plummeted compared to last year, down to €166 million from €344.5 million in the previous corresponding period.

Ow.

“Ubisoft had a light first-half line-up, driving much weaker sales (down 52% vs. last year), with DS software piracy, lower catalog sales, and a continued weak retail environment all contributed to the decline,” said Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter in a note.

Ubi boss Yves Guillemot pointed to brightness from Assassin’s Creed II in the current half of the year, but warned against optimism related to Ubi’s Wii games.

“First week sales of Assassin’s Creed II, up 32%, with positive initial indications for the second week, combined with an overwhelmingly warm reception from gamers, validates our strategy of developing bigger franchises,” he said.

“Based on this initial data, Assassin’s Creed 2 looks well positioned to outstrip targets while our Wii games have got off to a more contrasted start in a less predictable arket.

“Finally, sales of James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game should benefit from the launch of the movie which is expected to be the biggest blockbuster of this holiday season.”

Hit this for the full joy.

Splash Damage has confirmed that Brink will get a delay until fall 2010, moving it from spring.

The news comes at the end of a gameplay video released by G4 (via Shack), which says “Revolution Comes: Fall 2010.”

Although in fairness, the game does look awesome. The bastard child of Mirror’s Edge by the looks of it.

Find it after the jump.

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Mark Ecko planned to release a game adaptation of Macbeth. Seriously.

“I completely re-imagined Macbeth,” he told Destructoid, but refused to elaborate because he doesn’t “want to give it away.”

Ecko reckons his title will bring Shakie to the Xbox generation. Seriously.

“Our adaptation, I think, would have made it relevant to people who wouldn’t have otherwise known about this great story,” he added.

“It’s unfortunate, because a lot of people just don’t know Macbeth.”

Seriously. Hit the link. Thanks, GoNintendo.

Ubisoft has said in their first half 09/10 results call that the company is working on ten games using Project Natal, and four or five games for the PlayStation Motion Controller.

Ubisoft president Yves Guillemot made the announcement in the call. Guillemot said that over 70 percent of the titles in development for both motion controllers are new IPs.

Ubi also said games being made for Natal will be released within six months of the motion camera’s launch.

From TVGB.

Eurogamer.pt has up new screens and footage of Star Ocean: The Last Hope for the PS3.

Screens here, footage here.

It’s out on February 9 in Europe.

So. Pumped.

Pavement is coming to Guitar Hero 5 as part of the DLC for December, with one of their best songs “Cut Your Hair.”

Also confirmed is Nada Surf, One Republic and Taylor Swift for GH5 and Band Hero. Plus, a free Christmas track from Steve Ouimette.

But lets be honest: you all need to go out and buy Cut Your Hair. It’s the best thing since us.

Find more info on December’s DLC update below, thanks to 1UP.

Darling, don’t you go and cut your hair…

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The Saboteur’s Sean Devlin is a “human” protagonist that’ll see real progression as a character throughout the Parisian WWII game when it’s released later this week, Pandemic’s Jim Ferri said at a recent French press event.

“We felt that our character should be relatable,” Ferri told Xboxygen in a video you can see after the break. “We felt that he should be a guy who’s coming up through the ranks, a guy that’s worked honestly as a mechanic.

“He has his flaws. We wanted him to be human, and so he’s got his good sides and his bad sides, but in the end he goes through great character growth and a great story arc.”

The game sees Devlin, a racing driver turned Resistance collaborator, fighting back the Paris occupation in a free-roaming adventure promised to last up to 25 hours.

“The game gives you the ability to move around Paris freely, and… even though it’s got a beautiful fantasy to it, it’s really grounded and based in real Paris,” Ferri added.

“It has the monuments, the Eiffel Tower, to Notre Dame, to all the great landmarks: the game does such a great job of representing this city.”

There’s plenty of gameplay footage in that movie. Looking none too shabby. It’s out on Friday for PC, 360 and PS3.

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Bam! There they are! New shots of Mass Effect 2.

When this game comes out, we’ll utter to you three words: Go. buy. it.

Find the shots at The Lost Gamer.

Go buy it in January for the 360 and PC.

Speaking with ONM, 5th Cell’s Marius Fahlbusch has hinted that it would be “interesting” to see the developer do a Wii version of Scribblenauts.

“It certainly would be interesting to do the game for Wii,” said Fahlbusch.

“We’re always looking to do something new something that hasn’t been done before. We’re going to continue on that path.”

Via CVG.

D3′s press released Puzzle Quest 2, confirming the sequel for 360 and DS only.

The game will feature four classes – War Mage, Inquisitor, Barbarian or Assassin – and will task you with reclaiming “the once peaceful village of Verloren from the evil clutch of the demon Gorgon”.

Amazing scenes. It’s out next spring. PR after the break.

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GT has live a teaser for an unnamed game for the VGAs in a couple of weeks.

Nobody knows what it is, although most people are saying it is Stranglehold 2.

But superannuation is hinting that the game is in fact Treyarch’s Black Lotus, which seemed to be canned a while back.

What can it be?

Find the teaser after the break.

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Those deals from this morning. With EVE, Lucidity and Battlefield 2? Forget them. They’re history.

Steam’s just put up it’s latest offers, with Tales of Monkey Island: Special Edition for £1.74 and The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena for £7.99.

But you need to buy Mirror’s Edge. How much? £3. £3.24 to be exact.

Find the full list below.

• Quantz – £2.00
• Mirror’s Edge – £3.24
• Evil Genius – £1.74
• The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena – £7.99
• The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition – £1.74
• Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood – £24.99
• Section 8 – £14.99

Deals on the THQ and Lucasarts lot are still on though.

You’d be a fool to miss out. Go, go!

Ubi just confirmed the next major game in the Prince of Persia series is subtitled The Forgotten Sands. It’ll release for “consoles and handhelds” next May.

There’s virtually no detail on the title, other than it’ll “feature many of the fan-favorite elements from the original series as well as new gameplay innovations”.

More soon, hopefully. PR after the break.

Update: There’s going to be a VGA trailer of The Forgotten Sands at the VGAs on December 12. Thanks, onlineatron.

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After the break. It’s a video of the reveal of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess from E3 2004.

It’s Reggie’s first E3, and where the DS was first revealed as well. Of course, this was almost certainly the highlight. Even Miyamoto comes out at the end.

Imagine, this is going to be what it’s going to be like next June when the new Zelda for the Wii is revealed. Maybe.

Go. Watch.

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Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has told Kotaku that he will consider using “other forms in technology” in future Zelda games, after the inclusion of a train in The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.

He said: “Regarding use of other forms in technology in the future, as long it adds to the overall game experience and is something we feel the player would enjoy, we wouldn’t be afraid to implement it. As a matter of fact, we have used the Hook Shot in several previous games, which would be considered a very modern type of technology, even by today’s standards.”

Just dont go expecting iPhones or Blackberrys with access to Google Wave in a future Zelda.

Find more through the link.