Monthly Archives: December 2009

Konami’s just upped a first proper video of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, and it looks surprisingly awesome. Check it after the break.

This was described to us yesterday as “Wii’s Alan Wake” by a very frothy journalist. We’ve certainly seen a lot worse.

The game’s a “re-imagining” of the first Silent Hill. It’s launching in the US on December 8. Not sure when it’s arriving in Europe.

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T17 put out four new videos of Alien Breed Evolution this morning, in celebration of the fact the sci-fi shooter’s now confirmed for a December 16 release. Get them after the break.

It’s to cost 800 MSP, and PS3 and Steam versions will follow in 2010. This is the first part in a trilogy.

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The EU PlayStation VDS has been updated. Those of you in the UK now have access to the following:

To buy:

• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
• The Beach
• The Exorcist
• G-Force
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
• 88 Minutes
• Eagle Eye
• Ghost Town
• Hotel For Dogs
• I Love You, Man
• Dead Snow
• Aeon Flux
• Orphan
• I Am Legend
• Lucky You
• Slumdog Millionaire

To rent:

• The Beach
• The Exorcist
• Public Enemies
• The Uninvited
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine
• Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
• Dead Snow
• Cheri
• Year One
• Tormented
• Starsky & Hutch
• The Last House on the Left

You can get lists for France, Germany and Spain on the countries’ relevant blogs.

Mass Effect 2 producer Adrien Cho thinks modern devs let gamers off too easily. His RPG won’t be any breeze, from the sound of it.

“Sometimes I think we’re pampering gamers too much,” he told VideogamesDaily. “Just recently, a game like Demon’s Souls is fantastic because when you die, and you fail, it’s not because the game was cheap it’s usually because you didn’t do something properly.

“It goes back to that learning mechanism of ‘Well, I tried this – it didn’t work. I’m going to try something different.’ And I think that’s going to be something in Mass Effect 2, we don’t want it to be a cakewalk, you want a challenge.”

More through there, you massive baby.

Alien Breed Evolution will release for 360 on December 16, Team17 said today.

It’ll cost 800 MSP. Nice and light for you, there.

The top-down shooter’s got co-op and tons of story. Do your bit: buy it.

The PSN and Steam versions will follow next year. Remember that this is the first of three episodes, innit (thanks, Blerk).

Destructoid’s posted a movie of women dancing in The Saboteur with their tits out. The tassles have been taken off the nipples, as per the game’s day one DLC.

This should keep you in wanks for ages, right boys? Check out those polygons.

The game’s out today. Watch the first 15 minutes of it here.

Thanks, bobbymington.

Naughty Dog’s going to fiddle with Uncharted 2 multiplayer this weekend, dropping all health by 65 percent, the same as in Crushing difficulty.

“This weekend we are instituting a Plunder Only playlist based on the overwhelming feedback and we’re making one other (temporary) change as well,” said the firm on its site.

“Rather than add two new playlists at once we are going to try an experiment. For this Experimental Weekend only, player health in ALL game types will be lowered to 65% of the current player health. This is exactly the same as the Crushing settings, only Boosters will still be allowed.”

More through there.

The US PS Blog‘s put a 1.2 million sales figure on Sucker Punch’s inFamous.

That’s it. Apart from the fact that as of December 10, Cole’s ‘Gigawatt Blades’ Super Power, will become available for free on PSN. This was previously a pre-order bonus.

The US PS Blog’s put up the American PSN update for the week, this one featuring the nineteenth Qore episode.

Call of Duty Classic’s on there, as is the Bayonetta demo. There’s a bunch of new LBP costumes, too.

Here’s this week’s Euro update, in case you missed it.

THQ’s announced plans to open a development studio in Montreal. The new venture will create 400 jobs in the next five years.

Core games are to be the focus, with the outfit’s first title scheduled for 2013 ship.

“Montreal’s outstanding pool of creative digital media talent and its highly regarded university system makes this the ideal location to support our future product and technology development needs,” said Steve DeCosta, THQ’s core boss.

“Moreover, government support, in the form of reimbursable tax credits and other incentives, enabled Montreal to stand out as the best combination of creative talent and favorable economics of the cities we evaluated for our new studio.”

Full PR here.

Update: Apparently the trademark was filed Aug 1, 2007 which was the same day Gearbox filed a trademark for Borderlands. Maybe it was a toss up between two names then, we reckon.

Original: As spotted by Superannuation, Gearbox has trademarked “Borderworlds” in the US.

Borderlands is pick of 2K’s bunch at the moment, having apparently singlehandedly saved the company from a sticky financial wicket this quarter. The firm said in its earnings call last night that the SRPG is to become a “key” fixture in its future line-up.

There’s nothing else. That’s all there is.

It’s December, and therefore you have to suffer some “news” until things get going again after the break. Below the drop you’ll find a video of a very angry woman destroying a PS3 with a hammer in front of her boyfriend.

Made us laugh, anyway. She doesn’t sound very happy, though.

Merry Christmas.

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EA’s put the Medal of Honor site and pre-order. You can only book it in the US at the moment.

The publisher’s also confirmed the EALA/DICE shooter for a fall launch on all formats.

Take a look at the site. There’s a great quote on there from the Tier 1 School of Killing Machines.

“Most run from the sound of gunfire,” says Cowboy the Beard.

“I run toward it.”

Deep. Hit the links. Grow facial hair.

BioWare’s confirmed that Mass Effect 2 will arrive on two discs, with the 360 version featuring a disc swap during play.

“Even though there is a disc swap, it occurs at a carefully planned place in the game (that does not interfere with gameplay) and is done once,” Chris Priestly, community coordinator of BioWare, said on the game’s forum.

“You do not swap back and forth. One swap and then done.”

The PC version’s a two-disc install.

Thanks, Kotaku.

This is getting ridiculous. The OFLC’s refused Aliens Vs Predator classification in Australia, meaning the game will be barred from sale.

Said publisher Sega in a statement to Gamespot: “SegaAustralia can today confirm that the initial submission of Aliens vs Predator has been refused classification by the Classification Operations Board of Australia. We will continue to investigate all options available to us, including the possibility of appeal.”

Why was it banned?

“The game contains first-person perspective, close-up depictions of human characters being subjected to various types of violence, including explicit decapitation and dismemberment as well as locational damage such as stabbing through the chest, mouth, throat, or eyes,” said the board’s report.

There more from the ruling on GS.

Take-Two has, apparently, delayed the release of an “unnamed AAA title” according to its Q4 fiscal call to investors.

CEO Ben Feder would not comment on what the game is, what it entails, or what the hell it’s related to.

Just so you know that there’s one out there, only you can’t have it yet.

Start speculating now.

Grand Theft Auto titles do not need to be annualized said Take-Two during its Q4 fiscal call to investors.

According to Take-Two, GTA is a strong enough franchise that it does not need a new release annually, especially with the completion of the GTA IV story through DLC proving to remain profitable.

Guess GTA V will be landing sometime in 2011, then.

The call is ongoing, we’re listening, and will update you if anything interesting happens.

Here we are, then. After the break you’ll find the first 15 minutes of the PS3 version of The Saboteur.

It features Nazis hitting a woman on the street; Nazis accosting a woman in a brothel; a man saying, “Fucking Nazis everywhere” in a comedy French accent; strippers dancing for Nazis; Nazis, Nazis, Nazis. And an Irishman in a hat.

It’s also got tits in it, so don’t go watching if you’re a mental right-winger. The game – Pandemic’s last – is out tomorrow for PC, PS3 and 360.

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Borderlands’ expected to become a “key franchise” for Take-Two, according to both big bossman Strauss Zelnick and CEO Ben Feder.

This bit was cemented by the game’s “successful launch”.

So, it looks like there is more Borderlands in our future.

The call is ongoing, we’ll let you know if there is anything else you should be aware of.

Take-Two has released its Q4 fiscal 2009 results, and included in the mailer was the news that Mafia II is on schedule for the first part of 2010.

However, like all good trains, Max Payne 3 will be running late and will not see a release until sometime during Q4 of 2010.

“Take-Two has a strong pipeline of titles that remain on plan for launch in 2010, including BioShock 2, Mafia II, Max Payne 3 and Red Dead Redemption, ” read the report. “BioShock 2 is on target for a global release on February 9, 2010, and Red Dead Redemption is planned for April 27, 2010.

“Mafia II is scheduled to follow during the first half of calendar 2010, and Max Payne 3 is now planned for release during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010.”

The financial call is expected to start anytime, and we’ll be listening in for an explanation for why it’s going to be late.

At least this way, there’s a bit less on your shopping list for the first part of the year, kiddos.