Monthly Archives: December 2009

The first episode of Alien Breed Evolution’s up on XBL now, but someone’s stuck it up for 1200MSP instead of the advertised 800.

Developer Team17 just put out a press release saying the price is going to altered “as soon as possible” and “this is an error outside our immediate control.”

Sounds like someone’s not very happy. Buy it as soon as it says 800, innit.

Look. Can you just stop talking about videogames, publishers of the world? Just in case you’d forgotten Dark Void’s out on January 22, Capcom’s stuck out a video of the game’s protagonist shooting things. A lot.

Watch it after the break.

There’s air-to-air shooting and air-to-ground shooting. There’s also plenty of dodging on display. Looks pretty good, to be fair.

PC, PS3 and 360, developed by Airtight.

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This looks fucking mint. A GT video preview of Darksiders – after the break – has shown off a heap of gameplay features from the imminent devily actioner, revealing a sandbox environment, glidey wings, dungeons, GoW-style bosses and tons more.

There’s also a clip there of Mark Hamill doing one of the voices. This merely adds to the awesome.

The Vigil game’s out on January 8 for PS3 and 360. Seriously, watch it. We’re getting code soon, so we’ll stick up the first 20 minutes or so as soon as we can.

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In case you had any designs on THQ’s Metro 2033 being an open world FPS, a la S.T.A.L.K.E.R., you need to check that shit right now. It isn’t.

“It’s a story-driven, atmospheric, first-person shooter. It’s not an open world game,” EP Dean Sharpe told Inside Xbox.

“The goal was to make a very believable, atmospheric, story-driven game, and I think that we did that.”

You play as a guy who’s lived underground for most of his life, and gets sent on a world-saving mission. The whole thing’s set after the bomb.

There’s tons of footage through there. Looks wicked. It’s out for PC in the first quarter of next year.

EA’s released a video of fighting chap Cung Le doing motion capture for the upcoming MMA, ending with the muscle man saying “it’s in the game” with his best aggression face. It’s amazing. Watch it after the break.

That’s it. EA Sports’ answer to UFC hits PS3 and 360 next year.

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Xbox 360′s Games on Demand service has now launched for Games for Windows, according to Destructoid.

The following are available: Fallout 3, DiRT 2, Resident Evil 5, Street Fighter IV, Battlestations Pacific, FUEL, Viva Pinata, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, Shadowrun, Section 8, Juiced 2, and Red Faction: Guerrilla.

Viva Pinata and Shadowrun are currently 50 percent off at $9.99 a shot, and Tinker’s free.

Free! Download the client here.

Red Dead Redemtion has been designed to “foster a unique sense of organic gameplay and exploration,” according to Rockstar’s first gameplay video. Watch it here.

It also includes buffalo-shooting. Awe. Some. Do we want this? Yes we do.

It’s out for PS3 and 360 in April.

There’s a new movie of Star Ocean: The Last Hope International on YouTube. It’s pretty.

The game’s out on February 4 in Japan, February 9 in the US and February 12 in EU.

Thanks, PS3A. Can we stop now?

Warner’s put out a trailer for Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest. It features cartoon orcs getting angry.

We tried to download this from Warner’s FTP, but couldn’t. So we stole Joystiq‘s version instead. See it after the break.

It’s out for Wii, DS, PS2 and PSP next spring. Can we stop now?

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IDW, one of the publishers initially supported PSP’s comic store, has said that Wormwood will feature commentary from artist Ben Templesmith.

Sony has said the ability to add soundtracks to PSP comics is open to every label on the store.

The store’s supposed to be launching mid-December. Best hurry up then, innit. Can we stop now?

From IDW, via Joystiq and Kotaku.

DICE just confirmed some stats of the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PS3 beta, including a total kill-score of over 45 million.

More than 300,000 players took part in the test, and reports from those involved have been glowing. Check it:

• Total kills = 45.42M
• 9.4M kills from Vehicles
• 3.43M Vehicles Destroyed
• 380K Houses Destroyed
• 1.01M Marksman Headshots
• Total number of points awarded = 10 100 094 360
• Total number of Revives = 2.52M
• Total Repair Tool kills = 15.58K
• Total Defibrillator Kills = 12.69k
• Total Knife Kills = 1.69M
• Total C4 Kills = 730.81K

It’s out next March for PC, PS3 and 360.

Zenimax will publish id’s RAGE, the Bethesda parent and id-owner just announced.

EA was to sell the game originally.

“Electronic Arts will not be involved in the sales and marketing of RAGE,” said Zenimax in a statement.

“The ongoing development of RAGE is unaffected by this development.”

PR after the break.

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UFFS has posted shots of what looks to be an early retail copy of FFXIII.

There are images there of the box and some screens of the game itself.

Final Fantasy XIII officially launches for PS3 in Japan on December 17. Everyone else gets it on March 9.

Even awesomer. Not content with trademarking “Zii,” Nintendo’s gone the whole hog and grabbed Cii, Bii, Oii and Yii.

What’s left to say? Nothing. So we won’t.

Via Engadget and GoNintendo.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat will launch on February 2 in the US, Viva Media and bitcomposer said today.

Viva Media boss Carlo Voelker said: “S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat is the third in the highly successful Shooter/RPG franchise developed by GSC Game World. The game opens up a dark world where players can immerse themselves into a gripping storyline full of action and suspense.”

PR after the break. Go grade A mental.

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Yet another glitch has hit Modern Warfare 2, this one allowing players to grab infinite ammo. Watch the video after the break.

IW’s Rob Bowling’s acknowledged it’s all a real banana, and it’s going to be fixed “soon enough,” apparently.

Thanks, Kotaku.

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Hit the link for a video of us doing two laps in the GT Academy Time Trial demo, which releases to the public in two days.

As you can see, if you were planning on seriously vying for a place in the Polyphony competition, you may as well forget it. We’ve got it wrapped up.

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Awesome. According to Siliconera, Nintendo’s trademarked “Zii”. It’s like “Wii”. With a “z”.

Wii 2 would have been a little more traditional, don’t you think? Wii60, maybe?

There’s no detail, obviously. Probably just Shigeru filing random trademarks at 2.00am in his Santa hat and reindeer pants.

Update: Yeah. You might want to look at this.

Bony Tony’s continuing to stand by RIDE, despite the fact it’s been battered to death at review, saying he doesn’t feel the peripheral format is a “gimmick”.

“I feel like the device is a flagship for other games. I think we can do another skate game, I think we can do other board-type games, surfing, snowboarding. That really was the master plan,” he told Kotaku.

“I didn’t think it was some gimmick that people were going to have to buy again next year.”

Or any other year, from the look of it. Hit the link for the full thing.

Thanks, EG.

According to NPD data, the 360 version of Modern Warfare 2 is the biggest selling game in the US this year. Shock.

Nintendo pretty much owns the rest of the 2009 top 10, with only the 360 version of Madden and ODST making a dent. Not a single PS3 game made the list.

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360)
2. Wii Fit (Wii)
3. Wii Sports Resort (Wii)
4. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
5. Wii Play (Wii)
6. Halo 3: ODST (360)
7. Pokemon Platinum (DS)
8. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3)
9. Madden NFL 10 (360)
10. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)

Via IndustryGamers and GI.