Monthly Archives: January 2010
Mon, Jan 25, 2010 | 08:53 GMT
Sony registers PlayStationArc.com domain
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: PlayStation Arc, PlayStation Motion Controller
Mon, Jan 25, 2010 | 08:08 GMT
First online Mass Effect 2 reviews go live with 9
The first Mass Effect 2 reviews have gone live, with massive praise and big scores in every one of them.
Sat, Jan 23, 2010 | 22:45 GMT
MS sends word that Zune Marketplace will go down for maintenance
Microsoft has sent over an announcement that the Zune Marketplace on XBL will go down on January 25 for 24-hours.
Sat, Jan 23, 2010 | 22:25 GMT
Sony chats about playing White Knight Chronicles online
Sony has posted a video over on the US PS Blog chatting about White Knight Chronicles’ multiplayer with US Producer Tsubasa Inaba.
Also called the International Edition, the game has loads of extra features, which we listed for you back in December.
The game’s out February 2.
Hit the break to watch the video.
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Posted in: PS3, RPG, Sony
Tags: white knight chronicles, White Knight Chronicles International Edition
Sat, Jan 23, 2010 | 21:49 GMT
UK games industry survey shows salaries are down 1% since 2008
A survey conducted by MCV and Develop on the the salaries of folks working in different sectors of the UK games industry, showed that pay is down overall by one percent.
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Posted in: Charts, Financials, Jobs, UK
Tags: game industry, salaries, UK Game Industry Salary, UK game industry survey
Sat, Jan 23, 2010 | 21:50 GMT
Game Informer lists its top 50 games of 2009
In the latest issue of Game Informer, the mag has put up a list of its top 50 games of 2009.
Read below the break to see if your favorite made the list. We bet it did.
Sat, Jan 23, 2010 | 20:57 GMT
Michael Pachter gets his own show on GameTrailers TV
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Posted in: Hot, Internet
Tags: GTTV, michael pachter, the pach attack
Sat, Jan 23, 2010 | 20:41 GMT
Iain Duncan Smith says games are destroying the innocence of UK’s kids
Ex-Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith has told The Times that videogames are destroying the innocence of UK children because “nobody pays attention to age ratings”.
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Posted in: Politics, UK, Violence in games
Tags: Iain Duncan Smith, pegi, Tory MP
Sat, Jan 23, 2010 | 20:14 GMT
DJ Hero DLC and sequel to contain most “incredible musicians on the planet”
FreestyleGames has said that it’s chatting to some “incredible musicians” for an appearance in future DJ Hero DLC and the recently announced DJ Hero 2.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Music, PS3, Rhythm action, Xbox 360
Tags: chris lee, dj hero, dj hero 2, freestylegames
Sat, Jan 23, 2010 | 19:44 GMT
Steam taking pre-orders for Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: awakening, bioware, dragon age, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening, steam
Sat, Jan 23, 2010 | 19:27 GMT
Rebellion chats about similarities between its AvP titles
Rebellion has released a video explaining the history behind its Aliens vs Predator series.
Posted below the break, courtesy of Joystiq, the developers chat about the connections between the two titles as far as modes and atmosphere is concerned.
AvP is expected for PC, PS3 and 360 on February 19, and PC specs were recently revealed for it.
You can also play the original on Steam.
Sat, Jan 23, 2010 | 18:47 GMT
PAX East close to selling out – get tickets now
PAX East organizers posted on the official site this week that the event in Boston is getting close to selling out.
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Posted in: PAX East 2010
Tags: boston, PAX 2008, tickets
Sat, Jan 23, 2010 | 18:30 GMT
Marvelous sells 50% stake in Rising Star Games
Marvelous has sold 50 percent of its stock in Rising Star Games to Intergrow, a Japanese company that handles video, PC, and mobile games.
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Posted in: Financials, Ignition, Marvelous
Tags: Deadly Premonition, intergrow, no more heroes, Rising Star Games
Sat, Jan 23, 2010 | 17:48 GMT
Aion: Plastic surgery, gender changes, and protecting your account
Aion players could see the long-awaited gender change and plastic surgery services happening in the next couple weeks.
Also, the developers posted a nice bit of information on how you can protect your account, and what it’s doing to combat hackers and gold farmers.
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Posted in: MMO, NCSoft, PC
Tags: aion, bots', gold farmers, scott jennings, spammers
Sat, Jan 23, 2010 | 17:07 GMT
Heavy Rain has “multiple plot paths to achieve”, says Sony
Sony has told CVG that players of Heavy Rain will have different experiences from one another, which it calls a “unique concept”.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: david cage, heavy rain, heavy rain multiple endings, lucy duncan, quantic dream
Sat, Jan 23, 2010 | 16:40 GMT
Nomura: No FFVII remake in near future; Cloud “could” appear in other titles
Final Fantasy character designer Tetsuya Nomura has told Famitsu that there’s not going to be a Final Fantasy VII remake in the near future, but we “could” see Cloud Strife in some game cameos.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: Advent Children, Cloud Strife, ffvii, final fantasy vii, Motomu Toriyama, Tetsuya Nomura, Yoshi Kitase
Sat, Jan 23, 2010 | 16:02 GMT
Company of Heroes titles 75% off on Steam
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Posted in: PC, Strategy, THQ
Tags: Company of Heroes, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, company of heroes: tales of valor, relic, steam
Sat, Jan 23, 2010 | 15:41 GMT
L4D2 update fixes auto-spawning in Versus; Infected Team gets bots
Valve has released information on an upcoming Left 4 Dead 2 update currently in the slow cooker, and it will remove the multiplayer auto-spawn in Versus Mode and provide the Infected Team with bots to help out when they’re one man down.
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Posted in: Action, PC, Shooter, Valve, Xbox 360
Tags: L4D2, left 4 dead, Left 4 Dead 2, steam
Sat, Jan 23, 2010 | 14:47 GMT
BioWare says there’s “a tremendous amount of interest” in a Mass Effect film
Mass Effect 2 project director, Casey Hudson, has admitted that Hollywood is very interested in creating a Mass Effect movie, but currently there are no plans for one.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Hot, Movies, PC, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, Casey Hudson, mass effect, mass effect 2, mass effect film
Fri, Jan 22, 2010 | 22:49 GMT
OnLive blog clarifies latency issues outside the testing area
Steve Perlman, CEO of OnLive, has updated the service’s blog explaining how it’s currently being tested.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Internet, PC
Tags: onlive, onlive beta, steve perlman
Reckoning contains online pass locking House of Valor questline