Monthly Archives: January 2010
Tue, Jan 19, 2010 | 11:46 GMT
God of War III SE documentary trailered
EG’s got a trailer of the documentary included in God of War III’s Ultimate Edition. Peter Weller’s in it.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: god of war III, ultimate edition
Tue, Jan 19, 2010 | 11:28 GMT
Skate 3 gets new trailer, free DLC for pre-orders
Anyone who pre-orders Skate 3 will get free DLC in the form of a new skate park, EA’s confirmed.
Tue, Jan 19, 2010 | 16:54 GMT
STO beta demand “crushed” expectations, says Cryptic
Cryptic’s claimed Star Trek Online beta numbers have boldly gone where they didn’t expect them to.
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Posted in: Atari, MMO, Namco Bandai, PC
Tags: beta, cryptic studios, star trek online
Tue, Jan 19, 2010 | 10:40 GMT
ESRB outs Lost Planet 2 PC
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Posted in: Hot, PC, Shooter
Tags: lost planet 2
Tue, Jan 19, 2010 | 10:16 GMT
Report – Square Enix prepping for another takeover
According to Kotaku, Square Enix is looking set to get ready for another takeover, after ¥35 billion worth of zero-coupon convertible bonds were issued by the company.
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Posted in: Hot, Square Enix
Tags: Hiroshi Kamide, KBC Securities Japan
Tue, Jan 19, 2010 | 09:47 GMT
Kotick: “I could have bought Blizzard for $7 million”
Activision president Bobby Kotick has claimed he could have bought Blizzard much, much earlier then he finally did in 2007.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot
Tags: blizzard, Bobby Kotick
Tue, Jan 19, 2010 | 09:30 GMT
US PlayStation revenues down $1.3 billion last year
Gama’s claiming that American PlayStation revenues dropped around $1.3 billion last year, with gains from an expanding PS3 business swallowed by a contracting PS2.
Tue, Jan 19, 2010 | 08:56 GMT
New Starcraft II video shows Protoss gameplay
Blizzard’s released some new shots and a gameplay video of Starcraft II, showing some footage from the recently-announced mini Protoss campaign.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, Strategy
Tags: starcraft II, Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Tue, Jan 19, 2010 | 17:19 GMT
Rumour – PS3 Motion Controller is called Arc [Update]
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Rumour, Sony
Tags: arc, motion controller, ps3 motion controller
Tue, Jan 19, 2010 | 07:20 GMT
Report – No new Half-Life this year
Game Informer’s apparently saying that anyone praying to see Half Life 2: Episode Three this year may want to start your crying: it ain’t happening.
Mon, Jan 18, 2010 | 21:48 GMT
Report – ESPN in talks to stream sports to 360
The NYT’s reporting that Microsoft and Disney are in talks to being streamed ESPN sports event to Live.
Mon, Jan 18, 2010 | 21:28 GMT
OPM gives FFXIII 9/10 – whole thing scanned
FinalFantasy-XIII.net’s posted the entire OPM review of its namesake. What’s that site going to do after March?
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Posted in: Hot, Journalism, PS3, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: ffxiii, final fantasy XIII, opm, review
Mon, Jan 18, 2010 | 20:55 GMT
Cave’s Deathsmiles gets US publisher
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Posted in: Aksys Games, America, Arcade, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: deathsmiles
Mon, Jan 18, 2010 | 19:55 GMT
E3 2010 exhibitor list goes live
We can barely bring ourselves to write this. With a mere five months to go, here’s our first E3 story of the year: the June event’s exhibitor list is now live.
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Posted in: E3 2010, Hot, Trade
Tags: down not across
Mon, Jan 18, 2010 | 19:44 GMT
Heihachi voice actor is a possible suicide
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Posted in: Fighter, Namco Bandai, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Gouri Daisuke, heihachi, tekken
Mon, Jan 18, 2010 | 18:02 GMT
Some new Heavy Rain shots show, um, heavy rain
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: heavy rain, quantic dream
Mon, Jan 18, 2010 | 21:09 GMT
God of War III impressions round-up
An embargo on God of War III impressions just lifted. Get a round-up after the break. It’s pretty meagre at the moment, but we’ll add more as they go up.
Check out new screens here. Be warned: they’re beyond awesome.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Journalism, PS3, Sony
Tags: god of war III, preview
Tue, Jan 19, 2010 | 11:52 GMT
God of War III Gaia level screens shit the bed
SCEE has lifted the lid off of an embargo for God of War III, which means previews and impressions are free to go live.
It also released some new shots of the Greek actioner. Get them after the break.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: god of war III, Studio Santa Monica
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up