Monthly Archives: January 2010
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 17:34 GMT
Kane & Lynch 2 features a down-and-dead mechanic
Karsten Lund, director for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, explained the title’s new down-and-dead mechanic to VG247 in an interview published today. You’ll be going down but not out, from the sound of it.
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Posted in: Action, Eidos, Hot, Interview, PC, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: io interactive, kane & lynch, kane & lynch 2: dog days, Karsten Lund
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 17:01 GMT
Kane & Lynch 2 – 13 new shots
Kane & Lynch’s “YouTube” style’s shown off in a clutch of new screens you’ll find after the break, what with its shooting, blooming lights, Shanghai setting and shakycam.
It’s cool. It’s adult. It includes shooting. It’s out this year for PC, PS3 and 360. Hit this for an interview on the game, it’s visual styling and more, with IO director Karsten Lund.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: io interactive, kane & lynch 2: dog days
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 17:20 GMT
Kane & Lynch 2 – your questions answered
We asked you what you wanted to know about Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. You gave us some questions. We asked director Karsten Lund to answer them at a London event just before Christmas. Find the result after the link.
That was easy, wasn’t it? Get a bunch of new, grimy, bald, Shanghai-based, shotgun-touting screens here.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: io interactive, kane & lynch 2: dog days, Karsten Lund
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 16:13 GMT
New Just Cause 2 trailer features chameleon, explosions
Square just released a new Just Cause 2 trailer, and the whole thing’s looking very tempting indeed.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: Avalanche Studios, just cause 2
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 15:58 GMT
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition artwork revealed
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Posted in: Action, Capcom, Horror, Hot, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Desperate Escape, Lost in Nightmares, re5, resident evil 5, Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 16:22 GMT
Statistics: 23.7% of 360s fail in two years, 41% of male “primary console players” are Wii gamers
If you ever get into arguments with your pals over console failure rates and the like, some statistics were implemented into a nice picture chart for easy access over on OnlineEductaion.
There’s a bounty of information on there, like age demographics, consoles war figures and the like. We have a taste of it for you below.
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 16:49 GMT
Halo: Reach to be biggest game of 2010 “across all platforms”, says MS
Halo: Reach will be the biggest game of the year “across all platforms”.
That’s according to Director of Marketing at Xbox UK, Stephen McGill.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: bungie, Halo: Reach, Stephen McGill
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 15:16 GMT
Star Trek Online to offer lifetime subscriptions for a limited time
Cryptic’s to offer lifetime subscriptions for Star Trek Online, and like with its other MMO Champions Online – it’s a limited time offer.
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Posted in: Atari, MMO, PC, RPG
Tags: cryptic, lifetime subs, star trek, star trek online
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 14:41 GMT
Call of Duty: WaW map packs top PSN earner for 2009
Sony’s confirmed in their NPD response that the three map packs for Call of Duty: World at War, released last year, were the PSN’s biggest earners of 2009.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PS3, PSN, Shooter, Sony
Tags: Call of Duty: World at War, treyarch
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 13:47 GMT
100 million Miis created in four years, says Iwata
Speaking at a recent game seminar presentation, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has confirmed that over 100 million Miis have been made since Wii’s introduction in 2006.
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 14:57 GMT
Xbox 360 growth under 1% in the US last year, PS3 up 22%
Microsoft struggled to find positive growth with 360 hardware sales in America last year, with numbers flat as a pancake compared to 2008.
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 12:47 GMT
Sony: PS3 Motion Controller to release “this year”
Sony re-confirmed in its NPD response last night that the attentively titled “PlayStation Motion Controller” will release “this year”.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: PlayStation Motion Controller
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 12:16 GMT
Iwata’s comments in Japanese newspaper about DS successor were “accurate”
Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun has hit back at Nintendo of America claims that it “misinterpretated” Nintendo president Satoru Iwata in an interview.
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Posted in: Hot, Japan, Nintendo, Stuff
Tags: Satoru Iwata, The Asahi Shimbun
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 11:54 GMT
Nolan North: “I’m getting paid to do what I used to get detention for”
Everyone’s heard of Nolan North by now, surely? He’s in every game ever made these days.
Speaking with GamePro, the voice actor said he is “getting paid” to do the things that got him “detention.”
Naughty boy.
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Posted in: Stuff
Tags: Assassin's Creed, nolan north, Prince of Persia 2008, uncharted
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 11:25 GMT
Activision confirms DJ Hero 2 at MIDEM 2010 [Update]
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PS2, PS3, Rhythm action, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: dj hero 2, freestyle games
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 11:02 GMT
Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition gets new trailer
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Posted in: Horror, Hot, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition, Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 11:00 GMT
Namco’s Clash of the Titans coming “spring” – first shots
Namco’s released the first screens of its Clash of the Titans game, saying it’s releasing this “spring”. Hit the link for the shots.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Namco Bandai, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: clash of the titans
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 10:47 GMT
Japanese hardware charts – insert witty PSP is winner line here
The latest Japanese hardware numbers are out, and have, this week, given the win to the PSP.
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 11:04 GMT
Next Assassin’s Creed stars Ezio, is continuation of ACII
If you were hoping that the newly-announced Assassin’s Creed game, to release in the coming Ubi fiscal year, is a completely new banana with a new setting, think again: it’s more Ezio, and it’s more of the same story.
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up