Monthly Archives: January 2010
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | 21:40 GMT
BioShock 2 to have less backtracking, Vita-Chambers options
BioShock 2 creative director Jordan Thomas has explained how the Vita-Chambers will work in the sequel, and said this time around the option to turn the Chambers off will be on the game disc.
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Posted in: 2K, Action, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: bioshock, bioshock 2, Jordan Thomas
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | 21:37 GMT
Ken Levine reveals Irrational’s canned zombie shooter, Division 9
In this month’s issue of Game Informer, the mag sat down with Irrational’s Ken Levine to chat about Division 9 – a zombie shooter that was scrapped by the firm.
The game would’ve put players in the middle of a zombie infested environment complete with co-op gameplay, “scarce resources, base-building, and strategic rescues” to content with. Sound familiar?
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Posted in: Action, Development, Hot
Tags: division 9, irrational games, ken levine, Nate Wells, Shawn Robertson, vivendi, zombie shooter, zombies
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | 21:01 GMT
New Driver given FY2011 release by Ubi
Hidden deep in Ubisoft’s press release for sales targets in Q3 and FY2009/2010, the company’s confirmed that a new Driver is on the way in FY2011.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Casual, Hot, Shooter
Tags: Driver 5, Ghost Recon 3, Ubi Reflections
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | 20:21 GMT
Wii Sports Resort, Layton top Nintendo games of 2009 in UK
ELSPA’s announced that Wii Sports Resort and Professor Layton and the Curious Village were the top-selling Wii and DS games, respectively, last year in the UK.
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Posted in: Casual, DS, DSi, DSiLL/XL, Hot, Nintendo, Strategy, Wii
Tags: Dr Kawashima's Brain Training, Mario Kart DS, mario kart wii, New Super Mario Bros., new super mario bros. wii, Professor Layton and Pandora's Box, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, wii fit, wii fit plus, Wii Sports Resort
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | 20:19 GMT
1C blames retail for PC sales decline, says digital will reign by 2011
1C’s international publishing director, Darryl Still, has said that due to retail “failing to support” boxed PC games, publishers will go the digital format only route by 2011.
Still claims that retail stores show disdain for PC titles by refusing to stock certain titles, and by pushing PC merchandise “to the back of the store”.
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Posted in: 1C, PC, Retail, Trade
Tags: darryl still, digital distribution
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | 19:59 GMT
Final Fantasy XIII – new screens
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: final fantasy XIII
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | 19:51 GMT
Rumor: Perfect Dark gets pricing, possible release by February
According to a report over on Electronic Theatre, the Xbox Live version of Perfect Dark is “pretty much finished” and could see a release during “the last week of January” or in early February.
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | 19:17 GMT
Modern Warfare 2, FIFA 10 were biggest UK PlayStation games in 2009
ELSPA’s confirmed that Modern Warfare 2 was the biggest selling game for PlayStation 3, and FIFA 10 for PSP, in the UK last year.
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | 19:04 GMT
R.U.S.E gets delayed into FY2011
Ubisoft’s confirmed tonight in a press release it has put back the release of R.U.S.E to fiscal year 2011, which begins April 2010.
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | 18:08 GMT
Dragon Age Return to Ostagar releases on Live
BioWare’s just confirmed, via Twitter, that the new piece of Dragon Age: Origins DLC, Return to Ostagar, is now available.
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | 18:02 GMT
EA admits to “pissing off a lot of people” with first Army of Two
EA has admitted that it “pissed a few people off” over the ability to kill terrorists for cash in the first Army of Two game.
However, according to EA Montreal boss Alain Tascan, the development team toned down Salem and Rios’ “over-the-top behavior” for the sequel.
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Posted in: Action, EA, PS3, PSP, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Alain Tascan, army of two, army of two the 40th day, salem and rios
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | 18:59 GMT
New Assassin’s Creed for FY2011, ACII pushes through 6M units
Ubisoft’s confirmed that a new Assassin’s Creed game is to release in its coming fiscal year.
It’ll be the first in the series to have an online multiplayer mode.
The company also said today that Assassin’s Creed II has exceeded the 6 million units sold mark, and fully expects the title to reach 9 million sell-in units by March 2010.
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Posted in: Action, Development, Financials, Hot, PC, PS3, Retail, Trade, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: assassin's creed 2, asscreed 2, asscreed multiplayer, dlc, multiplater dlc
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | 16:25 GMT
EA Europe boss says it plans to “do less games and do them better”
EA Europe VP Jens Uwe Intat has said that despite the fact there’ll be fewer EA games released this year, what does make it out will reek of quality.
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Posted in: Development, EA, hardware
Tags: ea to make fewer games, Jens Uwe Intat, natal, quality, sony motion controls
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | 16:53 GMT
Square releases Leona Lewis, English-filled FFXIII trailer
Square Enix has just put live a new Final Fantasy XIII trailer: full of English and Leona Lewis.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: final fantasy XIII
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | 15:52 GMT
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter hits Xbox Live
Majesco has announced that Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter has hit Xbox Live Arcade today.
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Posted in: Arcade, Majesco, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: croteam, Devolver Digital, serious sam, serious sam hd, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | 15:49 GMT
EA to have stuff ready for Natal/PS Motion Controller launches
Speaking in an interview with MCV, EA Europe head Jens Uwe Intat has confirmed the company will have games good to go for the launches of both the PlayStation Motion Controller and Project Natal.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, PS3, Sony, Xbox 360
Tags: PlayStation Motion Controller, project natal
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | 15:33 GMT
New tech like Natal helps extend the life of Xbox 360, says Microsoft
Microsoft’s Robbie Bach has said that new technology such as Natal helps extend the life of Xbox 360, allowing consumers access to the cutting edge without having to purchase a new system every few years.
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Posted in: Development, Microsoft, Xbox 360, hardware
Tags: CES 2010, natal, robbie bach
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up