Monthly Archives: January 2010
Tue, Jan 12, 2010 | 08:33 GMT
BioShock 2 TV spot shows “act of love”
2K’s beefing up its BioShock 2 campaign aheadf of the shooter’s February 9 release, with the TV spot below the break talking “sacrifice” and “love”.
Chances of this being shit: zero. Check out our interview with 2K Marin creative boss Jordan Thomas and pre-Christmas play impressions while you wait.
Tue, Jan 12, 2010 | 08:26 GMT
Singularity pushed off, Acti claims no date set
Looks as though Raven FPS Singularity’s been shunted off into summer 2010, with Activision now claiming no date was ever given for the game.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: raven software, singularity, slip
Tue, Jan 12, 2010 | 08:18 GMT
Games industry has suffered 11,500 layoffs since 2008
The worldwide industry has been hit by up to 11,500 job losses since late 2008, a new study claims.
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Posted in: Development, Trade
Tags: lay-offs
Tue, Jan 12, 2010 | 08:09 GMT
UK boxed product sales down 18% in 2009
Boxed UK game sales took a major hit in 2009, according to Chart-Track, with overall numbers down 18 percent for the year.
Tue, Jan 12, 2010 | 08:02 GMT
US Heavy Rain box-art revealed
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Posted in: Action, America, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: heavy rain, quantic dream
Tue, Jan 12, 2010 | 07:58 GMT
Latest Dante dev diary shows Fraud
Hit the link for the latest Dante’s Inferno dev diary, showing off the Fraud circle of Hell.
One word: hardcore. Visceral’s literary actioner may ape GoW to a stupid level, but it looks just amazing.
It’s out for 360, PS3 and PSP on February 5.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Hot, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: dante's inferno, fraud, visceral games
Tue, Jan 12, 2010 | 07:44 GMT
Riccitello hints at spring 2011 release for The Old Republic
EA president John Riccitello has hinted that Star Wars: The Old Republic may not release until spring 2011.
Tue, Jan 12, 2010 | 07:45 GMT
Riccitiello: “Innovative” Madden, Dead Space 2, Need for Speed in next FY
Following the release of yet more woeful financial guidance from EA last night, CEO John Riccitiello sought to keep enthusiasm burning in a conference call with the promise of a broad spread of product in fiscal 2011.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Shooter, Sports, Xbox 360
Tags: crysis 2, dead space 2, John Riccitiello, Madden NFL 11, need for speed
Tue, Jan 12, 2010 | 07:35 GMT
EA lowers full-year guidance, Pachter says company “”did not have the products that people wanted”
EA said last night that full year revenue would come in at $3.6 billion-$3.675 billion for FY 2010, not the $3.6-$3.9 billion previously predicted.
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Posted in: EA, Financials, Hot, Trade
Tags: ea full-year financials 2010
Mon, Jan 11, 2010 | 22:28 GMT
Obsidian confirms Aliens RPG footage is real [Update]
Update: It seems the video doesn’t work: Sega of America has pulled it from YouTube. Shame.
Original Story: Obsidian’s confirmed on its community forums that the footage of their canned Aliens RPG that emerged over the weekend is indeed real.
Mon, Jan 11, 2010 | 21:52 GMT
Rumour – New Midnight Club was in the works, team now dismantled
According to a report from Joystiq, a new Midnight Club game was in development at Rockstar San Diego, but was subsequently swept under the rug.
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Posted in: Hot, Racing, Rockstar
Tags: midnight club, Rockstar San Diego
Mon, Jan 11, 2010 | 21:22 GMT
Bach: “70 or 80% of publishers” developing games with Natal
Speaking at CES last week, Microsoft’s Robbie Bach has revealed that over “70 or 80 percent of the publishers in the world” are currently working with Project Natal.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: CES 2010, project natal, robbie bach
Mon, Jan 11, 2010 | 20:48 GMT
New Mass Effect 2 character video shows Subject Zero
A new Mass Effect 2 character video has come from BioWare, showing off our favourite lovable tattooed woman in games, Subject Zero.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, mass effect 2, Subject Zero
Mon, Jan 11, 2010 | 20:13 GMT
Wii sells four million in France, says Nintendo
According to Nintendo, Wii has sold four million units in France since its launch back in 2006.
Mon, Jan 11, 2010 | 19:47 GMT
BioShock 2 – new shots
Kotaku has up ten new shots of BioShock 2 to look in gasp and awe at.
Find them over there. Goes without saying, but they look amazing.
Game’s out February 9 for PS3, 360 and PC.
Mon, Jan 11, 2010 | 19:24 GMT
Halo: Reach GI feature internetalised, new character info revealed
The ten-page Game Informer Halo: Reach feature confirmed at the weekend has hit the interwebs.
Mon, Jan 11, 2010 | 19:03 GMT
Sega to reveal Project Needlemouse info all this week
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Posted in: Arcade, Hot, Platform holders, Sega
Tags: Project Needlemouse
Mon, Jan 11, 2010 | 18:01 GMT
Report – WoW Cataclysm entering Alpha this week
According to a report from WoW.com (via GI), World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will be going Alpha as of this week.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, MMO, PC, RPG
Tags: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Mon, Jan 11, 2010 | 17:03 GMT
ModNation Racers get EU beta from January 21
Sony’s announced on the EU PS Blog that Europe will be getting its own ModNation Racers beta, starting January 21.
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Posted in: PS3, Racing, Sony
Tags: ModNation Racers, Studio San Diego, united front games
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up