Monthly Archives: January 2010
Thu, Jan 07, 2010 | 08:03 GMT
CES: Natal runs at 30 frames per second
Amid all the release dates and sales numbers at Microsoft’s CES keynote last night, the company dropped some tech info on Natal: apparently, the motion-sensing system runs at 30 frames per second.
Thu, Jan 07, 2010 | 07:44 GMT
CES: First Modern Warfare 2 DLC on 360 this spring
Microsoft has reiterated that the first Modern Warfare 2 DLC will be coming exclusively to Xbox 360 first.
The company also confirmed that the new DLC, details of which are currently unknown, will be released this spring.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: dlc, infinity ward, modern warfare 2
Thu, Jan 07, 2010 | 07:28 GMT
Microsoft CES Keynote audio now available
Nelson’s posted up the audio of Microsoft’s CES keynote held in Las Vegas last night.
Get it here. Go, go! You get to hear Ballmer announce Game Room for spring, Natal for the Holidays and that the 360 has sold over 39 million units.
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Posted in: Games for Windows, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: CES 2010, steve ballmer
Thu, Jan 07, 2010 | 08:35 GMT
Sony CES Keynote: Hirai: PS3 sold 3.8 million in December
Update: PR added.
Original Story: During Sony’s CES event, SCE president Kaz Hirai said that over 3.8 million PlayStation 3 units were shipped worldwide in December, with 1.7 million units sold in the US alone.
Thu, Jan 07, 2010 | 08:45 GMT
Microsoft CES Keynote: 39 million Xbox 360s sold worldwide
Microsoft confirmed in its CES keynote last night that over 39 million Xbox 360s have been sold worldwide.
Thu, Jan 07, 2010 | 04:54 GMT
Sony’s CES keynote: PSN coming to Blu-Ray players, TVs, and PCs next month
Your PSN’s so fat, it doesn’t sit in your PS3 – it sits in outlying Sony products around your PS3!
That incredibly juvenile third grade holdover more or less describes the goal of Sony Network Entertainment, an upcoming expansion of PSN.
Thu, Jan 07, 2010 | 04:26 GMT
Microsoft Game Room gets trailered, boasts over 1000 games
More news, Microsoft’s CES keynote? Oh no, we couldn’t! But if you insist…
The Game Room’s set to be “the place to relive the glory days of arcade games, with over 1000 games being released throughout the next three years.” Games can be purchased for 240-400 Microsoft Points, or played once for the paltry, arcade-style fee of 40 Points.
It’s out for Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live this spring.
Microsoft’s released the first trailer of the totally meta Game Room. Check out the game where you play as an Avatar that’s playing old games after the break, courtesy of Joystiq.
Thu, Jan 07, 2010 | 04:23 GMT
Microsoft CES keynote: Natal coming “holiday season 2010″
As part of its 2010 Consumer Electronics Show keynote, Microsoft officially penciled in Project Natal for a “holiday season 2010″ release.
Wed, Jan 06, 2010 | 23:15 GMT
Microsoft to announce Xbox Game Room and 2010 Natal launch tonight
Microsoft’s Channel 9 community site has accidentally posted a video interview with Robbie Bach, President of the Entertainment & Devices Division, before the company’s annual CES press conference set for 6:30pm PST tonight.
Apparently, the pulled video (which can be found here, 11 minutes in -thanks Whizzo, and here, thanks Dutch) discussed the Xbox Game Room and confirms that Natal will launch this year.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, peripherals
Tags: ces, natal, xbox game room
Wed, Jan 06, 2010 | 22:22 GMT
New Mass Effect 2 video details Miranda
EA and BioWare’s released a yet another short video of Mass Effect 2, detailing party member Miranda Lawson.
It looks hawt. Miss this at your peril.
Get it over at tLG.
Wed, Jan 06, 2010 | 22:06 GMT
Dr Pepper teams up with EA to hand out gaming codes
EA and Dr Pepper are teaming up to offer people gaming codes for chugging the popular soft drink.
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Posted in: America, EA, Retail, Stuff
Tags: battlefield heroes, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, be a pepper, dr pepper, EA Game Codes, mass effect 2, spore, the sims 3
Wed, Jan 06, 2010 | 22:02 GMT
EVE Online player steals 374 billion ISK, gives it all away
An EVE Online player, going by the name of Curzon Dax, apparently earned 374 billion ISK game currency from in-game investors and then ran off with the funds.
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Posted in: CCP, MMO, PC
Tags: eve online, robbery, robin hood complex, theft
Wed, Jan 06, 2010 | 21:42 GMT
This month’s Qore features BioShock 2, Dante’s Inferno, more
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Posted in: 2K, Action, Adventure, EA, Horror, PS3, Sega, Sony
Tags: Bayonetta, bioshock 2, dante's inferno, heavy rain, qore
Wed, Jan 06, 2010 | 21:15 GMT
GameStop: Get AoT:The 40th Day for $19.99 with trade-ins
Looks like GameStop has a very nice deal going for those thinking of purchasing Army of Two: The 40th Day.
If you trade in two games towards the purchase of the Salem & Rios title, you get $40 off – which means it will end up costing you $19.99 when it lands on January 12 in the US.
Sweet.
Proof can be found in the video below.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Hot, PS3, PSP, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: army of two, army of two the 40th day, gamestop, The 40th Day
Wed, Jan 06, 2010 | 20:47 GMT
Perry’s Gaikai service raises $5 million VC
Big Dave Perry’s Gaikai game service has raised $5 million in venture capital funding, according to a US SEC filing uncovered by Gamasutra.
According to the doc, Mitch Lasky, a former Activision exec and current partner at tech-investment firm Benchmark Capital, is a contributor.
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Posted in: America, Development, Financials, Hot, Internet, PC
Tags: Andrew Gault, Benchmark Capital, cloud, Cloud Gaming Service, dave perry, gaikai, Mitch Lasky, onlive, Rui Pereira
Wed, Jan 06, 2010 | 22:53 GMT
Heavy Rain Collector’s Edition will not be sold in the US
Looks like Americans hoping to get their hands on the nice-looking Heavy Rain Collector’s Edition will have to import it.
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Posted in: Action, America, Hot, PS3, Retail, Sony, UK
Tags: david cage, heavy rain, Heavy Rain Collector's Edition, quantic dream
Wed, Jan 06, 2010 | 19:57 GMT
6.7 million games consoles sold in UK last year
According to figures by ELSPA today, over 6.7 million games consoles were sold in the UK last year.
Wed, Jan 06, 2010 | 19:31 GMT
2009 BAFTA Games Awards to be broadcast live on internet
BAFTA has confirmed to GI.biz that its 2009 Games Awards will be broadcast live via the internet for the first time.
Wed, Jan 06, 2010 | 19:32 GMT
Sega of America confirms Japanese VOs, English subs for Yakuza 3
Sega of America has told VG247 that the US edition of Yakuza 3 will contain Japanese voiceovers with English subtitles.
The company’s European arm told us on Monday that the EU version will also contain English subs and Japanese VOs.
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up