Monthly Archives: January 2010
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 21:14 GMT
New Mass Effect 2 videos show Grunt and Thane
BigDownload has two new videos of Mass Effect 2, showing Thane and Grunt.
In the videos, they answer why they’re joining Shepard’s suicide mission, talk about killing stuff and more. It’s awesome with a capital ‘A’. Hit the link.
Game’s out at the end of the month for 360 and PC.
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 20:52 GMT
NowGamer reviews FFXIII, gives it 7.9
Pitchforks at the ready. NowGamer has gone live with the first major Western review of the Japanese version of Final Fantasy XIII. The score? An eyebrow-raising 7.9/10.
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Posted in: Hot, Journalism, PS3, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: final fantasy XIII, NowGamer
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 20:12 GMT
Sega already thinking of “some concepts” for Alpha Protocol 2
While the first game hasn’t even left QA, Sega is already dwelling on “concepts” for Alpha Protocol 2.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, RPG, Sega, Xbox 360
Tags: alpha protocol, Alpha Protocol 2, Constantine Hantzopoulos, Obsidian Entertainment
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 19:58 GMT
Love beta going live this week
Love dev Eskil Steenberg’s confirmed that the quirky MMO’s beta is to go live on January 7.
As with the game’s alpha, you’re going to have to pay to get involved.
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 19:50 GMT
Army of Two pair arrive in London, go mental
EA’s Army of Two: The 40th Day “comedy” viral movies entered a whole new phase of fun today, with Salem and Rios hitting London for more hi-jinx than you can possibly believe.
After the break. The game’s out on January 15.
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Posted in: Action, EA, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: army of two the 40th day, ea montreal
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 20:55 GMT
Game Informer ed scotches Fallout: New Vegas cover rumour
Game Informer executive editor Andrew Reiner just confirmed that Fallout: New Vegas is not the magazine’s next cover.
A forum post on Gamespot today dropped what appeared to be a wealth of detail on the game, as well as saying the semi-sequel was GI’s next pin-up.
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Posted in: Action, Bethesda, Hot, PC, PS3, Rumour, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: andrew reiner, Fallout: New Vegas, game informer, Obsidian Entertainment
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 17:31 GMT
Guetta drops “DJ Hero” and “2″ in the same sentence
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Music, Rhythm action
Tags: David Guetta, dj hero, dj hero 2, freestyle games
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 17:05 GMT
Medal of Honor to contain multiple characters, knives
CVG’s posted that the newest issue of OXM will contain the first proper info and screens of EA’s Medal of Honor reboot.
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 16:57 GMT
Japanese hardware charts – FFXIII effect wears off for PS3
The party’s semi-over for Sony and Square Enix: PS3′s Japanese hardware numbers dropped massively after the release of Final Fantasy XIII, which has dropped to fourth in the software charts.
Meanwhile, Wii won the latest round of the hardware wars, gathering over 215k.
Find the full hardware list after the break.
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 16:41 GMT
MAG open beta goes live
Sony just confirmed that MAG’s open beta is now live.
The game servers are online now, so if you’ve already downloaded the new patch and data set you start playing straight away.
If you haven’t, get details on how to get involved below.
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 16:23 GMT
New Heavy Rain videos show Ethan in action
Two new off-screen videos of Heavy Rain have popped up on YouTube.
They show Ethan Mars, one of the four main characters in the game
Get them after the jump. The game is out, possibly, next month.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: heavy rain, quantic dream
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 16:07 GMT
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty to contain “Protoss mini-campaign”
Blizzard’s confirmed that StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, will include a “Protoss mini-campaign” in the main Terran single-player section.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, Strategy
Tags: protoss, starcraft II, Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, terran, zerg
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 15:55 GMT
Dark Void PC gets system requirements
Capcom’s revealed the minimum specs you need to play Dark Void on PC.
Find them after the break. Game’s out at the end of the month.
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 15:19 GMT
God of War III gets new concept art
Two new pieces of Gow of War III concept art has appeared on the interwebs, following the launch of the game’s European portal.
Find them over at CVG.
The game will release in March alongside the God of War Collection in a “Ultimate Trillogy Edition”, announced last month.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: god of war III, Studio Santa Monica
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 15:14 GMT
Red Steel 2 “95% complete”
Red Steel 2 is 95 percent complete, or 90 percent ready if debugging is included, Ubi’s told Famitsu on a trip to Paris.
Which is handy; it’s out in March.
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Posted in: Shooter, Ubisoft, Wii
Tags: red steel 2
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 14:26 GMT
Xbox Live really, actually coming to Windows Mobile
As noticed by The Telegraph, Microsoft is staffing up to finally bring Xbox Live to Windows Mobile.
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 14:09 GMT
Whitten: “Natal plus Live is going to be groundbreaking”
Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten has told Game Informer that plans to integrate Natal and Live are to be break new ground.
The exec refused to be drawn on specific detail as to how to motion-sensor is to integrate with 360′s online service, but did drop some hints as to where to look for clues.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Marc Whitten, project natal
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 13:56 GMT
Capcom to develop all future new IP “primarily in Japan”
Capcom has said in a Q&A session that it will build any future new IP in Japan.
The shift in strategy comes after the failure of Bionic Commando from now defunct Swedish developer GRIN.
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Posted in: Capcom
Tags: Haruhiro Tsujimoto
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 13:44 GMT
People Can Fly trademarks Bulletstorm
Epic-owned People Can Fly has trademarked something called Bulletstorm.
While details are non-existent, Epic did say August 2008 that the Painkiller-creator is working on a new IP to be published by EA.
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Posted in: Development, Poland
Tags: bulletstorm, Epic Games, people can fly
Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 14:34 GMT
Rumour – First details of Fallout: New Vegas leaked [Update]
Update: Bethesda’s just told VG247 it isn’t commenting on “rumours.”
Original Story: Take with the biggest pinch of salt you can get, but the first supposed details of Fallout: New Vegas have emerged.
The game will apparently be revealed in the next issue of Game Informer. Bear in mind this comes from a “trusted source” via Gamespot’s forums. Then hit the link.
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up