Monthly Archives: January 2010
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | 15:42 GMT
Namco has “no plans” for Tales of Vesperia PS3 in the US
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Posted in: Hot, Namco Bandai, PS3, PSP, RPG
Tags: anime, tales of vesperia, tales of vesperia anime, Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike anime
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | 15:20 GMT
Epic’s Mark Rein “very impressed” with iPad’s game demos
Epic’s Mark Rein was present for Apple’s iPad event yesterday and just happened to mention that a working demo of Unreal Engine 3 already runs on iPhone 3GS, so it should run on the new product as well.
While Rein was non-committal regarding a version of UR3 made specifically for iPad, he did admit that he was impressed with the game demos.
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Posted in: Apple, Development, Hot, hardware
Tags: Epic Games, iPad, mark rein, unreal engine 3, UR3
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | 14:52 GMT
StarCraft II release to have both Mac and PC version on disc
According to a Blizzard Q&A over on the Battle.net forums, upon release, the StarCraft II DVD will contain both the PC and Mac versions of the game.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Mac, PC, Strategy
Tags: starcraft, starcraft II
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | 13:09 GMT
Report – Sony to report ¥100 billion profit between October – December
According to a report from Nikkei (via Reuters), Sony is set to announce a ¥100 billion ($1.1 billion) uptake for the period between October – December 2009.
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | 12:39 GMT
2K: BioShock 2 won’t have LAN or dedicated servers
2K’s confirmed that BioShock 2′s multiplayer won’t have any LAN features or dedicated servers when the game launches in two-and-a-half weeks time.
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | 13:53 GMT
Assassin’s Creed II: ‘Battle of Forli’ live on Marketplace [Update]
Update: It’s now on the PS Store. Thanks, Syrok.
Original Story: Ubisoft’s just put live The Battle of Forli, the first DLC episode of Assassin’s Creed II, on Xbox Live Marketplace.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, Ubisoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: assassin's creed II, Assassin's Creed II: The Battle of Forli
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | 11:55 GMT
New Alpha Protocol footage to be shown on GTTV tonight
Some new footage of Alpha Protocol will be shown in the newest episode of GameTrailers TV tonight.
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Posted in: Hot, PC, PS3, RPG, Sega, Xbox 360
Tags: alpha protocol, Obsidian Entertainment
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | 14:25 GMT
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 MP demo on Marketplace now [Update]
Update: Still not on Marketplace itself yet, but it is on the Marketplace website.
It’s 1.35 Gb, and lets you try out the Port Valdez map – which has a video through here. We’ve also added the PR to the end of the post.
Queue it here.
Thanks, evilashchris.
Original Story: DICE has sensationally revealed that a multiplayer demo of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is now on Xbox Live.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Bad Company 2 Beta, Bad Company 2 Demo, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, BFBC2, dice, ea dice
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | 21:21 GMT
New Heavy Rain trailer is literally screaming of win
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: heavy rain, quantic dream
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | 10:29 GMT
PSA: ACII Battle of Forli out today, trailer released
In case you needed reminding, the first of two DLC episodes for Assassin’s Creed II, The Battle of Forli, releases later on.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PS3, PSN, Ubisoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: assassin's creed II, Assassin's Creed II: The Battle of Forli, ubisoft montreal
Tue, Feb 02, 2010 | 12:18 GMT
125 million DS units, 65 million Wiis sold LtD, confirms Nintendo
Nintendo’s confirmed over 125 million DS units and 65 million Wii units have been sold according to LtD numbers released by the company this morning.
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | 09:18 GMT
NSMBW, Wii Fit Plus, Wii Sports Resort all pass 10 million units
New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Wii Sports Resort and Wii Fit Plus have all moved 10 million units in Lifetime-to-Date numbers released this morning by Nintendo for the period between April 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009.
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Posted in: Casual, Hot, Nintendo, Platformer, Sports, Wii
Tags: new super mario bros. wii, Satoru Iwata, wii fit plus, Wii Sports Resort
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | 09:10 GMT
Command & Conquer 4 beta kicks off today
So when is the Command & Conquer 4 beta beginning, as teased yesterday by EA?
Next month? Next week? Nope.
Today.
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | 08:15 GMT
Bayonetta PS3 install patch now live in Europe
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Posted in: PS3, Sega
Tags: Bayonetta, platinum games
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | 07:01 GMT
Rumour – There is DLC coming for FFXIII, says Kitase
According to an apparent translation from GAF, Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase has told OPM Benelux that there will be DLC coming for the game.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: final fantasy XIII, Yoshinori Kitase
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | 05:17 GMT
Peter Moore: Sports games will lead the way for 3D gaming
3D’s all the rage in Hollywood these days, but here in Videogame Land, the goofy-looking red-blue tech of tomorrow hasn’t quite caught on. So, what’s the deal? Well, according to EA Sports head honcho Peter Moore, we need only look to sports for the answers.
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | 15:09 GMT
Analysts not too thrilled about iPad’s gaming prospects
Based off the Internet’s current state, the iPad announcement is the only thing that happened today. At all. Everything else – war, politics, Tiger Woods – was put on hold so that we could all watch Steve Jobs trot out a new Shiny Thing.
But what’s that mean for the wide world of videogames? Not much, actually, if analysts Michael Pachter and Jesse Divnich are to be believed.
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | 03:49 GMT
Red 5 confirms lay-offs, but all may not be as it seems
Yesterday, we reported that Red 5 Studios had cast a number of its employees back into the choppy seas of unemployment, and today, the developer released a statement that more or less amounts to “Yeah, we laid-off some people, but look! There’s a butterfly – over there, right behind that giant stack of normalcy and never-been-better!”
According to Kotaku‘s ever-useful sources, however, something’s amiss.
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | 01:43 GMT
Cities XL MMO shut down, Cities XL 2011 announced
Monte Cristo has announced that it’s suspending its MMO feature for Cities XL due to lack of interest; however, it has announced Cities XL 2011.
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Posted in: PC, Simulation
Tags: Cities XL, Cities XL 2011, monte cristo
Reckoning contains online pass locking House of Valor questline