Monthly Archives: January 2010
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 13:04 GMT
Assassin’s Creed II PC gets March 5 release in UK
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PC, Ubisoft
Tags: assassin's creed II, Assassin's Creed II: Black Edition
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 17:34 GMT
God of War III Special Edition to skip UK, says SCEE
Know that Special Edition of God of War III revealed last night by a Swedish retailer?
Yeah, if you’re in the UK, start the tears: SCEE’s told VG247 it won’t be coming here.
Unlucky.
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 11:40 GMT
Plans to release God of War Collection separately in UK, confirms SCEE
SCEE’s told VG247 that it has plans to release the God of War Collection separately in the UK.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony, UK
Tags: God of War Collection, god of war III
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 14:03 GMT
Capcom “can’t announce if/when” Monster Hunter: Frontier comes to Europe
Capcom has told VG247 it “can’t announce” when, or even if, Monster Hunter: Frontier comes to the west.
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 17:37 GMT
Darksiders to get 360 screen tearing patch tomorrow
THQ’s announced that a patch for the 360 version of Darksiders will be released tomorrow morning.
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Posted in: Action, THQ, Xbox 360
Tags: darksiders, vigil games
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 17:40 GMT
Marcus and Dom from Gears of War to appear in Lost Planet 2
Capcom’s announced it’s bringing over Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago from Gears of War to Lost Planet 2.
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Posted in: Capcom, Hot, Xbox 360
Tags: Dominic Santiago, Epic Games, gears of war, gears of war 2, lost planet 2, Marcus Fenix
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 17:42 GMT
Monster Hunter: Frontier dated for summer in Japan
Capcom Japan’s just confirmed that Monster Hunter: Frontier, which was announced this morning, will release in the country this summer for 360.
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 17:46 GMT
Capcom details spring line-up
Capcom has announced details for its spring line-up, which includes Monster Hunter Tri, Lost Planet 2 and more.
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Posted in: Action, Capcom, Fighter, Hot, MMO, PS3, PSN, Shooter, Wii, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Final Fight: Double Impact, lost planet 2, monster hunter tri, super street fighter iv
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 08:21 GMT
Super Street Fighter IV gets April release
Capcom’s just bagged and tagged Super Street Fighter IV for an April release in the US and Europe.
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 08:09 GMT
Lost Planet 2 gets worldwide release on May 18
Capcom’s just confirmed Lost Planet 2 will recieve a worldwide release on Tuesday, May 18 for PS3 and 360.
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 21:15 GMT
The Mass Effect 2 review round-up of “I have to go and buy this game”
Congratulations, US kiddlewinks: Mass Effect 2 is now available on the West Coast.
East Coasters got it five hours ago.
For the rest of you, you’re wondering what it’s like, right? Hit the jump.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, Journalism, PC, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, mass effect 2
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 07:54 GMT
Capcom/Microsoft game is Monster Hunter: Frontier Online
That announcement Capcom and Microsoft had planned up their sleeves?
It’s a port of the MMO Monster Hunter: Frontier for Xbox 360 from the PC and PS2.
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 10:16 GMT
“Kick ass news” coming “very soon” from CliffyB [Update]
Update: Sorry to burst your balloon, but this might be what he’s referring to.
Original Story: Epic Games’ Lead Designer Cliff Bleszinski has tweeted some “kick ass” news” is coming very soon.
Is this the “awesome shit”?
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Posted in: Hot
Tags: Cliff Bleszinski, CliffyB, Epic Games
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 14:05 GMT
CV shows EA BlackBox still working on third-person action game
A CV from an EA staffer, by Superannuation, shows the company’s BlackBox studio is working on a third-person action game.
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 04:26 GMT
BioWare: No pre-game choices in Mass Effect 2 – even if you don’t have ME1 saves
Misplace your Mass Effect 1 saves? Recently rob a bank or murder a few people and decide that your goody-two-shoes Shepard’s actually a boring old stick in the mud? Well, that’s too bad, because – according to BioWare’s Chris Priestly – Mass Effect 2 comes with a “pre-disposed assumption” of how Shepard acted in Mass Effect 1.
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 04:05 GMT
Ready at Dawn: God of War: Chains of Olympus was almost a side-scroller
Three dimensions can barely contain Kratos’ brand of raw fury, so cramming him into two dimensions probably would’ve been a bit like trapping a charging bull in a cage made out of China shops. Even so, Ready at Dawn momentarily considered flirting with that particular disaster while developing God of War: Chains of Olympus.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PSP, Sony
Tags: God of War: Chains of Olympus, Ready at Dawn, Sony
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 03:33 GMT
Medal of Honor using two game engines
Medal of Honor sure looks great, doesn’t it? Well, as it turns out, there’s a simple reason for that: It’s got two engines under the hood where other games have only one.
Because that’s how videogame graphics work, right?
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: dice, ea, Frostbite Engine, medal of honor, unreal engine 3
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 05:21 GMT
Microsoft confirms X10 event for February in San Francisco
According to the SeattlePI, Microsoft is holding its first “X” event in three-and-a-half years.
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Posted in: America, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: alan wake, Fable III, final fantasy XIII, Halo: Reach, project natal, splinter cell conviction, X10
Mon, Jan 25, 2010 | 22:58 GMT
God of War III Special Edition revealed by Swedish retailer
A Special Edition of God of War III is on the way from SCEE, according to a listing from a Swedish retailer.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: god of war III, God of War III Special Edition, God of War III: Ultimate Trilogy Edition
Reckoning contains online pass locking House of Valor questline