Monthly Archives: February 2010
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 21:36 GMT
Garriott returns to gaming with Portalarium, his new social media company
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Posted in: Platform holders
Tags: Dallas Snell, Fred Schmidt, Portalarium, Richard Garriott, Stephen Nichols
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 21:22 GMT
StarCraft II closed Beta goes live
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, Strategy
Tags: starcraft II, starcraft II beta
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 20:35 GMT
PSA: The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom now on XBLA
2K has sent over a friendly reminder announcing that The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom is now available exclusively on XBLA for 800 MSP ($10/£6.80/€9.30).
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Posted in: 2K, Hot, Platformer, Puzzler, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, The Odd Gentlemen
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 18:37 GMT
Farrell: THQ has motion control titles to show off at E3
THQ CEO Brian Farrell dropped quite a few noteworthy bits of information during his much quoted interview with IGN this week.
While we have covered this extensively, there was one other thing we couldn’t resist pulling from it, and that was the news that THQ would be showing motion control titles at E3 this year.
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Posted in: Development, E3 2010, Hot, PS3, THQ, Xbox 360, hardware, peripherals
Tags: arc, brian farrell, natal
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 20:18 GMT
BFBC2: Get day one DLC for free if you buy it new
DICE’s Patrick Bach, senior producer for Battlefield: Bad Company 2, has revealed a bit more of what to expect with DLC once the game is released next month.
Turns out, the game will come with a “VIP” code allowing the purchaser access to the DLC network.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Bad Company 2, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, BFBC2, dice, patrick bach
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 20:02 GMT
Blizzard releases real specs for Starcraft II beta
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, Strategy
Tags: starcraft II, starcraft II beta
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 19:54 GMT
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier info hitting next month in Xbox World
It has been revealed that the first meaty bit of information regarding Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will land in Xbox World 360 magazine.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: future soldier, ghost recon future soldier, tom clancy, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 19:25 GMT
Xbox Live activity for week of Feb 8 – MW2 tops, not surprising
The Major has posted the top Xbox Live titles for last week, and the man himself has decided to expand the lists to the top 20 instead of the top 10 – as he has previously done.
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 19:08 GMT
PSA: Assassin’s Creed II: Bonfire of the Vanities lands tomorrow
If for some reason you forgot, Assassin’s Creed II DLC will land on PSN and XBL tomorrow, and we have all the details along with the pricing structure for you below the break.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: ACII, assassin's creed II, Bonfire of the Vanities
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 18:56 GMT
FFXIII 360 gets new shots
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Posted in: Hot, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: final fantasy XIII
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 20:21 GMT
D3Publisher announces Western release of God Eater for PSP
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Posted in: Action, D3 Publisher America, Hot, Namco Bandai, PSP, RPG
Tags: god eater
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 18:06 GMT
THQ says its titles are something other publishers “would be envious of”
THQ CEO Brian Farrell has revealed that the company’s internal developments are something that the other publishers “would be envious of”.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Interview, THQ
Tags: brian farrell, red faction, saints row 3, warhammer 40k mmo
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 18:16 GMT
Midway Arcade titles vanish from XBL Marketplace [Update]
Update: Well, that didn’t take long. The Major has tweeted that the Midway titles being pulled from XBL Marketplace can be directly attributed to “publisher evolving rights and permissions”.
Don’t worry though, he says that if you purchased one of the deleted games in the past, you will be able to re-download it again.
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 20:49 GMT
Greenberg: 360 “offers more exclusives” than PS3
Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg has hit back at recent comments made by Sony on exclusive 3rd-party deals made by the Seattle firm for 360 the only way it can: by saying it “offers more exclusives than” the black behemoth.
Shit + fan?
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, PS3, Sony, Xbox 360
Tags: Aaron Greenberg, Battle Royale, exclusivity
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 17:23 GMT
D2D has select Ubisoft titles on sale for 50% off
To continue celebrating the launch of its European and UK online stores, digital distribution site Direct2Drive is offering 50 percent off select Ubisoft titles.
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 17:04 GMT
Cage: “Triggering emotions in interactive medium is my mission”
Now that the Heavy Rain demo has been released and the game itself hitting stores soon, the world need wonder no more what Quantic Dream will do next – David Cage already has plans mulling about in his head.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Interview, PS3, Sony
Tags: david cage, heavy rain, quantic dream
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 16:38 GMT
EA: C&C4 will appeal to FPS multiplayer fans
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight producer Raj Joshi has said that the title will not only appeal to fans of the strategy series, but to players who prefer FPS multiplayer titles.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, Strategy
Tags: c&c4, Command & Conquer 4, command & conquer 4: tiberian twilight, Raj Joshi, Tiberian Twilight
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 20:53 GMT
Capcom refuses to comment on Monster Hunter Tri PSP
Capcom’s refused to say anything on the rumour circulating that Monster Hunter Tri is heading to PSP at the end of the year, saying it wont comment on “rumour and speculation”.
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Posted in: Capcom, Hot, PSP, RPG, Wii
Tags: monster hunter tri, Monster Hunter Tri Portable
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 20:46 GMT
Red Steel 2 gets violent in new trailer
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Shooter, Ubisoft, Wii
Tags: red steel 2, Wii MotionPlus, wmp
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up