Monthly Archives: February 2010
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 16:46 GMT
Command & Conquer devs chat gameplay, class structure
Lead designer Sam Bass and producer Jim Vessella are featured in a new developer diary for Command & Conquer 4, discussing how player choice comes into play throughout the game.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, Strategy
Tags: c&c4, Command & Conquer 4, command & conquer 4: tiberian twilight, Jim Vessella, Sam Bass
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 16:14 GMT
Rumour – DS 2 contains motion controls, already in the hands of Pokemon devs,
DS 2 is already in the hands of certain developers in Japan – including the developers of Pokemon.
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 16:12 GMT
Majesco releases Data East Arcade Classics with 15 games
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Posted in: Arcade, Majesco, Wii
Tags: Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja, BurgerTime, Burnin' Rubber, Caveman Ninja, Crude Buster, Data East Arcade Classics, Express Raider, Heavy Barrel, Magical Drop III, Peter Pepper's Ice Cream Factory, Secret Agent, Side Pocket, Street Hoop, Super Real Darwin, Wizard Fire
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 15:58 GMT
Dark Age of Camelot to be managed by Mythic in Europe
EA has revealed that it is -once again – the overlord of Dark Age of Camelot in Europe, after being run by GOA for the last few years.
Matter of fact – Mythic Entertainment will be taking over the Arthurian MMO.
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Posted in: America, EA, Europe, MMO, PC, UK
Tags: Authurian MMO, dark age of camelot, Mythic Entertainment
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 15:26 GMT
XBLA House Party: Perfect Dark hits March 17
Microsoft has revealed dates for its XBLA titles hitting in March, and among them is Perfect Dark landing on March 17.
That’s not all though, MS is handing out an extra 400 MS Points and a month’s worth of Gold membership in celebration.
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Posted in: Action, Arcade, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: perfect dark, Scrap Metal, toy soldiers, XBL Game Room, xbla
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 15:42 GMT
Blizzard’s Rob Pardo to give lecture at GDC
Think Services has announced that during GDC next month, Blizzard’s Rob Pardo will give a lecture on design philosophies.
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Posted in: Development, GDC 2010, Hot
Tags: chair, diablo, donald mustard, Rob Pardo, starcarft, the smithsonian, warcraft, wow
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 17:50 GMT
Codies announces studio expansion, Gilio and Wilson appointments
Codemasters has formally announced the expansion of its Guildford Studio along with the hiring of Tom Gilio and Andrew Wilson.
This was originally confirmed by CVG on Monday.
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Posted in: Action, Codemasters, Development, Hot, Jobs, PS3, UK, Xbox 360
Tags: Andew Wilson, Guilford Studios, Stuart Black, Tom Gilio
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 14:37 GMT
Arc to make an appearence at GDC
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Posted in: GDC 2010, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: PlayStation Arc, PlayStation Motion Controller
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 13:35 GMT
New Splinter Cell: Conviction trailer is full of win
A new Splinter Cell: Conviction trailer from Ubisoft is out.
It’s full of win, don’t you know?
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Posted in: Action, Games for Windows, Hot, PC, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: splinter cell conviction, ubisoft montreal
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 12:33 GMT
Total War not coming to consoles unless it can “replicate the experience” on PC, says Creative Assembly
Creative Assembly’s Mark O’Connell has told VG247 the Total War games won’t be coming to consoles unless it absolutely can “replicate the entire experience” that is found for the series for PC.
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Posted in: Hot, PC, Sega, Strategy
Tags: creative assembly, empire: total war, Mark O'Connell, Napoleon: Total War, rome: total war, Total War
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 11:54 GMT
FFXIII reviews seen “from a western point of view”, says Toriyama
Final Fantasy XIII director Motomu Toriyama has said to CVG he reckons the review scores so far for the RPG have been seen “from a western point of view”.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: ffxiii, final fantasy XIII, Motomu Toriyama
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 11:31 GMT
Capcom wants to see Street Fighter IV on PSP
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Posted in: Capcom, Fighter, Hot, PSP
Tags: street fighter iv, Street Fighter IV PSP
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 10:53 GMT
Rumour – Starcraft II beta FAQ leaked
In what could be an oopsie of the biggest kind, Blizzard’s apparently put online the FAQ for the Starcraft II beta.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, Rumour, Strategy
Tags: starcraft II, starcraft II beta, Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 09:54 GMT
Uncharted 2 leads BAFTA nods
The nominations for the gaming BAFTAs have been announced, with Uncharted 2 leading the way with nine nods.
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 08:59 GMT
PSN gets downtime later today
The EU PS Forums has posted that there will be some downtime later today for the PlayStation Network.
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 08:48 GMT
Microsoft working on “large franchise” with Natal
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Microsoft Game Studios, project natal
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 08:34 GMT
Battlefield 1943 is this week’s Live Deal of the Week
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Posted in: EA, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: battlefield 1943, ea dice, Live Deal of the Week
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 08:26 GMT
Rumour – DS 2 development kits sent out
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 04:24 GMT
NPD top 20 shows how MAG, Bayonetta, others fared
A certain BioWare blockbuster may have hogged the sales spotlight last month, but – as a list provided by the NPD has conveniently reminded us – there were other games too. And people bought them! We know. We were shocked too.
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up