Monthly Archives: February 2010
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 03:45 GMT
De Blob to add some color to ‘Syfy Kids’ lineup
De Blob’s back! And the Syfy network is… still here. Yeah! So, logically, it only makes sense that the two would team up, right?
No. It really doesn’t. But they’re doing it anyway.
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 03:15 GMT
First L.A. Noire screens show fantastic taste in hats
Game Informer has the first official screens of L.A. Noire, which highlight one of the game’s main features: hats. Sure, there’s some other stuff in there, but the screens look like they’ve been ripped straight from a men’s fashion magazine. In a good way.
Mon, Feb 15, 2010 | 21:11 GMT
Kitase “really interested” in FFVII remake
Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase has said in an interview he would be interested in a “more complete form of Final Fantasy VII.”
Yep, it could only be the remake.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: final fantasy vii, final fantasy XIII, Yoshinori Kitase
Mon, Feb 15, 2010 | 21:25 GMT
Street Fighter IV comng to iPhone
No. Your eyes do not deceive you. Do not adjust your set.
Street Fighter IV is coming to iPhone and iPod this March.
Mon, Feb 15, 2010 | 20:10 GMT
Codemasters hires Black senior designer to work on new shooter IP
Codemasters has confirmed to CVG that its hired Stuart Black to work on a brand new shooter IP for the studio.
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Posted in: Codemasters, Shooter
Tags: Andrew Wilson, black, Stuart Black, Tom Gillo
Mon, Feb 15, 2010 | 19:40 GMT
Dragon Age: Awakening to be a download-only expansion on PSN in Europe
The FAQ for the upcoming Dragon Age: Origins expansion Awakening has revealed it’ll be available in downloadable flavour for PSN in European and PAL regions only.
Mon, Feb 15, 2010 | 17:15 GMT
Crackdown 2 release date is not June 11, says Microsoft [Update]
Update: Or it is out on June 11. Videogamer’s updated its article with a screencap of what looks like the Xbox website, showing the date and pre-order incentives of exclusive Agency armour.
Back to the Batphone with Microsoft, then.
Update 2: Microsoft has again reiterated the statement given to us, further adding the page that mentions the date on the Xbox website “was inaccurately updated and the team are working on rectifying this.”
Original Story: Microsoft has confirmed to VG247 the June 11 release date apparently given by the firm for Crackdown 2 is “incorrect”.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: crackdown 2, ruffian games
Mon, Feb 15, 2010 | 15:59 GMT
Xbox Live finally integrated into Windows Mobile
Microsoft’s formally announced Windows 7 for mobile at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The good bit? The OS’s latest iteration will incorporate Xbox Live.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Xbox Live, hardware
Tags: Mobile World Congress 2010, Windows 7 Mobile, Xbox Live
Mon, Feb 15, 2010 | 15:26 GMT
Natal will have five year lifespan, says Greenberg
Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg reckons Project Natal will have a five year lifespan from its release this Holiday season.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Aaron Greenberg, project natal
Mon, Feb 15, 2010 | 14:49 GMT
Splinter Cell: Conviction shows off mansion level
A new video of the mansion level from Splinter Cell: Conviction is out in the open.
It’s after the break.
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Posted in: Hot, PC, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: splinter cell conviction, ubisoft montreal
Mon, Feb 15, 2010 | 14:47 GMT
Fable III to go beyond Albion, confirms Molyneux
Fable III is mostly set in Albion, but is also set in another new continent, Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has revealed.
Mon, Feb 15, 2010 | 12:49 GMT
Cage hints at Arc support for Heavy Rain, announcement “in the coming weeks”
Quantic Dream boss David Cage has said there will be an announcement from the studio “in the coming weeks” regarding PlayStation Arc and possibly support for Heavy Rain.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: david cage, heavy rain, PlayStation Arc, quantic dream
Mon, Feb 15, 2010 | 12:26 GMT
Square “not planning” FFXIII DLC, says Kitase and Toriyama
Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama may have finally spoken out on whether or not DLC is on the way for the RPG.
Spoiler: it’s not.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: final fantasy XIII, Motomu Toriyama, Yoshinori Kitase
Mon, Feb 15, 2010 | 11:43 GMT
Crysis 2 will have “five big things you’ll remember forever,” says Crytek
Mon, Feb 15, 2010 | 11:40 GMT
Square admits to using fake identical FFXIII screens
Square Enix has said in a statement to Kotaku that identical shots Final Fantasy XIII released at the weekend, supposedly showing parity between the PS3 and 360 versions, were “altered”.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: ffxiii, final fantasy XIII
Mon, Feb 15, 2010 | 10:38 GMT
UK charts: BioShock 2 overthrows Mass Effect 2 from number one
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Posted in: 2K, Action, Casual, Hot, RPG, Shooter, Trade, UK
Tags: 2k marin, bioshock 2, fifa 10, Just Dance, mass effect 2
Mon, Feb 15, 2010 | 10:29 GMT
Remedy: 360 is “a very good environment” for Alan Wake
Remedy has said in an interview with BlendGames that Alan Wake on 360 is a much better “environment” then PC.
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up