Monthly Archives: February 2010
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 17:58 GMT
PopCap thinks iPad “will change gaming” in three years
PopCap has said that iPad will change the face of gaming eventually, but it may take three years time and a hardware update to do so.
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 17:42 GMT
Halo: Reach at X10 – all preview coverage rounded up
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 17:07 GMT
Left 4 Dead 2 players have killed over 28 billion zombies
Valve has revealed over on the Left 4 Dead Blog that L4D2 players have killed over 28 billion zombies in the first two months of release.
Good lord. That’s a lot of zombies!
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 16:50 GMT
Report: Luxoflux and Underground Development closed, RedOctane layoffs
Looks like more than just Neversoft and Radical felt the sting of layoffs following a meeting with Activision yesterday.
According to reports, Luxoflux and Underground Development, the studio responsible for Guitar Hero: Van Halen and BMX XXX, were both closed completely.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Jobs
Tags: layoffs, luxoflux, neversoft, radical, redoctane, studio closures, Underground Development
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 19:26 GMT
US PS video store update, Feb 11 – Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition
New HD films and shows were added to the US PS video store this week, but you don’t care about that.
You want to see Sports Illustrated swimsuit models rolling around in the sand with the wind in their hair.
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Posted in: Movies, PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Store, Sony, tv
Tags: ps video store update
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 16:06 GMT
US PSN update, Feb 11 – Heavy Rain demo, LBP add-ons
Sony has updated the PSN store for the US, and like the European store, US’ers can download the Heavy Rain demo and go to town with two chapters from it.
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Posted in: PS3, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: psn update
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 15:53 GMT
Square Enix announces European FFXIII 360 bundles
Square Enix has announced 120Gb Elite ands 250Gb “Super Elite” Xbox 360 bundles for Final Fantasy XIII.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360, hardware
Tags: ffxiii, final fantasy XIII
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 14:56 GMT
NPD: Nintendo systems retain top positions in January sales
Nintendo has responded to last night’s NPDs and it was very pleased that Wii was the number one selling console for January.
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 14:29 GMT
Crackdown 2 for June was listed “incorrectly”, says Microsoft
During the release of the NPDs last night, Microsoft sent a mail out responding to the figures, and in it, it said Crackdown 2 would be released in June.
Well, apparently, that’s not the case.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: crackdown, crackdown 2, npd, npd january 2010
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 13:31 GMT
Japanese hardware charts: PSP keeps on rolling
That PSP sales train just keeps on going as it was the best selling hardware last week in Japan.
Choo-choo.
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 15:29 GMT
Crackdown 2 gets even more new shots
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: crackdown 2, ruffian games, X10
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 10:00 GMT
Eurogamer Network UU figure up 22% to 4.5 million
Eurogamer’s announced a climb in November unique users to 4.5 million across its European network, a rise from 3.7 million in November 2008.
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Posted in: Journalism, Trade, UK
Tags: abce, eurogamer, eurogamer network, rupert loman
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 12:02 GMT
Molyneux: Fable III is “all about power, man”
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: Fable III, lionhead studios, peter molyneux, Six-Gun-Pete, X10
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 17:58 GMT
X10 – All news, movies, previews, shots and interviews in one place
San Francisco’s X10 has properly happened. Alan Wake, Dead Rising 2 and the Halo: Reach beta got dated, Fable III got screenshots, Splinter Cell Conviction got captured to death and Peter Molyneux managed to piss no one off, unfortunately.
By the by. Hit the link for all our coverage of the Microsoft event. We’ll be updating it throughout the day.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Horror, Hot, Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: alan wake, crackdown 2, dead rising 2, Fable III, Halo: Reach, X10
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up