Monthly Archives: February 2010
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 15:27 GMT
Bungie: Halo: Reach multiplayer is taking “big risks”
Bungie’s Marcus Lehto said at X10 last night that Halo: Reach’s multiplayer is taking “big risks”.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: bungie, Halo: Reach, Marcus Lehto, X10
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 08:40 GMT
Fable III at X10 – all preview, news, interview content rounded up
We’re fucking annoyed. We’re mad. Never been so pissed off about anything. Fable III has no HUD? We’re closing the website. Before we do that, though, we’ll post all the Fable III preview, news and Peter Molyneux interview content from X10 after the break.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: Fable III, lionhead studios, peter molyneux, X10
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 08:19 GMT
Alan Wake at X10 – all preview coverage rounded up
X10, eh? Some websites played Alan Wake in San Francisco last night, then typed as fast as their little pinkines would allows to get impressions on the internet. Hit the link for the lot.
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 12:11 GMT
Awesome Splinter Cell Conviction movies shoot out of X10
Hit the break for four direct-feed videos of the excellent-lookikng Splinter Cell Conviction. There’s plenty to see here, and, obviously, spoilers.
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 08:53 GMT
Dead Rising 2 direct-feed gameplay shows many zombies, much killing
Hit the link for three direct-feed gameplay movies of Dead Rising 2 from X10. Don’t watch them if you’re squeamish about cartoon zombies getting massacred, however.
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 07:07 GMT
New God of War III trailer hits GTTV
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: god of war III, Sony Santa Monica
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 03:07 GMT
Mass Effect 2 becomes best-selling January release ever in only one week
Shepard and the crew vas Normandy may have been leapfrogged by Nintendo’s portly plumber, but that didn’t stop Mass Effect 2 from taking home a nice consolation prize.
You know, nothing special. Just the award for best-selling January release ever.
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 00:50 GMT
Tretton: ’09 a “great success” for PlayStation
SCEA boss Jack Tretton has put live the company’s NPD response for January on the US PS Blog, saying 2009 was a “great success” for PlayStation.
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Posted in: Hot, PS2, PS3, PSP, Sony, Trade
Tags: jack tretton, npd january 2010
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 08:55 GMT
Original Left 4 Dead DLC to hit “a month or so” after L4D2′s The Passing
Valve has revealed during X10 that some DLC is heading to the original Left 4 Dead, in order to help explain how the original survivors came to be included in The Passing for Left 4 Dead 2.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, Shooter, Valve, Xbox 360
Tags: dlc, l4d, L4D2, left 4 dead, Left 4 Dead 2, steam, the passing
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 08:55 GMT
Fable III to have no HUD, confirms Molyneux
Peter Molyneux’s confirmed at X10 that there will be no health bar and no HUD in Fable III.
The news is what the Lionhead boss feared people would be “pissed” about.
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 00:02 GMT
NPD: Microsoft says January was a “great kick-off” to 2010
Microsoft has responded to tonight’s NPD figures, and called it “a great kick off for what is slated to be the biggest – and best – year in Xbox history”.
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 08:55 GMT
Crackdown 2 release tagged for June
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: crackdown 2, npd january 2010, ruffian games, X10
Thu, Feb 11, 2010 | 23:45 GMT
January NPD: US trade down 13% to $1.17 billion
The American games trade has yet again been unable to find growth in its monthly figures, with sales down $170 million year-on-year for January.
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 00:10 GMT
NPD January 2010: NSMBW tops Mass Effect 2 on software charts
NPD has released the software figures for January 2010, and it looks like New Super Mario Bros. Wii beat out Mass Effect 2 by around 84K units, with 656.7K units sold.
However, you have to take into consideration that Mass Effect 2 was only out for six days in January, so those are still fantastic numbers.
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Posted in: Charts, Hot
Tags: npd january 2010, npd software charts
Thu, Feb 11, 2010 | 23:45 GMT
NPD January 2010: Wii sells 465K, 360 beats PS3 comfortably
Wii’s taken the spoils in the hardware charts for the month of January, according to just release NPD figures.
Thu, Feb 11, 2010 | 23:27 GMT
Xbox 360 the only console to get FFXIII bundles outside Japan, says Microsoft
Microsoft’s announced Xbox 360 will be the only console that will be bundled with Final Fantasy XIII when it releases in the west next month.
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Posted in: Hot, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360, hardware
Tags: final fantasy XIII, X10
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 08:55 GMT
Crackdown 2 – New shots, cover-art, X10 fact-sheet released [Update]
Microsoft’s released some new shots, the box-art and a fact-sheet of Crackdown 2. Get them below, Agents.
The Ruffian-actioner is out this year [Update: This June - JC].
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: crackdown 2, ruffian games, X10
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 08:54 GMT
Screens – Wesker, Marcus, Dom have guns in Lost Planet 2
We have three screens for you from Lost Planet 2, showing not only that Resident Evil villain Wesker, but Marcus and Dom from Gears as well.
Dom’s gun looks bigger to us.
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up