Monthly Archives: February 2010
Fri, Feb 26, 2010 | 12:14 GMT
Chinese WoW boss resigns from post
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, China, MMO, PC
Tags: Li Riqiang, netease, world of warcraft, world of warcraft: the burning crusade
Fri, Feb 26, 2010 | 11:11 GMT
Just Cause 2 demo to hit next week
Square Enix has just confirmed the Just Cause 2 demo will be released next week, March 4, on Xbox Live, PSN and Steam.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PC, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: Avalanche Studios, just cause 2, Mike Oldman
Fri, Feb 26, 2010 | 11:03 GMT
Tretton: Heavy Rain will sell “incredibly well”
SCEA president Jack Tretton has said he expects Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain to sell “incredibly well”.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: heavy rain, quantic dream
Fri, Feb 26, 2010 | 10:14 GMT
New GT5 shots are go
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Racing, Sony
Tags: gran turismo 5, Polyphony Digital
Fri, Feb 26, 2010 | 10:10 GMT
Itagaki settles out of court with Tecmo
Former Team Ninja head Tomonobu Itagaki said today that he’s reached a settlement over bonuses with Tecmo, adding that his new game will deliver “world class entertainment”.
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Posted in: Japan, Legalities, Tecmo
Tags: Team Ninja, Tomonobu Itagaki
Fri, Feb 26, 2010 | 09:53 GMT
Just Cause 2 demo to feature “35 square miles” of island
A Square Enix community manager’s dropped a ton of detail on an upcoming Just Cause 2 demo, saying the tester will feature around “35 square miles” of play area.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: Avalanche Studios, demo, just cause 2
Fri, Feb 26, 2010 | 10:38 GMT
New God of War III GTTV footage shits bed
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: god of war III, Sony Santa Monica
Fri, Feb 26, 2010 | 21:49 GMT
First gameplay trailer for Transformers: War for Cybertron released
The first trailer for Transformer: War for Cybertron is out in the open. Get it after the break.
The game is set out of the movies – with it taking place before the first flick – and comes before the Autobots’ first contact with Earth, taking place on Cybertron in the midst of a war between Autobots and Megatron.
It’s due out later this year for PS3, 360 and PC. The title was announced at the VGAs back in December last year.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, Movies, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: High Moon Studios, Transformers: War for Cybertron
Fri, Feb 26, 2010 | 08:58 GMT
Mario Galaxy 2 gameplay clips are genuinely awesome, cheerful
Gamespot has three gameplay clips of Super Mario Galaxy 2 from the Nintendo Media Summit in the US this past week. Get them after the break.
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Posted in: Adventure, Hot, Nintendo, Platformer, Puzzler, Wii
Tags: Super Mario Galaxy 2
Fri, Feb 26, 2010 | 08:16 GMT
Derby inner ring road to be named Lara Croft Way
Derby’s public has voted to name a new ring road Lara Croft Way, in honour of the town’s most famous pretend woman.
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Posted in: Stuff, UK
Tags: core design, derby, lara croft
Fri, Feb 26, 2010 | 07:33 GMT
75% off Batman: Arkham Asylum for Games for Windows this weekend
Microsoft’s reduced the price of Batman: Arkham Asylum for Games for Windows by 75 percent to $12.50.
Bargain, in every sense of the word.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Games for Windows, PC, Square Enix, Warner Bros.
Tags: Batman: Arhkam Asylum, rocksteady
Fri, Feb 26, 2010 | 07:17 GMT
Super Mario Galaxy 2 box-art is depressingly happy
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Posted in: Adventure, Hot, Nintendo, Platformer, Puzzler, Wii
Tags: Super Mario Galaxy 2
Fri, Feb 26, 2010 | 06:21 GMT
Mass Effect 2 Firewalker DLC pack coming March
BioWare’s announced another batch of Mass Effect 2 DLC, this time centred on the Hammerhead tank.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Hot, PC, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: firewalker pack, mass effect 2
Fri, Feb 26, 2010 | 03:21 GMT
Gearbox’s Pitchford: Publishers are a blessing to me
Developers are idea people. They lay out the dominoes, build elaborate houses from playing cards, and hang “do not touch” signs everywhere, and then money-grubbing publishers hack it all to pieces. Right?
Wrong, says Gearbox chief Randy Pitchford.
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Posted in: Hot, Publishers
Tags: gearbox software, randy pitchford
Fri, Feb 26, 2010 | 04:30 GMT
iPhone Plants vs. Zombies rakes in $1 million in only nine days
“So guys, get this: I had this awesome idea for an action-packed videogame. About gardening! Also, there’ll be zombies and bowling minigames and we’ll market it to a casual audience!”
“Wait, what are you doing in the office? Didn’t we fire you?”
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Posted in: Casual, Hot, PopCap, iPhone
Tags: iPhone, one meeeelion dollars, plants vs zombies, PopCap
Fri, Feb 26, 2010 | 02:39 GMT
Sony: No PS4 until you’ve finished your PS3
When’s the PS4 coming out? That’s the question on everyone’s minds, because…
Wait! No it’s not! The PS3′s only just getting started!
Thu, Feb 25, 2010 | 22:51 GMT
UFC Undisputed 2010 screens show men beating each other
THQ has released some new screens for UFC Undisputed 2010, and we have posted the lot for you below.
Thu, Feb 25, 2010 | 22:32 GMT
PSP Digital Comics store update, Feb 25 – We Will Bury You
Sony has updated the PSP Digital Comics Store on both sides of the Atlantic, and this week there are 53 different ones up for your reading pleasure.
Also, IDW has released horror-comic We Will Bury You complete with audio commentary.
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up