Monthly Archives: February 2010
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 08:01 GMT
Lots of Last Guardian info to be revealed this year, says Ueda
Speaking in the latest Famitsu, Team ICO boss Fumito Ueda has said you can expect a lot of info from The Last Guardian to be revealed this year.
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Posted in: Adventure, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: Fumito Ueda, team ico, the last guardian, Toriko
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 06:55 GMT
GoW III video shows how Chimera was made
SCEA’s released a new making-of video of God of War III. It shows how the team made a new enemy for the game, the Chimera, which has been in the works since God of War II.
Watch from about 7:40 onwards for new gameplay footage. Get it below.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: god of war III, Studio Santa Monica
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 06:44 GMT
Forza 3 players have driven over 1.1 billion miles on Live
If you’d been wondering whether or not Forza 3 was “working,” you can stop: game director Dan Greenawalt has given VG247 some staggering stats on just how heavily the 360 racer’s being used.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Racing, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Dan Greenawalt, forza 3, forza motorsport 3, turn 10
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 06:30 GMT
Back of Bad Company 2 cover reveals 9.5/10 GI score
The back cover of EA DICE’s Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has revealed the shooter’s first review score: a 9.5 from Game Informer.
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 06:12 GMT
Armored Core 5 gets teaser trailer
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Posted in: Action, From Software, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Armored Core 5, From Software
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 04:53 GMT
Rumor: Codemasters’ American branch suffers lay-offs, going completely dark soon
If you only go by review scores and word-of-mouth, Codemasters had a pretty great 2009.
But money makes the world go ’round, and – according to a source that spoke with IGN – poor sales have the publisher retreating from America’s portion of the globe.
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Posted in: Codemasters, Hot
Tags: Codemasters, lay-offs, rumor, USA
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 05:00 GMT
Dante’s Inferno producer has been thinking about a Macbeth game for “years”
If you’d told us years ago that classic works of contemplative literature would make excellent window dressing for games around which phrases like “gore fountain” and “double decapitation” might be thrown, we’d have said you were completely nuts.
“Years” ago, however, Dante’s Inferno Executive Producer Jonathan Knight was already kicking around ideas for a videogame based on Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth.
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 04:58 GMT
Hey, you got your “PS3″ in my Mass Effect 2 source code! (Updated)
Update: BioWare’s yanked PS3 players hopes back down to earth, saying that “the Unreal Engine is cross platform, hence the PS3 code. This was brought up back in Mass Effect 1 days as well.” Thanks, Soong.
Original Story: Shepard and co. may be trading high fives and somewhat suggestive ass-slaps with Master Chief in the locker room right now, but a few lines of Mass Effect 2′s source code point to a potential PS3 version of the spacefaring sequel.
Tue, Feb 02, 2010 | 23:13 GMT
Merlin TV show may get the videogame treatment
Looks like the good Doctor may be joined by Merlin in videogame land, according to the BBC.
Apparently, rights-holder and production house Fremantle Media is look for partners to create a game based on Merlin as we speak.
Tue, Feb 02, 2010 | 23:00 GMT
Superstars V8 Next Challenge demo up on LIVE
Microsoft has announced that Black Bean’s released a demo for Superstars V8 Next Challenge up on XBL.
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Posted in: PC, PS3, PSN, Racing, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: black bean, demo, Gianni Morbidelli, milestone, Superstars V8 Next Challenge
Tue, Feb 02, 2010 | 22:44 GMT
Awakening expansion screens from DAO reveal Anders
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: awakening, bioware, DOA: Awakening, dragon age, Dragon Age: Origins
Tue, Feb 02, 2010 | 22:28 GMT
AvP multiplayer video released
SEGA’s put out a video showcasing the multiplayer modes from Aliens vs Predator that were revealed earlier today.
Tue, Feb 02, 2010 | 21:54 GMT
BioShock 2 Special Edition unboxed, midnight openings announced
2K has announced that Return to Rapture midnight openings celebrating the launch of BioShock 2 will be happening on February 9 at more than 2,500 GameStop and Best Buy stores across the US – check your local store for more information.
It also released a video unveiling the Special Edition for the highly anticipated title.
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Posted in: 2K, Action, Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: bioshock 2, BioShock 2 Special Edition
Tue, Feb 02, 2010 | 21:37 GMT
Concerts and exhibitors announced for PAX East
Concerts and exhibitors were announced today for PAX East, and if you thought Jonathan Coulton wouldn’t be there again – you’ve lost some nerd cred with us.
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Posted in: 2K, America, EA, Microsoft, Nintendo, PAX East 2010, Rockstar, Sega, Ubisoft, nVidia
Tags: Anamanaguchi, Dell, harmonix, Jonathan Coulton, MC Frontalot, pax east, ska studios, The Behemoth, turbine, twisted pixel, wizrds of the coast
Tue, Feb 02, 2010 | 21:23 GMT
Square Enix CV confirms FFXIV for 360
A LinkedIn CV from a Square Enix employee has finally confirmed what’s been obvious for a while: Final Fantasy XIV is coming to Xbox 360.
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Posted in: Hot, MMO, PC, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: final fantasy XIV, Hiromichi Tanaka, Yuuki Akama
Tue, Feb 02, 2010 | 21:12 GMT
Dante’s Inferno Super Bowl advert lands on net
Those not interested in football, but who planned to watch this Sunday’s Super Bowl anyway for the Dante’s Inferno spot should thank Industry Gamers for saving them 3 hours of men bashing each other plus another 45 minutes to an hour for the halftime show.
Posted below the break, you’ll get to see the 30-second spot EA paid $3M for with no football required.
Game’s out later in the month for PS3 and 360 and will get some DLC loving in March and April.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Hot, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: dante's inferno, super bowl XLIV, Viscerial Games
Tue, Feb 02, 2010 | 20:51 GMT
Star Trek Online launches to 1M users, Klingon and Ferengi characters cost extra
Star Trek Online officially launched today in the US with a massive patch, and while the character customization options seem quite endless – if you plan on being a Federation Ferengi or Klingon it will cost you a bit extra.
Tue, Feb 02, 2010 | 20:11 GMT
Mass Effect 3 release window will be one that maximizes “quality”
When Mass Effect 3′s released, it will be a release window that maximizes “quality” and “commercial success”, BioWare co-boss, Ray Muzyka has said.
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Posted in: Action, Development, EA, Hot, PC, PS3, RPG
Tags: bioware, mass effect 2, mass effect 3, Ray Muzyka
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up