Monthly Archives: February 2010
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 | 20:05 GMT
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow to last around 15 hours
Dave Cox, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow’s producer, has said the game will last “around 15 hours for an average player”.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Konami, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: castlevania: Lords of shadow, dave cox, mercury steam
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 | 19:37 GMT
Iwata denies making DS successor comments in Asahi Shimbun
Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has flatly denied saying the successor to DS will have “highly detailed graphics” and a motion sensor in an Asahi Shimbun interview, despite the paper issuing a statement saying it didn’t misquote the exec.
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Posted in: DS, DSi, DSiLL/XL, Hot, Japan, Nintendo
Tags: asahi shimbun, Satoru Iwata
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 | 18:36 GMT
Mafia II: “No other open world city comes close”
Mafia II’s play-space is the best open game city ever created, according to the title’s senior producer.
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 | 18:03 GMT
SCEA: More news on FF Versus XIII this month [Update]
Update: Sorry, kids. No Versus XIII news this month.
Rubenstein mixed his wires with FFXIII, and clarified the situation.
“Ah, Versus? SquEnix ain’t gonna talk about that with FFXIII coming up so soon, I know that much.
When they’re ready to start talking Versus (and I don’t know when that is), I expect you’ll be seeing them here to address you all directly.”
Hearts = broken.
Original Story: Square will be releasing new info on Final Fantasy Versus XIII this month, according to a hint from SCEA’s Jeff Rubenstein.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, RPG, Sony, Square Enix
Tags: final fantasy versus XIII
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 | 17:56 GMT
Japanese Last Guardian website launches
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Posted in: Adventure, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: Fumito Ueda, team ico, the last guardian
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 | 17:52 GMT
Capcom sees nine-month profit on tax rebate
Capcom’s profits for the nine months to December 31 rose 866 per cent from ¥179 million to ¥1.73 billion, thanks to a corporate tax rebate.
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Posted in: Capcom, Financials, Trade
Tags: capcom nine month financials 2009
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 | 16:56 GMT
Lego: Harry Potter confirmed for May, new media released
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Posted in: Adventure, DS, Hot, PC, PS3, PSP, Warner Bros., Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: lego Harry Potter, traveller's tales
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 | 16:51 GMT
Leaked Heavy Rain footage shows Madison in trouble
Some new footage of Heavy Rain’s appeared from YouTube, showing some new footage of co-main character Madison Paige.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: heavy rain, quantic dream
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 | 15:11 GMT
Warner: Arkham Asylum 2 release is “not October”
Warner Bros. has told VG247 that Batman: Arkham Asylum 2′s release date is “not October,” following what looks to be a slip up on the company’s German site.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, PS3, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: Batman: Arkham Asylum 2, rocksteady
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 | 14:47 GMT
Command & Conquer 4 gets new shots
EA’s just released some new screens of Command & Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight.
Find them below.
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 | 15:10 GMT
German Warner website tags Arkham Asylum 2 for October [Update]
Update: Warner’s told us it’s not true.
Warner Bros. Interactive has given a tentative October 2010 release window for Batman: Arkham Asylum 2.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PC, PS3, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: Arkham Asylum 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum 2, rocksteady
Tue, Feb 01, 2011 | 19:48 GMT
Q&A – Killzone
A sci-fi FPS shooter with a hint of realism, Killzone follows a war between the human Interplanetary Strategic Alliance (ISA) and the humanoid Helghast. Killzone 3 follows on from the conclusion of Killzone 2 and sees Sgt Tomas Sevchenko and Master Sgt Rico Velasquez facing off against the Helghast army on its home planet of Helghan once and for all.
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 | 13:25 GMT
Diablo III screens are full of fire and hell
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, Strategy
Tags: diablo III
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 | 13:09 GMT
Jaffe: “No regrets” over leaving God of War, Twisted Metal reboot also mentioned
Speaking in the latest video diary on his blog, God of War creator David Jaffe has said he has “no regrets” over leaving the series.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: david jaffe, eat sleep play, god of war, twisted metal
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 | 13:16 GMT
New Heavy Rain shots are pretty, moody, pretty moody
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: heavy rain, quantic dream
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 | 13:04 GMT
Kojima: “There is no greater crime” than delaying a game
Hideo Kojima has told of his discontent of delaying Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, saying “there is no greater crime” than pushing games back.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Konami, PSP, PSPgo
Tags: hideo kojima, kojima productions, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 | 11:21 GMT
Asia still not getting FFXIII on 360
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Posted in: Asia, Microsoft, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: final fantasy XIII
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 | 10:31 GMT
UK charts: Mass Effect 2 jumps to number one
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Casual, EA, Hot, PC, PS3, RPG, Shooter, Sony, Ubisoft, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, Just Dance, mass effect 2, modern warfare 2
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 | 10:16 GMT
SCEE: Heavy Rain is “a gamble”
SCEE has said releasing Heavy Rain is a very big “gamble” – but one the company has given its full support.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Sony
Tags: heavy rain, quantic dream
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up