Monthly Archives: March 2010
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 23:20 BST
Jonathan Ross confirms Fable III voiceover
Jonathan Ross has confirmed via Twitter that he’s recorded some voiceover work for Fable III.
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 23:03 BST
Atomic: Six Days in Fallujah is “not complete”
Atomic Games president Peter Tamte has revealed that Six Days in Fallujah is not “complete” and reports stating such were “lost in translation”.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Konami, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: atomic games, Peter Tamte, Six Days in Fallujah
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 22:43 BST
Bungie discusses Halo: Reach in latest Podcast
Chris Carney, multiplayer designer on Halo: Reach, and sandbox lead Sage Merrill revealed through the latest Bungie Podcast loads of new details on the multiplayer portion of the game.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: bungie, Chris Carney, halo, Halo:Reach, Sage Merrill
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 22:23 BST
Zeno Clash delayed on XBLA until April
Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition has been delayed on Xbox Live Arcade until April.
What a bummer.
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Posted in: Action, Atlus, Fighter, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox Live
Tags: ACE Team, zeno clash, zeno clash: ultimate edition
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 22:05 BST
DICE doesn’t “ever want to charge for maps”, says producer
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 producer Patrick Bach has told Xbox World 360 magazine that if it had its way, DICE would never charge for maps.
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 21:41 BST
Home update: Easter City Huntdown event, Anime-themed items
Sony has revealed the updates to Home this week, and users can expect to get goodies like MAG, and Uncharted costumes.
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Posted in: Home, PS3, Sony
Tags: PS Home Update
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 21:20 BST
Guitar Hero 5 gets Black Sabbath masters, Blur, and more in April
Activision’s announced its plans for Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero for April.
Looks like folks can look forward to some Skynyrd, Fall Out Boy, and Blur with The All-American Rejects, Saving Abel, Phoenix and Black Sabbath also making the list.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Music, PS3, Rhythm action, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: band hero, Guitar Hero 5
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 20:47 BST
Shinji Mikami’s project site opens with Harakiri flash game
Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami has posted a flash-based Harakiri game over on his website, where he is also recruiting for his new studio, Tango.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Japan, Jobs
Tags: Harakiri, Mikami Project, Shinji Mikami, suda 51, Tango
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 19:37 BST
Japanese game market drops 0.6% – software up, hardware down
Today marks the end of the fiscal year for the Japanese gaming market, and according to figures complied by Famitsu, overall sales are down slightly at 0.6 percent.
Software sales were up, which helped keep the downturn minimal; however, hardware sales didn’t fare as well.
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Posted in: Charts, Financials, Hot, Japan, hardware
Tags: japanese game industry FY 2010
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 19:00 BST
Zombies invade Australia, protest lack of R18+ game rating
Zombies invaded Australia again this year. Luckily for the continent they weren’t the types hellbent on a gray matter feast, though.
Instead, the undead came in droves to protest the lack of an R18+ game rating.
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Posted in: Australia, Politics
Tags: protesters, South Australia Attorney General John Rau, zombies
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 18:40 BST
Greenberg: Web browsing on the telly is a “poor experience”
Aaron Greenberg has revealed in the latest issue of Edge magazine that Xbox 360 will never be updated with a web browser.
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Posted in: Hot, Internet, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Aaron Greenberg, natal, web browsing
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 18:25 BST
Super Mario Galaxy 2 trailer is full of win
A new video for Super Mario Galaxy 2 has popped up over on D’toid as promised.
We have it posted for you below the break, and it is rather awesome.
If you head on through the D’toid link you can get a preview of the game as well.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 is due out on May 23 in the US and June 11 in the UK and Europe.
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 18:08 BST
Activision details Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions a bit more
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, DS, Development, Hot, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: Beenox, marvel, spider-man, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 17:41 BST
Blizzard teases Diablo III information with image
Blizzard is being a tease regarding information on Diablo III.
How so you ask? Why, with a segment of a picture image is how.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, PC, RPG
Tags: diablo, diablo III
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 17:34 BST
Crysis 2 “aiming to set the graphical benchmark”, says Crytek
Forget Uncharted 2, forget God of War III and forget Halo: Reach: Crysis 2 is looking to be the best looking game on consoles.
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 17:55 BST
Lost Planet 2: Awesome co-op footage from desert and jungle
Capcom’s passed over more footage of four-way Lost Planet 2 co-op, this time showing English and German people in the desert and French players in the jungle.
Does it still look wicked? In a word, “Yes”.
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 17:14 BST
SEGA formally announces The Conduit 2, proves it with screens
SEGA has formally announced The Conduit 2 over on its European site, and has slapped up a few nice looking screens for it – one featuring four-player split-screen.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Sega, Shooter, Wii
Tags: high voltage, The Conduit 2
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 16:54 BST
Report – Will Wright currently at work on television series
It has been revealed that Will Wright’s currently at work on a television series, according to documents dug up by IGN.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, tv
Tags: Albie Hecht, the creation project, will wright
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up