Monthly Archives: March 2010
Thu, Mar 25, 2010 | 15:13 GMT
The Witcher 2 heading to consoles
CD Projekt has revealed during its spring conference today, that The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings will be heading to consoles as well as PC.
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Posted in: 1C, Atari, CD Projekt, Hot, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: CD Projekt red, the witcher, the witcher 2
Thu, Mar 25, 2010 | 15:25 GMT
250Gb 360 HDD to cost £65 in UK
Xbox Community Manager for the UK Graeme Boyd – aka AceyBongos – has tweeted that the standalone 360 250 Gb HDD will cost £65 when it gets here in the UK on April 16.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox 360, hardware
Tags: 360 250Gb HDD, AceyBongos, Graeme Boyd
Thu, Mar 25, 2010 | 14:50 GMT
Activision announces Monster Jam 2011 – includes Grave Digger
Activision plans to release “the ultimate monster truck experience” for DS, PSP, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360, and it’s called Monster Jam 2011.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, DS, PS3, PSP, Racing, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: monster jam 2011, monster trucks
Thu, Mar 25, 2010 | 14:21 GMT
Pay to play with the ladies over on GameCrush
Are you single, lonely, and a bit socially inept? Are you tired of searching through XBL accounts for that special someone to throw down with in Modern Warfare? Does your soul ache for the online company of someone with double X chromosomes?
Well, get out your wallet then, because a new social service has launched called GameCrush where you can actually pay to play online games with the ladies.
Thu, Mar 25, 2010 | 13:41 GMT
Euro PSN update, March 25 – LBP Sonic, AvP Swarm
Sony as updated the European end of PSN and there are loads of deals to be found along with some permanent price reductions that will hopefully make your wallet smile.
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Posted in: Europe, Ireland, PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Store, Sony, UK
Tags: ps store update, psn update
Thu, Mar 25, 2010 | 13:32 GMT
MGS: Peace Walker gets third gameplay video
Konami’s released the third gameplay video for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. You’ll be glad to know there’s no J-pop within 100 miles of it.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Konami, PSP, PSPgo
Tags: kojima productions, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Thu, Mar 25, 2010 | 13:40 GMT
Avalanche: Skipping PC “because of piracy” is “just giving in”
Avalanche Studios co-founder Christofer Sundberg has said that any developer skipping PC for a project “because of piracy” is “just giving in”.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PC, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: Avalanche Studios, Christofer Sundberg, just cause 2
Thu, Mar 25, 2010 | 13:17 GMT
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier “Predator” cloaks explained
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will feature invisibility cloaks for players that, according to the latest issue of OPM, turn characters into “transparent, blurry shapes”.
Thu, Mar 25, 2010 | 12:46 GMT
Mafia II releasing in August
Take Two’s announced it’s releasing 2K Czech’s Mafia II in the US on August 24, with an international release on August 27.
Thu, Mar 25, 2010 | 12:21 GMT
Just Cause 2 DLC support confirmed
Avalanche Studios has confirmed to VG247′s Patrick Garratt that the studio does have “plans” to support Just Cause 2 with new DLC after release.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PC, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: Avalanche Studios, Christofer Sundberg, dlc, just cause 2
Thu, Mar 25, 2010 | 12:20 GMT
Black: “We couldn’t make Black 2″
Bodycount boss Stuart Black has told OPM the prospect of revisiting his Criterion shooter, Black, is now an impossibility.
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Posted in: Action, Codemasters, EA, Hot, PS2
Tags: black, Black 2, Bodycount, Codemasters Guildford, criterion, Stuart Black
Thu, Mar 25, 2010 | 12:08 GMT
Red Dead Redemption trailer makes us impatient
Red Dead Redemption is making us impatient. It is. We don’t want to wait another two months for it. Lucky, then, that we have a new trailer.
It’s after the break.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Rockstar, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar San Diego
Thu, Mar 25, 2010 | 11:50 GMT
Interview: Just Cause 2′s Christofer Sundberg
Being a mentalist in a sandbox has rarely been as much fun as it was in Just Cause, so the launch of tomorrow’s sequel is well worthy of note. The sandbox actioner invites players to be pretty much as stupid as they can be with a variety of explosives and vehicles, leading to some spectacular videos in the run up to release, as well as supplying a suitably OTT espionage plot.
With a recent demo downloaded over 2 million times and a ton of high scores from the lifting of this week’s review embargo, it’s clear Square Enix has a hit on its hands.
Thus, we caught up with Avalanche Studio’s co-founder and creative director, Christofer Sundberg, to get the latest on expanding the toybox, DLC, the current state of PC gaming and more.
Interview by Patrick Garratt.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: Avalanche Studios, just cause 2
Thu, Mar 25, 2010 | 11:41 GMT
BioWare confirms Mass Effect 3 development under way
The news everyone and their dog has been waiting for since January: Mass Effect 3′s development is now under way.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Hot, PC, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, Christina Norman, mass effect 3
Thu, Mar 25, 2010 | 09:15 GMT
Realtime Worlds: UK tax breaks are “shrewd investment”
Realtime Worlds studio boss Colin Macdonald’s told VG247 he believes the UK Government’s games trade tax break announcement in yesterday’s budget is a “shrewd” one.
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Posted in: Development, Politics, Trade, UK
Tags: apb, colin macdonald, realtime worlds, tax breaks
Thu, Mar 25, 2010 | 08:30 GMT
Yakuza 4 sells 384k in week one in Japan
Yakuza 4 has entered the Japanese software chart at number one, selling 384k in its first week.
Thu, Mar 25, 2010 | 07:54 GMT
Miyamoto: “We were not able to produce fun-enough products” for 2009
Shigeru Miyamoto has admitted in an interview with The Economist that Nintendo’s software in 2009 was comparatively sub-par due to a “fun” failure.
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Posted in: DS, Nintendo, Wii
Tags: shigeru miyamoto
Thu, Mar 25, 2010 | 07:44 GMT
Actor who played Wallace in Half Life 2 has died
Robert Culp, the actor who played the antagonist Wallace Breen in Half Life 2, has died at the age of 79.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Shooter, Valve, Xbox, Xbox 360
Tags: half-life 2, Robert Culp, Wallace Breen
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up