Monthly Archives: March 2010
Tue, Mar 23, 2010 | 09:41 GMT
Natal report: “You’ll want to clear” 4 metres of space from the screen
Tue, Mar 23, 2010 | 15:45 GMT
3DS: What a 3D effect on DS looks like
You know 3DS was announced this morning? A new DS due next year that allows 3D gaming without special glasses? Want to know what it might look like?
Hit the link.
Tue, Mar 23, 2010 | 09:18 GMT
Rare: Devs’ “approach” to organizing game budgets is “naive”
0 
Posted in: Development, Microsoft
Tags: mark betteridge, rare
Tue, Mar 23, 2010 | 09:13 GMT
Final Fantasy Agito XIII still in development, says Square
Final Fantasy Agito XIII is still in development, according to the game’s art director, Yusuke Naora.
1
Posted in: Hot, PSP, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: Final Fantasy Agito XIII, Yusuke Naora
Tue, Mar 23, 2010 | 09:11 GMT
Icahn ups Take-Two stake to 14%
Renegade super-investor Carl Icahn has bought a further 710,840 shares in Take-Two, lifting his stake in the firm to 13.7 percent.
2
Posted in: Take-Two, Trade
Tags: Carl Icahn
Tue, Mar 23, 2010 | 08:41 GMT
The Witcher 2 teased on official site
Looks as though The Witcher 2 is getting ready for a reveal, with CD Projekt Red posting a great big “2″ on the game’s official site.
6
Posted in: CD Projekt, Hot, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: the witcher 2
Tue, Mar 23, 2010 | 08:27 GMT
Warner to open new studio in Montreal
0
Posted in: Canada, Development, Hot, Warner Bros.
Tags: Martin Tremblay, Warner Bros. Montreal
Tue, Mar 23, 2010 | 15:50 GMT
Nintendo to release 3DS by March 2011, to provide 3D gaming without glasses [Update]
Update: Nintendo just sent through the official English translation of the announcement press release. Get it after the break.
Update 2: Apparently it’s got analog sticks and a Sharp screen.
Original: Nintendo’s just announced Nintendo 3DS for a release in March next year.
Tue, Mar 23, 2010 | 07:29 GMT
Diablo III’s female witch doctor revealed
Blizzard’s shown the female version of Diablo III’s witch doctor, and very awesome she looks too.
5
Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, RPG
Tags: diablo III, witch doctor
Tue, Mar 23, 2010 | 03:20 GMT
Conviction creative director: Previous Splinter Cells too hard, made Sam into a “grandmother”
Executing a perfect drop-down kill followed by a series of neck-snaps nearly loud enough to wake the (newly) dead? Awesome. The 146 attempts it took you to get it just right? Not so much.
Fortunately, if Splinter Cell Conviction creative director Max Beland’s reassuring words are anything to go by, Sam Fisher’s days of plodding trial-and-error are long gone.
6
Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: grandmothers, Max Beland, splinter cell conviction, Ubisoft
Tue, Mar 23, 2010 | 02:38 GMT
EA doesn’t plan to charge for “traditionally free game demos”
Earlier today, word got out that EA plans to charge for Premium DLC as a sort of demo for larger games. That right there, EA, is the line, and you’re just one pinky toe away from crossing it.
Speaking with Kotaku, however, EA’s Jeff Brown promised that we needn’t worry about forking over cash for “traditionally free” bite-sized portions of game content.
Mon, Mar 22, 2010 | 21:30 GMT
Wada: Square Enix to “explore” an FFVII remake
Hold the phone. Have a press? Shut it down. Got a front page? Hold the shit out of it. Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada has said, has actually said in real words, that the company is to “explore” the possibility of remaking Final Fantasy VII.
38
Posted in: Hot, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: final fantasy vii, yoichi wada
Mon, Mar 22, 2010 | 21:09 GMT
BioWare: We want Mass Effect 3 to exceed “high quality bar” set by ME2
BioWare head Ray Muzyka has said he expects Mass Effect 3 to surpass the quality bar achieved by its predecessor this year.
14
Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, Greg Zeschuk, mass effect 2, mass effect 3, Ray Muzyka
Mon, Mar 22, 2010 | 20:30 GMT
Reggie: Move is “Wii-too”
The Regginator’s offensive against PlayStation Move continues, with the Nintendo of America boss now calling the motion controller a “Wii-Too” effort from Sony.
31
Posted in: Hot, Nintendo, PS3, Sony, Wii
Tags: PlayStation Move, reggie fils-aime
Mon, Mar 22, 2010 | 19:53 GMT
“Overpowered Sagat” and others levelled off for SSFIV, says Ono
Super Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono has claimed that character balancing in the upcoming game should spell the end to any notion that Sagat is overpowered.
4
Posted in: Capcom, Fighter, Hot, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: super street fighter iv, Yoshinori Ono
Mon, Mar 22, 2010 | 19:16 GMT
The Settlers 7 demo released
Want to watch small people settle somewhere a long, long time ago? You can now do it for free
0
Posted in: PC, Strategy, Ubisoft
Tags: demo, the settlers 7, The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom
Mon, Mar 22, 2010 | 18:08 GMT
EA to put out PDLC before full releases, says Pachter
Visceral boss Nick Earl has apparently said to Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter that the firm intends to release premium DLC as a demo before a game’s official launch.
11
Posted in: EA, Hot, Trade
Tags: michael pachter, wedbush morgan
Mon, Mar 22, 2010 | 17:50 GMT
Mario Galaxy 2 ditching hub world for maps
Shigeru Miyamoto’s told Game Informer that Super Mario Galaxy 2 will have traditional Mario world maps, eschewing Mario Galaxy’s hub world.
4
Posted in: Hot, Nintendo, Platformer, Wii
Tags: shigeru miyamoto, Super Mario Galaxy 2
Mon, Mar 22, 2010 | 18:38 GMT
Mass Effect 2: Kasumi’s Lost Memory to retail for 560 MS points – new shots
Mass Effect 2′s first premium DLC pack for, Kasumi’s Lost Memory, will retail for 560 MS points/BioWare points.
20
Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, mass effect 2, ME2: Kasumi's Stolen Memory
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up