Monthly Archives: March 2010
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | 14:40 GMT
Wada: Microsoft “asked us” to do FFXIII for 360
Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has revealed that Final Fantasy XIII went to Xbox 360 because Microsoft “asked us” to develop a title in the series for the console.
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Posted in: GDC 2010, Hot, Microsoft, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: ffxiii, final fantasy XIII, yoichi wada
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | 14:16 GMT
F1 2010 out in September for PS3, 360, PC
Codemasters has just formally unveiled F1 2010 for PS3, 360 and Games for Windows, along with a September release date.
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Posted in: Codemasters, Games for Windows, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: Codemasters Birmingham, F1 2010
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | 13:50 GMT
Fils-Aime on Wii 2: “We’re not there yet”
Just in case you didn’t hear Cammie Dunaway clearly enough last month, NoA boss Reggie Fils-Aime’s told Forbes that a Wii successor is some way away.
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Posted in: Hot, Nintendo, Wii
Tags: reggie fils-aime
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | 13:10 GMT
GDC: Mafia II rocks the boat in San Fran
Mafia II was shown to a couple of outlets out in San Francisco last night. The consensus seems to be that it pretty much kicked down the door and impressed.
Get everything after the break.
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | 12:33 GMT
GDC: Civilization V impressions conquer SF
Civilization V’s one of GDC’s biggest games this week, and a bunch of previews and impressions of Meier’s latest are now live following a round of showings in California yesterday.
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Posted in: 2K, GDC 2010, Hot, PC, Simulation, Strategy
Tags: Civilization V, sid meier
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | 11:44 GMT
New Jace Hall Show teases top secret Warner shooter
The latest episode of The Jace Hall Show includes over five seconds of gameplay footage from a top secret Warner FPS.
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Posted in: Hot, Shooter, Warner Bros.
Tags: Jace Hall, The Jace Hall Show
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | 10:37 GMT
FFXIII ships 5 million units worldwide
Square Enix has announced its shipped 5 million units of Final Fantasy XIII worldwide, with 3 million for the US and Europe alone.
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Posted in: GDC 2010, Hot, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: ffxiii, final fantasy XIII
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | 11:10 GMT
R.U.S.E. dated for June 3 [Updated]
Update: Ubisoft’s just told VG247 the UK date is June 4.
Original Story: Ubisoft’s dated R.U.S.E. for a June 3 release.
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | 09:38 GMT
GDC: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 gets first shots
EA’s released the first shots of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, announced last night for a June 8 release.
Get them after the break.
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Posted in: EA, GDC 2010, Hot, PS3, Sports, Xbox 360
Tags: ea sports, Rory McIlroy, tiger woods, Tiger Woods PGA Tour '11
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | 08:20 GMT
Quantic Dream job listing could reveal online for next game
Following the success of Heavy Rain, developer Quantic Dream has listed a couple of job positions for its next title, one of which possibly reveals online functionality in some form.
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Posted in: Development, Hot
Tags: quantic dream
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | 07:33 GMT
“Mature” True Crime has no DLC planned, says producer
True Crime producer Jeff O’ Connell told VG247 at GDC last night that the team’s too concerned with finishing the product to consider DLC at the moment, but when you’ve got a game inspired by films such as The Departed and Eastern Promises, and a protagonist called Wei Shen, maybe you shouldn’t be so worried.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, GDC 2010, Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: jeff o'connell, true crime, united front games
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | 07:18 GMT
True Crime reputation system gives you a little “face” time
United Front filled us in on True Crime’s reputation system at GDC last night – it’s pretty much just like the real-life one in Hong Kong, where the game takes place.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, GDC 2010, Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: face, true crime, united front games
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | 09:05 GMT
First details, screens, gameplay video – True Crime goes to Hong Kong
When True Crime is released later this fall it’ll stick firmly to the real world – just action, kung-fu, cars and awesome. United Front showed us the game at GDC today: hit the links for general details, news on the games reputation system, details on the game’s “mature” nature, screens and video, and confirmation of a lack of DLC.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, GDC 2010, Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: open world, triads, true crime, united front games
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | 06:41 GMT
EA: Lack of Tiger Woods 11 Natal support down to “timing”
EA Sports has told VG247 that Tiger Woods 11 won’t be supporting Natal thanks to launch “timing”.
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Posted in: EA, GDC 2010, Hot, PS3, Sports, Wii, Xbox 360, iPhone
Tags: arc, gem, natal, tiger woods, tiger woods 11, Tiger Woods PGA Tour '11
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | 04:46 GMT
Will Wright: The Wii is great and all, but it belongs in the “toy market”
Will Wright knows casual gaming. After all, we’re talking about the brain behind The Sims here. He was – in a sense – casual before casual was cool.
So when Nintendo cast its net wide and started reeling in mothers, grandparents, and the occasional fitness buff, you can bet that Wright took notice. But even after selling millions upon millions, Wright’s still not sold on Nintendo’s little white videogame console. At least, insofar as the “videogame console” part goes.
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | 01:35 GMT
First dev diary for PS Motion Controller is live
Gamespot‘s just put live the first developer’s diary for the PlayStation Motion Controller.
Get it after the break.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: Anton Mikhailov, PlayStation Arc, PlayStation Motion Controller, Richard Marks
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | 01:15 GMT
Rumour – 3D Firmware for PS3 coming on June 10
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | 00:41 GMT
Infinity Ward drops March 30 date for MW2 DLC
You’ve just lost your two main bosses, but you’ve also got probably the most antcipated DLC of all time.
So what do you do? Show off a cryptic website and reveal the date for it.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: infinity ward, modern warfare 2, MW2 Map Pack 1
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up