Monthly Archives: March 2010
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 | 12:32 GMT
Sega announces new DLC for AvP to launch next week
Sega’s announced it’ll be releasing DLC for Alien vs Predator next week for PSN, Xbox Live and PC.
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 | 12:15 GMT
DICE “investigating” Bad Company 2 for Mac
Is Valve’s announcement of Steam and its games coming to OSX not enough loving for you Mac fans out there? How about the possibility of DICE bringing Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Appleward?
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Posted in: EA, Hot, Mac, Shooter
Tags: Battlefield: Bad Company 2, ea dice, Karl Magnus Troedsson
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 | 12:08 GMT
Alan Wake trailer shows man fight combine harvester with torch
Microsoft just pitched a new Alan Wake trailer, showing off a ton of pretty misery, torch-play and angry farming equipment. Get it after the break.
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 | 11:03 GMT
Video replays to be added for future Crackdown 2 DLC, says Ruffian
Executive Producer of Crackdown 2 James Connelly has revealed video replays will be added to the game as a future DLC release.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: crackdown 2, James Connelly, ruffian games
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 | 10:12 GMT
First shots from GDC showfloor show t-shirts, coffee flasks
In just a couple of hours, GDC 2010 kicks off in full. We’re pumped, you’re pumped, San Fran’s pumped. These t-shirts prove it.
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Posted in: GDC 2010, Hot
Tags: Living the GDC coffee flask dream
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 | 09:51 GMT
GDC 2011 dates detailed
This year’s event hasn’t even gone into overdrive yet, but GDC 2011 has already been given dates.
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 | 09:11 GMT
New Lost Planet 2 trailer features trains and cannons
Capcom’s released an epic reel of Lost Planet 2 gameplay and cut-scenes, giving a pretty good reason why all trains should have mounted cannons.
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 | 08:29 GMT
Rumour: IMDB casting points out Robin for Arkham Asylum 2
An IMDB listing for Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 may have revealed the inclusion of Robin in the game.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PS3, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: Batman: Arkham Asylum 2, rocksteady
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 | 08:19 GMT
Blizzard talks about bringing WoW to consoles “all the time”
Blizzard’s told G4 that the company talks about bringing World of Warcraft to the console “all the time”, but “technical challenges” are standing in the way.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, GDC 2010, Hot, MMO, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: J Allen Brack, world of warcraft
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 | 07:56 GMT
Bodycount to “to rip apart the FPS” – first screens
Codemasters just chucked over the announce press release and first shots of just-announced Stuart Black FPS Bodycount, saying the game will be “genre-defining”.
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Posted in: Action, Codemasters, Hot, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Bodycount, Stuart Black
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 | 07:51 GMT
L4D, L4D2 to feature cross-platform play between PC and Mac
Valve’s confirmed on its Left 4 Dead blog that both games in the shooter series will both be cross-platform compatible between PC and Mac, and that both will feature cross-platform play.
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Posted in: Apple, Hot, Mac, PC, Shooter, Valve
Tags: left 4 dead, Left 4 Dead 2, steam
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 | 07:53 GMT
Bodycount coming to PS3, 360 in Q1 2011
Codemasters has formally taken the wraps of new first-person shooter Bodycount, coming from the publisher’s new Guildford studio and Stuart Black, saying the game will release for PS3 and 360 in the first quarter next year.
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Posted in: Codemasters, Hot, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Bodycount, Codemasters Guildford
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 | 07:01 GMT
SCEA: PS3 facing US shortages, situation to last “a bit longer”
US PS3 stocks are having trouble meeting demand, SCEA comms boss Patrick Seybold has confirmed to VG247 US ed Stephany Nunneley, following SCE UK admitting a similar situation in February.
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 | 05:06 GMT
Final Fantasy XIII goes west today
Nearly four years after its reveal at the Sony press conference back at E3 in 2006, Final Fantasy XIII releases today in the west for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 after a release late last year in Japan.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: ffxiii, final fantasy XIII
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 | 03:10 GMT
Dead Space 2 contest winner’s idea, likeness to be featured in game
You may not know it, but you’ve been training for this moment for years. After all, you’re a gamer. If aliens existed and needed to be exterminated, you’d be on the 2 AM infomercial for the Alien Chopper. Let’s face it: you’re as qualified as they come.
And while it’s no 2 AM infomercial, Visceral Games is giving you the opportunity to have your alien dismemberment idea featured in the next best thing: a videogame!
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: contest, dead space 2, ea, visceral games
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 | 02:19 GMT
Modern Warfare Two-fer: MW2 boasts 25 million unique players, DLC news coming this week
This looks to be a big week for Infinity Ward. In a good way, though! Unlike, you know, last week.
The ever-reliable Robert Bowling broke the news via Twitter.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: dlc, infinity ward, modern warfare 2
Mon, Mar 08, 2010 | 21:02 GMT
PS3 only console up in Feb NPD, says Pachter and EEDAR
Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter and EEDAR have both estimated that the only hardware to see a sales increase in February in the US was PS3, will all other consoles sliding back year-on-year.
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Posted in: America, DSi, DSiLL/XL, Hot, PS3, Retail, Trade, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: february npd 2010, michael pachter, wedbush morgan
Mon, Mar 08, 2010 | 20:06 GMT
Ubisoft DRM servers “under attack again”
Will whoever’s “attacking” Ubisoft’s DRM servers give it a rest? The poor loves over there must be in a right state by now.
Mon, Mar 08, 2010 | 19:33 GMT
MS: Full Natal line-up to be shown at E3
In case you were under any illusion that Microsoft’s E3 this year was going to be light on Natal, consider it shattered: you’re going to see more than your fair share.
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Posted in: E3 2010, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: mindy mount, project natal
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up