Monthly Archives: March 2010
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 16:58 BST
Darksiders gets PC version for summer
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, THQ
Tags: darksiders, vigil games
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 20:53 BST
Modern Warfare 2 title update is now live [Update]
Update 2: The matchmaking issue is now fixed per The Major. Get to getting it.
Update: According to The Major, there are some issues regarding Matchmaking with the new Stimulus Package.
Here’s the tweet: “Matchmaking is in a bad state on Xbox LIVE right now. We’re working on it and will resolve it as quickly as we can”.
Not a good day for MW2 players so far, apparently.
Original: The Major has just tweeted that the Modern Warfare 2 title update is now live, so get to downloading your Stimulus Package, soldiers.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: infinityward, modern warfare 2, stimulus package
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 16:20 BST
Bad Company 2: VIP Map Pack 2 now available for PC
EA and DICE announced today that the VIP Map Pack 2 for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is now available for PC.
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 16:40 BST
Dragon Age player sues Gamestop for being “deceptively misleading”
Gamestop customer James Collins has decided he is going to sue the retailer over claims of false advertising, based on a second-hand copy he bought of Dragon Age: Origins.
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 16:04 BST
Music from Sonic 4 leaked onto the net
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Posted in: Arcade, Music, PSN, Platformer, Sega, WiiWare, Xbox Live
Tags: Dimps, Sonic 4, sonic 4: episode one, sonic team, Sonic the Hedgehog 4
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 15:50 BST
THQ to reveal new fighting game during E3
THQ has revealed that it’s to announce a new fighting game during E3 this year, and apparently, it’s being worked on by a “major developer”.
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Posted in: E3 2010, Fighter, Hot, PS3, THQ, Xbox 360
Tags: danny bilson, fighting game, melee fighting game
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 15:39 BST
Guy steals Breach code from PAX, gets arrested
While Atomic was showing Breach at PAX East over the weekend, an attendee at the booth attempted to steal the game’s code.
After stealing about 14Mb of the game’s code, he ran off upon discovery, and was luckily apprehended a bit later.
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Posted in: Hot, Legalities, PAX East 2010, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: atomic games, Breach, idiot, Piracy, theft
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 15:01 BST
Bungie details Halo: Reach matchmaking a bit more
Earlier in the month, some features included in the matchmaking portion of Halo: Reach were revealed through a detailed piece over on Shack.
Today, Bungie has added even more meat and potatoes to that mix, stirring it all together to feed you what looks to be a very nice beef-stew that is more of a meal that just information.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: bungie, Halo: Reach, Halo: Reach Beta
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 16:33 BST
MW2: Stimulus Package drops onto Live, is broken [Update]
Update: It’s still unplayable. Nelson’s just said we’re going to get an update in the next 30 minutes.
Update 2: Oh dear. Microsoft’s Dan Maher just tweeted that the title update that’s preventing people from playing the content is “currently being prepped, but could take four hours to appear everywhere once it’s ready.”
Update 3: Nelson and Inside Xbox UK ed Andy Farrant just both tweeted that the update is now ready to download, although the former states it’ll be a couple of minutes before the update goes worldwide.
Original: Mapathy is over: Activision’s released the Stimulus Package, Modern Warfare 2 first PDLC. No one can play it yet, but still.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: infinity ward, modern warfare 2, stimulus package
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 14:15 BST
Ubisoft: “Super hardcore” games stopping industry from growing
Splinter Cell: Conviction creative director Max Beland has said that proper “super hardcore” games will stop bringing growth to the industry.
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Posted in: Development, Ubisoft
Tags: Max Beland, splinter cell conviction
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 14:07 BST
Bowling: “Anyone’s guess” what’ll be in next MW2 DLC pack
With Modern Warfare 2′s first major piece of DLC, the Stimulus Pack, out today, Infinity Ward’s Rob Bowling’s told Eurogamer the content for the next chunk of content is undecided.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, Hot, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: dlc, infinity ward, modern warfare 2, rob bowling, stimulus package
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 18:46 BST
APB boss bigs up VG247 in Telegraph
Realtime Worlds studio manager Colin Macdonald has told Brit paper the Daily Telegraph that VG247′s his favourite website. He likes it more than APB.com, apparently.
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Posted in: Hot, UK, VG247
Tags: apb, colin macdonald, realtime worlds
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 13:05 BST
After Burner Climax dated for Live, PSN
Sega will release After Burner Climax on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network on the week beginning April 19.
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Posted in: Action, Arcade, PS3, PSN, PlayStation Store, Sega, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: after burner climax
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 12:38 BST
FirstPlay to launch next week
Future’s just said it’s releasing the first episode of PSN interactive show FirstPlay on April 8, next Thursday, for £0.99.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, PSN, Sony, Square Enix
Tags: FirstPlay, future publishing
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 11:54 BST
Marks: Sony passed up Natal tech because “it didn’t enable many new experiences”
PlayStation R&D boss Richard Marks has said Sony passed up on motion control tech similar to Natal because it didn’t offer any “new experiences” compared to Move.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Sony, Xbox 360
Tags: PlayStation Move, project natal, Richard Marks
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 11:40 BST
Bowling: MW2 online won’t be threatened by other titles
Modern Warfare 2 is top dog as far as online multiplayer goes in shooters, like it or not. And no one is going to come and take over any time soon – including Call of Duty 7.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: infinity ward, modern warfare 2, rob bowling, stimulus package
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 10:34 BST
Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Pack day – win a branded Super Elite!
To celebrate the release of Modern Warfare 2′s first premium map pack, Microsoft’s passed over a branded Super Elite 360 to give away.
Want it?
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: dlc, modern warfare 2, stimulus pack
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 10:02 BST
Take Two issuing settlements over Hot Coffee
Take Two’s now voluntarily issuing cheques to anyone offended by Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas’s infamous Hot Coffee scenes.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PC, PS2, Rockstar, Take-Two, Xbox
Tags: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, hot coffee
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 09:39 BST
Movie: Lost Planet 2 four-way co-op takes bed, shits in it
Fuck us. The latest Lost Planet 2 footage shows four guys playing co-op in a city level, and pins the actioner as a must-have, as far as we’re concerned. See for yourself.
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 09:14 BST
Red Dead Redemption – yet more shots
Red Dead Redemption is still looking sharp, as seen in the latest shots released by Rockstar.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360
Tags: Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar San Diego
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up