Monthly Archives: March 2010
Tue, Mar 02, 2010 | 08:30 GMT
DICE: Difference between PC and console audiences “not that big any more”
EA DICE’s Patrick Bailey, speaking on the eve of Bad Company 2′s launch, thinks shooter audiences on console and PC are now “more or less the same”.
Tue, Mar 02, 2010 | 07:19 GMT
EA looking at digital distribution for upcoming titles, says Moore
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Posted in: EA, Hot, Wii
Tags: ea sports, ea sports active, fifa, madden, peter moore
Tue, Mar 02, 2010 | 05:59 GMT
Sony Santa Monica: Making new GoW games every 2-3 years would make the series “irrelevant”
God of War III director Stig Asmussen has said that if developer Studio Santa Monica continued making games in the series after the final chapter in the trilogy every two or three years would make it “irrelevant”.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: god of war, god of war III, Stig Asmussen
Tue, Mar 02, 2010 | 07:53 GMT
Rumour – Security shows up at Infinity Ward, studio bosses not seen [Update]
Update: Kotaku‘s found a status message from one of the studio’s bosses Jason West from his Facebook. It says he’s no longer at Infinity Ward.
“Jason West is drinking. Also, no longer employed.”
Update 2: West’s LinkedIn also shows his role at IW as in his “Past” section, as seen here. Thanks, Psychotext.
Update 3: Oh boy. G4′s just updated its piece, saying Activision’s filed to the SEC citing a human resources investigation into “into breaches of contract and insubordination by two senior employees at Infinity Ward.”
“This matter is expected to involve the departure of key personnel and litigation. At present, the Company does not expect this matter to have a material impact on the Company.”
While neither are directly mentioned, it’s safe to assume it’d be about those two. And the formentioned meeting could have been about that. Find the SEC filing here. The mention is on page 131.
Original Story: According to a report from G4, security has shown up at Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward for what’s starting to look like very shady reasons.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Rumour
Tags: call of duty, infinity ward, Jason West, modern warfare, vince zampella
Tue, Mar 02, 2010 | 02:11 GMT
Mysterious Portal update is mysterious
Not to be outdone by a worldwide PS3 outage, the original catastrophically malfunctioning ‘bot, GlaDOS, is back in the news today. Or at least, her game is.
Valve’s quietly released a new update for smash-hit brain-bender Portal that includes one new achievement and an incalcuable amount of mystery.
Tue, Mar 02, 2010 | 04:52 GMT
Take a breath: The APOCALYPS3 is over (Updated)
Update: Here’s confirmation straight from Sony.
Original: Remember that scene from “The Day After Tomorrow” when the apocalypse sort of went away for no apparent reason – even though Sony didn’t release a patch for it – and everyone got all weepy and started hugging?
Well, this is kind of like that. Kind of.
Mon, Mar 01, 2010 | 20:49 GMT
God of War III impressions and interviews go thermo
US sites just went live with play impressions from the God of War III’s opening section, as well as a bunch of interviews with the game’s developers.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: god of war III, Sony Santa Monica
Mon, Mar 01, 2010 | 18:59 GMT
E3 will be “really exciting”, says Epic Games
Epic Games president Mike Capps has told GamesBeat the developer will have a “really exciting” E3.
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Posted in: E3 2010, Hot
Tags: Epic Games, mike capps
Mon, Mar 01, 2010 | 17:17 GMT
Sony details “fat” PS3 bug, aiming for fix “within the next 24 hours”
Sony has issued a full status update on the crippling “fat” PS3 blog plaguing machines worldwide today, “caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system.”
Mon, Mar 01, 2010 | 16:17 GMT
Heavy Rain suffering shortages, new stock coming next week
SCEE’s told MCV that Heavy Rain is currently suffering retail shortages in some places, but it insists new stock is coming to retailers next week.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: heavy rain, quantic dream
Mon, Mar 01, 2010 | 15:48 GMT
Ubisoft promising “big news” for R.U.S.E. this week
Ubisoft’s revealed it’s planning to announce some “big news” for the Eugen-developed RTS R.U.S.E. on Wednesday.
Mon, Mar 01, 2010 | 15:10 GMT
Uncharted 2 is bookies favourite for BAFTA GOTY
Bookmakers Victor Chandler has made Uncharted 2: Among Thieves the favourite to win the GAME Game of the Year award at the BAFTAs in nearly two weeks time.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Shooter, Sony
Tags: BAFTAS, naughty dog, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Mon, Mar 01, 2010 | 14:20 GMT
10 million Wiis sold in Japan
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Posted in: Hot, Japan, Trade, Wii
Tags: 10 million, enterbrain
Mon, Mar 01, 2010 | 17:58 GMT
The APOCALYPS3 – everything so far
The world is coming to an end – at least, that’s what it feels like to “fat” PS3 owners right now, with the machines experiencing a worldwide bug blackout.
We have everything rounded up from the situation so far after the break.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Sony, hardware
Tags: APOCALYPS3, The end is nigh
Mon, Mar 01, 2010 | 11:48 GMT
Black Rock: Split/Second is the “Modern Warfare 2, Uncharted 2″ of racing games
Black Rock’s Jason Ried has said Split/Second is up there with Modern Warfare 2 and Uncharted 2 in the racing game stakes.
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Posted in: Disney, Hot, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: black rock studios, Jason Ried, split/second, Split/Second: Velocity
Mon, Mar 01, 2010 | 11:30 GMT
Scavio: GDC is “not about announcing things”
Following news this morning GDC 2010 will see no major console manufacturer keynote, event boss Meggan Scavio has said we’re now going to see a “shift” away from “announcing things” at the San Franciscan show.
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Posted in: Development, GDC 2010, Hot, Trade
Tags: Meggan Scavio
Mon, Mar 01, 2010 | 11:03 GMT
Blur beta kicks off next week
Activision’s Dan Amrich has confirmed the Blur beta that was teased at over the weekend will kick off next week.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: Bizare Creations, blur
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up