Monthly Archives: March 2010
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 14:00 BST
Ubisoft: Red Steel 2 review scores “mixed”
Ubisoft’s Jason Vandenberghe has said scores for Red Steel 2 so far are “acceptable” but “mixed”.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Shooter, Ubisoft, Wii
Tags: Jason Vandenberghe, red steel 2
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 13:07 BST
Harmonix accidentally slips vocal harmonies for Rock Band 3
Someone’s going to get shot out in the back yard at Harmonix this morning: a staffer from the dev accidently confirmed vocal harmonies for Rock Band 3.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, Music, Rhythm action
Tags: harmonix, mtv games, rock band 3
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 14:12 BST
Rare doesn’t see need in returning to old franchises
Rare boss Mark Betteridge has said he doesn’t see the need for the developer to return to old franchises unless it saw some way to do them “justice”.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: mark betteridge, rare
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 11:46 BST
Major Nelson’s Gamertag gets hacked
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Larry Hyrb, major nelson
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 11:17 BST
Super Mario Kart hitting EU Virtual Console on Friday
Nintendo’s announced it’s releasing Super Mario Kart for SNES on the Virtual Console this Friday for Wii.
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Posted in: Nintendo, Racing, Virtual Console, Wii
Tags: snes, super mario kart
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 11:00 BST
“Sony is running into a brick wall” with PSP, says Pachter
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Posted in: Hot, PSP, PSPgo, Sony, hardware
Tags: michael pachter, wedbush morgan
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 10:02 BST
UK charts: Just Cause 2 overthrows GoW III from top spot
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Eidos, Hot, PC, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: Avalanche Studios, just cause 2, uk charts
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 09:38 BST
Penny Arcade confirms end of Adventures series
Penny Arcade co-founder Mike Krahulik has said there will be no more games in the Penny Arcade Adventures series.
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Posted in: PAX East 2010, RPG
Tags: penny arcade, Penny Arcade Adventures
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 09:11 BST
Jaffe: New game “will absolutely” have DLC
Eat, Sleep, Play boss David Jaffe has confirmed the new project from the studio “will absolutely” have DLC.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: david jaffe, eat sleep play
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 09:15 BST
EA: Natal, Move could be used for FIFA mini-games
FIFA World Cup 2010 producer Simon Humbler has told VG247 that future FIFA titles could use Natal and PlayStation Move, but only for any mini-games.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PS3, PSP, Sports, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: 2010 FIFA World Cup, Simon Humbler
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 08:20 BST
FIFA World Cup shots kick off
There are so many bad headlines we could have put there. Make up your own with phrases such as “whistle blows” and “referee sex scandal”.
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 08:34 BST
Interview: 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa’s Simon Humber
Once every four years the FIFA World Cup gathers the world’s best football teams for the world’s biggest football competition. As is its wont, EA releases its game version of the tournament simultaneously, attempting to bribe those who’ve already bought the yearly version to part with more cash.
It’s 2010, England are about to try to become Champions of the World in South Africa and EA’s now touting FIFA World Cup 2010 for an April 30 release. Should you spend?
We asked producer Simon Humber.
Interview by Joe Anderson
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PS3, Sports, Xbox 360
Tags: 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, Simon Humber
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 08:21 BST
Impressions: Will FIFA World Cup honestly be worth buying?
All text by Joe Anderson.
EA is often criticised for releasing an alternative version of FIFA halfway through the year, with many shouting “cash-in”. With 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa releasing at the end of April it seems likely we’re in for another round of accusations, but are they really justified this time out?
VG247 visited EA in Guildford, UK, last week to get to grips with FIFA’s latest version. Having spoken to the game’s producer, it’s obvious the team believes it has an excellent product; after spending some time with it, it’s clear it has a point.
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 07:55 BST
APB gameplay is stonking hot
GT‘s put live some new APB gameplay from PAX East. To say we want this badly = understatement of the year.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Hot, MMO, PC
Tags: All Points Bulletin, apb, realtime worlds
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 07:57 BST
The Passing for L4D2 will miss March, says Inside Xbox
Zombie-shooting lovers may want to go fetal and cry right now: Left 4 Dead 2 DLC “The Passing” won’t make this month.
At least, that’s according to Inside Xbox’s SentUAMessage.
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Posted in: Hot, PC, Shooter, Valve, Xbox 360
Tags: Left 4 Dead 2, the passing
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 07:14 BST
DQX, FF Versus XIII most wanted games in Japan, says Famitsu
Despite not knowing a single peep out of it since its reveal back in December 2008, other than it’s on Wii, Dragon Quest X is Japan’s most wanted game, according to Famitsu.
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Posted in: DS, Nintendo, PS3, PSP, RPG, Sony, Square Enix, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: dragon quest x, famitsu, final fantasy versus XIII
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 03:40 BST
Firmware 3.21 to disable PS3′s ability to run other operating systems
The cross-media bar is great and all, but did you know that your non-Slim PS3 can eschew its Sony heritage and run operating systems like Linux as well? No? You didn’t?
Well then, you might as well go ahead and forget what we just told you.
Sun, Mar 28, 2010 | 23:25 BST
First Scott Pilgrim screenshots rock ultimate
Reason #43128695 that Candian comic series Scott Pilgrim is awesome: it’s chock full of sly nods to 8 and 16-bit videogame culture.
Thank goodness, then, that – based on a bunch of screenshots that leaked out of PAX East this weekend – we’re pretty sure Ubisoft read our list of “Top 43128695 Reasons Scott Pilgrim is Awesumm!111″
Sun, Mar 28, 2010 | 20:06 BST
APB gets first action-packed dev diary
Didn’t get into the APB beta? New shots not enough to please you? Take this development diary instead: it’s all we’ve got left.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, MMO, PC, Shooter
Tags: All Points Bulletin, apb, realtime worlds
Sun, Mar 28, 2010 | 19:01 BST
Rumour – Call of Duty 7 called Black Ops, gets zombie mode and dedicated servers, more
According to a report from Tek9 (via MapModNews), an Activision insider has reportedly said that the next Call of Duty title will be called “Call of Duty: Black Ops”.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, PS3, Rumour, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: activision, call of duty 7, Call of Duty: Black Ops, treyarch
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up