Monthly Archives: March 2010
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 | 16:11 GMT
South Australia Attorney General John Rau supports R18+ rating
Australian gamers may finally have something to be excited about now that South Australian Attorney General Michael Atkinson has stepped down from his position.
According to a news report, his replacement, John Rau, has voiced the opinion that an R18+ videogame rating makes perfect sense for the country.
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 | 16:05 GMT
New APB shots look mental
APB’s shaping up nicely. It’s been accepting new beta entrants recently, but if you weren’t one of them, relax: RealTime Worlds has released new shots of the MMO.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Hot, MMO, PC
Tags: All Points Bulletin, apb, realtime worlds
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 | 15:44 GMT
Ghost Recon getting short film treatment from Oscar winners
Ubisoft has revealed that it’s working with Oscar winners François Alaux and Hervé de Crécy to release a 30-minute prequel film this fall for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Movies, PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: ghost recon, ghost recon future soldier, short film
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 | 15:24 GMT
Loads of Firewalker screens hit the net for Mass Effect 2
If you are still sitting on the fence regarding the Firewalker DLC that was released free for Mass Effect 2 this week, maybe a massive load of screenshots will change your mind.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, firewalker, mass effect 2
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 | 17:45 GMT
Report – Sony confirms Move support for Heavy Rain [Update]
Update: SCEE’s sent VG247 its response on the matter, saying it “can’t comment” on it, further adding it doesn’t know “where it’s come from but no one has ever confirmed this as far as we’re aware”.
Original: Sony’s apparently confirmed in a Belgian gaming magazine that Heavy Rain will get motion control support via PlayStation Move.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: heavy rain, PlayStation Move, quantic dream
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 | 15:03 GMT
Modern Warfare 2 is UK’s 2009 entertainment superstar
Move over Harry Potter, Susan Boyle and Lady GaGa – there’s a new entertainment superstar in town, and it stomped all your asses in sales during 2009.
What is it you ask? Why, Modern Warfare 2, of course.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, Charts, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, UK, Xbox 360
Tags: modern warfare 2, UK Entertainment charts
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 | 14:40 GMT
Rare: First-parties will help “define” the Natal experience
Rare has told Develop that it reckons the game it’s creating for Natal with “help define” the new controllers motion experience.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360
Tags: mark betteridge, natal, rare
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 | 13:55 GMT
Lost Planet 2 release date changed to May 11, gets new multiplayer demo
Capcom’s announced a new release date for Lost Planet 2, stating that it will arrive in stores on May 11 which is one week earlier than originally planned.
Also, a new multiplayer demo for the game will arrive next week on Xbox Live and PSN via community distributed voucher codes.
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 | 14:23 GMT
GAME retail list outs James Bond Racing, New Vegas and CoD7 for October, more
VG247′s been handed an internal Xbox 360 release list from GAME, showing big Activision titles like Call of Duty 7, DJ Hero 2 and James Bond Racing all apparently due in October.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, RPG, Racing, Rhythm action, Rumour, Shooter
Tags: Brink, call of duty 7, crysis 2, dj hero 2, Fallout: New Vegas, game, James Bond Racing
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 | 13:45 GMT
USB memory support for Xbox 360 coming April 6
Microsoft has announced that on April 6 it will release a system update over Xbox Live that allows USB flash drive support for Xbox 360.
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 | 16:39 GMT
Natal yoga game out in October, say Amazon and GAME
According to a pulled Amazon page and a GAME 360 release document obtained by VG247, a “Yoga Natal” title is set for release in October, adding credence to previous talk of the motion camera shipping that month.
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 | 12:13 GMT
Torchlight is £4 on Steam
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Posted in: PC, RPG
Tags: steam, torchlight
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 | 11:50 GMT
Pre-order contents for Splinter Cell: Conviction revealed
Gamestop’s revealed the content you get with Splinter Cell: Conviction for parting with cash before its release next month.
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Posted in: Action, PC, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: splinter cell conviction, ubisoft montreal
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 | 10:52 GMT
Miyamoto: Entertainment, not online, is “my priority”
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Posted in: Nintendo, Wii
Tags: shigeru miyamoto
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 | 09:29 GMT
New Splatterhouse shots are gory
Splatterhouse. It’s gory. No two ways about it. Some recently released shots of the reboot for the series prove that.
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 | 14:12 GMT
Jimi Hendrix coming to Rock Band next week [UPDATE]
Update: Harmonix says that this will arrive on Xbox 360 and Wii March 30 and PS3 April 1. Hendrix is also exclusive to the Rock Band franchise. Full press release with pricing has been added below.
Original:Jimi Hendrix’s will be coming to Rock Band next week with the release of his second album Axis: Bold as Love in full, alongside a newly unearthed song called “Valleys of Neptune”.
Thu, Apr 01, 2010 | 23:00 BST
Hydrophobia goes XBLA exclusive
Dark Energy Digital has announced its survival title Hydrophobia will be an Xbox Live Arcade exclusive when it releases later this year.
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Posted in: Action, Arcade, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Dark Energy Digital, hydrophobia
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 | 08:08 GMT
Miyamoto: Natal, Move are a “great honour”
The Reggienator may have gone on the offensive recently against PlayStation Move, but Shigeru Miyamoto wants to maintain world peace, saying both the Sony system and Natal are a “great honour”.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, PS3, Sony, Xbox 360
Tags: PlayStation Move, project natal, shigeru miyamoto
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 | 07:59 GMT
Atomic’s Breach – first shots and impressions from PAX East
Atomic, the studio what did the ill-fated Six Days in Fallujah, has shown its next game, Breach, for the first time at PAX East.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PAX East 2010, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: atomic games, Breach
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up