Monthly Archives: April 2010

Microsoft’s Stephen McGill has said that the Halo: Reach beta will breathe new life into sales of Halo 3: ODST, with a “ton of Halo gamers” expected to buy the game for the first time.

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Super Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono has said that if you want another Darkstalkers game, start bugging the living hell out of Capcom.

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Bohemia Interactive has announced a release date for Operation Arrowhead, the next expansion for Arma 2.

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In what is probably the most obvious news of the day, the ESRB has handed Red Dead Redemption an M rating for its mature themes.

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Skate 3 has a new trailer out, and it is full of things we never thought would go with skateboarding – ever.

There’s meat, zombies, big heads and other interesting things.

Of course there’s the prerequisite falling, tricks, and punching a dude in the mouth.

The game’s out May 11 in the US and May 14 in the UK for PS3 and Xbox 360, and a demo was released for it last week.

Get the video below, courtesy of Joystiq.

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Obsidian has released another new video for Alpha Protocol, and in this one it shows how you can use your words to get what you want.

Sometimes, though, it’s best to use your gun or a bottle of vodka when all else fails.

Poor Vodka. It never hurt anyone. Now it’s all over the floor.

It’s below the break courtesy of Joystiq.

Game’s out May 28 and June 1 in Europe and the US, respectively.

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Oddworld Inhabitants founder, Lorne Lanning, has posted on the series’ forum that Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee and Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath, are still coming to PC, it’s just taking longer than the team thought to create the port.

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UK’ers who are either Gold or Silver members on Xbox Live can get 400 MS Points just for downloading the Multiplayer Freeroam trailer for Red Dead Redemption.

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Over on XBL Marketplace, there are some snazzy new Avatar items for Saint’s Row 2, including the lovely pimp hat and suit above.

There’s also a cane for the outfit that would not show up on the leopard print background that we felt the duds sorely needed, and deserved.

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A video for Toy Story 3: The Game has been released by Disney, and in it, the Toy Box mode for customization is shown a bit.

On the PS3 end, Toy Story 3 will support DualShock 3, SIXAXIS, and Move when it is released June 16 and June 18 in the UK and US, respectively – although Move won’t be out yet.

The game is also coming to Wii, DS, PSP, PC and Xbox 360.

Watch the cuteness below, courtesy of GoNintendo.

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Fans of American football, and the Madden NFL series have spoken.

The demo for Madden NFL 11 will feature the Indianapolis Colts against the New York Jets when released.

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Those looking to go up against people other than their own continent mates at StarCraft II will have to wait until the game is patched for a cross-server patch post launch.

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Yesterday, Steam posted up a pre-order for the Stimulus Pack for Modern Warfare 2, which is slated for release on May 4.

What you may not have noticed, was that it will run you $14.99 if you don’t pre-order it and get 10 percent off.

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Mad Catz has signed a deal with Harmonix to make peripherals for the Rock Band games across the globe.

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Yoshio Sakamoto has said that the reason he and the development team chose Team Ninja to work with on Metroid: Other M was because of the developer’s experience with console titles.

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Word on the street has it that the publisher for Techland’s Dead Island, the zombie shooter long in the works from the Call of Juarez folks, is none other than Deep Silver.

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StarCraft II designer Dustin Browder has replied to criticism over the game’s multiplayer not changing much since 1998, by basically stating that if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.

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Media Create has published the Japanese software charts for April 12-18, and it looks like New Super Mario Bros. Wii is tops once more.
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A new developer diary has revealed that the new Turbo Pack coming to the game will not only allow you to race, but use construction-based vehicles.

You know, what those are. They’re those big things men use on the street to destroy and build things while they whistle at passing ladies.

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Industry legend Ian Livingstone has been handed the British Inspiration Award in the videogame sector, beating out Rockstar’s Sam Houser, along with Codemasters co-founders David and Richard Darling in the process.

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