Monthly Archives: April 2010
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | 16:14 BST
Red Dead Redemption multiplayer shots look ‘hawt
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360
Tags: Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar San Diego
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | 15:47 BST
cdv Software files for preliminary insolvency
cdv Software Entertainment AG has filed for preliminary insolvency, due to non-payment of a settlement court-ordered to be given to it by SouthPeak.
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Posted in: Financials, Legalities, Southpeak, cdv
Tags: preliminary insolvency
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | 15:39 BST
EU PS Store update, April 15 – GTA IV, Sam and Max Season 3, Skate 3
Want the good news first, PS3 kiddlewinks? If you have a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV, you can get both episodes of DLC – The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony – on the PS Store from this week.
The bad news?
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, EA, PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Store, Rockstar, Sports, Strategy
Tags: EA BlackBox, EU PS Store update, grand theft auto iv, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony, Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned, Sam and Max: Season Three, Skate 3, telltale
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | 23:17 BST
Activision expects Q1 2010 to be better than original forecast [Update]
Update: Apparently, Activision announcing that the Stimulus Pack helped change its fiscal outlook has caused EA director of corporate communications Jeff Brown to tell IndustryGamers that: “This is kind of like announcing – The racehorse I shot last month has won the Triple Crown!”.
Ouch.
Original: Activision Blizzard has announced that its March quarter 2010 GAAP and non-GAAP net revenues are looking to be a lot better than was forecasted back in February when its full-year financials for 200 were released.
It’s all thanks to the MW2 Stimulus Package DLC and World of Warcraft.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Financials, Hot, Retail, Trade
Tags: bobyy kotick, modern warfare 2, world of warcraft
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | 14:15 BST
Gravity Crash reduced to £4 on PS Store
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Posted in: Action, Arcade, PS3, PSN, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: gravity crash, just add water
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | 14:33 BST
West: With Respawn, “the sky’s the limit”
Newly-made president of Respawn Entertainment Jason West has told IndustryGamers that as far as its concerned, “the sky’s the limit”.
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Posted in: Development, EA, Hot
Tags: David DeMatini, ea partners, Jason West, Respawn Entertainment
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | 12:58 BST
Square Enix releases launch trailer for Nier
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Posted in: PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: Nier, nier gestalt, nier replicant
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | 12:16 BST
Assassin’s Creed II receives Guinness World Record [Update]
Update: Ubi UK PR manager Stefano Petrullo’s very excited about this news story. So much so, he sent us a picture of himself which one of the ACII devs. That’s him on the right.
Original: Assassin’s Creed II has received a Guinness World Record for being the “most cover-featured video game”, Ubisoft announced today.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PC, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: assassin's creed II, ubisoft montreal
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | 11:32 BST
First artwork for Level 5′s Time Travelers revealed
Famitsu has posted up the first artwork of the time-travel game that Level 5 announced yesterday in the magazine, which is now known as Time Travelers.
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Posted in: Development, Japan
Tags: level-5, Time Travelers
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | 10:59 BST
Kojima: I’ll leave games industry if I “mess up” next project
Hideo Kojima has said that if he messes up his next project, he will leave the games industry.
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Posted in: Development, Konami
Tags: hideo kojima, kojima productions
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | 10:20 BST
Namco Bandai “making full announcement” on Demon’s Souls Euro release tomorrow
Def. Con. 1. Namco Bandai has told VG247 it’ll be making a formal announcement on a European release for Demon’s Souls tomorrow.
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Posted in: From Software, Hot, Namco Bandai, PS3, RPG
Tags: demon's souls
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | 09:28 BST
USK lists Demon’s Souls for European release by Namco-Bandai
The dream is looking like a reality: Demon’s Souls is looking set for a European release for real, according to a listing on the German board classification the USK.
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Posted in: From Software, Namco Bandai, PS3, RPG
Tags: demon's souls
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | 08:59 BST
Split/Second gets first dev diary
Split/Second’s looking properly epic, as you’ll see in the first development diary released for it.
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Posted in: Disney, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: black rock studios, split/second
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | 08:45 BST
Original Xbox Live is still up and kicking
Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you the sad news that the original Xbox Live is now… still alive?
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | 08:29 BST
Interview – Joseph Olin, AIAS president (part 1)
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has become increasingly relevant in recent years, with its DICE-based “gaming Oscars” now easily the industry’s most prestigious annual awards ceremony. While the core is always well-rewarded at the event, the AIAS is a over-arching affair, meaning games that don’t involve shooting people in the face are considered “important” as well. Bizarre.
AIAS president Joseph Olin took time out of his busy schedule to chat on social gaming trends, mobile gaming, the emerging 3D market, and how independent developers can differentiate themselves from established studios in the current economic climate.
He also talks a bit about whether games are art or not, which we’ll cover in Part 2. Part 1′s after the break.
[Interview by Stephany Nunneley]
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | 08:00 BST
BioShock Marin team not handling XCOM, says 2K
2K’s confirmed to 1UP that the main development team at 2K Marin that did BioShock 2 are not handling the reboot of XCOM, announced yesterday for Xbox 360 and PC.
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | 07:40 BST
Nolan North: Uncharted 3 is “common sense”
Uncharted 3 is an almost certainty, yes? Nathan Drake himself Nolan North isn’t going to come out and say it, but he tells us to use “common sense” on it.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: nathan drake, naughty dog, nolan north, uncharted 3
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | 07:06 BST
Two more devs leave Infinity Ward
Another day and more departures at Infinity Ward, with two more people now leaving the Modern Warfare developer.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot
Tags: infinity ward, Jason West, Mark Grigsby, Paul Messerly, Respawn Entertainment, vince zampella
Dragon’s Dogma reveal coming January 31