Monthly Archives: April 2010
Sun, Apr 04, 2010 | 13:17 BST
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade release confirmed
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Posted in: Capcom, Fighter, Hot
Tags: ssfiv, super street fighter iv, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade
Sun, Apr 04, 2010 | 16:16 BST
Green Day: Rock Band gets full American Idiot album
Buying Green Day: Rock Band come summer? Good news for you, then: American Idiot will be included in its entirety.
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Posted in: EA, Music, PS3, Rhythm action, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: chris foster, Green Day: Rock Band, harmonix, mtv games
Sat, Apr 03, 2010 | 20:31 BST
Rumor – First bit of DLC for Just Cause 2 to land April 7
Microsoft sent out a mail yesterday that, apparently, revealed Just Cause 2 would be getting the DLC treatment on April 7.
Guess what. It contains a pimped out ice cream truck.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PC, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: Avalanche Studios, just cause 2
Sat, Apr 03, 2010 | 21:46 BST
GameStop: Pre-order details for Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
GameStop has listed a pre-order bonus for Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions that gives customers a nifty Cosmic Spider-Man in-game costume for each of the four dimensions in the game.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, DS, Hot, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: Beenox, gamestop, marvel, Shattered Dimensions, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
Sat, Apr 03, 2010 | 20:06 BST
NBA Jam will have big head mode
NBA Jam’s creative director, Trey Smith, has revealed to MTV that EA worked closely with series creator Mark Turmell not only with the digitized faces of the players, but the big heads as well.
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Posted in: EA, Sports, Wii
Tags: mark turmell, nba jam, Trey Smith
Sat, Apr 03, 2010 | 19:50 BST
ICL students create a way to play Pong using eye movement
Students at Imperial College London have developed a computer game that can be operated by using only eye movement.
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Posted in: Development, Stuff, hardware
Tags: Imperial College London, pong, technology
Sat, Apr 03, 2010 | 19:32 BST
Bungie weekly update has loads of information on Halo:Reach
Bungie’s weekly update has gone live and it’s loaded to the gills with information on the multiplayer portion of Halo: Reach.
Sat, Apr 03, 2010 | 19:45 BST
Assassin’s Creed 2 wins seven MI6 Marketing Awards
MI6 has announced that Assassin’s Creed 2 has won the most awards for best marketing work in the videogame industry.
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Posted in: Awards
Tags: Assassin's Creed, assassin's creed 2, MI6 2010, MI6 Award, MI6 Conference
Sat, Apr 03, 2010 | 18:44 BST
Ninja Theory co-founder says 3D console tech is “limited”
Ninja Theory co-founder Tameem Antoniades has told CVG that 3D effects in current-gen consoles are limited.
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Posted in: 3DS, Development, Hot, PS3, hardware
Tags: 3d gaming, Ninja Theroy, Tameem Antoniades
Sat, Apr 03, 2010 | 19:07 BST
WHO claims obesity in kids can partially be blamed on gaming
The World Health Organization has claimed in a study published in the Journal of Pediatrics that videogames are one of the main causes of childhood obesity in the world.
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Posted in: Politics, Stuff, Territories
Tags: cake is yummy, children are lazy, games make you fat, obesity in kids, study, WHO, World Health Orgainization
Sat, Apr 03, 2010 | 20:17 BST
Loads of Easter sales happening for PC gamers
PC gamers are getting Easter deals all over the net this weekend.
We already told you about Steam’s Borderlands sale, but if that’s not your cup of tea, the list below the break should have something to help you drown your precious gastrointestinal system’s sorrow over Auntie Mabel’s horrible ham salad -which Mom forced you to eat out of politeness.
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Posted in: Hot, PC
Tags: direct2drive, GamersGate, gog, impulse, load inc., Mad Tracks, PC Easter Gaming Sales, sales, steam
Sat, Apr 03, 2010 | 17:09 BST
Jaffe says Eat, Sleep, Play game’s “falling into place”
David Jaffe has revealed in his latest blog post that he’s not only having “the best time of making a game”, but also that the project is starting to “fall into place” and his fans will get a glimpse of it soon.
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Posted in: Development, PS3, Sony
Tags: david jaffe, eat sleep play
Sat, Apr 03, 2010 | 16:38 BST
Greenberg: “Third parties have struggled” on Wii
Aaron Greenberg has revealed that over 70 percent of third party developers were creating games for Natal, proving that the industry knows Microsoft has “the best tools and internal support” out there.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360, hardware, peripherals
Tags: Aaron Greenberg, natal
Sat, Apr 03, 2010 | 16:02 BST
Rush mode from VIP map now available to all BFBC2 players
Those that play Battlefield: Bad Company 2 but didn’t pre-order the game, can now get in on the Squad Rush multiplayer mode from the VIP Map Pack.
Sat, Apr 03, 2010 | 15:19 BST
Rockstar planning its biggest ad blowout ever for Red Dead Redemption
Rockstar’s UK general manager, Neil Stephen, has said that Red Dead Redemption is its “most ambitious game ever”, and revealed that the marketing push for it is the firm’s biggest yet.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PS3, Rockstar, Take-Two, Xbox 360
Tags: neil stephen, Red Dead Redemption
Sat, Apr 03, 2010 | 15:23 BST
Screens – Three for Darksiders PC
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, PS3, THQ, Xbox 360
Tags: darksiders, vigil games
Sat, Apr 03, 2010 | 09:11 BST
Sharp shows off what could very well be 3DS tech
3D that doesn’t require silly paper glasses? Screens that do require touching? The ability to switch back-and-forth between 2D and 3D at the drop of a hat?
Huh? Did someone just scream “3DS”? Yes. Yes they did. That was us.
Sat, Apr 03, 2010 | 05:46 BST
Sega cans developer of Iron Man, Golden Axe: Beast Rider
Yesterday, rumors circulated that Sega Studios San Francisco wasn’t long for this world.
Today, the world’s down precisely one game developer. Can you guess which one?
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Sega
Tags: golden axe beast rider, iron man, Sega Studios San Francisco
Fri, Apr 02, 2010 | 21:42 BST
Split/Second goes Downtown in new trailer
Disney’s released a brand new trailer of OTT Black Rock racer Split/Second. Go give it a watch after the break.
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Posted in: Disney, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: black rock, split/second
Fri, Apr 02, 2010 | 21:38 BST
Free Realms hits the 10 million user mark
SOE has revealed that its free-to-play MMO Free Realms has surpassed over 10 million registered users since its April 2009 launch.
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Posted in: MMO, PC, Sony Online Entertainment
Tags: Free Realms
Dragon’s Dogma reveal coming January 31