Monthly Archives: April 2010
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 | 06:47 BST
More ex-IW vets join Respawn Entertainment
Respawn Entertainment’s poached two more ex-Infinity Ward staffers to its studio, its been discovered. They really should make some sort of connected tunnel between the two developers.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Development, EA, Hot
Tags: Brent McLeod, Chris Lambert, infinity ward, Respawn Entertainment
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 | 08:12 BST
Arcania – Gothic 4 gets new screens
Gothic 4 – now “Arcania – Gothic 4″ as of March last year – got some new screens today. Germany will be watching very carefully.
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Posted in: JoWood, PC, RPG
Tags: Arcania: A Gothic Tale, gothic 4, Spellbound
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 | 06:36 BST
Halo: Reach up for pre-order now
With Reach Mania now picking up pace nicely, Play’s offering Bungie’s next Halo title for £40, beta access and all.
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 | 12:31 BST
Report: Square announces Extreme Edges label
According to this Examiner piece, Square’s announced an Extreme Edges label to categorize its western games.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, Japan, PC, PS3, Racing, Shooter, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: bur, extreme edges, kane & lynch 2: dog days, singularity
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 | 05:38 BST
Cohort Studios: Move is “so much more accurate” than Wiimote
Move over, Nintendo. According to Cohort Studios CEO Lol Scragg, you’re no longer the coolest kid on the motion control block.
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Posted in: Hot, Nintendo, PS3, Shooter, Sony, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: Cohort Studios, Microsoft, Nintendo, PlayStation Move, project natal, Sony, Wii
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 | 04:47 BST
Syfy announces two-hour Red Faction movie, leaves “back door” open for full TV series
Did you care about Red Faction’s plot or characters? No? Neither did we.
But evidently, someone did. And that one person just happened to be a Syfy network TV executive.
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 | 20:47 BST
Shock of the century: More devs leave Infinity Ward
Update 1: The number of staff that have left the developer now stands at 25, according to Kotaku.
Update 2: At least two of the new departures have joined West and Zampella at Respawn. Shock, there.
Update 3: It’s 26 now, apparently.
Original: OK, everyone. No more foreplay. You know the drill.
Infinity Ward. Some people were there. Now they’re not.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, EA, Hot
Tags: Brad Allen, infinity ward, Joel Emslie, Respawn Entertainment, Ryan Lastimosa
Mon, Apr 26, 2010 | 20:05 BST
Watch a Bungie chap be very good at Halo: Reach
If you’re going to watch any of the 15 billion Halo: Reach multiplayer movies released today, you should probably make it this one.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: beta, bungie, Halo: Reach, luke smith
Mon, Apr 26, 2010 | 19:28 BST
Enslaved shots show prettiness, fire, jumping man
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Posted in: Action, Namco Bandai, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: enslaved, ninja theory
Mon, Apr 26, 2010 | 18:02 BST
Super Street Fighter IV takes EG 10 – round-up
And there goes the Super Street Fighter IV review embargo. Is it good? Apparently it’s at “the very top of its game”.
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Posted in: Capcom, Fighter, Hot, Journalism, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: review, super street fighter iv
Mon, Apr 26, 2010 | 16:24 BST
The 3rd Birthday to release this year in Japan, says Wada
Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has told Nikkei’s Trendynet that The 3rd Birthday will see a release in Japan this year.
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Posted in: Hot, PSP, Shooter, Square Enix
Tags: Parasite Eve: The 3rd Birthday, yoichi wada
Mon, Apr 26, 2010 | 16:08 BST
US Supreme Court to decide future of violent games law
The US Supreme Court is to decide if a law that bans the sale and rental of violent videogames towards minors is against free speech.
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Posted in: America, Legalities
Tags: California, Violent games
Mon, Apr 26, 2010 | 15:57 BST
Halo: Reach mutliplayer beta gets another video blowout
A half-hour’s worth of gameplay is all well and good, but do you want to know the insides and outs of the Halo: Reach multiplayer beta? Of course you do.
Mon, Apr 26, 2010 | 15:54 BST
Pachter on Splinter Cell: “You will see those games on PS3″
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: michael pachter, splinter cell, splinter cell conviction, wedbush morgan
Mon, Apr 26, 2010 | 15:18 BST
Yet more Alpha Protocol movies detail protagonist, old man, fit woman
Here comes the Sega movie deluge. The publisher’s put out another three character videos from the Obsidian RPG, showing off agent main protagonist Michael Thorton, an ageing spy call Marburg and a hot colleague, Mina Tang.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, RPG, Sega, Xbox 360
Tags: alpha protocol, Obsidian Entertainment
Mon, Apr 26, 2010 | 16:07 BST
Massive 35 minute Halo: Reach multiplayer vid goes “boom”
Mon, Apr 26, 2010 | 14:48 BST
Halo: Reach “Birth of a Spartan” live action short hitting April 27
Microsoft just announced that a new Halo live action short, Birth of a Spartan, will be released on April 27 as a promo for the upcoming Reach beta.
Mon, Apr 26, 2010 | 14:15 BST
Pachter “certain” future Mass Effect titles going to PS3
The great Mass Effect debate. Will it? Won’t it? Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter reckons the first one won’t, the second one might, and all upcoming games are good to go.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, mass effect, mass effect 2, michael pachter, wedbush morgan
Dragon’s Dogma reveal coming January 31