Monthly Archives: May 2010
Thu, May 20, 2010 | 15:20 BST
Former industry exec believes special editions are the future of boxed titles
Marko Hein, COO of Port Plexus which designs special retail editions, believes this form of packaging will become the standard offer at retail in the future.
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Posted in: Development, Retail, Trade
Tags: collector's editions, mark hein, port plexus, special editions
Thu, May 20, 2010 | 15:11 BST
Harmonix: Rock Band 3 to be “next big leap in music gaming”
Harmonix is set to pump it up all the way to 11, saying Rock Band 3 will be “the next big leap in music gaming”.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, Music, Rhythm action
Tags: harmonix, mtv games, rock band 3
Thu, May 20, 2010 | 14:53 BST
Kojima and Shinkawa landing in London June 18-19
Konami has announced that Hideo Kojima and and art director Yoji Shinkawa will be in London for two days, as part of their World Tour promoting the release of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.
They’ll be signing things too.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Konami, PSP, UK
Tags: hideo kojima, hmv, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, peace walker, UNIQLO, Yoji Shinkawa
Thu, May 20, 2010 | 14:31 BST
Japanese software charts, May 10- 16 – DQM Joker 2 tops
Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 was number one this week on the Japanese software charts, according to Media Create, bringing the grand total of units moved to a little over 1 million.
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Posted in: Charts, Japan, Retail, Trade
Tags: japanese software, media create
Thu, May 20, 2010 | 15:29 BST
PS3 needs to be “open like a Mac”, says Valve
Valve boss Gabe Newell’s said in an interview with 5BY5TV that he’d like to see PS3 be “open like a Mac” instead of being “more closed like a Gamecube”.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Mac, PS3, Valve
Tags: gabe newell
Thu, May 20, 2010 | 13:56 BST
Report – Virgin to return to games industry
MCV‘s reporting that Virgin is set to make a comeback to the games industry, beginning at E3 in three weeks time.
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Posted in: E3 2010, Hot
Tags: Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Interactive
Thu, May 20, 2010 | 20:12 BST
Pachter “was wrong” about Red Dead Redemption
Michael Pachter’s admitted he was “wrong” about the potential success of Red Dead Redemption.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360
Tags: michael pachter, Red Dead Redemption, wedbush morgan
Thu, May 20, 2010 | 12:45 BST
Final Fantasy XIV – new shots
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Posted in: MMO, PC, PS3, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: final fantasy XIV
Thu, May 20, 2010 | 12:16 BST
RDR becomes Amazon UK’s best-selling pre-order this year to date
Amazon UK has revealed Red Dead Redemption is the biggest pre-ordered title from the retailer this year so far.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PS3, Retail, Rockstar, Xbox 360
Tags: Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar San Diego
Thu, May 20, 2010 | 11:51 BST
Report – Creative Assembly creating Olympics title
Eurogamer‘s reporting that the sports title that Total War developer Creative Assembly is working on, revealed yesterday via a job listing, is a Olympics title on London 2012.
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Posted in: PC, PS3, Sega, Sports, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: creative assembly, Football Manager, London 2012, miles jacobson, olympics
Thu, May 20, 2010 | 10:37 BST
Alan Wake 360 competition winners announced
Microsoft gave us the an Alan Wake-ified 360 as a competition prize, making VG247 the only UK games site to have such a thing. We asked you for questions to send to Remedy, with the best answer taking the machine and two follow-ups getting Special Editions.
Remedy’s Mikki Rautalahti came back with some awesome quotes. Job well done.
So. The winners are…
Thu, May 20, 2010 | 10:19 BST
Blur’s multiplayer modes get trailered
You’re all getting Blur next week, que? Not convinced? Hit the break: some of the multiplayer modes in the Bizarre racer get detailed in a new video.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: bizarre creations, blur
Thu, May 20, 2010 | 09:32 BST
Bethesda dev: Microsoft should “open up Natal”
Bethesda developer Ashley Cheng has said that Microsoft should “open up” the API of Natal to let other people create apps using it.
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Posted in: Bethesda, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Ashley Cheng, project natal
Thu, May 20, 2010 | 09:02 BST
RDR invisibility bugs being fixed by Rockstar
Rockstar’s said that it is currently fixing any invisibility bugs being found in Red Dead Redemption.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360
Tags: Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar San Diego
Thu, May 20, 2010 | 07:42 BST
Square announcement will “change Japanese history”
We’ve been around the block. We’re no strangers to hyperbole. But this is something quite special.
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Posted in: Square Enix
Tags: bollocks, history
Thu, May 20, 2010 | 08:05 BST
CoD: Black Ops trailer analysis reveals 1961 date, CIA docs, more
IGN’s shredded yesterday’s excellent Call of Duty: Black Ops trailer, dropping heaps of new information on the Treyarch shooter.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: callo of duty: black ops, treyarch
Thu, May 20, 2010 | 07:09 BST
First Knight’s Contract trailer involves hitting things
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Namco Bandai, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Knight's Contract
Dragon’s Dogma reveal coming January 31