Monthly Archives: May 2010
Tue, May 18, 2010 | 21:29 BST
Mafia II shots show off PhysX tech
2K Games and NVIDIA are bringing PhysX technology to all versions of Mafia II, and the PC version will feature both PhysX and Vision tech.
Tue, May 18, 2010 | 20:51 BST
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 demo hits XBL
Those wanting to play a bit of virtual golf should fire up the Xbox 360 and download the demo for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11.
Tue, May 18, 2010 | 20:30 BST
Bungie stats: More participated in Reach Beta than Halo 3′s
Machinima has a new video up showing the last gametype and an overview of the new modes for the Halo: Reach Beta, and have also dropped some official stats from Bungie.
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Posted in: Hot, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: bungie, Halo: Reach, Halo: Reach Beta, reach
Tue, May 18, 2010 | 19:34 BST
Gears 2 gets Title Update 6 in “about a week”
Gears 2 executive producer Rod Fergusson has listed the patch notes for the game’s sixth title update over on the official forums.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: epic, gears 2, gears of war 2, rod Fergusson
Tue, May 18, 2010 | 19:13 BST
PoP: The Forgotten Sands gets a reviews round-up
Reviews for Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands are going live, and we have a few of them rounded-up for you below the break.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, Impressions, Internet, PS3, Ubisoft, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: pop, prince of persia, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, The Forgotten Sands
Tue, May 18, 2010 | 18:55 BST
Ubisoft “looking very carefully” at EA’s Project $10
Ubisoft CFO Alain Martinez said during the company’s financial call to investors that the firm’s watching EA’s Project $10 very closely.
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Posted in: Financials, Hot, Ubisoft
Tags: project ten dollar, ubisoft financials
Tue, May 18, 2010 | 18:35 BST
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood to get multiplayer beta
Ubisoft’s just confirmed it will have a multiplayer beta of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood before its fall release.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PC, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, ubisoft montreal
Tue, Jun 15, 2010 | 16:17 BST
Ubisoft: Ghost Recon delayed into 2011
Ubisoft has revealed in its financial call to investors that Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will no longer hit around the holidays this year.
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Posted in: Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: future soldier, ghost recon, ghost recon future soldier
Tue, May 18, 2010 | 18:03 BST
Crytek talks Crysis 2 turkey at EA showcase
Want to hear Crysis 2 producer Nathan Camarillo talk nano-babble about the high-tech, ultra-powerful Crytek shooter? Hit the break.
Tue, May 18, 2010 | 20:29 BST
Ubisoft: Assassin’s Creed II moves close to 9 million units
Ubisoft has announced via its financial results today that Assassin’s Creed II has moved almost 9 million units worldwide.
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Posted in: Financials, Hot, Retail, Trade, Ubisoft
Tags: assassin's creed 2, ubbisoft 2009-10 full-year financials
Tue, May 18, 2010 | 23:25 BST
Split/Second gets review blow-out, EG lands it with 8
Split/Second’s balls-to-the-walls, mentally insane. At least that’s the impression from the reviews going out on the Black Rock/Disney racer. Get rounded-up after the break, and find out if this one’s for you.
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Posted in: Action, Disney, Hot, Journalism, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: black rock studios, split/second
Tue, May 18, 2010 | 17:33 BST
Square has banner year with profits up 50% to $102.8M
Even though you’ve already heard all the juicy Final Fantasy stuff that came out of Square Enix’s financial call to investors today, there’s more to it than pretty people playing with swords and magic.
Because we are sick and twisted folks who think math is fun and love forcing that philosophy on you, we think you should also know how well the firm did during its last fiscal year.
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Posted in: Financials, Hot, Square Enix
Tue, May 18, 2010 | 17:07 BST
Slitherine says there’s money to be made in the PSPgo market
Slitherine, which just merged with Matrix Games, feels that due to the lack of competition in the market, there’s money to be made on PSPgo, despite the handheld’s slow sales.
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Posted in: Development, PSPgo
Tags: causal games, Matrix, psp minis, Slitherine
Tue, May 18, 2010 | 16:43 BST
Q’s Cuthbert: PixelJunk Shooter 2 will be “bigger” then PJS1
Q Games boss Dylan Cuthbert has formally lifted the wraps of PixelJunk Shooter 2 on the US PS Blog, saying the sequel will be “bigger” than the original.
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Posted in: Adventure, Hot, PS3, PSN, Sony
Tags: Dylan Cuthbert, PixelJubk Shooter 2, Q-Games
Tue, May 18, 2010 | 16:35 BST
BlizzCon 2010 tickets up for grabs June 2 and June 5
Blizzard has announced that BlizzCon tickets will go on sale in two batches beginning with the first one on Wednesday, June 2 at 7.00pm PST (10.00pm EST).
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Blizzcon 2010, Hot
Tags: diablo, directv, starcraft, wow
Tue, May 18, 2010 | 16:19 BST
Treyarch discusses multiplayer concerns in Black Ops
Treyarch’s multiplayer design director, David Vonderhaar, has responded to concerns fans have voiced regarding matchmaking, dedicated servers and the like for Call of Duty: Black Ops.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Black Ops, David Vonderhaar, treyarch
Tue, May 18, 2010 | 15:52 BST
Wada: Square “looking into” FF Versus XIII for 360
Holy shit, Batman! Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada has come out and said that an Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy Versus XIII is being looked into.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: final fantasy versus XIII, G-G-G-G-Gigaton, yoichi wada
Tue, May 18, 2010 | 15:49 BST
MW2 Stimulus Pack sets sales record on PSN
Robert Bowling has announced via Twitter that the Stimulus Pack for Modern Warfare 2 has broken a PSN record.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PS3, PSN, Shooter
Tags: call of duty, infinity ward, modern warfare 2
Tue, May 18, 2010 | 15:25 BST
Runic moves 500K Torchlight copies, gets bought by Perfect World
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Posted in: America, China, Hot, MMO, Mac, PC, RPG, Retail, Trade
Tags: perfect world entertainment, runic games, torchlight
Tue, May 18, 2010 | 14:57 BST
F.E.A.R. 3 video’s a mix of real-time and gameplay
Day 1 Studios has Fettel and the Point Man joining forces in the latest trailer for F.E.A.R. 3.
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Posted in: Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: Day 1 Studios, f.e.a.r. 3, John Carpenter
Dragon’s Dogma reveal coming January 31