Monthly Archives: May 2010
Sat, May 15, 2010 | 20:08 BST
XSEED: Ys Seven hitting the US in late summer
XSEED and Nihon Falcom announced a partnership this week that will bring six RPG games to US PSP owners.
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Posted in: PSP, RPG, XSEED
Tags: Legend of Heroes, nihon falcom, Ys I & II Chronicles, Ys Seven, Ys:The Oath in Felghana
Sat, May 15, 2010 | 19:49 BST
NPD: Top 20 software sales for April
NPD released the software figures for April Thursday night, and while you are quite aware of what the top 10 were, we thought you might like to know what 11-20 were.
Mon, May 17, 2010 | 11:41 BST
Screens – Fallout: New Vegas [Update]
Update: We’ve removed these shots at Bethesda’s request.
Original: No Mutants Allowed has posted some screens from Fallout: New Vegas.
Sat, May 15, 2010 | 19:36 BST
Rumor – EQII expansion called Destiny of Velious
If a trademark filing is any indication, SOE may have EverQuest II players returning to Velious sometime soon.
Don’t you just love speculation on what a company plans to do with its trademarks?
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Posted in: MMO, PC, Sony Online Entertainment
Tags: EQII, everquest II
Sat, May 15, 2010 | 20:57 BST
Bulletstorm violence more akin to cartoons than a snuff film, says Bleszinski
How would you like to use a weapon in Bulletstorm that lets you get a bit more “surgical” when dispatching your enemies?
We sure as shit would, and it sounds like we’ll be able to do just that.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: bulletstorm, Cliff Bleszinski, epic, people can fly
Sat, May 15, 2010 | 18:49 BST
Mortal Online servers go live June 9
Starvault has announced that Mortal Online will go live on June 9, after some fixes were implemented post Beta.
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Posted in: MMO, PC
Tags: Mortal Online, starvault
Sat, May 15, 2010 | 17:57 BST
Weekend sales aplenty: Tropico, Total War, more
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Posted in: Internet, PC
Tags: d2d, digital distribution, GamersGate, gog, impulse, sales, steam
Sat, May 15, 2010 | 18:41 BST
Rumor – Battlefront 3 leaked by GameSpy
A massive rumor, and one not to get too excited over because – well it’s a rumor – has GameSpy accidentally outing Star Wars: Battlefront 3.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Lucasarts, Rumour, Shooter
Tags: Battlefront 3, star wars battlefront 3
Sat, May 15, 2010 | 17:35 BST
PTOM to exclusively reveal PixelJunk Shooter 2
The July issue of PlayStation: The Official Magazine will contain what’s being called a “lovefest feature” on PixelJunk along with the official reveal of PJ Shooter 2, according to a tweet by the mag.
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Posted in: Hot, PSN, Shooter, Sony
Tags: PixelJunk Shooter 2, PlayStation:The Official Magazine, Q-Games
Sat, May 15, 2010 | 17:03 BST
CoD: Black Ops gets official reveal trailer May 18
Treyarch’s community manager, Josh Olin, has announced that the official reveal trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops will go live May 18 during the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on ESPN.
Activision says that the trailer will be made available after the debut, and to get you ready for it, it’s released a 15-second “tune-in” trailer that you can find below the break courtesy of IGN.
It was revealed yesterday that the game would get dedicated servers, which should make some folks rather happy.
It’s also rumored that Raven Software’s making the map packs for it.
Black Ops will be available on PC, PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360 November 9.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: Black Ops, call of duty, Call of Duty: Black Ops, josh olin, treyarch
Sat, May 15, 2010 | 16:23 BST
Guitar Hero 6 info from OXM hits the net
Information pertaining to Guitar Hero 6 has landed on the net, thanks to AGB posting scans of Official Xbox 360 magazine.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: gene simmons, guitar hero 6
Sat, May 15, 2010 | 18:25 BST
Bright Falls: The prequel to Alan Wake now online
Remedy’s six-part prequel to Alan Wake, Bright Falls, has landed online, and you can check it out on Machnima’s YouTube.
Sat, May 15, 2010 | 15:29 BST
ModNation Racers PS3 demo hits May 18
Sony has revealed over on the US PS Blog that a ModNation Racers demo will hit PSN Tuesday, May 18.
Want to know what’s included with the demo? Hit the break and find out.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Racing, Sony
Tags: ModNation Racers, United Front
Sat, May 15, 2010 | 15:15 BST
Dell has Xbox 360 Elite Bundles on sale
If you are in the market for a new Xbox 360, especially an Elite, Dell may just have the buy you’re looking for.
Sat, May 15, 2010 | 06:30 BST
Pachter: Slow April game sales suggest “something is terribly wrong”
Before particularly nasty natural disasters, there’s this phenomenon where animals somehow see it coming and find high ground atop a hill or something of the like.
See that hill over there? There are analysts gathered atop that hill. The end times are near.
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Posted in: Charts, Financials, Hot, Retail
Tags: analyst, April, michael pachter, NPDs, splinter cell conviction
Sat, May 15, 2010 | 05:55 BST
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands PSP doesn’t forget series’ roots, goes 2D
After finishing up work on 2008′s Prince of Persia, Ubisoft Montreal pulled the game development equivalent of its previous prince’s sand-based snafu and took a trip back in series time with The Forgotten Sands.
As it turns out, the team at Ubisoft Quebec City did the same thing, only with more magical time sand. A lot more magical time sand.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PSP, Platformer, Ubisoft
Tags: Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, PSP, Ubisoft
Fri, May 14, 2010 | 22:26 BST
L4D2 Mutation: Last Gnome on Earth
Valve has announced its latest Mutation in Left 4 Dead 2, and funnily enough it’s called Last Gnome on Earth.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, Shooter, Valve, Xbox 360
Tags: Last Gnome on Earth, Left 4 Dead 2
Fri, May 14, 2010 | 21:59 BST
EVE Online expansion Tyrannis moved to May 26
CCP has announced that its EVE Online expansion, Tyrannis, has been moved to May 26 and market seeding of Planetary Command Centers will hit June 8.
Dragon’s Dogma reveal coming January 31