Monthly Archives: May 2010
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 15:26 BST
Screens – Horses in Red Dead Redemption
One of the things you’ve obviously noticed while perusing through the many screens and videos of Red Dead Redemption, are all the different mounts you can attain or tame within the game.
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Posted in: Action, Development, Hot, PS3, Rockstar, Take-Two, Xbox 360
Tags: josh bass, Red Dead Redemption
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 14:44 BST
4A hopes to reveal Metro 2033 DLC this week
THQ and 4A Games revealed through the magic of Twitter yesterday, that details regarding the first bit of DLC for Metro 2033 will be released this week.
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 12:44 BST
Report: “Xbox 360 and PS3 price cuts this year”
MCV’s reporting word from a “senior global publishing source” that both 360 and PS3 will see further price cuts this year.
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 12:35 BST
Blur tutorial vids detail careering, powering upping
Split/Second has “choppers”. Blur has careers and power-ups. The tutorial movies after the break prove it.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: bizarre creations, blur
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 10:39 BST
LG brings 3D gaming to 360… in Korea
Engadget’s reporting that an LG TV will allow 360 games to be played in 3D. Woo, and indeed, T.
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 10:24 BST
Nintendo releases US and EU top 30 sales charts for 2010 to date
Nintendo’s claimed leading software sales positions in both the US and Europe so far this year with New Super Mario Bros Wii and Wii Fit respectively, with FFXIII and God of War III mounted the most serious challenges from other platforms.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, America, Charts, DSi, Europe, Nintendo, PS3, Sony, Trade, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: ffxiii, final fantasy XIII, god of war III, new super mario bros. wii, top 30, wii fit
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 09:55 BST
Split/Second vid outlines “exciting chopper game modes”
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Posted in: Disney, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: blackrock studio, split/second
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 09:08 BST
Iwata: 3DS is not a “formal name”
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has said that the recently-announced 3DS’s named isn’t set in stone.
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 08:19 BST
Capcom gives sales estimates for 2011
Following assurances that slumped figures would rebound in the current financial year, Capcom’s outlined exactly where it expects the sales to come from.
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Posted in: Action, Capcom, Fighter, Financials, PS3, PSP, RPG, Trade, Xbox 360
Tags: capcom full-year financials 2011, dead rising 2, lost planet 2, marvel vs capcom 3, Monster Hunter Freedom 3
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 07:26 BST
Mario Galaxy 2 gets 5-minute Japanese promo vid
Edge gave it a 10, so it must be amazing. Have a lengthy gander at Super Mario Galaxy 2 after the break.
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Posted in: Hot, Nintendo, Platformer, Wii
Tags: Super Mario Galaxy 2
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 06:57 BST
EA E3 conference headed up by Riccitiello, Schappert
EA’s released details of its E3 press conference, confirming heavyweight execs John Riccitiello and John Schappert as front-men.
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Posted in: E3 2010, EA, Hot
Tags: ea e3 press conference 2010
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 06:39 BST
Ex-employees say Rebellion withholding former Derby staff’s pay
Aliens vs. Predator? That’s so last month. Now Disgruntled Ex-Employees vs. Rebellion is all the rage.
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Posted in: Financials, Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: closures, lay-offs, rebellion, rebellion derby, Rebellion Oxford, Something smells fishy - Scoob
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 06:23 BST
New CoD: Black Ops details show four-way co-op
USA Today‘s dropped new detail on Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops, saying the game will definitely feature four-player co-op.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Call of Duty: Black Ops, treyarch
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 06:57 BST
BioShock 2 Metro Pack finally dropping today
Remember that scene from BioShock 2? You know, that scene? With the golf club? Well, have you ever thought, “Gee whiz, that sure would make an awesome multiplayer mode”? No?
Well, evidently, someone did.
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Posted in: 2K, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: 2k Games, bioshock 2, Metro Pack DLC
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 14:05 BST
Microsoft confirms October worldwide launch for Project Natal
A Microsoft exec in Saudi Arabia has confirmed that Project Natal will launch worldwide this October.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: project natal, Saudi Arabia, Syed Bilal Tariq
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 06:59 BST
EA Sports Online Pass required if you want to play future EA Sports games online
Like some of the athletes its game depict, EA’s Project Ten Dollar appears to have gone on ‘roids.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Sports, Xbox 360
Tags: EA Sports Online Pass, Electronic Arts, Tiger Woods PGA Tour '11
Mon, May 10, 2010 | 23:50 BST
Stephen Fry to return for LittleBigPlanet 2
The US PS Blog has confirmed that Stephen Fry will return as the narrator for LittleBigPlanet 2.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Platformer, Sony
Tags: littlebigplanet 2, media molecule, stephen fry
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 06:27 BST
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood teaser site opens up
Ubisoft’s put live the teaser site for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, confirmed last week thanks to a retail slip of the tongue.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PC, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, ubisoft montreal
Mon, May 10, 2010 | 18:21 BST
Ask Remedy stuff about Alan Wake, win a Limited Edition 360, game Collector’s Editions!
Microsoft just greenlit an Alan Wake community interview for us. Ask developer Remedy questions and you could win hardware and pretty discs.
Mon, May 10, 2010 | 16:30 BST
MM’s Evans: LBP2 a disc-based game to reach “wider audience”
Media Molecule co-founder Alex Evans has revealed that one of the reasons why LittleBigPlanet 2 is a disc-based title, and not a massive DLC expansion, is to reach a “wider audience”.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Platformer, Sony
Tags: Alex Evans, littlebigplanet 2, media molecule
Dragon’s Dogma reveal coming January 31