Monthly Archives: May 2010
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 21:41 BST
ActiBlizz Q1 2010 financials: Infinity Ward “remain an important process” to Call of Duty
Activision president Bobby Kotick’s just said that despite its latest troubles, Infinity Ward “remains an important process” to the Call of Duty IP.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Financials, Hot
Tags: Bobby Kotick, call of duty, infinity ward, Jason West, vince zampella
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 23:02 BST
ActiBlizz Q1 2010 financials: Better-than-expected results for Q1 2010
Activision has released its Q1 2010 financial results with net revenues at $1.3B, and its non-GAAP net revenues at $714M.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Financials, Hot, Retail, Trade
Tags: activision q1 2010 financials
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 21:13 BST
Naopleon: Total War update hits Steam
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Posted in: PC, Sega, Strategy
Tags: Napoleon: Total War, The Coalition Battle Pack
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 20:26 BST
Wii sales down 45% year-on-year in the UK
Nick Parker of UK firm Parker Consulting, has released a report showing a 45.1 percent decline in UK hardware sales for Wii year-on-year.
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Posted in: Charts, DS, Financials, PS3, PSP, Retail, Trade, UK, Wii, Xbox 360, hardware
Tags: analyst, Nick Parker, Parker Consulting
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 19:16 BST
Guinness: Top 50 game series voted by readers
Guinness World Records has announced the all-time Top 50 Videogame Series as voted on by readers, and it looks like Halo, Call of Duty, and Zelda are the series over 13K of you loved the most.
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Posted in: Charts, Hot, Stuff
Tags: call of duty, Guinness World Records, Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer's Edition, halo, the legend of zelda
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 18:57 BST
Jun Takeuchi “not planning on” Resident Evil 6 involvement
Capcom’s Jun Takeuchi has said that he doesn’t plan on returning to the Resident Evil series anytime soon.
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Posted in: Capcom, Hot
Tags: Jun Takeuchi, resident evil, resident evil 6
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 18:31 BST
Video – DAO: Darkspawn Chronicles
BioWare has released a video for Darkspawn Chronicles, the upcoming DLC for Dragon Age that lets you play as one of the nefarious villains.
You can expect the standalone adventure to hit PC, PSN, and XBL on May 18, so you may want to start thinking about how you’re going to control all those genlocks, hurlocks, ogres and shrieks.
Watch the video below.
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 18:24 BST
Sir Ben Kingsley to appear in Fable III
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: Ben Kingsley, Fable III, lionhead studios
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 18:18 BST
WoW Cataclysm: Loads of Alpha screens and info leaked
Screenshots from some of the zones and information on the Cataclysm expansion for World of Warcraft have leaked like a sieve out of the exclusive Alpha testing phase.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, MMO, PC
Tags: Cataclysm, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, wow
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 18:00 BST
Bizarre: Too much focus on realism can be detrimental to “fun”
Gareth Wilson, lead designer for Blur, has said that sometimes focusing too much on ultra-high realism when developing a game can take all the fun out of it.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Development, Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: bizarre, bizarre creations, blur, Gareth Wilson
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 17:15 BST
Bizarre looking at Natal and Move tech
Just like every other developer, Bizarre’s having a look at the motion controller tech from Microsoft and Sony.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Development, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: 3d, bizarre creations, blur, Gareth Wilson, Move, natal
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 17:36 BST
Bizarre “won’t be able” to make a sequel to The Club, says Wilson
Bizarre’s Gareth Wilson has said that the developer won’t be able to make a sequel to The Club due to SEGA owing the rights to the franchise.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Racing, Sega, Xbox 360
Tags: bizarre creations, Gareth Wilson, the club
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 16:41 BST
Blur “may” hit handhelds in the future, say Bizarre
Blur’s set for release at the end of the month on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, but what about handhelds?
Possibly, but not right now.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: bizarre creations, blur, Gareth Wilson
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 16:12 BST
Bizarre can add DLC “on the fly” to Blur
Bizarre Creations’ Gareth Wilson has said that the DLC plans it has for Blur will be implemented “on the fly” thanks to the content server it has in place.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: bizarre creations, blur, dlc, Gareth Wilson
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 16:10 BST
MGS: Peace Walker sells under 500k in first week in Japan
Curious to know how well Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker did in its first week? Spoiler: under half a mill.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Konami, PSP
Tags: Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2, kojima productions, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 15:56 BST
Red Dead Redemption trailer screams Revolution
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360
Tags: Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar San Diego
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 15:52 BST
Interview: Bizarre Creations’ Gareth Wilson on Blur
With the multiplayer Beta for Blur ending next week and the game itself releasing at the end of the month, we put Adam Hartley to task on forcing information out of lead designer Gareth Wilson and getting some cool gameplay details for you.
Bizarre Creations’ Blur has been in development for a little over two years now, and focuses on full damage modeling, loads of special effects, and 50 licensed cars.
The game also includes five different power ups: Barge, Mines, Nitro, Shunt, and Shock, that you collect throughout each course, allowing you to blast other cars out of the way. It includes a single-player campaign as well as competitive and team-based multiplayer races with up to 20 players online, or on a single console via 4 player split-screen.
The game mixes Mario Kart-style power-ups with the racing action of Bizarre’s Project Gotham, which leader designer Gareth Wilson said is good assessment.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Interview, Journalism, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: blur, Gareth Wilson
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 15:35 BST
Final Fantasy IX releases on Japanese PSN on May 20
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, PSN, PSP, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: final fantasy ix, Square Enix
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 13:39 BST
Civilization V gets Steam-exclusive digital deluxe edition
2K’s announced that Civilization V will get a Steam-exclusive special edition when it’s released this fall.
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Posted in: 2K, PC, Strategy
Tags: Firaxis Games, Sid Meier's Civilization V
Dragon’s Dogma reveal coming January 31