Monthly Archives: May 2010
Wed, May 05, 2010 | 23:30 BST
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood confirmed by Ubisoft
Ubisoft’s confirmed the next Assassin’s Creed title is indeed called Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PC, PS3, Sony, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, ubisoft montreal
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 06:48 BST
THQ: Core games achieved average Metacritic scores of 82
THQ’s revealed that during fiscal 2010, it’s core games achieved average Metacritic score of 82.
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Posted in: Financials, Hot, Retail, THQ, Trade
Tags: thq 2010 year end financials, thq financials, thq full year financials 2010
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 00:38 BST
THQ: Red Faction, Homefront still on target for FY11
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Posted in: Financials, Hot, Retail, THQ, Trade
Tags: thq financials, thq full year financials 2010
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 06:49 BST
THQ: Darksiders 2, Saint’s Row 3, and WH:SM still on track for 2012
THQ has revealed in its 2010 year end financial call to investors, that Darksiders 2, WH: 40K Space Marine and Saint’s Row 3 are still on track for FY2012.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Retail, THQ, Trade
Tags: darksiders 2, saints row 3, thq 2010year end financials, thq full year financials 2010, warhammer: sapce marine
Thu, May 06, 2010 | 06:49 BST
THQ fiscal 2010 year-end revenues up 8% YoY
THQ has reported a “successful turnaround” for its fiscal year, thanks to strong sales from UFC 2009: Undisputed and WWE SmackDown Vs. Raw 2010, both shipping 4 million units each.
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Posted in: Financials, Hot, Retail, THQ, Trade
Tags: thq financials, thq full year financials 2010
Wed, May 05, 2010 | 21:36 BST
Study – 86 percent of developers are “somewhat satisfied” with their job
Game Developer Research has found that developers surveyed for its 2010 Salary Report were generally pleased with their current career.
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Posted in: Jobs, Stuff
Tags: Game Developer Research, Game Developer Salary Survey 2005-2010
Wed, May 05, 2010 | 21:05 BST
Cryptic to announce its next game this summer, says Roper
Bill Roper, Cyrptic’s CCO, has said that one of the games the studio’s been hard at work on will be revealed this summer.
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Posted in: Atari, Hot, MMO, PC, Rumour
Tags: bill roper, cryptic, neverwinter nights, NWN
Wed, May 05, 2010 | 19:17 BST
Report – Uncharted film producers looking at directors
According to a report over on the LA Times, Sony’s still planning on adapting Uncharted into a film, and is currently searching for a director.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, Movies, Rumour, Sony
Tags: naughty dog, uncharted film, uncharted movie
Wed, May 05, 2010 | 18:22 BST
Medal of Honor video gets personal
EA has released a new Medal of Honor video and you can get it below the break.
It’s a bit “emotional” or at least tries to tug at your heart strings.
Regardless if it does or not, the video gets us a bit pumped for it, and makes us wonder if EA will indeed “take back” the shooter category.
MOH’s out on October 12 and 15 in the US and Europe, respectively.
Wed, May 05, 2010 | 18:09 BST
H.A.W.X. 2 announced for fall
Ubisoft has announced that Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2 is in development and will hit stores in the fall.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, PS3, Ubisoft, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: H.A.W.X. 2, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2, Ubisoft Bucharest
Wed, May 05, 2010 | 17:45 BST
Darkspawn Chronicles DLC detailed for DAO
BioWare has revealed the contents of the Darkspawn Chronicles DLC mentioned by Microsoft yesterday.
Turns out, you play as the Darkspawn in it.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, Darkspawn Chronicles, dragon age, Dragon Age: Origins
Wed, May 05, 2010 | 17:35 BST
Euro PSN update, May 5 – UFC 2010 and Split/Second demos
Sony has updated the European end of PSN, and two rather nice demos are available – note the headline and you got it.
Other highlights include the Flower soundtrack, some sales, and quite a few premium themes.
Get more below, and as usual, be sure to check for availability before getting too excited over something.
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Posted in: Home, PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: psn update
Wed, May 05, 2010 | 17:02 BST
ShopTo outs Assassin’s Creed II: Game of the Year edition
Haven’t bought Assassin’s Creed II yet? Haven’t bought the DLC yet? Ubisoft’s got you covered it, apparently.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: assassin's creed II, Assassin's Creed II: Game of the Year Edition, ubisoft montreal
Wed, May 05, 2010 | 16:48 BST
Alabama man wins 2K’s $1M MLB 2K10 contest
Wade McGilberry of Semmes, Alabama has won a cool $1M from 2K for being the first person to throw a perfect game in MLB 2K10.
Wed, May 05, 2010 | 16:23 BST
Ex-Infinity Ward HR manager joins Respawn
Add another one to the tally of ex-Infinity Ward staff heading to Respawn Entertainment: a former human resources rep from the Modern Warfare developer has joined the upstart.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, EA
Tags: infinity ward, Kristin Cotterell, Respawn Entertainment
Wed, May 05, 2010 | 16:03 BST
F.E.A.R. 3 box art is slightly creepy
Warner Bros. has decided to share the box art for F.E.A.R. 3, and it is a bit creepy. Sort of.
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Posted in: PC, PS3, Shooter, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: Day 1 Studios, f.e.a.r. 3, John Carpenter
Wed, May 05, 2010 | 15:20 BST
Battle.net gets Facebook support
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, PC, Strategy
Tags: battle.net, facebook, starcraft II
Wed, May 05, 2010 | 14:53 BST
ONM promising world exclusive reveal for June 16
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Posted in: Journalism, Nintendo
Tags: Official Nintendo Magazine, onm
Wed, May 05, 2010 | 14:48 BST
Steam users get another free weekend of MW2
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter
Tags: infinity ward, modern warfare 2, steam
Dragon’s Dogma reveal coming January 31