Monthly Archives: May 2010
Tue, May 04, 2010 | 09:17 BST
How to survive E3: an easy guide
E3 is in six weeks. It’s pant-shitting scary, and that’s only when you’re covering it from home. But what if you’re at the Los Angeles Convention Center itself? God bless ‘ye.
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Posted in: E3 2010
Tags: E3 2K10, Hide under the bed
Tue, May 04, 2010 | 08:52 BST
Mass Effect 2 getting Equalizer Pack DLC today
BioWare’s announced more additions to the Cerberus Network for Mass Effect 2 in the form of new gear.
Tue, May 04, 2010 | 08:24 BST
Cryptic Facebook message hints at E3 reveal for new Assassin’s Creed
Dr. Vidic is an awful, awful man. He also knows how to tease people, what with six weeks or so until E3.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Ubisoft
Tags: Assassin's Creed, assassin's creed II, assassin's creed III, ubisoft montreal
Tue, May 04, 2010 | 08:11 BST
Konami releases 700Mb of MGS: Peace Walker assets
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker may well be the greatest PSP game ever made. Here’s 174 pictures of it. Warning: spoilers.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Konami, PSP
Tags: hideo kojima, kojima productions, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Tue, May 04, 2010 | 08:13 BST
Playtest: Why MGS: Peace Walker deserves that Famitsu 40/40
Konami’s Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is one of the greatest games I have ever played on the PSP, a system I had all but given up on before spending the best part of a day playing Hideo Kojima’s game at a recent preview event organised by the publisher.
That is the main thing you need to know. Secondly, even after four or five hours of playing and slowly getting into the experience, I was still left with the feeling of having only just scratched the surface of a 30-40-hour marathon I will relish. With Peace Walker there are no concerns at all about, “How am I going to find the time to play through this?” I just will.
The only other thing? June 18.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Konami, PSP, PSPgo
Tags: hideo kojima, kojima productions, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Tue, May 04, 2010 | 07:35 BST
Alan Wake gets dev playthrough treatment
Alan Wake’s out next week in Europe. You must go and buy it. These videos will probably convince you to order it if you haven’t yet.
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Posted in: Action, Horror, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: alan wake, Oskari Häkkinen, remedy games
Tue, May 04, 2010 | 07:16 BST
Report – Konami looking at PSN release of MGS: Peace Walker
Looks like Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker may just get more than a PSP release, if Konami gets its way.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Konami, PS3, PSN, Rumour
Tags: kojima productions, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Tue, May 04, 2010 | 04:51 BST
Splinter Cell, Far Cry 2 designer departs from Ubisoft
In an industry that’s been rife with departures as of late, Ubisoft Montreal’s loss of precisely one employee may not seem like that big of a deal.
But believe us when we say the publisher has some very big shoes to fill.
Mon, May 03, 2010 | 22:51 BST
StarCraft II releasing worldwide on July 27
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, Strategy
Tags: blizzard, starcraft II
Mon, May 03, 2010 | 20:38 BST
New Bungie IP to be an action RPG, suggests job listing
It looks like the “next big action game universe” Bungie is currently building with Activision might just be an action RPG.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, Development, Hot, RPG
Tags: bungie
Mon, May 03, 2010 | 18:18 BST
Halo: Reach beta is go, go, go!
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: bungie, Halo: Reach, multiplayer beta
Mon, May 03, 2010 | 17:41 BST
OFLC rates Project Red from EA
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Posted in: EA, Hot
Tags: Project Red, Project Redlime, syndicate
Mon, May 03, 2010 | 11:15 BST
Blur shots come screaming out
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: bizarre creations, blur
Mon, May 03, 2010 | 09:29 BST
GT5 is still 90% finished, says Yamauchi
No better, no worse. Polyphony boss Kazunori Yamauchi has said that Gran Turismo 5 is still 90 percent finished.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Racing, Sony
Tags: gran turismo 5, Kazunori Yamauchi, Polyphony Diigtal
Mon, May 03, 2010 | 08:56 BST
Interview – Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands’ Thomas Simon
Ubisoft delighted many by announcing a return to the Sands of Time storyline with its imminent Prince of Persia release The Forgotten Sands, moving back from the IP’s 2008 reboot to a time-line concluded in 2005 with The Two Thrones.
Prince of Persia’s “never die” buddy system in 2008 was roundly criticised for making the game too easy, but despite moving back to a harder core, Forgotten Sands has stepped outside of the property’s norm again with mass combat and a movie tie-in, sitting alongside the May release of Disney’s film adaptation, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
So, with Ubisoft playing real “sands of time” games with the franchise, is all well with the Prince? We chatted to lead game designer Thomas Simon to find out.
Interview by Nathan Grayson.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PC, PS3, Platform holders, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, thomas simon
Mon, May 03, 2010 | 08:48 BST
Alpha Protocol DRM software explained
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Posted in: Action, PC, RPG, Sega
Tags: alpha protocol, Obsidian Entertainment
Mon, May 03, 2010 | 07:55 BST
Red Steel 2 devs working on new project
Red Steel 2 creative director Jason Vandenberghe has revealed the team behind the game are already working on a new project at Ubisoft.
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Posted in: Development, Ubisoft
Tags: Jason Vandenberghe
Dragon’s Dogma reveal coming January 31