Monthly Archives: June 2010
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 21:29 BST
E3 2010 – EA press conference liveblog!
EA’s set to go live with it’s E3 press conference at 2.00pm PST/5.00pm EST and at 10pm in the UK.
Pat and Nathan will be there liveblogging the event as it happens.
It’s bound to be a biggie, what with titles like Bulletstorm, Crysis 2, Dead Space 2, MMA, FIFA 11, Madden NFL 11, Medal of Honor and Star Wars: The Old Republic being just a few of the games coming from the publisher.
Surely Peter Moore and John Riccitiello will have something awesome for us – something that may well knock our socks right off for all we know.
Don’t miss out. Come back and watch as it all happens.
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Posted in: E3 2010, EA, Hot
Tags: EA E3 Press Event, EA Liveblog
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 20:23 BST
360 Slimline announced, in stores this week
Update: 360 Slim will be available in Europe on July 16.
Original: Mattrick’s just revealed the much speculated Xbox 360 Slim for the first time.
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 20:02 BST
Kinect to launch on November 4 in North America, 15 launch titles
Microsoft’s just announced it will release Kinect on November 4 in North America, alongside 15 launch titles for the motion camera, including a Sonic title and an exclusive Star Wars game.
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 21:13 BST
Ubisoft detail Your Shape Fitness Evolved at MS presser
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Posted in: E3 2010, Fitness, Hot, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Fitness Evolved, Your Shape Fitness Evolved
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 19:36 BST
Kinect Joyride announced
Microsoft has announced Kinect Joyride for Xbox 360.
The new title is a motion controlled kart racer which you control by steering with your hands. Joyride has five gameplay modes including a stunt mode.
Microsoft say that Kinect is going to completely redefine the car racing genre.
More soon.
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Posted in: Hot
Tags: Kinect Joyride
Tue, Jun 15, 2010 | 04:49 BST
Halo Reach to have playable space combat
A trailer for Halo Reach has shown that the game has playable space combat, a ship was shown flying into space and then all out warfare hell broke out, in space.
This looks hot.
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Posted in: Hot
Tags: Halo: Reach
Tue, Jun 15, 2010 | 04:47 BST
Firefight confirmed for Halo: Reach
Bungie’s just announced at the MS E3 press conference that Firefight, the multiplayer mode that debuted in Halo 3: ODST last year, will be included in Reach.
Fucking awesome!
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 19:11 BST
Crytek joins MS Partners to develop 360-exclusive
M-M-M-MEGATON!
Phil Spencer’s just announced that Crysis developer Crytek has joined MS Partners to develop a 360-exclusive called Kingdoms.
Tue, Jun 15, 2010 | 00:05 BST
Fable 3 dated for October 26 – E3 trailer released
Peter Molyneux has just revealed at Microsoft’s E3 press conference that Fable 3 will be released exclusively to Xbox 360 on October 26th.
A new trailer was also shown during the show, and it was rather awesome.
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 19:31 BST
Metal Gear Solid: Rising shown for first time at MS E3 presser
Kojima’s just walked on stage at the Microsoft press briefing to formally introduce Metal Gear Solid: Rising for the first time.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Konami, Xbox 360
Tags: hideo kojima, kojima productions, metal gear solid rising
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 19:15 BST
All CoD: Black Ops DLC to come to Xbox Live first
Don Mattrick’s just announced that Activision and Microsoft has entered into a deal which sees all DLC from Call of Duty: Black Ops coming to Xbox Live first before anyone else in a three-year deal.
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 17:54 BST
Sony to announce something “exciting” for SingStar at E3
Sony has posted this week’s SingStar update, which includes U2, Cameo, No Doubt and others.
However, at the bottom of the update, there’s a message saying: “Keep your eyes peeled for some very exciting announcements from SingStar at this week’s E3″.
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Posted in: Music, PS3, Rhythm action
Tags: Singstar, Singstar Dance
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 17:31 BST
Dead Space 2: Isaac vs The Puker video
If you decided to sign up for an exclusive clip of Dead Space 2 from Visceral, you should have the gory thing in your email now.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: dead sapce 2, visceral games
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 17:14 BST
Gameloft announces Dungeon Hunter Alliance for PS3
Gameloft has announced Dungeon Hunter Alliance, a brand new online RPG for PS3.
More »
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Posted in: Hot, PS3
Tags: Dungeon Hunter Alliance, Gameloft
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 17:10 BST
Bobby Kotick says he is aware of what gamers think of him
Activision’s Bobby Kotick has said that he is fully aware of the things folks say about him online, and do to photos of him.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot
Tags: Bobby Kotick
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 16:48 BST
Greenberg: Hardcore gamers are still MS’s focus
Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg has said that hardcore gamers will not be forgotten now that Kinect is here.
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 16:57 BST
EA heats up Mass Effect 2 with new demo and DLC
As promised, EA has launched the demo for Mass Effect 2 on Xbox Live and PC, allowing new players to sample the delights of one of the most popular games released this year.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Hot, Platform holders, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, dlc, mass effect 2, mass effect 2 demo, overlord
2K Marin staff working on second major project