Monthly Archives: June 2010

Evolution Studios has finally unveiled the third outing in its massively popular MotorStorm series, exclusively for PlayStation 3. MotorStorm Apocalypse is, in the words of game director Matt Southern, “just fucking lunacy.”

We’ve played through the first demo level that the developer was showing off at a recent pre-E3 event in London, and you can read our first impressions on that here.

In the meantime, we also sat down for a good chat about what is new in MotorStorm Apocalypse with Evo’s Matt Southern, who told us a lot more about his thoughts on 3D gaming on PS3 (“it’s going to blow games wide open”), why multiplayer gaming is becoming more important than single-player gaming and how the team drew inspiration from various recent classics such as Starfox and Modern Warfare 1.

And from gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson.

Oh. And before anybody asks. There are no jet-skis in the game. Or rockets.

[Interview by Adam Hartley]

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It’s rumour no more. Motorstorm Apocalypse is out in the open. It’s coming next year and sounds properly awesome. We were in London to check out the game.

We also chatted to game director Matt Southern about the game. Get our interview here.

[Word by Adam Hartley]

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SEGA’s announced that Dreamcast games Sonic Adventure and Crazy Taxi will hit XBL and PSN later this year.

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Bethesda has announced that four digital pre-order packs for Fallout: New Vegas are now up for grabs in North America through participating retailers.

Retailers for outside the US are to be announced at a later date.

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Last month, we put you to work by having you ask Ruffian some questions regarding Crackdown 2.

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Hideo Kojima always brings the big guns to E3 – and we don’t just actually mean the muscle guns. We mean megatons. This year doesn’t seem to be any different.

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Update: We’ve just been told the Service Pack name is actually just an internal codename, and that PSN+ will be the name of the service at launch.

Original: A VG247 source has claimed that the premium service to be announced for PlayStation Network at Sony’s E3 press conference on Tuesday is named “Service Pack”.

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So Ubisoft has posted an E3 teaser video, and we have no idea what the hell the firm is on about in it.

Well, actually we do. It’s an interactive video.

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EA’s just announced its E3 line-up. And it’s massive.

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Warner’s just formally announced Mortal Kombat for a 2011 release on PS3 and Xbox 360.

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Activision’s DJ Hero 2 is set to be released later this year, with many gamers and industry pundits alike still on the fence about the potential mass market appeal of the mix-and-mash-em-up dance music game.

While DJ Hero was well received critically when it released late in 2009, with plenty of positive reviews in both the specialist and the lifestyle/dance press, the sales were somewhat lackluster. Despite that, Activision clearly thinks that it can garner a good return on its investment, as developer Freestyle Games has recently announced (and has been showing off) DJ Hero 2, which amongst other new features and additions, will let dance aficionados muck around with two plastic turntables and microphone.

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Who are you gonna call!? Wait, wrong movie…

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The next Tony Hawk title, subtitled Shred, will included snowboarding, according to a rumour from Joystiq.

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Haven’t bought Batman: Arkham Asylum yet? Still on the fence on the Rocksteady action epic? The GOTY version is now half-price on Steam.

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So. E3? Sound’s like it’s going to be alright. Especially with the inclusion of a “top-secret new project” from a “legendary” game developer.

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Ever had a friend who’s so constantly peppy and cheery that the second they start acting like a normal human being, you absolutely know something’s wrong?

Does that friend need a nickname? How about “Nintendo”? Yeah, the king of console hill is still definitely holding down the fort, but these days, Miyamoto and co’s waggle/touch-centric empire is starting to look a little – dare we say it – mortal.

Don’t believe us? Then just ask Namco Bandai VP of sales, marketing and publishing Olivier Comte.

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Two new gameplay trailers of White Knight Chronicles 2 have been released online. Fancy taking a peek? Hit the break.

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Worried that your online experience of killing necromorphs in Dead Space 2 will be shit? Worry no more: EA CEO John Riccitello has said the horror’s online experience will be “innovative”.

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2K’s confirmed that XCOM will release next year.

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Beginning tomorrow, there will be an “i” in “team.”

Well, if you’re playing Team Fortress 2 on an iMac, anyway.

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