Monthly Archives: June 2010

Fri, Jun 04, 2010 | 09:45 BST

Trent Reznor “unlikely” to score music for DOOM 4

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Hoping for some Nine Inch Nails-esque music when playing DOOM 4 when it releases this side of the moon? Don’t bet on it, champ.

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Fri, Jun 04, 2010 | 09:11 BST

Japanese hardware charts – PSP keeps on rolling

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Japan’s happy and content with buying its hardware. It seems to be anyways: PSP won again.

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Fri, Jun 04, 2010 | 11:01 BST

Ninety Nine Nights 2 gets official NA release date

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Does the idea of beating up earth’s entire population five times over in the span of five minutes have your money practically leaping out of your wallet and into a nearby cash register? Would you like nothing more than to do so while wearing a impractically tiny chainmail bikini?

Well then, you kind of scare us. But don’t worry, because Feelplus and Q Entertainment have your back.

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Fri, Jun 04, 2010 | 08:05 BST

Army of one – co-op a no-go for Black Ops’ single-player campaign

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As part of an ill-defined conglomerate that addresses itself as “us” all the time, it’s difficult for us to understand the concept of single-player. Apparently, though, human beings – unlike fire-breathing communal news beasts – are able to spend time by themselves, and sometimes enjoy doing so.

Treyarch understands this strange tendency of one-brained beings, and has crafted Call of Duty: Black Ops’ single-player campaign accordingly.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 23:01 BST

Doctor Who: The Adventure Games live in the UK

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The first episode of Doctor Who: The Adventure Games has gone live and is available for download in the UK.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 22:55 BST

Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood a massive RDR, ICO fan

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Yes, that Jonny Greenwood. As in arguably the best guitar player of our generation. That Jonny Greenwood.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 22:34 BST

Company of Heroes Online gets announcement video

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Company of Heroes Online is hitting the US in September, and to celebrate, THQ has released an announcement video.

You can get it below the break courtesy of Big Download.

Players will be able to play online for free, or spend real money to get ahead faster. You can also play single-player for free.

Hit the jump for a watch.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 22:06 BST

Rumor: Dead Space Extraction PSN and XBL port confirmed

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Another rumor regarding Dead Space Extraction hitting XBLA and PSN came out today, and has EA actively working on the port.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 21:46 BST

Outlaws to the End DLC for RDR dated

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Rockstar has announced an exact date for it’s Outlaws to the End Co-Op Mission Pack for Red Dead Redemption.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 21:36 BST

Rumor: Harmonix working on a Natal dance title

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Ready for some more pre-E3 rumors? Well, you better be because they will be rampant until the event ends.

The latest one has Harmonix working on a Natal dance game.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 21:22 BST

Red Dead Redemption short film to air this weekend in UK [UPDATE]

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Update: IGN says it will have the exclusive extended cut of the short film, and will debut it online at 9.00 am PST on Monday, June 7.

Original: Rockstar’s confirmed the Red Dead Redemption short-film that aired last weekend in the US will be shown again this weekend in the UK.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 21:09 BST

Def Jam Rapstar gets official date and more tracks

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Konami has announced the official release dates for Def Jam Rapstar along with some tracks that will be included in the game.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 20:40 BST

Steam survey shows most PCs support DirectX 10

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A study by Steam has concluded that the majority of PC rigs support a DirectX 10 video card.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 19:56 BST

APB shots look nice, minimum PC specs revealed

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New shots of APB hit the net earlier today, and so did the minimum PC specs.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 19:31 BST

Rumor: Survey points to GoldenEye remake by Activision

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There’s a survey supposedly floating around from Activision, asking folks about a GoldenEye remake.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 19:04 BST

Rumor: Thief 4 to be announced for PS3

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Update: Apparently, according to Edios, there’s to be no Thief 4 reveal at E3, as it will be concentrating solely on Deus Ex: Human Revolution for the event – per Connected Consoles.

Nothing was said about an announcement before or after that though – not saying there will be either – just throwing that bit out there is all.

Thanks, Splatterhouse.

Original: A new entry into the Thief series got a bit of legs today, thanks to a tweet from Sony pointing to the placeholder site for Thief 4.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 18:32 BST

Michael Jordan is NBA 2K11′s cover athlete

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2K Sports has announced that Michael Jordan will grace the cover of NBA 2K11 when it is released on October 5 in the US and October 8 in the UK.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 17:46 BST

Third annual PlayStation Blog E3 Meetup announced

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Sony has announced that it’s having another PlayStation Blog E3 Meetup.

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Sat, Jun 26, 2010 | 20:37 BST

Ubisoft teases “secret project” over Twitter [Update]

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Update: Ubisoft’s just assured us that this is a “non-game-related project”. The publisher’s saying nothing else about it right now.

Original: Ubisoft has released some teaser artwork for a “secret project” it has in the works, and before you ask, it has “nothing to do with Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood”.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 16:34 BST

Red Dead Redemption Title Update hitting next week

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Rockstar has announced on its official blog that it will release a Title Update to Red Dead Redemption next week.

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