Monthly Archives: June 2010

Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 16:12 BST

Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 demo coming June 7

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Warner and Traveller’s Tales announced today that a demo for LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 is scheduled to land on June 7.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 15:52 BST

Shocker: First round of BlizzCon tickets sold out

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The first round of BlizzCon tickets went up for sale last night, and sold out within 30-minutes.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 16:03 BST

Killzone 3 teaser trailer shows Sev in Helghast mask

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Sony’s just released the debut teaser of Killzone 3 on the game’s official site.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 15:46 BST

GAME taking Natal pre-orders from June 13

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GAME has said it will start taking pre-orders for Project Natal from next Sunday, June 13.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 15:37 BST

Industry must “choose” between E3 and gamescom, says Namco Bandai boss

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E3 or gamescom? Los Angeles or Cologne? Cob salad or German sausages? Those are some of the choices we may have to make soon, according to Namco Bandai Partners VP Oliver Comte.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 13:56 BST

New Red Faction to be shown on GTTV tomorrow

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The worldwide reveal of the next Red Faction is coming tomorrow night on the latest episode of GameTrailers TV.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 13:15 BST

Project Ten Dollar about “improving consumer experience”, says EA

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EA’s UK GM Keith Ramsdale has said that the introduction of Project Ten Dollar from the company was all about “improving consumer experience”.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 11:38 BST

Games Convention Online goes trade-only

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Leipziger Messe has announced that Games Convention Online will now be a trade-only event, with no public allowed at it.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 11:15 BST

Sega formally announces Shogun 2: Total War for 2011

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Sega’s formally announced Shogun 2: Total War after earlier leaks and a a more official hands-on report of the game going live last night.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 10:47 BST

Martinet to go buckwild at UK Mario Galaxy 2 launch

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Voice machine Charles Martinet is to be signing boxes and going generally mental at the UK Mario Galaxy 2 in London, Nintendo said today.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 09:53 BST

Rumour – Bethesda arming Elder Scrolls V announcement for E3

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Bethesda’s arming a massive nuke for E3 in a week-and-a-half time: an Elder Scrolls V announcement, if what most of the internet is guessing rightly.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 09:25 BST

Media Molecule hiring for LBP2

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Talented in game design? Want to help finish off one of this holiday’s top AAA titles? Go for this, then: Media Molecule are looking for people to help it finish off LittleBigPlanet 2.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 09:08 BST

“Infinity Ward is dead”, says Braben

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Frontier boss David Braben has said that Infinity Ward, as we used to know it as, is “dead”.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 09:02 BST

Bad Company 2 PS3 patch going live now-ish

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A big patch for the PS3 version of Bad Company 2 should be going live right about now. Get details below.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 08:20 BST

Miyamoto: MS and Sony motion devices are “threatening”

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Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto’s told Edge that Microsoft and Sony’s rush to motion with Natal and Move is “threatening” behaviour.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 07:59 BST

GI drops Gears 3 image avalanche

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Game Informer’s gone live with a huge array of Gears of War 3 art and screens, detailing enemies, weapons and more.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 06:02 BST

EA: Bad Company 2 won’t beat Modern Warfare 2… yet

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By normal game sales standards, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 isn’t doing too badly for itself. Five million units? That’s nothing to sneeze at.

Unless, of course, you’re Modern Warfare 2.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 00:05 BST

Alan Wake DLC Pack 3 hitting later this year

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Remedy’s Matias Myllyrinne has said that along with “The Signal” and “The Writer”, a third DLC pack for Alan Wake is expected to be released this year.

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Wed, Jun 02, 2010 | 23:33 BST

Rumor – Sonic Free Riders coming, has Natal support

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Looks like SEGA has a new Sonic Racer game in the works for Natal, and it’s to be launched via XBL and announced at E3.

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Wed, Jun 02, 2010 | 23:07 BST

Plants vs Zombies on 360 rated by Germany’s USK

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The German ratings board has rated Plants vs  Zombies for Xbox 360.

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