Monthly Archives: June 2010
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 18:37 BST
Activision explains Wii exclusivity for GoldenEye
Brian Pass, senior producer at Activision, has said that GoldenEye 007′s exclusivity to Wii was due to a gap in Wii’s line-up and because the firm wanted to partner with Nintendo.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, DS, Shooter, Wii
Tags: Eurocom, GoldenEye 007
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 18:16 BST
Co-op in Halo: Reach has scalable difficulty
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Brian Jarrard, bungie, firefight, halo, Halo: Reach, reach, space combat
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 17:48 BST
Darksiders merchandise to debut at Comic Con San Diego
THQ plans to promote Darksiders through a “variety of lifestyle and consumer product categories”, meaning books and statues.
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Posted in: Comic Con 2010
Tags: collectibles, darksiders, Joe Madureira, SOTA Toys, Udon, vigil games
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 17:17 BST
TIGA: Treasury to blame for lack of tax relief
TIGA’s Dr Richard Wilson has said the UK Treasury is to blame for the lack of UK video game tax relief, not a nefarious publisher.
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Posted in: Hot, Politics, UK
Tags: Chancellor Alistair Darling, Chancellor George Osborne, Dr Richard Wilson, games industry
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 16:18 BST
Move branded retail boxes appear
Sony has released images of the packaging which it hopes will make consumers understanding of Move simple.
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Posted in: PS3, PlayStation Move, Sony
Tags: PlayStation Move, ps eye
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 16:09 BST
White Knight Chronicles 2 gets first Japanese TV ad
Sony has released the first TV ad for White Knight Chronicles 2 in Japan, showing briefly what PS3 owners can expect from the game.
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 15:57 BST
Hayes: 3D is “very exciting” but could make you nauseous
SEGA’s Mike Hayes has said in a recent interview that he’s very excited about 3D technology, although he points out that it has its bad points too.
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 15:45 BST
Nickelback hit Rock Band next week
Canadian rockers Nickelback make their Rock Band debut next week with six song from their back catalog.
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Posted in: EA, Music, PS3, Rhythm action, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: harmonix, mtv games, Nickelback, rock band, rock band 2, shit music
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 18:40 BST
Five new APB vids show areas, concept, death
Not long now. Realtime Worlds has released four new videos of online shooter APB, showing how the game works, a couple of its play areas and some cars exploding.
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 16:40 BST
Exclusive Kane & Lynch 2 demo coming to Xbox 360 [UPDATE]
Update: Square has just told us that there will be news on a PS3 and PC demo at for K&L2 a later date.
Original: Square Enix Europe has announced Xbox 360′s getting an exclusive demo for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days.
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Posted in: Action, Eidos, Hot, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: io interactive, kane & lynch, kane & lynch 2, kane & lynch 2: dog days
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 15:21 BST
Japanese hardware charts – PSP tops again
Another week, and another win for PSP on the Japanese Hardware charts despite strong competition from Wii.
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Posted in: Charts, DS, DSi, DSiLL/XL, Japan, NGP, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: japanese charts, japanese hardware sales, japanese hardware sales charts
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 15:08 BST
Inafune: Gaming’s largely a western market
Capcom’s Kenji Inafune has said that gaming’s becoming largely a western market, which is why Capcom is “fighting the good fight,” in order to get its games to work.
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Posted in: Capcom, E3 2010, Japan, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: industry, Japanese game industry, Kenji Inafune
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 14:41 BST
Microsoft: iPlayer is not a priority for Xbox 360
Microsoft’s senior regional director for Northern Europe, Neil Thompson, has said bringing BBC iPlayer to Xbox 360 is not a top priority.
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Posted in: E3 2010, Microsoft, UK, Xbox 360
Tags: bbc, BBC iPlayer, iplayer, Neil Thompson
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 13:51 BST
Molyneux: Wii and Move are essentially the same
Peter Molyneux has said that he feels Sony’s Move and Nintendo’s Wii are essentially the same product.
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Posted in: E3 2010, Kinect, PS3, PlayStation Move, Xbox 360
Tags: kinect, Move, peter molyneux
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 13:48 BST
Sainsbury’s cuts DS to £99
Sainsbury’s has cut the price of Nintendo’s DS to just £99, no doubt in response to the reveal of the Japanese company’s 3DS at E3 last week.
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Posted in: 3DS, DS, DSi
Tags: price cuts
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 12:09 BST
Civilization V to allow imports of Civilization IV maps
Civilization V is to come with mod and editing tools, as well as having the ability to import maps from Civilization IV.
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Posted in: E3 2010, PC, Simulation, Take-Two
Tags: Civilization IV, Civilization V, firaxis, Jon Shafer
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 12:03 BST
Civilization V to ship with basic multiplayer, more on way
Civilization V producer Dennis Shirk has said the game will have “basic” multiplayer modes “out of the gate,” although he promised three more will follow.
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Posted in: E3 2010, PC, Simulation, Take-Two
Tags: Civilization V, firaxis
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 11:37 BST
Alien Breed gets co-op trailer
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Posted in: PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Alien Breed Impact, Alien Breen: Evolution, team 17
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 11:33 BST
Privates trailer swims into view
Zombie Cow has released a new trailer for upcoming title Privates, which is being developed in conjunction with Channel 4.
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 10:28 BST
Microsoft Kinect-ing with public – playable in stores
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Posted in: Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Microsoft Stores
Dragon’s Dogma reveal coming January 31