Monthly Archives: July 2010
Fri, Jul 23, 2010 | 14:07 BST
2K quietly sending out invites to Spec Ops: The Line beta
2K’s confirmed to Joystiq that it has sent out invites to the multiplayer beta of Spec Ops: The Line.
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Posted in: 2K, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: spec ops: the line
Fri, Jul 23, 2010 | 10:53 BST
Japanese Hardware Charts- PSP goes top again
That regime of change didn’t last long, did it? Following two weeks of DSi LL being at the top, PSP is king of hardware again in Japan.
Fri, Jul 23, 2010 | 10:00 BST
Sucker Punch reverts Cole back to old self for inFamous 2, new clip shows off comic cut-scenes
See that look you see above? The one with Cole apparently having hair and a fair amount of tattoos? Forget that look. Old Cole’s back.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: inFamous 2, sucker punch
Fri, Jul 23, 2010 | 10:18 BST
Halo: Reach blowout at Comic-Con – £250 hardware bundle confirmed, Forge 2.0 and Firefight Versus announced
Fri, Jul 23, 2010 | 00:34 BST
Medal of Honor dev team renamed “Danger Close”
EALA’s Medal of Honor development team has been renamed “Danger Close”, according to a report from Gama.
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Posted in: Development, EA, Shooter
Tags: Danger Close, EA Danger Close, eala, greg goodrich, medal of honor
Tue, Feb 01, 2011 | 06:19 GMT
Microsoft financials: EDD up 30% in Q4, down 11% yoy
Microsoft today announced record fourth-quarter revenue of $16.04 billion for Q4 ending June 30, 2010, which is a 22 percent increase from the same period last year.
That’s for the company as a whole – the division including Xbox 360 reported a revenue increase of 30 percent for Q4, with an 11 percent decrease in revenue for the entire year.
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Posted in: Financials, Hot, Microsoft, Retail, Trade, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, microsoft financials
Tags: microsoft q4 financials 2010, microsoft year-end financials 2010
Thu, Jul 22, 2010 | 22:00 BST
Study: Women spend more on virtual items than men
Looks like it’s not just in real life where women spend more money than men – turns out, women spend more in-game currency than men and also purchase more virtual items.
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Posted in: Casual, Internet, MMO, PC, Politics
Tags: game currency, PlaySpan, study, VGMarket, virtual goods, women gamers
Thu, Jul 22, 2010 | 21:21 BST
Capcom announces August release for Dead Rising 2: Case Zero
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Posted in: Capcom, Horror, Hot, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: blue castle games, dead rising 2, Dead Rising 2: Case Zero
Thu, Jul 22, 2010 | 21:09 BST
James Bond 007: Blood Stone intro has Joss singing
Activision’s released a video for James Bond 007: Blood Stone, featuring the intro to the game and Joss Stone wailing like she’s never wailed before.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, DS, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: joss stone
Thu, Jul 22, 2010 | 20:53 BST
Second set of Sega Genesis classics now available on PC
Sega announced today the second installment of Genesis games for PC are now available via digital distribution.
Thu, Jul 22, 2010 | 19:49 BST
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games hit the US
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PC
Tags: Blood of the Cybermen, City of the Daleks, Doctor Who: The Adventure Games, sumo digital
Thu, Jul 22, 2010 | 19:31 BST
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom dated for November
Namco Bandai has announced Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom will land on Xbox 360 and PS3 starting November 30 in the US.
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Posted in: Namco Bandai, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: game republic, Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom
Thu, Jul 22, 2010 | 20:52 BST
US retailer lists Resistance 3, boxart shows New York background
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Shooter, Sony
Tags: insomniac games, resistance 3
Thu, Jul 22, 2010 | 18:38 BST
Kinectimals gets new video
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Posted in: Casual, Hot, Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: frontier developments, Kinectimals
Thu, Jul 22, 2010 | 18:16 BST
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together hitting PSP
Square has announced it’s to release Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, which is a re-imagining of the original Strategy RPG.
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Posted in: Europe, Hot, PSP, RPG, Square Enix, Strategy
Tags: tactics ogre, tactics ogre: let us cling togther
Thu, Jul 22, 2010 | 17:50 BST
Mass Effect 2 DLC Lair of the Shadow Broker announced
BioWare has announced the next bit of DLC for Mass Effect 2, and it’s called Lair of the Shadow Broker.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, lair ofthe shadow broker, mass effect 2
Thu, Jul 22, 2010 | 20:05 BST
Ubisoft Q1 2010-11 financials: Sales up 94% at €161 million
Ubisoft has released its financial report for the first quarter 2010-11, ending June 30.
Sales for the company’s first quarter came in at €161 million.
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Posted in: Financials, Hot, Retail, Trade, Ubisoft
Tags: ubisoft q1 2011 financials
Thu, Jul 22, 2010 | 16:34 BST
The Sly Collection hitting retail for $39.99
Sony has announced on the US PS Blog a price for The Sly Collection, which is slated for release in the fall.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: 3d, Sanzaru Games, Sly 2: Band of Thieves, Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, sly cooper, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, The Sly Collection
2K Marin staff working on second major project