Monthly Archives: July 2010
Wed, Jul 14, 2010 | 21:44 BST
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future release moved up
Nintendo’s sent word it’s moved the US release date of Level-5′s Professor Layton and the Unwound Future up by a week.
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Posted in: Adventure, DS, Nintendo, Puzzler
Tags: level-5, professor layton, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
Wed, Jul 14, 2010 | 15:07 BST
Euro PSN Update, July 14 – DeathSpank, Armored Core, Blur demo
Sony has updated the European end of PSN with quite a few special offers and a couple price reductions, along with the addition of DeathSpank, Armored Core, a new level pack for Trine, and much more.
Hit the drop for the gaming highlights.
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Posted in: Europe, Home, PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: psn update
Wed, Jul 14, 2010 | 15:41 BST
PC Zone to close down
PC Zone editor Steve Hogarty has confirmed that the magazine is to close following its next issue.
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Posted in: Journalism, PC
Tags: future, future publishing, pc zone
Wed, Jul 14, 2010 | 13:17 BST
Don’t panic on Dragon Age II changes, says BioWare
Dragon Age II head writer David Gaider has said fans of the series shouldn’t go into panic mode over the changes being added to the sequel from the original.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, David Gaider, Dragon Age II
Wed, Jul 14, 2010 | 12:17 BST
Schafer: Bobby Kotick is a “total prick”
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Stuff
Tags: Bobby Kotick, doublefine, Tim Schafer
Wed, Jul 14, 2010 | 12:05 BST
Top Japanese devs go crazy for 3DS – quotes of death
Some of the biggest name names in Japanese games development have gone on the record about how 3DS is a “perfect example,” according to Capcom’s Keiji Inafune, of the “three things videogames need to be successful.”
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Posted in: 3DS, Development, Hot, Japan, Nintendo
Tags: Atsushi Inaba, Goichi Suda, Hideki Kamiya, hideo kojima, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Keiji Inafune, Shu Takami, Toshihiro Nagoshi, Yoshinori Ono
Wed, Jul 14, 2010 | 11:53 BST
New Super Mario Bros. Wii top-selling Japanese game this year
New Super Mario Bros. Wii has nudged out Dragon Quest VI and Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 to become the biggest-selling Japanese game in the first half of 2010, according to Famitsu.
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Posted in: Charts, Japan
Tags: famitsu, new super mario bros. wii
Wed, Jul 14, 2010 | 11:45 BST
Nintendo Europe goes release date mental
Nintendo Europe’s put out a heavy list of release dates for both DS and Wii running to the end of the third quarter.
Wed, Jul 14, 2010 | 10:45 BST
Dr Greg: AAA “opportunites are getting narrower and narrower”
Speaking at Develop this morning, BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk warned that the triple A space is becoming increasingly tough to enter.
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Posted in: Develop 2010, Development, EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, Dragon Age 2, Greg Zeschuk, Ray Muzyka
Wed, Jul 14, 2010 | 10:09 BST
SCEE first to announce EG Expo 2010 line-up – KZ3, inFamous 2. GT5 3D
Eurogamer’s just posted the first line-up of games coming to EG Expo in October, this lot coming from SCEE.
Killzone 3, inFamous 2 and a playable build of Gran Turismo 5 in 3D will be there.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Eurogamer Expo 2010, Fighter, Hot, PS3, Shooter, Sony
Tags: EG Expo 2010, evolution studios, gran turismo 5, Guerrila Games, Heavy Rain: Move Edition, inFamous 2, Killzone 3, littlebigplanet 2, media molecule, scee, socom 4, The Fight, The Shoot
Wed, Jul 14, 2010 | 09:30 BST
Leaked shots show new, Kinect-compatable 360 dashboard
Logic-Sunrise has posted what appear to be leaked shots of a new Xbox 360 dashboard built around Kinect.
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Posted in: Hot, Kinect, Microsoft, Rumour, Xbox 360
Tags: New 360 dashboard, new xbox experience, nxe
Wed, Jul 14, 2010 | 08:59 BST
The Last Story might be Sakaguchi’s last game
Mistwalker boss Hironobu Sakaguchi has said that upcoming Wii RPG The Last Story could be his final game.
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Posted in: Hot, Nintendo, RPG, Wii
Tags: Hironobu Sakaguchi, mistwalker, the last story
Wed, Jul 14, 2010 | 08:34 BST
Official: Gears of War best played shirtless
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Posted in: Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: "I'm on a horse", Cliff Bleszinski, Epic Games, gears of war, Old Spice
Wed, Jul 14, 2010 | 09:22 BST
Molyneux at TED: Milo has “dark adventures,” but there are no plans for release
If the BBC is to be believed, Peter Molyneux said in his Milo TED talk yesterday that Microsoft has no current plans to release Kinect child-sim Milo & Kate.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: lionhead, milo, milo & kate, peter molyneux
Wed, Jul 14, 2010 | 06:21 BST
Fishlabs CEO: iPad and other “mobile devices” will surpass Xbox 360 graphics in a year
Remember when you first booted up Tekken on your PlayStation One, and your eyes welled up with tears as you declared that graphics would never get any better than that? Remember when your PS2 – and even your itsy-bitsy PSP – none-too-gently booted your PS1 into the retirement home?
Well, according to mobile game dev Fishlabs CEO Michael Schade, the Xbox 360′s about to receive some similarly stiff competition – from the iPad, of all things.
Tue, Jul 13, 2010 | 23:39 BST
Destination Arcade moved to next week, app for summer only
Microsoft has announced via The Major’s blog Destination Arcade’s release has been moved to next Wednesday, instead of tomorrow, in order to coincide with the Summer of Arcade’s launch.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Destination Arcade, Summer of Arcade
Tue, Jul 13, 2010 | 23:28 BST
US PSN Update, July 13 – DeathSpank, lots for NCAA Football 11
Sony has updated the US end of PSN, and this week PS+ members get a free LBP sackboy Avatar along with Gravity Crash at a discount, and then there’s DeathSpank for the rest of us.
Get the gaming goodies below.
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Posted in: America, Home, PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: psn update
Tue, Jul 13, 2010 | 23:14 BST
Spider-Man revealed for LBP Marvel Costume Pack 2
Marvel has announced on its official site that Marvel Costume Pack 2 will hit PSN on July 20.
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Posted in: PS3, Platformer, Sony
Tags: LBP, lbp2, littlebigplanet, marvel lbp
Tue, Jul 13, 2010 | 22:55 BST
Zeschuk: 3D has gimmicky perception, 3DS “feels more natural”
BioWare’s Greg Zeschuk has said 3D may be expensive, but when games are created using the tech, it makes them “absolutely better”.
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Posted in: 3DS, Development, EA, Hot, hardware
Tags: 3d, bioware, Greg Zeschuk
2K Marin staff working on second major project