Monthly Archives: July 2010
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 | 17:57 BST
Fable III – Interacting with locals gameplay video
Lionhead has released a E3 gameplay video for Fable III, showing the player taking turns torturing or helping the townsfolk.
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 | 17:25 BST
Enslaved gets October 8 European release
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, Namco Bandai, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: enalsved, Enslaved: Journey to the West, ninja theory
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 | 17:23 BST
Kojima: Japanese games industry is in a “losing” battle
Hideo Kojima has said that thanks to the recent boom of the western games industry, Japan’s is currently in a “losing” battle.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Japan, Konami
Tags: hideo kojima, kojima productions
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 | 16:53 BST
FFXIV closed beta goes live tomorrow
Square Enix has announced the closed beta for Final Fantasy XIV for PC will begin on Saturday, July 10. Yes, kids, that’s tomorrow.
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Posted in: Hot, MMO, PC, PS3, Square Enix
Tags: final fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy XIV Online
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 | 16:37 BST
Mafia II system requirements announced
2K announced the PC specs for Mafia II yesterday on the game’s official site, and we’ve posted the information for you below the break.
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 | 21:57 BST
Civilization V gets Special Edition with figurines
2K Games announced today a Civilization V Special Edition, containing collectible items and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes content.
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Posted in: 2K, PC, Strategy
Tags: Civilization V, Civilization V Special Edition, firaxis, sid meier
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 | 16:02 BST
Kane & Lynch 2 screens are full of Relentless Action
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Posted in: Action, Eidos, Hot, PC, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: Dog Days, io interactive, kane & lynch, kane & lynch 2, kane & lynch 2: dog days
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 | 15:10 BST
Ubi Reflections already has “plan” in place for Driver: San Francisco DLC
Ubisoft Reflections marketing assistant Adam Lavis has told Gamerzines that the studio does have a “plan” for its DLC support of Driver: San Francisco.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Mac, PC, PS3, Racing, Ubisoft, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: Adam Lavis, Driver: San Francisco, Ubisoft Relfections
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 | 14:37 BST
Assassin’s Creed III will feature “new setting, new hero”
Bye bye, Ezio. Brotherhood will be the end of his story, with Assassin’s Creed III starting all over again.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PC, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: assassin's creed III, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Jean-Francois Boivin, ubisoft montreal
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 | 13:19 BST
Ubisoft – 3D TV in every home in three years
Not only will we have new games consoles in three years time, but according to Ubisoft everyone’s going to have a 3D TV as well. Who knew?
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Posted in: Ubisoft
Tags: 3d, murray pannel
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 | 11:55 BST
Interview – Civilization V’s Dennis Shirk
Just as a game of Civilization constantly shifts through the ages, evolves, and occasionally pits horse-riding cavalrymen against 1,500-horsepower tanks, so too does the videogame industry grow and change. A mere five years have passed since the launch of Civilization IV, but already, the industry’s a different beast entirely.
How, for instance, does one of gaming’s most legendary franchises deal with pirates’ overrunning of the PC, the issue of restrictive DRM, the waning influence of the strategy genre, and new input devices like Kinect and Move?
We got a chance to sit down and quiz producer Dennis Shirk over those questions and more. See it all after the break.
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 | 11:42 BST
GT5 trailer has on-boards, glowing colours, crashes
This new GT5 trailer has so many airborne flips, it makes Mark Webber look like he had fallen off a pedal bike. While it was stationary.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Racing, Sony
Tags: gran turismo 5, Polyphony Digital
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 | 10:49 BST
Rare, BioWare confirmed for GDC Europe talks
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Posted in: EA, GDC Europe 2010, Kinect, PC, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: andrew oliver, bioware, Black Isle, feargus urquhart, Greg Zeschuk, Nick Burton, Obsidian Entertainment, Ray Muzyka
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 | 14:10 BST
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood videos have axe-throwing
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, ubisoft montreal
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 | 09:03 BST
Atari not shutting down TDU 1 online servers
Atari has confirmed to VG247 that it won’t be shutting down Test Drive Unlimited 1′s online servers.
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Posted in: Atari, Hot, Namco Bandai, PC, PS2, PSP, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: eden studios, Test Drive Unlimited 1, test drive unlimited 2
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 | 08:52 BST
RAGE gameplay vids show what all the fuss is about
Everyone’s wanking on about it. “It’s fucking great,” they say. “Better than shagging your mom,” they laugh, showering their pizza with tobacco spit. But you’re not stupid. You’ve been burnt before. You don’t believe them. Can any videogame possibly be better than going balls-deep inside a friend’s middle-aged relation?
On the basis of the movies after the break, apparently so.
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 | 08:15 BST
Japanese hardware charts – DS going less mental, 360 breaks 100,000 in 2010
DS smashed every other format in Japan last week with combined SKU sales of 56,271, but the figure was well down from the previous chart’s 64,191, a spike caused by the release of new DSi LL colours.
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 | 05:10 BST
North America cuts in Vanquish release line, gets it on October 19
Oh come on, North America. Are you really gonna be that guy? Europe and Japan got their places fair and square, and then they blink, and suddenly you’re up front – acting like you’ve been there the whole time?
But then, we suppose it’s not too surprising. After all, if Vanquish is “targeted toward Western audiences,” we figure releasing it in Japan first means Sega kind of missed.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sega, Xbox 360
Tags: North America, release date, Sega, Vanquish
2K Marin staff working on second major project