Monthly Archives: July 2010
Thu, Jul 29, 2010 | 04:29 BST
SOCOM, yet so far away: SOCOM 4 delayed into 2011
SOCOM fans, are you sitting down? Oh, you say you’re sitting because you’re playing SOCOM 3 in rabid, feverish anticipation of SOCOM 4′s upcoming release?
Hoo boy. This isn’t going to be easy.
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 23:27 BST
Guillermo del Toro working with a “big company” on gaming titles
Guillermo del Toro, he of Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy fame, has said he’s working with a “big company” on some game titles.
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Posted in: Development
Tags: Guillermo del Toro, The Hobbit
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 22:39 BST
L.A. Noire tech helped Team Bondi defeat “the uncanny valley”
Team Bondi founder Brendan McNamara has said MotionScan, the tech used in L.A. Noire, helped the developer “defeated the uncanny valley”.
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Posted in: Action, Development, Hot, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360
Tags: L.A. Noire, la noire, motionscan, team bondi
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 22:10 BST
Realtime Worlds gives a sneak preview of Project: MyWorld
Realtime Worlds has posted a sneak preview of its latest developmental title known as Project MyWorld.
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Posted in: Casual, Hot, Internet, PC
Tags: project myworld, realtime worlds
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 21:23 BST
Halo: Reach Blood Gulch video from Comic-Con
Bungie was on-hand at Comic-Con last week with Halo: Reach in tow, allowing folks at the San Diego Convention Center to sample the title.
An attendee at the event, calling himself Voltron64x, was lucky enough to try his hand at the Reach remake of Blood Gulch from Halo 1, and his moment of glory was videoed for posterity.
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Posted in: Comic Con 2010, Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: blood gulch, bungie, halo, Halo:Reach
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 20:32 BST
Blizzard not ruling out console development in the future
Blizzard has said it would consider developing a console game in the future, and it has been keeping itself “up-to-speed” on the current platforms.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Development, Hot, MMO, PC, RPG, Strategy
Tags: diablo III, Michael Ryder, starcraft II, wow
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 19:58 BST
Microsoft – Kinect is competitively priced with Wii and Move
Brett Siddons, marketing manager for Microsoft UK, has said Kinect is competitively priced with both Wii and Move, because you only need one peripheral to get the full experience for 360.
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Posted in: Hot, Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360, hardware
Tags: brett siddons, kinect pricing
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 21:13 BST
More games in Tales series coming for PS3 and PSP
Looks like fans of the Tales series can look forward to more titles hitting retail – if leaked information from an upcoming issue of Jump is anything to go by.
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Posted in: Namco Bandai, PS3, PSP, RPG
Tags: new tales, Tales of Graces, tales of graces f, Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 18:02 BST
Dragon Age DLC Golems of Amgarrak detailed with trailer
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, dragon age, Golems of Amgarrak, Rob Bartel
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 17:42 BST
Blizzard on next StarCraft II expansion: Heart of the Swarm “will be as epic as Wings of Liberty”
Still talking about Wings of Liberty? That is, like, so yesterday, girlfriend. Everyone’s on the gravy train for Heart of the Swarm already.
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 23:39 BST
StarCraft II has Lost Vikings mini-game, soundtrack on iTunes
StarCraft 2 has been out for a little over 24 hours now, and those playing it have reported an arcade mini-game known as Lost Viking in it.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Music, PC, Strategy
Tags: Lost Vikings, starcraft II, Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 17:03 BST
EA outs Dead Space 2 boxart
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Posted in: EA, Horror, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: dead space 2, visceral games
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 17:04 BST
London High Court ruling makes R4 cartridges illegal in the UK
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Posted in: DS, Hot, Legalities, Nintendo, Politics, UK
Tags: homebrew, london high court, playable ltd, r4 cartridges, wai dat chan
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 16:22 BST
Capcom “clicked” with Blue Castle Games over western-made Dead Rising 2
Dead Rising 2 producer Shin Ohara’s told Gama that Blue Castle Games “clicked” with how Capcom wanted to see the game.
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Posted in: Action, Capcom, Horror, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: blue castle games, dead rising 2, Shin Ohara
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 16:14 BST
Zeschuk: BioWare’s in a “privileged position” with EA
BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk has said the development studio is “super-fortunate” to have the support it does from EA, and because of it, the studio is hoping to eventually break the 10 million units mark with one of its games in the future.
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Posted in: Development, EA, Hot, MMO, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, dragon age, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age: Origins, Greg Zeschuk, mass effect, mass effect 2, star wars, Star Wars The Old Republic, swtor, The Old Republic
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 15:42 BST
Euro PSN update, July 28 – Earthworm Jim HD, Rayman 2
Sony has updated the European end of PSN with some nice goodies for you like Earthworm Jim HD, Pong, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, the Madden NFL 11 demo, and two Harry Potter games for PSP.
There’s loads more below the break.
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Posted in: Europe, Home, Ireland, PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Store, Sony, UK
Tags: psn update
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 15:24 BST
US PSN update, July 27 – K&L2, Madden 11, Flower demos
Sony updated the US end of PSN last night by adding some Disney titles to PSone classics, demos for Madden, K&L2: Dog Days, Section 8, Flower, loads of Tiger Woods PGA 11 add-ons, and not much at all for PSP.
Get the full gaming bits below.
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Posted in: America, Canada, Home, Mexico, PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: psn update
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 15:04 BST
R.U.S.E. hitting September 7 and 9 in US and Europe
Ubisoft has announced a US release date of September 7 for R.U.S.E., which was originally slated for June before the date was changed back in April.
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Posted in: Hot, PC, PS3, PlayStation Move, Strategy, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Aymeric Evennou, Eugen Systems, R.U.S.E.
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 13:50 BST
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow headlines Konami line-up for Eurogamer Expo
Eurogamer’s announced the next batch of games coming to EG Expo, this time coming from Konami.
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Posted in: Action, Eurogamer Expo 2010, Horror, Hot, Konami, PS3, Rhythm action, Xbox 360
Tags: castlevania: Lords of shadow, def jam rapstar, Saw II Flesh and Blood
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 13:26 BST
Metroid: Other M trailer has things going bang
Nintendo’s released a new trailer of Metroid: Other M ahead of its release in the US at the end of next month.
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Posted in: Action, Koei, Nintendo, Tecmo, Wii
Tags: Metroid: Other M, Team Ninja
2K Marin staff working on second major project