Monthly Archives: August 2010
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 20:13 BST
Stardock releases TBS without any DRM, grants free updates to buyers
Stardock has announced that Elemental: War of Magic, which releases today via its digital distribution site Impulse, will not include any form of DRM.
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Posted in: Action, PC, Stardock, Strategy
Tags: Brad Wardell, drm, Elemental: War of Magic, impulse
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 18:22 BST
id’s Hollenshead: 3D TVs are “fucking expensive”
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Posted in: Bethesda, Sony
Tags: 3d, id software, todd hollenshead
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 18:07 BST
Rumor: Surreal’s This is Vegas canned by Warner Bros.
Looks like Surreal Software’s This is Vegas may have been canceled after Warner purchased the firm from Midway, if sources close to the developer are correct.
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Posted in: Action, Midway, PS3, Rumour, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: surreal studios, this is vegas
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 17:37 BST
Vigil – WH40K: Dark Millennium Online to innovate in “basic, moment-to-moment gameplay”
While Vigil’s WH40K MMO, Dark Millennium Online, will be “quite similar” to traditional MMOs, the game is looking to innovate at its most basic level, executive producer Tim Campbell told RPS at gamesom last week.
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Posted in: MMO, PC, RPG, THQ, gamescom 2010
Tags: Dark Millenium Online, Tim Campbell, vigil games, warhammer 40k, Warhammer 40K: Dark Millenium
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 16:58 BST
Doctor Who announced for DS and Wii
Koch has announced Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth for DS and Doctor Who: Return to Earth for the Wii, both of which will release “in the coming months” in Australia, the UK and parts of Europe.
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Posted in: Adventure, Australia, DS, Europe, Koch, UK, Wii
Tags: Asylum Entertainment, doctor who, Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth, Doctor Who: Return to Earth
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 16:56 BST
FFXIV PS3 delay down to “memory,” says Square Enix
The PlayStation 3 version of MMO Final Fantasy XIV was delayed due to “memory” issues, producer Hiromichi Tanaka told VG247.
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Posted in: Hot, MMO, PC, PS3, Square Enix, gamescom 2010
Tags: final fantasy XIV, Hiromichi Tanaka
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 15:57 BST
Steam stopped us going bust, says Introversion
If ever one needed proof Steam was a good portal for independent developers, Introversion, of Defcon and Darwinia fame, is it: the company has credited the digital distribution service as actually saving the company.
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Posted in: Development, PC, Valve
Tags: darwinia, defcon, Introversion, steam, subversion
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 15:48 BST
Third Brink diary predicts end of genre as we know it
Boom, baby. Bethesda’s released Brink’s third dev diary. Ready for a revolution? Get it after the break.
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 15:30 BST
THQ and others feel Cloud gaming is the future
THQ CEO Brian Farrell is a proponent of Cloud gaming, and believes it has the potential to lower the “entry barrier” into gaming for consumers who don’t wish to spend the cash on a console.
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Posted in: Development, Internet, PC, Retail, THQ, Trade, tv
Tags: brian farrell, cloud gaming, david perry, digital distribution, gaikai, game industry tv, Nolan Bushnell, ted price
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 15:34 BST
THQ doesn’t “really have much sympathy” for used game purchasers
THQ’s to start fighting used games sales by introducing one-time use codes with its new releases, and UFC Undisputed 2010 is just the first out of the gate.
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Posted in: Development, Retail, THQ
Tags: Cory Ledesma, online fees, online pass, project ten dollar, THQ, Used Game Fees, used game sales
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 14:35 BST
Lewis: 3D not mainstream in homes for “two to three years”
Sony maybe pushing for 3D on PS3 now, but Microsoft’s holding back, with EMEA interactive boss Chris Lewis saying the tech won’t be as widespread in homes for another “two to three years”.
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 14:13 BST
Microsoft denies Kinect voice control launch omission
Microsoft has just denied that voice controls have been dropped from Kinect’s launch, despite an MCV story to the contrary.
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 13:39 BST
Parasite Eve 1, 2 PSN releases being looked at, says Kitase and Nomura
Nostalgia, it’s your lucky day. 3rd Birthday producer Yoshinori Kitase’s told VG247 a PSN release of Parasite Eve 1 and 2 is being looked at.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PSP, Square Enix, gamescom 2010
Tags: Parasite Eve 1, Parasite Eve 2, Tetsuya Nomura, The 3rd Birthday, Yoshinori Kitase
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 12:58 BST
Reach to be MS’s biggest marketing spend ever
Microsoft’s has told Advertising Age it will go OTT with its Halo: Reach marketing spend, promising it to be the biggest ever for one of its games.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: bungie, Halo: Reach, Michael Stout
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 14:11 BST
Microsoft: Kinect to see Live-like evolution “over the length of the entire Xbox platform”
Microsoft has told VG247 that Kinect will see a Live-like evolution “over the length of the entire Xbox platform,” and could be applied across multiple “mediums”.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360, gamescom 2010
Tags: Kudo Tsunoda
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 12:40 BST
DeMartini: Game development budgets have “peaked”
EA Partners GM David DeMartini has said game budgets have peaked. Say goodbye to that $100 million, chap.
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Posted in: Development, EA, gamescom 2010
Tags: David DeMartini, ea partners
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 11:07 BST
BioShock: Infinite trailer gets rewind treatment
IGN’s given the teaser trailer to BioShock: Infinite the rewind treatment, just in case you missed anything. More is good, si?
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Posted in: 2K, Action, Adventure, Games for Windows, Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: bioshock: infinite, irrational games
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 11:05 BST
RTW: APB has 130,000 registered users
Realtime Worlds has released player stats for APB, claiming 130,000 registered users and saying “paying players” spend an average of $28 per month.
2K Marin staff working on second major project