Monthly Archives: August 2010
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 | 11:21 BST
gamescom 2010 – Microsoft Play Day liveblog is go!
Microsoft may have already announced its big gamescom stuff in terms of an EU Kinect release date and a PC resurgence, but there’s still a three-hour press event to go today in Cologne.
We’re covering it live. Right now.
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Posted in: Action, Casual, Games for Windows, Hot, Kinect, Microsoft, PC, RPG, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, gamescom 2010
Tags: bungie, Fable III, Halo: Reach, Kinect Sports, lionhead, Microsoft gamescom 2010 press conference, rare
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 | 11:07 BST
NHL 11 demo out now
Broken sticks, a new face off system and 60 teams from the Canadian league, it can only be NHL 2011 and the demo’s out now.
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 | 10:53 BST
Fallout: New Vegas pre-sell pack now in UK
Bethesda Softworks has announced the four digital pre-sell packs for Fallout: New Vegas, each of which is associated with a particular retailer.
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Posted in: Action, Bethesda, PC, PS3, Platform holders, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: Fallout: New Vegas
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 | 10:12 BST
Halo Reach on patrol
Someone over at the Bungie forums has found a new live action trailer for Halo Reach, and promptly posted it up on YouTube.
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 | 12:32 BST
Sony launches new gaming headsets, free Medal of Honor *update*
Update: A Sony rep has told us the new gaming headsets will release in September and are for PC gaming only. We therefore presume it will be the PC version of Medal of Honor which is being used in the promotion.
Original: Sony is to launch two new gaming headsets, each of which have been designed in response to extensive user research that shows what different gamers want from the ideal headset.
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Posted in: PS3, Sony
Tags: Gaming headset
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 | 09:20 BST
Gamestop lists 160gb PS3
Gamestop has listed a new 160gb PS3, perhaps giving an insight into one of the announcements at Sony’s Gamescom press conference later today.
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Posted in: PS3, Sony, gamescom 2010
Tags: 160gb ps3
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 | 08:52 BST
New tracks announced for Rock Band 3
Electronic Arts has announced some of the artists which will appear in Rock Band 3, including INXS, Bob Marley, Slipknot and more.
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Posted in: EA, PS3, Rhythm action, Wii, Xbox 360, gamescom 2010
Tags: rock band 3
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 | 08:37 BST
First Red Faction: Battlegrounds trailer arrives
Following the announcement of Red Faction: Battlegrounds yesterday, THQ has now released the launch trailer, showing us exactly what to expect when it hits Xbox Live and PSN.
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 | 07:01 BST
Age of Empires Online, Microsoft Flight join Fable III for MS gamescom PC push
Microsoft just announced Age of Empires Online and Microsoft Flight for Games for Windows and part of its gamescom push.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Games for Windows, Hot, Microsoft, PC, RPG, Simulation, Strategy, gamescom 2010
Tags: age of empires online, Fable III, lionhead studios, microsoft flight
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 | 08:24 BST
Kinect launches on November 10 “across Europe”
And we have lift off. Microsoft’s kicked off gamescom’s press conference day by announcing a November 10 European release date for Kinect.
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Posted in: Hot, Kinect, Microsoft, PC, Simulation, Strategy, Xbox 360, gamescom 2010
Tags: age of empires online, kinect, microsoft flight
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 | 06:52 BST
F.E.A.R. 3 slips into 2011
Looks like the FEAR franchise’s many years of abusing the timestream have finally caught up with it, causing FEAR 3′s development to get stuck in slow-mo as well.
Translation: delay.
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Posted in: Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: delay, f.e.a.r. 3, Warner Bros.
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 | 00:22 BST
DICE promising “something great” for gamescom
Boom. We’re in Germany to see some bombs drop. So too is DICE. And it too may have an ace up its sleeve.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, Shooter, gamescom 2010
Tags: battlefield, battlefield 3, dice, ea dice
Thu, Jan 26, 2012 | 21:12 GMT
Ubisoft dishes details on Ghost Recon Wii and PSP for November
Ubisoft has detailed Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon for Wii and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Predator for PSP, both of which are scheduled to ship in November 2010.
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Posted in: Hot, PSP, Shooter, Ubisoft, Wii
Tags: ghost recon future soldier, ghost recon predator, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 18:41 BST
Dead Nation trailer splats zombie guts
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Posted in: Horror, PS3, PSN, Shooter
Tags: Housemarque, Zombie Nation
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 18:43 BST
Square announces Gun Loco for Xbox 360
Square has announced a new third-person shooter called Gun Loco for Xbox 360.
Apparently, takes place in a solar system where only the “craziest criminals in the universe” are incarcerated on a remote prison planet. There are no walls and they’ve been forgotten by society.
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Posted in: Shooter, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: Brothersfree, Brothersworker, gun loco, Kenny Wong, kennyswork
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 17:36 BST
Howard: New Bethesda game “pretty far along”, working on another
Todd Howard has said the unannounced game he and his team of over 90 staffers are currently at work on has been in development for around two years now, and furthermore, Howard said he’s also at work on another unannounced title at Bethesda.
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Posted in: Bethesda, Development, Hot, PC, PS3, QuakeCon 2010, Xbox 360
Tags: elder scrolls please, todd howard
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 17:38 BST
Hollenshead: Doom 4 for simutaneous release, thinking about Wolfenstein
id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead has said Doom 4 will be targeted for simultaneous release on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, while adding Wolfenstein is still in the “thinking about it” phase.
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Posted in: PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: doom 4, id software, Tim Hollenshead, wolfenstein
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 17:20 BST
Heavy Rain moves 1.5 million units
David Cage is hoping Heavy Rain will manage to sell 2 million units this year, after revealing it’s already sold 1.5 million since launch.
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Posted in: Action, GDC 2010, PS3, Sony, gamescom 2010
Tags: david cage, heavy rain, quantic dream
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 | 09:07 BST
gamescom 2010 – Press conference timings for today
Microsoft, Sony and EA are all lined up for major press events in Cologne today, as this year’s global games-fair roadshow staggers through Germany towards its Japanese finale at TGS next month. This is gamescom 2010, hein. Wir haben eine Einzelkarte nach Köln.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, Microsoft, PS3, Sony, Xbox 360, gamescom 2010
Tags: gamescom press conferences 2010, press conferences
2K Marin staff working on second major project