Monthly Archives: August 2010
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 16:12 BST
Black Rock Shooter anime getting the game treatment
Black Rock Shooter, a 2010 Japanese original video animation produced by Yutaka Yamamoto and directed by Shinobu Yoshioka is to be remade in video game form.
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Posted in: PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: Black Rock Shooter
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 15:45 BST
Super Scribblenauts gets Gamescom trailer
Warner Bros has released a new Gamescom trailer for Super Scribblenauts, showing some of the things you can get up to with your stylus.
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Posted in: Arcade, DS, Nintendo, Puzzler, Warner Bros.
Tags: super scribblenauts
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 15:25 BST
Cage: Heavy Rain success shows industry is ready for new ideas
Heavy Rain writer and director David Cage has told an audience at the Games Developers Conference in Cologne, the studio didn’t expect the game to be successful.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Sony, gamescom 2010
Tags: david cage, heavy rain, quantic dream
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 17:02 BST
EMI join Vidzone, service updated today
EMI Music has joined VidZone, just in time for today’s new software update which promises to make the service faster than ever before.
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 16:08 BST
Interview – id Software’s Todd Hollenshead
Anyone who follows VG247 will know Quakecon took place last weekend, so we took the opportunity to catch up with id Software CEO, Todd Hollenshead, to talk Doom 4, Wolfenstein, new technology and more.
Catch the full interview after the break.
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Posted in: Action, Bethesda, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Bethedsa, doom 4, id software, todd hollenshead, wolfenstein
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 14:36 BST
Bioshock Infinite impressions
The funny thing about keeping a high profile game project secret nowadays is the sheer difficulty factor. Twitter, online resumes, trademarks, financial reporting, classification boards: they all conspire against would-be tight lipped developers. So Irrational Games deserve credit for somehow concealing the fact they have spent the past three years working on BioShock Infinite unbeknownst to anyone outside of the studio and what we assume was a very tight clique within 2K Games.
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Posted in: 2K, Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: bioshock: infinite, irrational, irrational games
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 17:03 BST
Front Mission 3 coming to PSN/PSP
Square Enix has announced it will be releasing Front Mission 3 on both PlayStation Network and PSP.
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Posted in: PS3, PSP, Square Enix, Strategy
Tags: Front Mission 3, front mission evolved
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 17:04 BST
THQ announce Red Faction: Battlegrounds
THQ Digital has announced Red Faction: Battlegrounds, a downloadable combat game for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade.
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 12:53 BST
Popcap working on bringing Plants vs. Zombies to PSN?
Popcap Games has hinted Plants vs. Zombies, which will be released on Xbox Live next month, may yet be released on the PlayStation Network.
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Posted in: Arcade, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: plants vs zombies, Popcap Games
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 17:05 BST
THQ announce Smackdown vs. Raw coverstars
THQ has announced the eight WWE Superstars who’ll befeatured across multiple front covers of WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 when it’s release this October.
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 17:06 BST
F1 gets first gameplay video
Codemasters has released the first gameplay video for its upcoming racer F1 2010.
Catch it after the break.
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 11:17 BST
DJ Hero 2, GoldenEye 007 dated
Activision has updated its release schedule to include dates for both GoldenEye 007 and DJ Hero 2.
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 17:07 BST
Ruffian say Crackdown 2 DLC news “soon”
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Posted in: Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: crackdown 2, ruffian games
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 17:09 BST
UK Charts: Toy Story 3 stays top, Red Dead moves up
Toy Story 3 remained top of the UK charts this week, despite a resurgence from Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, DS, PC, PS3, PSP, Rockstar, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: Latest Charts, modern warfare 2, Red Dead Redemption, toy story 3
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 20:56 BST
Flight Control landing on PS3
Firemint, developer of the hugely popular iPhone and iPad game Flight Control, has confirmed the game is coming to PS3.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN
Tags: Firemint, Flight Control, Flight Control HD
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 09:36 BST
Mortal Kombat compilation listed
UK retailer ShopTo has posted up a listing for the curiously named Mortal Kombat Arcade compilation.
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Posted in: Fighter, PS3, Warner Bros.
Tags: Mortal Kombat 9, Mortal Kombat Compilation
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 17:12 BST
Castle Crashers priced for PSN, coming soon
The Behemoth has confirmed the price for its PSN version of Castle Crashers, while also reassuring fans it’s “coming to planet earth like a speeding train ready to fly off the tracks and crash into a village.”
The village is your PS3.
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Posted in: Arcade, PS3, PSN
Tags: castle crashers, The Behmoth
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 08:51 BST
id confirms DLC for RAGE at QuakeCon
Tim Willits told attendees at QuakeCon over the weekend developer id Software does have plans for DLC for RAGE.
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Posted in: Bethesda, Hot, PC, PS3, QuakeCon 2010, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: id software, rage, tim willits
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 17:14 BST
LittleBigPlanet 2 Beta “coming soon”
Media Molecule has confirmed a Beta for LittleBigPlanet 2 will be making its way to PS3 soon.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: littlebigplanet 2, media molecule
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 | 17:16 BST
Sledgehammer hiring for Call of Duty
Does Call of Duty make you excited? So excited you’d like to work on it? If so, Sledgehammer’s looking for you.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Jobs, Shooter
Tags: call of duty, sledgehammer games
2K Marin staff working on second major project