Monthly Archives: August 2010
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 22:54 BST
RAGE: QuakeCon presentation highlights – out September 2011
id Software took the stage with RAGE at QuakeCon this afternoon in Texas, and we had planned to liveblog the presentation for you, but id requested the presentation not be live streamed.
The game’s out on September 13 and 15, 2011 in the US and Europe, respectively, per creative director Tim Willits.
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 20:39 BST
Fable III Limited Edition Xbox 360 controller is interesting
Some shots of a Fable III Limited Edition Wireless Controller for Xbox 360 popped up today.
It’s interesting to look at.
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 19:23 BST
Marvel Costume Pack 4 hitting LBP on August 17
Marvel has announced LittleBigPlanet will be the proud recipient of its Costume Pack 4 on August 17.
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Posted in: Marvel, PS3, Platformer, Sony
Tags: LBP, littlebigplanet, Marvel Costume Pack 4
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 18:59 BST
Bethesda confirms new project in development
Bethesda Games Studios director Todd Howard’s confirmed the developer has a new project in development.
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Posted in: Bethesda, Hot
Tags: elder scrolls, todd howard
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 18:58 BST
BioWare confirms advanced Jedi classes in SWTOR
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Posted in: EA, Lucasarts, MMO, PC
Tags: bioware, star wars, star wars: the old republic mmo, swtor, The Old Republic
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 18:29 BST
Respawn’s Vince Zampella and Jason West at QuakeCon – not very much happened
Following on from Todd Hollenshead and John Carmack’s DOOM 4-less QuakeCon keynote last night, ex-Infinity Ward bosses Vince Zampella and Jason West took to the Texan stage this morning to talk about making blockbuster games.
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Posted in: Bethesda, EA, Hot, QuakeCon 2010
Tags: Bethesda Games Studios, id software, Jason West, Respawn Entertainment, tim willits, todd howard, vince zampella
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 17:48 BST
Arkane: We were more “dependent” than “independent”
At Quakecon yesterday, Bethesda announced during the opening keynote its parent company Zenimax had acquired Arkane Studios; something which the Arkane’s CEO and co-creative director Raphael Colantonio welcomes because “it’s not fun to be independent”.
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Posted in: Bethesda, Development
Tags: arkan studios, harvey smith, Raphael Colantonio, ZeniMax
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 16:49 BST
Realtime Worlds “fully committed” to APB, confirms redundancies
Following rumours this morning that Realtime Worlds had laid of the MyWorld team and had warned of cuts to APB, the Scottish developer has issued a statement confirming lay-offs but saying the MMO will remain fully operational.
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 19:30 BST
Check out Yoda in this Force Unleashed II video
Lucasarts has released a cutscene video for The Force Unleashed II, where you’ll see Galen Marek, a.k.a. Starkiller, traversing the swampy planet Dagobah and encountering none other than our favorite little green guy, Yoda.
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Posted in: Action, DS, Lucasarts, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: Galen Marek, star wars, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, starkiller, The Force Unleashed II, yoda
Thu, Sep 09, 2010 | 22:47 BST
NPD July 2010: Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony respond
US sales figures for July are in. Microsoft bested rival consoles on the hardware charts, even trumping Nintendo’s family of DS systems.
The big three have released their statements on the numbers, with each focusing on growth and the future. Hit the jump to see what each had to say.
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 16:06 BST
Deus Ex: Human Revolution gamescom gameplay trailer is brutal
Brutal is the word to describe the new Deus Ex: Human Revolution gamescom gameplay trailer. Awesome, but very brutal.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360, gamescom 2010
Tags: Adam Jensen, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, eidos montreal
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 14:32 BST
F1 2010 dated for September 24 in Europe and UK
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Posted in: Codemasters, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: Codemasters Birmingham, F1 2010, Steven Hood
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 14:29 BST
Analyst: Kinect to sell 4 million units by end of 2010
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Posted in: Kinect, Microsoft, Retail, Trade, Xbox 360
Tags: analyst, Colin Sebastian, Lazard Capital Markets
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 13:27 BST
New 360 boot animation filmed off debug screen
You know that unconfirmed 360 Firmware Kinect upgrade? This is what it looks like when it starts up.
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 12:25 BST
Street Fighter x Tekken gets pre-gamescom shots
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Posted in: Capcom, Fighter, Namco Bandai, PS3, Xbox 360, gamescom 2010
Tags: Katsuhiro Harada, Street Fighter x Tekken, Yoshinori Ono
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 12:04 BST
EA announces gamescom line-up, will live-stream press conference
EA’s just announced what it’s bringing to gamescom next week, further confirming it will stream its press conference live online.
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Posted in: DS, EA, Hot, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360, gamescom 2010, iPhone
Tags: bulletstorm, crysis 2, dead space 2, Dragon Age 2, FIFA 11, medal of honor, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, rock band 3, Star Wars The Old Republic
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 09:13 BST
Why Irrational passed up BioShock 2: “We said what we wanted to say about Rapture”, says Levine
2K Marin may have built BioShock 2, but we could have had an Irrational-made sequel. So why not, Ken Levine?
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Posted in: 2K, Action, Adventure, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: 2k marin, bioshock 2, bioshock: infinite, irrational games, ken levine
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 08:52 BST
Hollenshead confirms no third-party distribution of id Tech 5
id boss Todd Hollenshead told Eurogamer at QuakeCon last night that the developer won’t be out-sourcing Tech 5.
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Posted in: Bethesda, Development, Hot, QuakeCon 2010
Tags: id software, id Tech 5, todd hollenshead
2K Marin staff working on second major project