Monthly Archives: August 2010
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 | 20:26 BST
THQ announces Double Fine partnership
THQ’s announced it’s releasing Costume Quest from Double Fine, the first of the studio’s downloadable titles.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, RPG, THQ
Tags: Costume Quest, double fine, Tasha Harris, Tim Schafer
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 | 20:01 BST
Guild Wars 2 looks rather awesome in new trailer
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Posted in: Hot, MMO, NCSoft, PC
Tags: arenanet, guild wars, Guild Wars 2, gw2
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 | 18:59 BST
Rumor – Atari readying Neverwinter Nights MMO announce
Rumor has it Atari’s getting ready to finally announce the Dungeons & Dragons title its been keeping secret for the past two years or so.
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 | 18:18 BST
Nintendo: Wii hits 30 million sales milestone in US
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Posted in: America, Charts, Financials, Hot, Nintendo, Retail, Trade, Wii, hardware
Tags: Cammie Dunaway, npd, wii milestone
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 | 17:33 BST
Report – US economy recipient of $5B in 2009 from game industry
A study conducted on behalf of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), has found the US economy was the lucky recipient of $5 billion in 2009 thanks to the gaming industry.
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 | 16:57 BST
First Brink dev diary details story background
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Posted in: Action, Bethesda, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Brink, Ed Stern, Paul Wedgwood, richard ham, splash damage
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 | 19:00 BST
EA founder predicts the death of console exclusives
EA founder Trip Hawkins has predicted console exclusivity and consoles in general will become a thing of the past as more publishers get on board with Cloud-gaming.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, PC, Retail, Trade
Tags: cloud, console exclusives, consoles are dying, digital, digital chocolate, trip hawkins
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 | 16:09 BST
Activision “won’t tamper” with Infinity Ward’s culture
Activision’s WWS boss Dave Stohl has said he’s “100 percent confident” Infinity Ward will “come back to what it was”, however, the publisher doesn’t want to “tamper with” the studios’ culture.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Development, Hot, Jobs
Tags: call of duty, dave stohl, infinity ward, modern warfare
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 | 15:26 BST
Rumour – Activision working on sub model for Black Ops MP
Activision is working on a subscription model for the multiplayer of Call of Duty: Black Ops, according to an MCV report.
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 | 22:59 BST
Homefront concept “so unique” it doesn’t compare with other shooters
Kaos Studios head Dave Votypka has said the concept behind its shooter Homefront is “so unique”, the development team doesn’t see any “comparisons with other shooters”.
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 | 15:17 BST
Knights Contract screens are full of monsters
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Posted in: Action, Namco Bandai, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: Knight's Contract
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 | 14:33 BST
Vanquish playable at Eurogamer Expo
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Posted in: Action, Eurogamer Expo 2010, PS3, Sega, Xbox 360
Tags: platinum games, Vanquish
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 | 14:52 BST
Rumour – First Batman: Arkham City details emerge from GI
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PC, PS3, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, rocksteady
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 | 14:01 BST
Kane and Lynch 2 gets new co-op clip
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: io interactive, Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 | 12:54 BST
Double Fine trademarks Costume Quest
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Posted in: Development
Tags: Costume Quest, double fine, Tim Schafer
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 | 11:34 BST
Report – Matthew Perry, Ron Perlman, Felicia Day signed up for Fallout: New Vegas VOs
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Posted in: Bethesda, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: Fallout: New Vegas, Felicia Day, Matthew Perry, Obsidian Entertainment, Ron Perlman
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 | 10:41 BST
EA was making game based on Iraq war, canned it, says THQ’s Bilson
THQ publishing boss Danny Bilson’s revealed EA was making a game based on the Iraq war. “Was” being the operative word.
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 | 09:41 BST
Secret Arkham Asylum room shows Arkham City map, concept art
Game Informer’s posted up a video showing a secret room in Batman: Arkham Asylum, which shows a blueprint of what appears to be Arkham City and some concept art for its namesake game.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PC, PS3, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, paul crocker, rocksteady
2K Marin staff working on second major project