Monthly Archives: September 2010
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 | 12:15 BST
Hands-on: Dragon Age 2′s female rogue kicks serious ass
We were given the opportunity to play as the female Hawke in Dragon Age 2 at PAX this weekend – it was announced just before the show that you could choose sex for the RPG’s lead – and got a good look at the sequel’s graphical overhaul to-boot.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, Impressions, PAX 2010, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, dragon age, Dragon Age 2
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 | 11:37 BST
DICE showing Bad Company 2: Vietnam at TGS next week
DICE has announced it’ll be showing Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam in full for first time in Tokyo next week.
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 | 11:05 BST
Inafune “would like to work” with Blue Castle again
Capcom development head Keiji Inafune has said he would like to again work with Canadian Dead Rising 2 developer Blue Castle Games.
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Posted in: Action, Capcom, Horror, Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: blue castle games, Dead Riisng 3, dead rising 2, Keiji Inafune
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 | 11:11 BST
Spector pitched Deus Ex-esque title originally before Epic Mickey
Junction Point boss Warren Spector’s told Develop he originally pitched a Deus Ex-esque title to Disney.
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Posted in: Disney, Wii
Tags: deus ex, epic mickey, Junction Point, warren spector
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 | 09:59 BST
Katamari creator leaves Namco Bandai
Katamari and Noby Noby Boy creator Keita Takahashi has left publisher Namco Bandai, according to play.tm.
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Posted in: Namco Bandai
Tags: katamari, Keita Takahashi, Noby Noby Boy
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 | 09:13 BST
Kinect launching on November 20 in Japan, first video of Dr Kawashima Kinect game
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 | 08:31 BST
PAX attendance nears 70,000, third event hinted at
PAX Prime saw 67,600 attendees through its doors in Seattle last weekend, and it sounds as though Mike and Jerry aren’t done yet.
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Posted in: PAX 2010
Tags: Jerry Holkins, Mike Krahulik, PAX 2008, penny arcade
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 | 10:10 BST
FFXIII DLC plans were scrapped, says Toriyama
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: final fantasy XIII, Motomu Toriyama, Yoshinori Kitase
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 | 07:32 BST
Report: EA-Mikami horror to be shown next week
According to this 1UP report, EA said in Japan today that its Suda51-Mikami horror collaboration will be announced in Tokyo next week.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Horror, Hot
Tags: Grasshopper Manufacture, Shinji Mikami, suda51
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 | 03:51 BST
Dead Rising: Case Zero moves over 300,000 units in first week
“You’re probably just gonna use this to buy brains, but you know what, I’m feeling generous today. So here’s a fiver.”
“Bless you, sir.” [Sounds of brains being devoured, screams].
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 | 06:20 BST
Dissidia: Final Fantasy sequel announced in Japan
Hear that? That’s the starting gun for pre-TGS going off. Square Enix just fired the first shot.
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Posted in: Fighter, Hot, PSP, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy, Dissidia: Final Fantasy II, final fantasy iv, final fantasy XIII, Kain, lightning, Tetsuya Nomura
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 | 02:39 BST
PC Shadow Broker DLC breaks, BioWare rides to the rescue
Most villains escape from imminent capture/death with hidden jetpacks, trap doors, or smoke screens that – unlike their real-life counterparts – somehow enable teleportation.
But those guys have nothing on the Shadow Broker. His big, bad Deus Ex Machina basically breaks the world.
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Posted in: EA, PC, RPG
Tags: bioware, dlc, fix, glitch, Lair of the Shadow Broker, mass effect 2
Tue, Sep 07, 2010 | 23:20 BST
NPD: Pachter predicts decline in hardware and software due to online offerings
The NPD results for August will see a release on Thursday, and already analysts are weighing-in on what to expect with the US numbers.
One such analyst is Michael Pachter, who has predicted a decline for both hardware and software due to online offerings.
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Posted in: America, Charts, Financials, Retail, Trade
Tags: analyst, august 2010 npd, michael pachter, npd, online strategy, online subscirtion models, wedbush morgan
Tue, Sep 07, 2010 | 22:46 BST
Spector not opposed to an Epic Mickey sequel
Warren Spector has said his studio, Junction Point, is interested in further exploring the story of Epic Mickey once the original game is released.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Disney, PAX 2010, Wii
Tags: epic mickey, junction point studios, warren spector
Tue, Sep 07, 2010 | 21:39 BST
Sony answers loads of your PlayStation Move questions
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Posted in: PS3, PlayStation Move, Sony, hardware, peripherals
Tags: move faq, move q&a, move titles
Tue, Sep 07, 2010 | 21:14 BST
PSA: DAO and Mass Effect 2 DLC out today
In case you’ve been at work all day, busy with paperwork or shoveling manure – whatever it is you do, we don’t judge – you may have forgotten all about the nice bits of BioWare DLC hitting today, so consider this a friendly reminder.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, dlc, dragon age, Dragon Age: Origins, Lair of the Shadow Broker, mass effect, mass effect 2, witch hunter
Sat, Sep 11, 2010 | 21:54 BST
Impressions: Corrupted Thongs take center stage in new DeathSpank
DeathSpank, not content to rest on his laurels, is back later this month in Thongs of Virtue, where he must collect six pairs of thongs.
Hopefully, they went through the wash beforehand.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, EA, Hot, Impressions, PS3, PSN, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: deathspank, DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue, hothead games, ron gilbert, thongs of virtue
2K Marin staff working on second major project