Monthly Archives: October 2010
Sun, Oct 31, 2010 | 17:27 GMT
F1 2010 patch now available for PS3
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Posted in: Codemasters, PS3, Racing
Tags: Codemasters Birmingham, F1 2010
Sun, Oct 31, 2010 | 14:16 GMT
New 360 dashboard update out tomorrow
Microsoft’s confirmed it’ll release the new Xbox 360 dashboard update on November 1. That’s right, it’s tomorrow.
Sun, Oct 31, 2010 | 14:10 GMT
Off-screen GT5 footage shows off Top Gear test track
All new Gran Turismo 5 footage has appeared online, showing off the Top Gear test track’s appearance in the game.
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Posted in: PS3, Racing, Sony
Tags: gran turismo 5, Polyphony Digital
Sat, Oct 30, 2010 | 21:03 BST
EA Store weekend sale: Mass Effect, BFBC2, Dead Space
EA is having a really nice weekend sale on PC games, and if you are in the market for Mass Effect 1 & 2, both will run you under $10 each.
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Posted in: EA, PC
Tags: BFBC2, dead space, madd effect 2, mass effect, sale
Sat, Oct 30, 2010 | 20:44 BST
Rumor: Capcom teases Mike Haggar for MVC3: Fate of Two Worlds
Usually, a definite picture of something can be constituted as proof, but in this case, we’re unsure, because it’s Capcom after all and it likes to tease a bit sometimes.
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Posted in: Capcom, Fighter, PS3, Rumour, Xbox 360
Tags: fate of two worlds, marvel vs capcom, MvC 3, MvC 3: Fate of Two Worlds, MVC3
Sat, Oct 30, 2010 | 20:01 BST
Latest Bulletstorm shots scream of awesome
Epic and People Can Fly released some screenshots this weekend for Bulletstorm, and while a few in there may look familiar from Gamescom, six are new – to us at least.
Sat, Oct 30, 2010 | 19:43 BST
Japanese hardware charts – PSP catching up with DS for the year
Media Create has released the Japanese hardware results for the week ending October 24, and it finds PSP topping the charts with over 32K units moved.
Sat, Oct 30, 2010 | 19:43 BST
Fries: Japan was a bit negative over the original Xbox
Former Xbox boss Ed Fries has said the original Xbox console was met with a bit of hostility in Japan.
Sat, Oct 30, 2010 | 18:23 BST
PSA: Final Weekend to pre-order Ghost of Sparta to get Ultimate DLC Bundle
Sony has issued a reminder over on the US PS Blog regarding God of War: Ghost of Sparta’s pre-order goodies.
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Posted in: Action, PSP, Sony
Tags: ghost of sparta, god of war, god of war: ghost of sparta, Ready at Dawn
Sat, Oct 30, 2010 | 17:43 BST
Kinect: There “won’t be a correlation” between game reviews and sales, says Greenberg
Aaron Greenberg is a confident man. So confident, he believes Kinect will sell more units at launch than the Wii did.
He is also so confident in Kinect, he doesn’t think reviews of games created for it will affect sales of the device or the games created for it in any way.
Sat, Oct 30, 2010 | 17:30 BST
Minecraft has sold over 500K units, and over 6K in the last 24 hours
Markus “Notch” Persson has announced on the Minecraft data page that the game has sold over 505,288 units so far.
Sat, Oct 30, 2010 | 16:05 BST
Jace Hall Show has some exclusive F.E.A.R. 3 footage
The Jace Hall Show’s season four premiere has some exclusive in-game footage of F.E.A.R. 3.
We’ve got it posted for you below.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Shooter, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: f.e.a.r. 3, Fear 3
Sat, Oct 30, 2010 | 15:46 BST
It’s business as usual at Capcom despite Inafune’s resignation
Capcom has said Keiji Inafune’s resignation won’t affect games currently in development, and it has already assigned producers to the games he was working on.
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Posted in: Capcom, Development, Jobs
Tags: Keiji Inafune
Sat, Oct 30, 2010 | 15:44 BST
Sony starts sending out invites for PlayStation Rewards beta
Sony has started sending out lovely emails asking folks to sign up for its PlayStation Rewards beta program, so you may want to keep an eye on your inbox.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Move, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: beta, PlayStation Rewards
Sat, Oct 30, 2010 | 16:33 BST
Star Trek: Infinite Space is free and looks rather awesome
Gameforge has released a trailer for Keen Game’s free-to-play browser-based Star Trek game called Infinite Space.
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Posted in: Action, Development, Internet, PC
Tags: Christian Braun, Gameforge, keen games, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Infinite Space
Sat, Oct 30, 2010 | 14:30 BST
SEGA reports 41% increase in revenue for first half of fiscal year
SEGA has posted its financials for the first half of its fiscal year, ending Septemer 30, and it finds the company reporting ¥217.8 billion ($2.7 billion) in revenue, which is a 41 percent increase year-on-year.
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Posted in: Financials, Japan, Retail, Sega, Trade
Tags: sega financials
Sat, Oct 30, 2010 | 14:59 BST
Vatra releases a Silent Hill 8 developer video
Silent Hill 8 producers Devin Shatsky and Tomm Hulett took to the game’s Facebook page to chat a bit about what to expect from the title via a developer interview.
Sat, Oct 30, 2010 | 05:33 BST
Shadows of the Damned video is short and creepy
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Posted in: Action, EA, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Goichi Suda, Grasshopper Manufacture, shadows of the damned
Fri, Oct 29, 2010 | 23:08 BST
Pigsy’s Perfect 10 DLC shots for Enslaved released
Ninja Theory has released some shots of Pigsy’s Perfect 10, the upcoming DLC for Enslaved: Odyssey to the West.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Namco Bandai, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: enslaved, ninja theory
Fri, Oct 29, 2010 | 22:55 BST
Yee: ESRB issuing game ratings is like a “fox guarding the henhouse”
California state Senator Leland Yee, the author of a bill which criminalizes sales of violent games to minors, has said if his bill is passed, it will do much more than the ESRB does when it comes to games ratings.
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Posted in: America, Hot, Legalities, Politics
Tags: ESRB, leland yee, scotus
2K Marin staff working on second major project