Monthly Archives: October 2010
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 14:02 BST
VidZone passes 500 million stream milestone
Sony said today that European PS3 music video streaming service VidZone has now delivered more than 500 million streams to 3.7 million people.
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 13:39 BST
Zynga valued higher than EA at $5.51 billion
SharesPost has valued Farmville developer Zynga at $5.51 billion, greater than EA which stands at a market cap of $5.16 billion.
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 13:29 BST
Mad Jobs called Ballmer over Bungie sale
Former Xbox exec Ed Fries has told Develop that Apple head Steve Jobs made a personal, angry phone call to Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer after Bungie sold out to the Windows firm in 2000.
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Posted in: Apple, Development, Mac, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: bungie, steve ballmer, steve jobs
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 13:00 BST
Interview – Ready at Dawn’s Ru Weerasuriya on God of War: Ghost of Sparta, Wii development, piracy and more
Having taken on the God of War IP for a second time with Ghost of Sparta, developer Ready at Dawn is getting set to work on a new project: a game hinted at this morning.
Creative director Ru Weerasuriya chatted with Keza MacDonald about the PSP spin-off as well as development on Wii, piracy issues for PSP and DS, new IPs and what the future holds for the developer.
[Interview by Keza MacDonald]
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Posted in: Capcom, DS, Hot, Interview, Nintendo, PS3, Sony, Wii
Tags: god of war: ghost of sparta, Ready at Dawn, Ru Weerasuriya
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 12:20 BST
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit demo available now from Live
EA, as promised, has released the demo to Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit on Xbox Live Marketplace.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, Racing, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 12:12 BST
Building or porting a Wii game “not something we would do again”, says Ready at Dawn
Yeah. The new project God of War: Ghost of Sparta developer Ready at Dawn hinted at this morning? Doesn’t sound like it’s on Wii.
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Posted in: Capcom, Hot, Nintendo, Wii
Tags: Ready at Dawn, Ru Weerasuriya
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 11:16 BST
Kinect “is as core to” 360 “as Live is,” says Spencer
Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer has told GameSpot that Kinect is as vital to Xbox 360 as Xbox Live.
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Posted in: Hot, Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Microsoft Game Studios, Phil Spencer
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 10:49 BST
Pardo signals “shift” towards full game PC downloads
Blizzard boss Rob Pardo has given clear indication that he expects full game PC downloading to become more important in the near future, saying we’re now seeing a “shift” away from brick and mortar retail.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Blizzcon 2010, Hot, PC, Retail
Tags: digital distribution, Rob Pardo
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 10:45 BST
Free Lara Croft: Guardian of Light DLC detailed
Square Enix has just detailed the first piece of DLC for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, which will be free to all for a limited period.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Square Enix, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Crystal Dynamics, Darrell Gallagher, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 10:10 BST
Microsoft: HD remakes not a priority unless they can “provide real value to the customer”
Sad to say, time has not been kind to many old-school original Xbox titles. Once on the very bleeding edge of graphical fidelity, they’re now more likely to make your eyes bleed than anything else. But hey, that’s what HD remakes are for, right?
Wrong, says Microsoft.
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 09:32 BST
Bilson: Cross-media releases make games “more exciting”
Following confirmation that Kaos shooter Homefront is to get a prequel novel early next year, THQ’s Danny Bilson has claimed bolstering games with content in other areas of the media makes them more appealing.
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 09:31 BST
DOOM gets pulled from XBLA, will be available again “soon”
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, Horror, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Doom, id software
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 17:04 BST
Fable III reviews go live – get all impressions rounded up
The review embargo’s just been lifted on Fable III ahead of its US release later today. Is it any good? Probably.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Journalism, Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: Fable III, Kick a chicken, lionhead, peter molyneux
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 08:56 BST
Capcom, Square Enix, Rockstar to support new GFW reboot
Microsoft’s announced several third-party publishers that will support the upcoming reboot of Games for Windows Marketplace.
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Posted in: 2K, Action, Adventure, Capcom, Games for Windows, Hot, Microsoft, PC, RPG, Rockstar, Square Enix
Tags: blue castle games, christian svensson, dead rising 2, deus ex, Grand Theft Auto III, Ion Storm, lost planet 2, max payne, remedy entertainment
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 08:46 BST
Survey: Japan wants Mario in 3D
A survey conducted by Goo Research has shown that the Super Mario series is the most wanted in Japan for 3D treatment.
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 08:36 BST
BioShock 2 DLC is this week’s Live Deal of the Week
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Posted in: 2K, Action, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: 2k marin, bioshock 2, xbox live deal of the week
2K Marin staff working on second major project