Monthly Archives: October 2010
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 08:39 BST
Treyarch aims for player “connection” with Black Ops protagonist
Treyarch has deliberately given Call of Duty: Black Ops’ protagonist, Alex Mason, a face and a voice so as to better allow for player empathy.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Alex Mason, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Dave Anthony
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 08:04 BST
Ignition cancels WarDevil after five years
Develop‘s reporting that Ignition has canceled action title WarDevil after five years in development.
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 16:05 BST
Take-Two moves year-end to March 31 over “seasonality”
Take-Two said today that it’s shifting its year-end from October 31 to March 31 in an effort to “align its fiscal periods more closely with the seasonality of its business and improve comparability with industry peers.”
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Posted in: Financials, Take-Two, Trade
Tags: take-two full-year financials 2010
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 07:24 BST
Ready at Dawn’s next game to be like Uncharted, reveal coming “soon”
God of War: Ghost of Sparta’s right around the corner, meaning that Ready at Dawn’s just about to embrace the PSP in an awkwardly lengthy hug and permanently part ways with the portable.
So, what’s next?
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot
Tags: god of war: ghost of sparta, PSP, Ready at Dawn, uncharted
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 07:16 BST
John Lennon’s Imagine heading for Rock Band 3
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Posted in: DS, EA, Music, PS3, Rhythm action, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: harmonix, imagine, John Lennon, mtv games, rock band 3
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 08:00 BST
Japanese retailer lists and details PS3 Castlevania, MGS4 bundle [Update]
A Japanese retailer‘s outed a special new PS3 hardware bundle that’ll feature Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and another title from the collaborator of the former: Metal Gear Solid 4.
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Posted in: Action, Konami, PS3, Shooter, Sony
Tags: castlevania: Lords of shadow, kojima productions, Mercurysteam, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, mgs4
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 06:44 BST
Sega “reasonably encouraged” by Vanquish sales
Sega West boss Mike Hayes has told IGN the publisher is “reasonably encouraged” by sales of OTT Platinum shooter Vanquish.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Sega, Xbox 360
Tags: Mike Hayes, platinum games, Vanquish
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 04:55 BST
Back to the Future details: PC/Mac in December
Telltale Games has dropped release specifics for Back to the Future: The Game.
PC and Mac platforms will get the game in December, with PS3 and iPad versions to follow.
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Posted in: Adventure, Blu-ray, Development, PC, PS3, Retail, iPad
Tags: Back to the Future. Telltale Games
Mon, Oct 25, 2010 | 20:13 BST
Cowen slashes Q4 DJ Hero forecast by 60%
Analyst Doug Creutz from Cowen Group has good and bad news for Activision Blizzard.
The good news: Creutz thinks investors don’t need to worry about the music genre anymore.
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Posted in: Financials, Hot, PS3, Rhythm action, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: Activision Blizzard, analyst, cowen group, dj hero, Doug Creutz, guitar hero, harmonix, rock band
Mon, Oct 25, 2010 | 19:44 BST
Bad Company 2 PC patch on the way
Medal of Honor? What’s that?
DICE community manager zh1nt0 has tipped off the PC Bad Company 2 community of incoming fixes to the FPS.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, Shooter
Tags: Bad Company 2, battlefield, dice, ea, medal of honor
Mon, Oct 25, 2010 | 18:19 BST
God of War: Ghost of Sparta – reviews round-up
Reviews are starting to hit for God of War: Ghost of Sparta following the release of a new trailer earlier.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PSP, PSPgo, Sony
Tags: god of war: ghost of sparta, Ready at Dawn
Mon, Oct 25, 2010 | 17:48 BST
Kinect will sell for a profit, says Mattrick
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Posted in: Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Don Mattrick
Mon, Oct 25, 2010 | 17:33 BST
Mental analyst guess fingers EA, Facebook as Apple targets
Kaufman Brothers analyst Shaw Wu has opined that Apple may be in the frame to buy a content firm such as EA, after Steve Jobs said in a call that “strategic opportunities” may be available to the company.
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Posted in: Apple, EA, Rumour
Tags: facebook, Shaw Wu, steve jobs, the moon's made of fucking cheese
Mon, Oct 25, 2010 | 17:22 BST
NFS: Hot Pursuit demo releases tomorrow
EA’s announced the demo for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit will go live tomorrow for Xbox Live and US PSN.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PS3, PSN, Racing, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Autolog, criterion games, Matt Webster, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Mon, Oct 25, 2010 | 17:16 BST
Fable III gets midnight launch in London, co-op footage
Oxford Street GAME’s holding a midnight shindig for Fable III this Thursday. There’ll be developers there, and everything.
Mon, Oct 25, 2010 | 15:40 BST
First Halo: Reach map pack gets trailered in HD
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: bungie, Halo: Reach, Noble Map Pack
2K Marin staff working on second major project