Monthly Archives: October 2010
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 | 08:18 BST
Bond: Blood Stone dev clip features cars and vehicles
Activision’s released an all-new dev diary for James Bond: Blood Stone, this time focusing on cars, vehicles, aircraft and speedboats.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, DS, PC, PS3, Racing, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: 007, bizarre creations, James Bond: Blood Stone
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 | 08:08 BST
Romero linked to dubious Facebook app company
John Romero hasn’t had the best decade-or-so. At one time the biggest name in games development, the Doom designer exited then all-conquering id Software to head up his own uber project. Sadly, that project was Daikatana, an overblown, overhyped and ultimately mediocre FPS whose development went down in games lore as one of the biggest fiascos of all time.
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Posted in: Casual, Legalities
Tags: john romero
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 | 06:53 BST
MS’s Spencer: Time not right for 3D, but glasses-free 3DS is cool
Speaking to CNN, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has explained the company’s reticence in getting on the 3D bandwagon, saying the right hardware simply isn’t installed in homes at this point.
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 | 06:59 BST
MoH Clean Sweep DLC explained in trailer
Following last night’s announcement that Medal of Honor will get its first DLC, a new mode called Clean Sweep, on Novewmber 2, EA’s released a promo trailer showing the whole thing off.
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 | 06:34 BST
Civ V hitting Mac this year
Mac-loving Aspyr Media has confirmed it’s to launch a Mac version of Civilization V this “holiday”.
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Posted in: 2K, Aspyr, Hot, Mac, Strategy
Tags: Sid Meier's Civilization V, Ted Staloch
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 | 06:09 BST
New Last Story trailer puts emphasis on the “story” part
It’s been months since we last saw hide or improbably spiky hair of Hironobu Sakaguchi’s The Last Story, but the Wii RPG’s finally back – and it’s still looking so pretty that other Wii titles may as well be running on Etch-and-Sketches. The eye candy du jour? A heaping helping of cut-scenes.
Check out the full trailer after the break, courtesy of Andriasang.
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Posted in: Hot, Nintendo, RPG, Wii
Tags: mistwalker, the last story, trailer
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 | 05:31 BST
Full Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright trailer is the most implausible thing you’ll ever see
So there’s this girl who looks like Little Red Riding Hood, and she’s a witch. Or maybe she’s not a witch. Anyway, Professor Layton – who we still say looks like a Lego man – starts accusing her, only for Phoenix Wright to show up and point his finger with such fiery intensity that Layton reconsiders. We think. And then they go on adventures, and Little Red Riding Hood gets chased by the KKK.
So basically, this looks incredible. Check out the first trailer after the break, courtesy of the official Layton vs. Wright website.
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 | 08:11 BST
DJ Hero 2 reviews has us falling in love again
Activision Blizzard’s DJ Hero 2 hits stores today, and it appears reviewers have been having a Gaye old time. Like Marvin, that is.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Journalism, PS3, Rhythm action, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: dj hero 2, freestyle games
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 | 03:43 BST
Shogun 2 “not going out the door until the AI is perfect”
Developer Creative Assembly has received plenty of kudos for its Total War series. It’s also received its fair share of flak in recent games for bugs and the quality – or lack thereof – of the game’s AI.
No longer, apparently.
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Posted in: PC, Sega, Strategy
Tags: ai, Craig Laycock, creative assembly, Shogun 2: Total War
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 | 20:54 BST
60% of ACII players haven’t completed game: Ubi
Googling “Assassin’s Creed II too short” will return you around 176,000 entries. However, players who actually have completed Assassin’s Creed II are in the minority according to Ubisoft’s Gaelec Simard.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: assassin's creed II, Gaelec Simard, Ubisoft
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 | 20:30 BST
On sale in Nov: the Black Ops Jeep
Forget racing games. The real crossover action between videogame and automotive industries is in first-person shooters. Just ask manufacturer Chrysler, who today announced it would release a special Jeep Wrangler to honour Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops game.
Seriously. A car.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, America, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360, hardware
Tags: Call of Duty: Black Ops, Chrysler, Jeep, Mark Lamia, treyarch
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 | 20:05 BST
Bilson on Homefront: “I promise you it competes”
THQ core boss Danny Bilson’s laying his cards on the table against the other big shooters in the industry, saying the Kaos-made FPS Homefront can take on the best.
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Posted in: Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, THQ, Xbox 360
Tags: danny bilson, homefront, kaos studios
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 | 19:59 BST
The Witcher 2: “It seems a really natural move to go to DLC”
New comments from CD Projekt staff appear to show that additional story-based DLC is a certainty for The Witcher 2.
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Posted in: CD Projekt, Hot, PC, RPG
Tags: the witcher 2: assassins of kings, Tomasz Gop
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 | 19:43 BST
THQ plans four hits per year following Montreal announcement
Fresh off announcing yet another dev coup – the signing of Assassin’s Creed boss Patrice Désilets – THQ executive vice president of core brands Danny Bilson has been discussing the company’s development plans around THQ Montreal.
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 | 19:30 BST
FFVII’s Tifa to return in Dissidia 012[duodecim] Final Fantasy
The game with the most indecipherable name in the world will host the return of a character from one of the most famous games in the world. Swings, roundabouts and all that.
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Posted in: Fighter, PSP, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: Dissidia 012[duodecim] Final Fantasy, tifa lockhart
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 | 18:19 BST
New RDR Undead Nightmare trailer: Marston vs zombies in a graveyard
As part of the lead-up to the Undead Nightmare DLC for Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar Games has gotten into the spirit by releasing a trailer featuring John Marston, zombies, and… John Marston killing zombies.
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Posted in: Action, Horror, Hot, PS3, Rockstar, Take-Two, Xbox 360
Tags: dlc, Houser, John Marston, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Undead Nightmare, zombies
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 | 07:36 BST
Medal of Honor sells 1.5 million units in first five days, new MP mode coming next month
EA’s announced this evening Medal of Honor has sold 1.5 million units in its first five days on sale.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Danger Close, dice, medal of honor
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 | 18:02 BST
Super Meat Boy to launch at discount price, will rise in Nov
Super Meat Boy is currently basking in a warm critical reception ahead of its launch tomorrow. As a way of trying to entice a solid release for the brutally hard platformer, developer Team Meat has brokered a lower “price” with Microsoft, for October at least.
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Posted in: Arcade, Platformer, Retail, Xbox Live
Tags: Super Meat Boy, Team Meat, xbox live arcade
2K Marin staff working on second major project