Monthly Archives: October 2010
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 | 06:00 BST
Mortal Kombat: Scorpion’s tale revealed
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Posted in: Arcade, Fighter, PS3, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: ed boon, mortal kombat, Netherrealm Studios, scorpion, Subzero
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 22:00 BST
Halo: Reach level cap to be raised
Hot on the heels of the revelation that more man-years have been spent playing Halo: Reach than it would take to build 16 Eiffel Towers, comes word from Bungie that the game’s level cap is to be boosted.
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 21:35 BST
Farmville accused of data mining
Facebook users don’t have to use dubious apps on the social network to be at risk of a privacy breach. The Wall Street Journal reports that all ten of Facebook’s most popular apps – including Zynga’s Farmville – transmit user information to “at least 25” data mining and advertising firms, in apparent contravention of both Facebook and industry standards.
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 20:50 BST
Civ V Mongol and Babylonian DLC launching next week
PC gamers will get a chance at being a little more civilized next week, with 2K Games confirming today that two DLC packs are on the way.
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Posted in: 2K, Hot, PC, Platform holders, Strategy
Tags: 2k Games, Civilization V, dlc, free
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 21:27 BST
Halo: Reach terror stat update: 16,445 “man-years” wasted so far
Just think, right, what could happen if all this time was spent actually achieving something. No? Let’s go, Spartan.
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 20:33 BST
UK PC charts: 5% of MOH sales takes Civ V down a peg
Medal of Honor hasn’t had Guinness reaching for its record books, but EA’s shooter has performed well enough to top the UKIE/GfK-ChartTrack’s relegating Civilization V to second spot.
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Posted in: Action, Charts, EA, PC, PlayStation Store, Retail, Sports, Strategy
Tags: Civilization V, FIFA 11, medal of honor, steam, uk charts
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 20:11 BST
New Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood trailer shows nemesis
Your single-player nemesis, that is. While Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood’s multiplayer mode has taken a lot of attention of late – the MP beta commenced last month – it seems Ubisoft is now ready to start trickling out campaign plot details.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, PS3, Platform holders, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Cesare Borgia, Ezio, single-player, Templar, Ubisoft
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 18:58 BST
The first few hours of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood – hands-on impressions
Ubisoft recently put a load of games journalists up in Rome to see the first few hours of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. We didn’t get invited. But we did get to play the game in London just afterwards. Read on for hands-on impressions from the first few hours of the game.
Warning: may contain minor spoilers about the opening. But trust me, it’s better than watching me try to talk about the game without actually talking about the game for a thousand words.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Impressions, PC, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 19:33 BST
Take-Two CEO: Digital distribution won’t kill game boxes
Digital distribution may be a growing part of Take-Two’s business, but company head Strauss Zelnick doesn’t think the days of shiny boxes on store shelves are over just yet.
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Posted in: 2K, App Store, Mobile, PlayStation Store, Retail, Take-Two, Trade, Xbox Live, iPad, iPod
Tags: cloud computing, digital distribution, grand theft auto, onlive, Rockstar Games, Strauss Zelnick, Take-Two
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 18:31 BST
Mayhem racer coming from ExciteBike 64 dev, says ratings boards
Seems like the ESRB and OFLC just exposed Mayhem, a new racing title from Evolved Games and ExciteBike 64 developer Left Field Productions.
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Posted in: PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: Evolved Games, left field productions, mayhem
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 18:04 BST
FF Versus XIII PS3 exclusivity questioned again after job ad
The PS3 exclusive status of Final Fantasy Versus XIII is under siege once more after Square Enix listed a vacancy on the game team for a “Battle Planner”.
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Posted in: Development, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: exclusivity, final fantasy versus XIII, Square Enix, Tetsuya Nomura, yoichi wada
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 23:23 BST
Blizzcon 2010 ready for Friday kick-off, Justin and Nathan ready for liveblog action
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC
Tags: diablo III, starcraft II, world of warcraft, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 17:13 BST
MS shows how Halo: Reach’s Deliver Hope short was made
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Posted in: Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: bungie, deliver hope, Halo: Reach
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 17:37 BST
Bethesda announces 360-exclusive New Vegas DLC
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Posted in: Action, Bethesda, Hot, RPG, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Fallout: New Vegas, Obsidian Entertainment, Pete Hines
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 16:06 BST
Steam passes 30 million user mark
More than 30 million Steam accounts have now been created, Valve has just said, with user-growth up 178 percent in the last 12 months.
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 16:11 BST
Kinect to launch in US with 17 games, 19 titles planned for EU launch
Microsoft’s confirmed that Kinect’s “launch portfolio” consists of 17 titles in the US and 19 in Europe.
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 15:58 BST
Rumour – Leaked Black Ops videos show intro, zombies
Two more videos of Call of Duty: Black Ops have appeared, one of which shows its zombie mode.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: Call of Duty: Black Ops, treyarch
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 13:58 BST
MS to spend $500 million on Kinect marketing
Microsoft said today it’s to spend around $1 billion marketing Kinect and Windows Mobile 7, with about half the figure going to the former.
2K Marin staff working on second major project