Monthly Archives: October 2010
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 | 17:38 BST
EG giving away WoW: Cataclysm beta codes
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, MMO, PC, RPG
Tags: world of warcraft, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 | 16:40 BST
Limbo devs working on new IP
Limbo developer Playdead has told Joystiq it’s working on a new IP, following from the success of the former this past summer.
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 | 16:15 BST
Tenacious D to close out Blizzcon 2010
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Blizzcon 2010, Music
Tags: jack black, Kyle Gass, Mike Morhaime, Tenacious D
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 | 16:04 BST
Windows Phone 7 to launch on October 21 in Europe, EA announces support with The Sims and more
Microsoft’s announced it will launch Windows Phone 7 on October 21 in Europe and on November 8 in the US.
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 | 15:09 BST
Arkham City gets hot new screens
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PC, PS3, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: Batman: Arkham City, rocksteady
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 | 14:12 BST
Dead Space: Ignition free with pre-orders of Dead Space 2
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Posted in: EA, PS3, PSN, Puzzler, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: dead space 2, Dead Space: Ignition, visceral games
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 | 15:08 BST
MercurySteam mentions “second” Castlevania: LoS game on Spanish radio [Update]
Update: Konami’s declined to comment on it.
Original: MercurySteam’s already talking about a sequel to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, according to a report from EG Spain.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, Konami, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: castlevania: Lords of shadow, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, Mercurysteam, Oscar Araujo
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 | 13:32 BST
Butler gets more Move action
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Posted in: PS3, PlayStation Move, Sony, Sports
Tags: kevin butler, MAGIC VUVUZELAS!, Tiger Woods PGA Tour '11
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 | 13:15 BST
Black Ops DS dev “down, but not out”
N-Space has confirmed its laid off an unspecified number of employees, but insists the studio has not closed.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, DS, Development, Jobs
Tags: Call of Duty: Black Ops, Dan O'Leary, GoldenEye 007, N-Space
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 | 11:51 BST
Ex-sound creator “certain” Suzuki “wanted” Shenmue on “PS3 or Xbox”
Ex-Shenmue sound creator Osamu Murata has said he’s “certain” creator Yu Suzuki “wanted” the series on either PS3 or 360.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, Sega
Tags: Osamu Murata, shenmue, shenmue III, Shenmue Town, yu suzuki
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 | 11:19 BST
Guerrilla Games: Game budgets to continue rising
Guerrilla Games’ lead producer Steven Ter Heide has told GI, contrary to previous comments from EA Partners boss David DeMartini, budgets for games will continue to be on the rise.
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Posted in: Development, PS3, Sony
Tags: Guerrilla Games, Steven ter Heide
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 | 10:38 BST
UK charts: FIFA 11 keeps PES 2011 off number one, Enslaved and Castlevania enter top ten
FIFA 11′s held off the challenge of Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 in this week’s UK charts to stay top, as Enslaved and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow enter the top ten.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Charts, EA, Konami, Namco Bandai, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Sports, UK, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: castlevania: Lords of shadow, enslaved, FIFA 11, Mercurysteam, ninja theory
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 | 10:09 BST
25th anniversary Mario Wii, DSi confirmed for Europe
Know that Wii bundle announced last week for Japan by Nintendo to celebrate 25th years of Mario? It’s coming to Europe as well. So is the previously-announced DSi bundle
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Posted in: Hot, Nintendo, Platformer, Sports, Wii
Tags: donkey kong, Mario 25th anniversary, new super mario bros. wii, wii sports
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 | 09:07 BST
Hands-on preview: Duke Nukem Forever brings it in London
Even when the Internet was aflame with comments from people who’d played it at PAX, even when I was invited to come and see it for a hands-on in London, even when I was actually entering the room full of demo pods showing the title screen, I didn’t really believe that Duke Nukem Forever existed. But it does, and I’ve played it, and talked to Randy Pitchford and Gearbox’s VP Steve Gibson about the extraordinary story behind it.
Want to know what it’s like?
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Posted in: 2K, Action, Hot, Impressions, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: duke nukem forever, Gearbox Interactive, randy pitchford, steve gibson
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 | 08:32 BST
Heroes on the Move renamed PlayStation Move Heroes
Sony announced over the weekend it has renamed its tentatively titled Heroes on the Move to PlayStation Move Heroes.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Platformer, PlayStation Move, Sony
Tags: heroes on the move, Nihilistic Software, PlayStation Move Heroes
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 | 07:54 BST
Would Harmonix like to revisit Frequency and Amplitude? “Yes”, says Rigopulos
Harmonix boss Alex Rigopulos has told Edge he’d like to revisit the company’s first two titles Frequency and Amplitude in the future.
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Posted in: Music, PS2, Rhythm action, Sony
Tags: Alex Rigopulos, amplitude, Frequency, harmonix
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 | 07:25 BST
LOVEFiLM coming to PS3 next month
A video from the official PS3 YouTube channel has confirmed UK movie rental service LOVEFiLM is coming to PS3 as of next month.
Sat, Oct 09, 2010 | 22:35 BST
Patent application for Wii Vitality Sensor shows the device can recognize breathing patterns
A patent application for Nintendo’s Wii Vitality Sensor was unearthed this week.
Thankfully, it’s just for Nintendo’s console and not for PS3, otherwise the device would explode when we play something like Demon’s Souls.
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Posted in: Development, Nintendo, Wii, hardware, peripherals
Tags: Wii Vitality Sensor
Sat, Oct 09, 2010 | 22:15 BST
More Sly Cooper Collection shots emerge
Sony released a new batch of screens for the remasters Sly Collection.
Click onward for all six.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PS3
Tags: Sanzaru Games, sly cooper, The Sly Cooper Collection
2K Marin staff working on second major project