Monthly Archives: November 2010
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 09:20 GMT
Retailers speak out against Valve: “Steam is killing the PC market”
Gamers may – by and large – worship Valve as the rightful god of PC gaming, but multiple major retailers both online and off see a big ol’ pair of horns beneath the developer’s halo.
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 09:39 GMT
Donkey Kong Country Returns gets new trailer, elephant, bananas
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Posted in: Nintendo, Platformer, Wii
Tags: Donkey Kong Country Returns, retro studios
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 09:14 GMT
Undergarden demo out now
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Posted in: Atari, Casual, PC, Xbox 360
Tags: Artech Studios, the undergarden, xbla
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 08:55 GMT
EVE Online: Commissioned Officer edition hitting in December via Namco
Namco said this morning that it’s to release the Commissioned Officer edition of super-deep CCP MMO EVE Online in the UK and Germany this December.
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Posted in: CCP, MMO, Namco Bandai, PC, RPG
Tags: eve online: Commissioned Officer Edition
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 08:48 GMT
Gazillion nets further $60 million in funding
LEGO Universe studio Gazillion Entertainment has obtained an extra $60 million in funding from Singaporean private equity firm Temasek Holdings.
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 08:47 GMT
BioWare on Dragon Age II combat: “think like a general but fight like a Spartan”
Worried that the Dragon Age you knew and loved has been violently (but silently) murdered – replaced by some pale, tactically brainless imitation?
Worry no more.
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 19:31 GMT
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood TV ad shows lift full of dead people
With Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood releasing this week, Ubisoft’s decided to show off the game on TV with a load of contemporary corpses. Ours is not to reason why.
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 08:23 GMT
Vietnam vet derides Black Ops release as “very tacky”
Vietnam veteran and Winnipeg resident Ron Parkes has hit out at the release of Black Ops on Remembrance Day.
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 08:17 GMT
First nine minutes of Prince of Persia Trilogy HD show off sharp swords, sharper graphics
Gotta hand it to the prince: he cleans up really nicely. Oh sure, he’s still a scruffy ne’er do well at heart, but he doesn’t look like he’s smeared himself with Vaseline anymore. And what’s that smell? Is that a hint of… lavender? Oh, never mind. That’s just the gas leak in our house again. See, ever since it started, we’ve been able to see smells. Also, shadowy figures holding daggers to our throats. But oh, look at us, we’re rambling again.
Catch the first nine minutes of Prince of Persia Trilogy HD after the break!
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PS3, Platformer, Ubisoft
Tags: Prince of Persia Trilogy HD, trailer
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 08:10 GMT
Report: MS sold 40,000 Windows 7 phones day one, despite marketing blitz
Despite having spent approximately $400 million on marketing Windows 7 phones, The Street is quoting a source claiming only 40,000 units were sold in the first day of release.
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 07:52 GMT
Super Meat Boy gets super-hard cheevos on Steam
The PC version of Super Meat Boy is to get Achievements Microsoft rejected for the 360 version for being too difficult.
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Posted in: PC, Platformer
Tags: steam, Super Meat Boy, Team Meat
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 09:10 GMT
Ubisoft teases “Assassin’s Creed: Ascendance”
When you can’t even rely on the games themselves to hand out solid answers, expecting a cryptic teaser trailer to give you anything other than a wink and some brief eye candy is probably going too far. Such is the case with a recently posted video of an animated series called “Assassin’s Creed: Ascendance.”
It hails from UbiWorkshop, a studio that’s produced previous Ubi promo work in the form of short movies, art books, and comics, and shows an assassin going for a nice rooftop jog in the middle of a rainstorm. Check it out after the break.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, Ubisoft
Tags: assassin's creed: ascendance, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Ubisoft
Mon, Feb 21, 2011 | 23:31 GMT
Australian board outs “Sackboy’s Prehistoric Moves”
Is Sackboy going to bust a groove with some dinosaurs? Will he be assuming the role of a dorky but well-meaning father who embarrasses his children by being positively disco-obsessed? Is Sony’s new Move motion controller going to be somehow involved?
We have no idea. But Australia’s Classification Board’s rated the game, so it definitely exists.
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 10:39 GMT
EA announces trio of brand new XBLA, PSN, and PC games
EA’s bread-and-butter may be triple-A unfathomable-budget titles, but the publisher’s venturing outside the realm of dudes with guns, race cars, and Gears-of-War-but-with-boy-wizards with three very interesting-looking indie titles.
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 07:09 GMT
Crytek aims for “very long-running franchise” in Crysis
Crysis 2 executive producer Nathan Camarillo has told Eurogamer the shooter will keep on trucking for a good while yet.
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 07:02 GMT
EA assumes all publishing responsibilities for The Old Republic
LucasArts has handed back some release duties on Star Wars: The Old Republic to EA, EA announced today.
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 06:53 GMT
First PlayStation ads hit Latin America, babies featured
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Posted in: Latin America, PS3, PSP, PlayStation Move, Sony
Tags: baby
Wed, Nov 10, 2010 | 23:41 GMT
Treyarch to keep track of those exploiting glitches in Black Ops
Treyarch doesn’t take kindly to cheaters, and it plans on punishing those who use exploits found in Call of Duty: Black Ops to win in an unsavory manner.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Black Ops, call of duty, David Vonderhaar, treyarch
Wed, Nov 10, 2010 | 23:17 GMT
Warner Montreal drops triple-A development for casual and mobile
Warner’s Montreal Studio is changing direction, and will no long be making triple-A titles at the development branch, but will be creating social and mobile games instead.
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Posted in: Canada, Casual, Development, Jobs, Mobile, Warner Bros.
Tags: montreal, quebec
Wed, Nov 10, 2010 | 23:01 GMT
Baltimore GameStop robbed, thieves make off with over 100 copies of Black Ops
Some maniacs carrying semi-automatics robbed a Baltimore GameStop last weekend, and not only did the creeps walk out with cash and game systems, but over 100 copies of Black Ops as well.
2K Marin staff working on second major project