Monthly Archives: November 2010

Fri, Nov 05, 2010 | 16:04 GMT

James Bond: GoldenEye and Blood Stone reviews round-up

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Today is the day the majority of reviews for both James Bond titles from Activision go live, and we’ve rounded-up what we can find for you on Blood Stone and GoldenEye below.

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Fri, Nov 05, 2010 | 15:21 GMT

Mortal Kombat screens show Johnny Cage vs Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Mileena

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Netherrealm Studios and Warner released new shots for Mortal Kombat 2011 and we’ve pulled ‘em and posted all five for you below, as well as some character portraits.

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Fri, Nov 05, 2010 | 14:47 GMT

Hirshberg: GoldenEye out selling Modern Warfare Wii

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Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg said during a call to investors last night GoldenEye 007 was outselling Modern Warfare on Wii .

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Fri, Nov 05, 2010 | 13:45 GMT

Report – Codies Guildford GM leaves, Bodycount now down for summer

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Eurogamer‘s reporting that Codemasters Guildford general manager Adrian Bolton has left the studio.

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Fri, Nov 05, 2010 | 12:59 GMT

New TDU2 shots are car porn

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Namco’s released some new screens of Test Drive Unlimited 2. Cars you’ll never afford in real life just got sexy.

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Fri, Nov 05, 2010 | 12:23 GMT

Additional dev time for True Crime: Hong Kong has “paid off”, says Activision

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Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg said last night the additional development time on True Crime: Hong Kong has “paid off” for the game

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Fri, Nov 05, 2010 | 11:59 GMT

Armored Core 5 pushed into 2011

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Famitsu‘s reporting that mecha title Armored Core has been pushed into 2011.

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Fri, Nov 05, 2010 | 11:40 GMT

New Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam trailer burns

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How does that song go? “Fire. I bring you to buuurn.”

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Fri, Nov 05, 2010 | 11:19 GMT

Battlefield Play4Free revealed – first trailer inside

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Yeah. That new Battlefield game mentioned earlier this week? This is it.

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Fri, Nov 05, 2010 | 10:26 GMT

GT5 still on for pre-christmas release, says SCEA

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SCEA marketing exec Peter Dille has told Siliconera that Gran Turismo 5 is still on for a pre-christmas release.

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Fri, Nov 05, 2010 | 10:05 GMT

Monster Hunter Portable 3 demo out now

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Capcom’s released the demo for Monster Hunter Portable 3 in Japan.

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Fri, Nov 05, 2010 | 09:55 GMT

Previous GTA titles a fiver on Steam

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Good deal.

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Fri, Nov 05, 2010 | 09:44 GMT

This is your Dance Central intro

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Good stuff.

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Fri, Nov 05, 2010 | 08:53 GMT

Live-action Black Ops commercial features slow-mo explosions, Kobe Bryant

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On this week’s episode of “Advertising Budgets Gone Wild,” we have a nice little slice of total insanity from Activision. But it’s a good kind of insanity. Maybe. The basic concept? What if Call of Duty multiplayer was an actual thing? You know, like a paintball match, but with live ammo and enough pyrotechnic work to make Michael Bay shed a few tears, grab his hat, and find something else to hang it on.

Also, famous convicted sex offend– we mean basketball player Kobe Bryant and comedian Jimmy Kimmel are both in it, because why not? Check out the full thing after the break, courtesy of Advertising Age.

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Fri, Nov 05, 2010 | 08:19 GMT

Project LMNO target video shows what could have been

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We are deeply saddened to live in a world where Imagine Party Babyz alternatively crawls and drunkely conga lines onto shelves while this gets canceled.

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Fri, Nov 05, 2010 | 08:07 GMT

Square Enix Q2 financials not a pretty sight, could have been even worse

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Square’s taken a glass half-full approach to its Q2 financials, which is really quite admirable.

Even if it is a really small glass.

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Thu, Nov 04, 2010 | 23:12 GMT

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D in pre-production at Lionsgate

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It looks as though the follow-up to 2006′s Silent Hill film is still in the works, and a report has surfaced stating it’s to be a 3D affair and called Silent Hill: Revelation.

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Thu, Nov 04, 2010 | 22:48 GMT

Microsoft beta testing episodic Full House Poker for Xbox Live

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Best start practicing your poker face, then.

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Thu, Nov 04, 2010 | 22:35 GMT

God of War’s Lost Atlantis level revealed

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God of War II never got that sinking feeling. Here’s why.

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Thu, Nov 04, 2010 | 22:25 GMT

StarCraft II ships 3 million in first month

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Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime has confirmed that StarCraft II shipped out 3 million units in its first month of release.

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