Monthly Archives: November 2010
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 18:11 GMT
UK gets Best Buy Online store starting tomorrow with free shipping
Best Buy has launched an online shop in the UK. Now you can shop from home instead of visiting one of the seven stores across the country.
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Posted in: Retail, UK
Tags: best buy, best buy online, Best Buy UK
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 17:54 GMT
Microsoft changes Kinect Christmas forecast from 3 million to 5 million
Microsoft has looked ahead to Christmas and has decided it will see 5 million Kinect units instead of the previously forecasted 3 million.
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 17:45 GMT
Dead Space 2: Ring Around the Rosie video is creepy as hell
EA has put out a new video for Dead Space 2, and it honestly creeps us out a bit.
In a good way, though.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: dead space, dead space 2, visceral games
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 17:35 GMT
Xbox Live Gold Family Pack now available
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: family pack, xbox live family pack
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 17:26 GMT
Coming soon to PS Plus in Europe: Critter Crunch, Abe’s Exodus, Red Faction Guerillla
Sony has put out a list of what PS Plus users in Europe can expect from today until January 5 on the service.
Get the goods below.
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 16:59 GMT
Check out the updated version of PS3′s Bluetooth headset
Some shots of the new PS3 Bluetooth headset surfaced on the net today, and the peripheral looks less chunky than the original and bit sexier.
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Posted in: PS3, Sony, peripherals
Tags: playstation bluetooth headset
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 16:48 GMT
Coming to US PS Plus: Shatter, Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus, and DYNOGEMS
Sony has posted a peek at what’s in the cards for PlayStation Plus users in the US on November 16, and we’ve got the important bits for you below.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Plus, Sony
Tags: coming soon to ps plus
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 16:37 GMT
Remedy “certainly wants to see more Alan Wake”, says franchise head Hakkinen
Oskari Hakkinen, head of franchise development at Remedy, has said while there are no plans for additional DLC packs for Alan Wake, The Writer “paves the way for the future” which was “always the intention.”
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 15:36 GMT
Kinect hits US tomorrow, freebies being handed out during Times Square launch festivities
Microsoft will launch Kinect in the US tomorrow, and to get folks pumped to the max for it, the firm will be holding a launch party in NYC’s Times Square.
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 15:08 GMT
Euro PS Store, November 3 – Badman is back as No Heroes Allowed, God of War madness hits
Sony updated the European end of the PS Store today, and like the US end, there’s some God of War madness going around.
That’s not all though, Badman is back and he has brought his daughter Badmella to work with him in No Heroes Allowed, the third-installment in the Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman series, and the first since its name change.
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Posted in: Home, PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: european psn update, god of war, No Heroes Allowed
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 15:34 GMT
Russian shoots MW2, sets it on fire
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: "And as always have nice day", infinity ward, modern warfare 2
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 13:09 GMT
EA announces Dragon Age Legends for Facebook
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Posted in: Casual, EA, RPG
Tags: bioware, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age Legends, EA 2D, facebook
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 14:47 GMT
Crytek UK wants Haze to be remembered “a little more gently than when it was released”
Remember Haze? That shooter from Free Radical, published by Ubisoft and was a PS3 exclusive? Didn’t go down too well? Its developer wants you to remember it. A lot more “gently”.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft
Tags: crytek uk, free radical, haze, Karl Hilton
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 12:14 GMT
EA Q2 financials – everything in one place
EA was the first of the big three to go up this week for its Q2 financial results.
It’s amazing to hear such big numbers being heard in a teleconference, you know.
Some bombs were dropped, some names were named, numbers were numbered.
You had to be there. We were. And that’s why everything from last night is rounded up and below the break.
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 12:01 GMT
EA: MMA off to a “slow start”, but still “optimistic”
EA MMA has gotten off to a “slow start”, EA COO John Schappert revealed in the publisher’s Q2 financial call last night.
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 11:48 GMT
No More Heroes is most certainly not dead – proof is in the pudding
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Posted in: Action
Tags: Grasshopper Manufacture, no more heroes, suda 51
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 11:33 GMT
Civ V releasing for Mac on November 23 in US
Civilization V will be out in the US on November 23 for Mac, according to the company behind the port, Aspyr.
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 11:21 GMT
Bond: Blood Stone gets launch trailer
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, DS, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: bizarre creations, James Bond: Blood Stone
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 10:54 GMT
Mikami chose Bethesda for Tango buyout because it had “the most independent development environment”
Tango Gamework boss Shinji Mikami has given his first interview since the studio was bought by Bethesda parent ZeniMax, saying it decided on ZM because it gave the studio “the most independent development environment to work with.”
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Posted in: Bethesda, Hot
Tags: Shinji Mikami, Tango Gamework, Tetsu Takahashi
2K Marin staff working on second major project