Monthly Archives: November 2010
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 09:57 GMT
Ubisoft announces PS3-exclusive DLC for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PS3, PSN, Ubisoft
Tags: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Copernicus Conspiracy
Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 18:26 GMT
Information on Battlefield 1943 for PC coming “in the not so distant future”
EA has said information on the PC version of Battlefield 1943 will be coming in “the not too distant future”.
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Posted in: Development, EA, PC, Shooter
Tags: battlefield 1943, digital illusions, Patrick Soderlund, vaporware
Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 18:51 GMT
EA’s Soderlund: Medal of Honor “didn’t meet our quality expectations”
EA Games VP Patrick Soderlund has told EG the recently-released Medal of Honor did not live up to the publisher’s “quality expectations”.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Danger Close, dice, medal of honor, Patrick Soderlund
Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 18:32 GMT
Kinect will provide non-gamers with a “more interactive home entertainment experience”, says Microsoft
Xbox Live marketing man Craig Davison has said Kinect is something consumers have been waiting on in order to have a “more interactive home entertainment experience”.
Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 17:49 GMT
Miyamoto tells investors Mario games will be made in both 2D and 3D on 3DS
Shigeru Miyamoto told investors during Nintendo’s latest financial call the company will release not only 2D and 3D but Mario games for 3DS.
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Posted in: 3DS, Development, Nintendo
Tags: 2d, 3d, mario, shigeru miyamoto
Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 17:27 GMT
EA has had “exposure” to PSP2, says Soderlund
EA Europe VP Patrick Soderlund has hinted the publisher has seen PSP2, saying it’s had “exposure” to the machine.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, NGP
Tags: Patrick Soderlund
Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 17:01 GMT
EyePet in stores today for PSP
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Posted in: Adventure, PSP, Sony
Tags: eyepet psp
Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 19:08 GMT
BlackBox making next Need for Speed title for November 2011
EA Europe VP Patrick Soderlund has revealed to Eurogamer that mainstay series developer BlackBox will be making a new Need for Speed for release next November.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, Racing
Tags: Blackbox, EA Europe, need for speed, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Need for Speed: Shift 2, Patrick Soderlund
Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 16:43 GMT
Check out this LittleBigPlanet 2 beta footage of a jet fighter
Some beta footage from LittleBigPlanet 2 has surfaced over on YouTube, and it shows the player taking to the skies in a jet fighter.
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Posted in: PS3, Platformer, Sony
Tags: lbp2, littlebigplanet 2, media molecule
Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 16:03 GMT
NBA 2K11 going 3D for PS3 exclusively next month at Best Buy
2K Sports has announced that NBA 2K11 will be available on 3D exclusively for PS3 at Best Buy.
Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 18:31 GMT
Kinect is not about “moving from the core to the broad”, says Microsoft’s Chris Lewis
Microsoft’s Chris Lewis has said the key to Kinect’s success is “getting people in front of the technology and experiencing it”.
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Posted in: Europe, Kinect, Microsoft, UK, Xbox 360, hardware
Tags: chris lewis, microsoft uk
Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 15:10 GMT
DirecTV dumps G4 due to low viewer base
DirecTV has dropped G4 from its channel line-up after negotiations between the station’s parent company Comcast and the satellite TV provider fell through.
Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 14:45 GMT
You’ll see Battlefield 3 “in the not too distant future,” says Soderlund
Battlefield 3 is coming. And its reveal isn’t too far out if comments from EA Games Europe VP Patrick Soderlund are a pointer.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, dice, Patrick Soderlund
Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 14:00 GMT
Hands-on – One last drive with NFS: Hot Pursuit and a chat with EA Games Europe chief Patrick Söderlund
The Need for Speed series was in trouble a year and a half ago. “They were losing quality, repetitive and EA were beating up the franchise and losing consumer interest in the brand,” says Patrick Söderlund, Senior VP of EA Europe.
Something had to change. Let’s face it, racers are a dime a dozen, especially on this generation of consoles, which has spoiled us for choice with titles such as Forza, Project Gotham Racing and Gran Turismo (well eventually, anyways), to name a few. Söderlund knew this, so when he was asked to come in and rescue the series, he and his team decided to stop the cycle of the same team making game after game each year, and instead have several studios working the series, as he felt this “would make the brand successful again.”
Now, after last year’s Shift from Slightly Mad Studios, if you’re going to continue rescuing a failing franchise, asking the studio that developed Burnout Paradise would seem a good start.
[All text by Joe Anderson]
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Patrick Soderlund
Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 13:14 GMT
Nintendo to provide WiiWare demos again
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Posted in: Nintendo, Wii, WiiWare
Tags: Furry Legends, Jett Rocket, ThruSpace, WiiWare demos, Zombie Panic
Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 12:46 GMT
Harmonix aiming for bigger European focus with Rock Band
Harmonix boss Alex Rigopulos has told MCV it’s aiming for a bigger market share in Europe with Rock Band.
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Posted in: DS, EA, Music, PS3, Rhythm action, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: Alex Rigopulos, harmonix, mtv games, rock band, rock band 3
Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 11:48 GMT
Black Ops gets 18 rating from BBFC
The BBFC’s just listed the classification rating for Call of Duty: Black Ops, giving it an 18.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, DS, PC, PS3, Shooter, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: bbfc, Call of Duty: Black Ops, modern warfare 2, treyarch
Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 11:25 GMT
“Never say never” on Shenmue III, says Sega boss
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Sega
Tags: Mike Hayes, shenmue III, Shenmue Town
2K Marin staff working on second major project