Monthly Archives: December 2010
Mon, Dec 06, 2010 | 11:31 GMT
GAME holding Monday Madness sale – £99 GT5 Sig Edition, £20 Medal of Honor, more
GAME’s holding a massive sale right now, entitled Monday Madness. It’s early Christmas shopping time.
Mon, Dec 06, 2010 | 11:10 GMT
Microsoft denies Kinect shortage claims
Microsoft UK and Ireland boss Neil Thompson has denied it has engineered shortage reports of Kinect ahead of the Christmas retail period.
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Posted in: Hot, Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Neil Thompson, Stephen McGill
Mon, Dec 06, 2010 | 10:36 GMT
Rumour – Split-screen for Killzone 3 shown in preview code
Looks like there’s going to be split-screen for Killzone 3, if a captured off-screen shot of recent preview code shows anything.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Shooter, Sony
Tags: Guerrilla Games, Killzone 3
Mon, Dec 06, 2010 | 10:06 GMT
UK charts: Black Ops overtakes GT5 to top spot
Call of Duty: Black Ops has overtaken Gran Turismo 5 back into the top spot in the UK charts.
Mon, Dec 06, 2010 | 08:43 GMT
Flatout video for Wii shows stunt mode
Zoo Games has released a new video for Flatout on the Nintendo Wii, showing off the games stunt mode.
Mon, Dec 06, 2010 | 08:31 GMT
Microsoft not looking at Home-like service for 360
Xbox UK chief Stephen McGill has told GI that Microsoft isn’t looking at plans about creating a service similar to PlayStation Home for 360.
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Posted in: Home, Microsoft, PS3, Sony, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Neil Thompson, Stephen McGill
Mon, Dec 06, 2010 | 08:11 GMT
1UP begins Shenmue Week, world weeps
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Sega
Tags: shenmue, shenmue II, shenmue III, yu suzuki
Mon, Dec 06, 2010 | 07:52 GMT
Monster Hunter Portable 3rd ships 2 million in Japan
Capcom’s announced it’s shipped 2 million units of Monster Hunter Portable 3rd following its release in Japan last week.
Wed, Dec 08, 2010 | 20:33 GMT
Pachter: PSP2 will be “dead on arrival”
Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter has said he thinks the handheld market is “in trouble,” and thinks PSP2 “is going to be dead on arrival.”
Tue, Dec 07, 2010 | 14:11 GMT
No MvC3 demo due to schedule reasons, says Capcom’s Svensson
Capcom VP Christian Svensson has stated the reason why there won’t be a pre-release demo of Marvel vs Capcom 3 is due to development schedule reasons with the game.
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Posted in: Capcom, Fighter, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: christian svensson, marvel vs capcom 3
Sun, Dec 05, 2010 | 12:26 GMT
Thrustmaster teases official GT5 wheel, could cost $500
Thrustmaster is teasing its new GT5 wheel, named the T500RS, which it says will offer unrivaled accuracy by using what looks like the same technology in its HOTAS Warthog controller.
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Posted in: PS3, Sony
Tags: gran turismo 5, Thrustmaster T500RS
Sun, Dec 05, 2010 | 12:23 GMT
Dead Space 2 demo before Christmas? “You never know,” says Papoutsis
Dead Space 2′s executive producer, Steve Papoutsis, has said a demo of the game could arrive before the end of the year.
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Posted in: Action, EA, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: dead space 2, steve papoutsis, visceral games
Sun, Dec 05, 2010 | 05:40 GMT
Gilbert wishes he’d made “battling a little more intellectual” in DeathSpank
Ron Gilbert has said if he could do DeathSpank all over again, he would have made combat in the game more like a puzzle.
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Posted in: Action, EA, PC, PSN, Xbox Live
Tags: deathspank, ron gilbert, thongs of virtue
Sat, Dec 04, 2010 | 22:04 GMT
Samurai Warriors Chronicle screens are action-packed
Koei Tecmo has released a large batch of screens and information for its 3DS game Samurai Warriors Chronicle.
Sat, Dec 04, 2010 | 21:03 GMT
LOTRO getting Radiance revamp in Q1 2011, and lots of other good stuff
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Posted in: MMO, PC, Warner Bros.
Tags: kate paiz, lord of the rings, turbine
Sat, Dec 04, 2010 | 20:41 GMT
Darkspore video shows off multiplayer
Maxis and EA has put out a new video for Darkspore, showing how cooperative works in the game.
Sat, Dec 04, 2010 | 20:32 GMT
Swords and Soldiers gets Move support on PSN, 20% off on Steam
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Posted in: PC, PSN, PlayStation Move, Strategy, WiiWare
Tags: Ronimo Games, Swords and Soldiers
Sun, Dec 05, 2010 | 10:57 GMT
Red Faction:Origins film to be released in May instead of March
THQ core boss Danny Bilson has tweeted that the Red Faction film will start shooting January, and will air in May.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Shooter, THQ, Xbox 360, tv
Tags: Armageddon, danny bilson, origins, red faction, Red Faction: Armageddon, Red Faction: Origins, syfy
Sat, Dec 04, 2010 | 19:47 GMT
Second Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit patch in the works for PC
Last week, Criterion released a Hot Pursuit patch for PC, but apparently another one is in order, as the developers have outlined on the game’s official site what to expect in the next one.
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Posted in: EA, PC, Racing
Tags: criterion, Hot Pursuit, need for speed, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
2K Marin staff working on second major project