Monthly Archives: January 2011
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 17:36 GMT
Monday Night Combat launches on PC, gets TF2 crossover
Daft actioner Monday Night Combat is now available on PC. Buy it here. The game’s received a nice bump in terms of a Team Fortress 2 crossover you can get access to if you buy the game before February 1.
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Posted in: Action, PC
Tags: Monday Night Combat, Uber
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 17:29 GMT
Ex-Namco and EA execs move to Gaikai
Former EA Redwood Shores CTO Tim Wilson and ex-Namco Bandai Games America VP of online development Robert Stevenson have joined cloud-based gaming company Gaikai. Gaikai, headed up by CEO and industry veteran David Perry, said the new appointments will help extend the company’s online expertise.
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Posted in: PC, Trade
Tags: gaikai, Robert Stevenson, Tim Wilson
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 17:19 GMT
Latest EVE vid details Sansha’s incursions
CCP’s put out a new trailer detailing the back story to EVE Online’s latest expansion, Incursion. Sansha Kuvakei and his Utopian dream means a huge amount of people being killed, apparently. Check out the space-based MMO’s site for more details and watch the movie after the drop.
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Posted in: CCP, MMO, PC, RPG
Tags: eve online, incursions
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 18:45 GMT
Dead Space 2 review round-up: horrifyingly good
Dead Space 2 looks great and all, but let’s face it: It’s not always easy to trust reviews that barge onto the Internet shouting “first!” like they took etiquette lessons from, well, the Internet. Fortunately, the embargo’s up for everyone else, and now Dead Space 2 gets to face the music for real. So, how’d it fare? Is it finally ok to stop scrutinizing and start screaming?
In a word: yes. We haven’t seen reviews this unanimously glowing in quite some time. See for yourself after the break.
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Posted in: EA, Horror, Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: dead space 2, review round-up
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 17:01 GMT
Champions Online is now free to play
Following news last week that Champions Online lifetime subs have now been reduced by 20 percent to £240, Cryptic’s confirmed that the basic game is now completely free to play.
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Posted in: MMO, Namco Bandai, PC, RPG
Tags: champions online, cryptic studios
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 16:52 GMT
Resistance 2 and 3 to be bridged by William C Dietz novel
Sony said today that William C Dietz is to write a second Resistance novel, this one bridging the story from the end of Resistance 2 to the beginning of Resistance 3. The book – which follows Joseph Capelli, Resistance 3′s protagonist – is called A Hole in the Sky, and will be published this summer by Del-Rey. Resistance 3 releases later this year for PS3.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Shooter, Sony, books
Tags: insomniac, insomniac games, Resistance 2, resistance 3, William C Dietz
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 16:26 GMT
Russian media points to Modern Warfare 2 over airport bombing
Russia Today, a government-financed satellite channel, has broadcast a report mixing footage of the aftermath of yesterday’s Moscow airport bombing with the No Russian level from Modern Warfare 2.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, no russian
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 16:08 GMT
UK retailers peg Last Guardian for early October
According to listings made by several retailers, Sony’s setting up an October release for The Last Guardian.
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Posted in: Adventure, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: team ico, the last guardian, UK retailers
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 15:38 GMT
MAG turns one year old
As announced by Sony, MAG turns one year old this week. The game released a year ago tomorrow in the US and a year ago on Satuday in the UK.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, Shooter, Sony
Tags: mag, Massive Action Game, Zipper Interactive
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 14:56 GMT
Kinect hack shows off holographic tech
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 14:50 GMT
2K games sale hits XBL with Borderlands, GTA IV, RDR, more
As promised last week, select 2K and Rockstar games and add-ons have gone one sale through Xbox Live.
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Posted in: 2K, Hot, Rockstar, Take-Two, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: 2k games sale, bioshock 2, borderlands, gta iv, mafia II, NBA 2K11, Red Dead Redemption
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 14:28 GMT
MLB 11: The Show contains one-button game mode for disabled players
Sony has added a one-button gameplay mode to MLB 11: The Show due to a request from 25-year-old baseball fan Hans Smith who has cerebral palsy.
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Posted in: PS2, PS3, PSP, Sports
Tags: MLB 11: The Show, Sony San Diego
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 13:59 GMT
Namco teases potential new Tales game
Namco’s teasing the image you can see above. Looks as though it’s pointing to a new Tales announcement.
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Posted in: Namco Bandai, RPG
Tags: Tales of, teaser
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 14:11 GMT
Premium packs and social features announced for Age of Empires Online
Microsoft and Robot Entertainment announced today its multiplayer co-op title Age of Empires Online will contain Egyptian and Greek factions at launch, and that social features will be integrated into the free-to-play title.
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Posted in: Games for Windows, Microsoft, PC
Tags: age of empires online, AoEO
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 13:55 GMT
Nomura hints at 2012 release for Versus XIII, next big update coming at E3
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: final fantasy versus XIII, Tetsuya Nomura
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 13:35 GMT
Test Drive Unlimited 2 car customization shown off in video
Namco’s released yet another movie for Test Drive Unlimited 2, this one showing off car customization in the Eden sequel. Check it out below. The open world racer launches on February 8 in the US and February 11 in the UK for PS3, 360 and PC.
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Posted in: Namco Bandai, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: Eden Games, test drive unlimited 2
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 13:14 GMT
Pirated games “4:1 against legitimate sales,” says UKIE
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Posted in: Piracy, UK
Tags: michael rawlinson, ukie
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 12:48 GMT
Hollywood “intensely interested” in 3DS, says Iwata
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has said that Hollywood is “interested” in what 3DS can offer.
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Posted in: 3DS, Movies, Nintendo
Tags: Satoru Iwata, shigeru miyamoto
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 11:28 GMT
FFXIII-2 will feature darker story, returning characters from FFXIII
Producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama have said in Dengeki Magazine this week that Final Fantasy XIII-2 will feature a much darker story than that seen in FFXIII.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: FFXIII-2, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Motomu Toriyama, Yoshinori Kitase
Mass Effect 3: Special Forces Trailer shows the multiplayer in action