Monthly Archives: January 2011
Sun, Jan 23, 2011 | 06:53 GMT
Saturday shorts – DoWII: Retribution stuff, Halo art, videos, screens, more
Look at dozens of websites for small pieces of news you may or may not care about. Or hit the link.
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Posted in: Action, App Store, Kinect, MMO, PC, PS3, Shooter, Sony Online Entertainment, Sports, Strategy, Wii, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, iPad, iPhone
Tags: halo, kinect hack, mario sports, marvel vs capcom 3, McVc, michigan state university, Minecraft, Minecraft Kinect hack, ministry of war, obesity in kids, PlanetSide Next, saturday shorts, steve jobs, study, the next big thing
Sat, Jan 22, 2011 | 21:07 GMT
Square puts Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection Ultimate Pack up on its store
Square has posted shots of its store exclusive Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection, a PSP compilation of Final Fantasy IV with The After Years sequel.
Sat, Jan 22, 2011 | 20:55 GMT
Direct2Drive offering games for limited rental at $5 a pop
Direct2Drive has started offering limited digital game rental at five bucks a pop for five hours of gameplay.
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Posted in: PC
Tags: d2d, direct2drive, game rentals
Sat, Jan 22, 2011 | 20:27 GMT
Industry vet Bill Budge to be second recipient of the AIAS Pioneer Award
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has announced Bill Budge as the second recipient of the AIAS Pioneer Award, which recognizes contributions made by those who helped to “create the interactive entertainment industry.”
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Posted in: Awards
Tags: AIAS, aias pioneer award, bill budge
Sat, Jan 22, 2011 | 19:39 GMT
3DS impressions videos from Holland and North America events
Gamespot has released two videos with its editors talking about what they liked and didn’t like about 3DS and its line up during Nintendo’s joint Holland and North American events last week.
Sat, Jan 22, 2011 | 19:23 GMT
Core Portal 2 game is the same “whether you buy it on PS3 or 360″, says Valve
Valve’s Chet Faliszek has said this Portal 2 on PS3 was the first 100 percent internally created product for the firm, because it had external help with The Orange Box on the platform.
Sat, Jan 22, 2011 | 18:48 GMT
EFF says Sony’s hacking suit sends a “dangrous message to researchers”
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has called Sony’s lawsuit against GeoHot and fail0verflow an act which could negatively impact legitimate security research.
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Posted in: Legalities, PS3, Piracy, Sony, hardware
Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, fail0verflow, Geohot, ps3 hack
Sat, Jan 22, 2011 | 18:35 GMT
World of StarCraft week “flipped my life upside down”, says modder
Ryan Winzell has described the roller coast week he had after his World of StarCraft mod was pulled from YouTube as one which “pretty much flipped my life upside down.”
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Development, MMO, PC, Strategy
Tags: mod, Ryan Winzell, StarCraft Universe, World of StarCraft
Sat, Jan 22, 2011 | 18:50 GMT
Limited Edition announced for Hyperdimension Neptunia
NIS America posted a Limited Edition Gamindustri Premium Pack over on its official website for its strategy RPG Hyperdimension Neptunia.
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Posted in: Koei, NIS America, PS3, RPG, Tecmo
Tags: Hyperdimension Neptunia
Sat, Jan 22, 2011 | 16:48 GMT
StarCraft AI competition winner describes how his team bested pro-StarCraft player Oriol Vinyals
Haomiao Huang, a student at the University of California Berkeley, has posted over on Ars Technica an explanation of how he and other students won the 2010 StarCraft AI Competition by besting pro-StarCraft player Oriol Vinyals who was “previously ranked best in Spain and ranked among the top 16 players in Europe.”
Sat, Jan 22, 2011 | 15:56 GMT
John Romero no longer with Slipgate Ironworks, working on social game Loot Drop
Ex-id and Ion Storm co-founder John Romero is no longer at Slipgate Ironworks, a company he helped form in 2005, and is reportedly working with business partner Tom Hall on a social network game called Loot Drop.
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Posted in: Development, Internet, PC
Tags: gazillion, john romero, Slipgate Ironworks
Sat, Jan 22, 2011 | 17:08 GMT
Unreal Development Kit January beta includes PhysX support for iOS
Epic has released the updated January 2011 UDK beta, and the latest version includes PhysX support for iOS.
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Posted in: Development, hardware
Tags: epic, ios, UDK, UDK iOS, unreal development kit
Sat, Jan 22, 2011 | 14:29 GMT
Breach gameplay videos show players protecting convoys, handling bio-weapons
Three videos featuring gameplay footage from Breach, Atomic’s downloadable multiplayer FPS, have surfaced over on Gamespot. We’ve posted each here for your viewing pleasure.
Sat, Jan 22, 2011 | 15:41 GMT
Kaos: Dedicated servers for all versions of Homefront “means everything is bigger”
Homefront senior designer Brian Holinka has said dedicated servers for all versions of the shooter will allow the game to support more airstrikes, weapons, and vehicles.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Shooter, THQ, Xbox 360
Tags: brian holinka, homefront, kao studios
Mon, Jan 24, 2011 | 07:35 GMT
LA Noire trailer confirms May 17 release date [Update]
What appears to be a leaked LA Noire trailer, officially supposed to be revealed this coming Monday, has confirmed the game will be releasing on May 17, 2011.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Platform holders, Rockstar, Xbox 360
Tags: la noire, team bondi
Sat, Jan 22, 2011 | 11:50 GMT
Bethesda: First Tango game “a ways off”
Looking forward to seeing what Tango Gamework is up to in the near future? Be as pumped as you like, you’re still not going to be seeing it for a long time.
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Posted in: Bethesda, Hot
Tags: Pete Hines, Shinji Mikami, Tango Gamework
Sat, Jan 22, 2011 | 12:05 GMT
Latest Shift 2 movie details pre-order bonuses, melts monitors
EA’s released another trailer for the frankly amazing-looking Shift 2, detailing ther three cars and some of the 40 extra events you’ll get if you splash out on the limited edition.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: Need for Speed Shift 2: Unleashed, Slightly Mad Studios
Sat, Jan 22, 2011 | 08:13 GMT
Killzone 3 multiplayer footage shows MP03 Bilgarsk Boulevard
Following the announcement of Killzone 3′s multiplayer beta date yesterday, Sony’s shot up a new video of the game being played online. This is footage from the Guerrilla title’s third map, Bilgarsk Boulevard.
The Killzone 3 open beta begins on February 2 in the US and February 3 in Europe, with the full game releasing on February 23 in Europe and February 25 in the UK. Get the movie after the break.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Shooter, Sony
Tags: Guerrilla Games, Killzone 3
Mass Effect 3: Special Forces Trailer shows the multiplayer in action