Monthly Archives: January 2011
Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 19:27 GMT
Phosphor Games’ Awakened is based on Midway’s canned open-world game Hero
With Midway Chicago being sold to Warner, the team behind the open-world action game Hero lost all assets, code, art and everything else pertaining to it in the process. So, when the remnants of that team went on to form Phosphor Games, it decided to continue work on the game in the form of Awakening, but unfortunately, it had to start all over from scratch.
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Posted in: Action, Development, Midway
Tags: awakened, hero, phosphor games
Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 18:58 GMT
Lanning: Just Add Water creating Abe’s Oddysee HD
Oddworld Inhabitants chief Lorne Lanning has told EGM that a HD remake of Abe’s Oddysee is in the works at Just Add Water.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot
Tags: just add water, lorne lanning, oddworld inhabitants, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee HD
Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 18:56 GMT
Ed Fries joins Razer’s Board of Advisors
Razer has announced that ex-Microsoft Game Studios head Ed Fries has been added to its Board of Advisors.
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Posted in: Development, hardware, peripherals
Tags: ed fries, Razer
Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 18:36 GMT
Media Molecule announces the LittleBigPlanet Wiki
Sorry we missed this earlier in the week, but with all the hoopla surrounding Sony’s announcement of NGP, hopefully you can forgive us for not telling you about LittleBigPlanet getting its very own Wiki.
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Posted in: PS3, Platformer, Sony
Tags: LBP, lbp2, littlebigplanet, littlebigplanet 2, LittleBigPlanet wiki, media molecule
Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 20:14 GMT
Paradox insistent that fixes are coming to Magicka
Paradox boss Fredrik Wesker has reiterated Arrowhead Studios’ promise that fixes are on the way to Magicka.
Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 18:01 GMT
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy: Party Battles, MogWeb, Quest Creation and more detailed
Famitsu has the goods on Dissidia 012 Duodecim: Final Fantasy, and thanks to some lovely translation from Andriasang, you can find out all about the new modes Party Battle, MogWeb, and Original Quests for the PSP title.
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Posted in: PSP, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: Dissidia 012 [duodecim]: Final Fanatsy, Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy, final fantasy
Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 17:15 GMT
New solo instances detailed for Age of Conan
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Posted in: MMO, PC
Tags: age of conan, aoc, funcom, hyborian adventures
Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 16:22 GMT
Sony working with devs to bring digital versions of UMD games to NGP
Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai has said the firm is currently in negotiations with various developers to bring digital versions of already released PSP games to the new NGP system.
Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 15:42 GMT
3DS developers say it was hard to sell 3D to co-workers after Virtual Boy failure
In the latest version of Iwata Asks, Nintendo’s president chats with 3DS’s Kenichi Sugino and Hideki Konno about some of the hurdles they experienced trying to convince co-workers the new handheld was not another failed attempt at 3D like Virtual Boy.
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Posted in: 3DS, Development, Nintendo, hardware
Tags: Hideki Konno, Iwata Asks, Kenichi Sugino, Satoru Iwata, virtual boy
Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 15:15 GMT
PlayStation Move Heroes gets a bundle, box art shown off
Sony has announced a bundle for Nihilistic Software’s PlayStation Move Heroes, exclusively for North America.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PS3, PlayStation Move, Sony
Tags: Move Heroes, Nihilistic Software, PlayStation Move Heroes
Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 15:02 GMT
Capcom’s next Fight Club venue is all about Marvel vs Capcom 3
Capcom is bringing its Fight Club to Los Angeles Next week on February 3, so if you are interested and live in the area, you should head on down.
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Posted in: Capcom, Fighter, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: fate of two worlds, fight club, marvel vs capcom 3, Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, MVC3
Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 14:49 GMT
LOTRO dev details how the team reminds players of new content
Lauren Salk, a content developer for Turbine’s Lord of the Rings Online, has detailed a the design process she uses when creating festival events such as the Haunted Burrow and Winter-home, and how she and the rest of the team go about getting folks to participate in the content the team creates.
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Posted in: MMO, PC, Warner Bros.
Tags: lauren salk, lord of the rings online, lotro, turbine
Mon, Jan 31, 2011 | 17:03 GMT
Angry Birds Rio movie tie-in arrives on mobile in March
Twentieth Century Fox and Rovio announced a new partnership between the two in order to bring Angry Birds to RIO.
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Posted in: Android, Casual, Mobile, Videos, iOS, iPad, iPhone
Tags: Angry Birds, angry birds rio, rio, rovio, Twentieth Century Fox
Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 13:50 GMT
Catherine’s multiplayer detailed a bit more
Those still curious over the multiplayer elements of Catherine should turn their eyes to Famitsu, which has explained it in more detail.
Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 13:12 GMT
Valve: Portal 2 console versions to be “identical,” but PS3 to be better updated
Now, now, 360 owners. If you’re gonna point those pitchforks anywhere, you’d best press them right against Microsoft’s throbbing Adam’s Apple.
Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 09:18 GMT
3DS Friend Codes to be 12 digits long, support surprisingly robust feature set
Yeah, fumbling through a bunch of numbers is definitely a hassle, but this time, Nintendo actually plans on making it worth your while.
Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 08:50 GMT
Rumour: PlayStation cloud-saving a Plus-only Firmware 3.60 feature
Kotaku’s rumouring that the inevitable future need to cloud-save PlayStation games will be a subs-only feature.
Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 08:45 GMT
Battlestar Galactica Online open beta beginning on February 8
The Battlestar Galactica MMO was created by man. It evolved. It rebelled. There are many copies. And it has a plan…
To enter open beta in a couple weeks. (Ok, so maybe it’s not the most eventful rebellion.)
Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 06:58 GMT
Dead Space 2 Hardcore mode unlockable captured, amazing
Someone’s grabbed video of a weapon you get as a special unlock if you’re daft enough to brave Dead Space 2′s Hardcore mode. You only get access to the new level of difficulty after beating the game, and you’re then challenged to best single-player on ultra-hard with only three saves in total.
Maybe this’ll help you push through the pain, though. Warning: obviously this is a massive spoiler.
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Posted in: Action, EA, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: dead space 2, visceral games
Fri, Jan 28, 2011 | 22:48 GMT
Death in SWTOR to be neither a “cakewalk,” nor overly harsh
Damion Schubert, lead combat designer for Star Wars: The Old Republic, has taken to the game’s forums to discuss how death will work in the MMO.
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Posted in: EA, MMO, PC
Tags: bioware, star wars, Star Wars The Old Republic, swtor, The Old Republic
Mass Effect 3: Special Forces Trailer shows the multiplayer in action