Monthly Archives: January 2011
Sun, Jan 16, 2011 | 17:15 GMT
ESRB lists MLB Bobblehead Pros for PS3 and Xbox 360
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Posted in: 2K, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: MLB Bobblehead Pros
Sun, Jan 16, 2011 | 17:11 GMT
Priestly: Mass Effect 2 “PS3 demo was old build”
According to Bioware’s Chris Priestly, the demo for Mass Effect 2 on PS3 used a two month-old build of the game’s engine - so put away the pitchforks, PS fans.
Sun, Jan 16, 2011 | 17:14 GMT
New video shows mother’s disgust at Dead Space 2
EA’s released a new video for Dead Space 2, showing a bunch of angry mothers reacting to scenes from the game.
Sun, Jan 16, 2011 | 13:58 GMT
Square registers Type-1, 2 and 3 trademarks
Square’s been registering more new trademarks in relation to Final Fantasy Type-0, following the registering of a trademark and logo related to the same name at the end of December.
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Posted in: Hot, Square Enix
Tags: Final Fantasy Type-0, Final Fantasy Type-1, Final Fantasy Type-2, Final Fantasy Type-3
Sun, Jan 16, 2011 | 12:13 GMT
Mortal Kombat to get webisode series
The Mortal Kombat film reboot may be dead, but it seems there is some live action hope for fans of the series thanks to director Kevin Tancharoen.
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Posted in: Warner Bros.
Tags: Kevin Tancharoen, mortal kombat
Sun, Jan 16, 2011 | 12:05 GMT
Latest Shogun 2 gameplay looks super-hot
SEGA’s being showing off the latest Shogun 2 gameplay on Gamespot’s video magazine show, On the Spot.
Sun, Jan 16, 2011 | 17:31 GMT
Magic the Gathering: Tactics gets Blue Mana trailer
SOE has released a new video for Magic the Gathering: Tactics, showing off what your characters will be looking like in videogame form, rather than being confined to a glossy card.
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Posted in: Platform holders
Tags: magic: the gathering
Sun, Jan 16, 2011 | 10:56 GMT
Moore: Boxing not what it once was, but it’s not dead
EA’s Sports Peter Moore has been talking boxing on his blog, specifically to ask the question, “Is boxing dead?”
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Posted in: EA, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Fight Night: Champion, peter moore
Sun, Jan 16, 2011 | 10:19 GMT
Sakaguchi: The Last Story won’t use “shake controls”
The Last Story director Hironobu Sakaguchi has said the game will not use “shake controls,” adding that it’s not “possible” for the game to appear on any other platform.
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Posted in: Wii
Tags: Hironobu Sakaguchi, the last story
Sun, Jan 16, 2011 | 10:25 GMT
Jonathan Ross: 3DS capabilities “far better than I would have thought possible without glasses”
UK celebrity and former chat show host Jonathan Ross has been giving his thoughts on 3DS via Twitter; it seems he’s impressed.
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Posted in: 3DS, Nintendo
Tags: Jonathan Ross
Sat, Jan 15, 2011 | 22:00 GMT
Saturday shorts – Pinball FX 2 compo, Last Story, Kinect hacks, Monday Night Combat PC delay, more
Lots of relatively minor news stories related to videogames are combined to make a whole greater than the sum of its parts after the break.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Capcom, Casual, EA, Kinect, MMO, Microsoft, Nintendo, PC, PS3, Valve, Wii, Xbox 360, hardware, iPad, iPhone, peripherals
Tags: 3d, Bing Gordon, bioware, Code of Everand, Come Midnight, cooking mama, facebook, Friend's Cafe, indigo prophecy, Infinity Blade, Kinect hacks, Left 4 Dead 2, Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, mistwalker, Monday Night Combat, NBA 2K11, people can fly, Pinball FX 2, serious sam hd, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, swtor, the last story, world of warcraft
Sat, Jan 15, 2011 | 21:35 GMT
Lima Sky stops issuing “trademark warnings” to App makers using the word “doodle”
Doodle Jump developer Lima Sky has decided to stop issuing “trademark warnings” to App Store developers who use “doodle” in the title of their games.
Fri, May 06, 2011 | 02:32 BST
Crystal Dynamics explains how the Tomb Raider Trilogy was remastered for PS3
Karl Stewart, global brand director at Crystal Dynamics, has detailed over on the US PS Blog how the studio remastered its Lara Croft games for the Tomb Raider Trilogy.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PS3, Square Enix
Tags: karl stewart, tomb raider, tomb raider triolgy
Sat, Jan 15, 2011 | 21:36 GMT
A couple videos surface for Midway’s canned Hero game
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Posted in: Action, Development, Midway
Tags: hero, phosphor games
Sat, Jan 15, 2011 | 21:19 GMT
DCUO: Auction Houses and chat improvements to be addressed soon, says SOE
DC Universe Online’s game director, Chris Cao, has promised that the “first update” released for the game will include Auction Houses.
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Posted in: MMO, PC, PS3, Sony Online Entertainment
Tags: Chris Cao, DC Universe Online, DCUO
Sun, Jan 16, 2011 | 01:52 GMT
Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy has battle watching mode
Online Japanese retailer Gamestar has let slip some more details about Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy, and among the features listed is a voyeuristic/watching mode.
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Posted in: PSP, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: Dissidia 012, Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy, final fantasy, [duodecim]
Sat, Jan 15, 2011 | 20:05 GMT
Four new L.A. Noire screens sneak out
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360
Tags: L.A. Noire, la noire, team bondi
Sat, Jan 15, 2011 | 19:50 GMT
Nicolas Games has acquired Frontline Studios
Polish developer and publisher Nicolas Games has acquired Frontline Studios, which is currently working on the digital download title Arena Morte.
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Posted in: Development, Poland
Tags: frontline studios, nicolas gmes
Sat, Jan 15, 2011 | 17:33 GMT
Patcher expects console prices to be cut this year, Sony first to do so
Analyst Michael Pachter believes a drop in console prices will help counter the current financial slump in the games industry.
Sat, Jan 15, 2011 | 16:00 GMT
FilePlanet subscribers get 15% off on Direct2Drive games
IGN’s promoting its download site FilePlanet, and if you are a paid subscriber or part of the Founder’s Club, you can get 15 percent off most titles on Direct2Drive as long as you are a subscriber.
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Posted in: PC
Tags: d2d, direct2drive, fileplanet
Mass Effect 3: Special Forces Trailer shows the multiplayer in action