Monthly Archives: January 2011
Sun, Jan 09, 2011 | 14:29 GMT
Orb Blu-Ray software coming to PS3
Orb Networks is to bring its Blu-ray software to PlayStation 3, essentially turning Sony’s system into an Internet TV portal.
Sun, Jan 09, 2011 | 11:44 GMT
DC Universe Online gets first TV Spot
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Posted in: MMO, PC, PS3, RPG, Sony Online Entertainment
Tags: DC Universe Online
Sun, Jan 09, 2011 | 10:51 GMT
Beyond Good & Evil HD footage shown at CES
Gamespot’s posted up some brand new footage of Beyond Good & Evil HD, showing the game ahead of its release later this year.
Sun, Jan 09, 2011 | 10:27 GMT
Portal 2 to get Razer Hydra-specific stages
Razer, developer of new PC motion controller Hydra, has said it’s teamed up with Portal 2 developer Valve to bring Hydra-specific stages to the game when it’s released this April.
Sun, Jan 09, 2011 | 09:54 GMT
PS Phone sized-up in new photos
Yet more pictures of the PS Phone have been published, this time comparing the device to numerous others, such as the PSP itself, DS and a handful of mobile phones.
Sun, Jan 09, 2011 | 23:13 GMT
Nintendo World 2011 Day 2 conference report – movie overload, SF and RE 3DS detailed
Following yesterday’s confirmation of 3DS’s launch line-up and details on battery life and such, Nintendo World 2011 has yielded a staggering weight of video, imagery and news on Zelda 3DS, Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition, Resident Evil: Revelations, Kid Icarus and more.
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Posted in: 3DS, Action, Adventure, Fighter, Horror, Hot, Nintendo, RPG
Tags: BlazBlue Continuum Shift II, Kid Icarus: Uprising, Nintendogs and Cats, Paper Mario, reggie fils-aime, Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D, Resident Evil: Revelations, Starfox, Steel Diver, Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition, the legend of zelda: ocarina of time
Sun, Jan 09, 2011 | 00:41 GMT
Saturday shorts – MLB11: The Show footage, Fable Coin Golf shakycam, more
Something new. We had a meeting this week and it was suggested there’s a better way of getting up all the little stories quickly. Could be better for everyone. Let’s see if it works.
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Posted in: 2K, Action, Casual, Development, EA, Horror, Kalypso, Kinect, Koei, Mobile, Movies, PC, PS3, RPG, Sports, Stardock, Strategy, Tecmo, Xbox 360
Tags: Angry Birds, Brad Wardell, dead space aftermath, Dood!, dunegons, dynasty warriors 7, elemental, Fable Coin Golf, fatale, Jon Shafer, Jurassic Park, Magic: The Gathering - Tactics, mark wahlberg, MLB11: The Show, Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Q-Games, Rift, rock band 3 midi pro adapter, rovio, Sidhe, Tale of Tales, telltale, uncharted movie, Warriors: Legends of Troy
Sun, Jan 09, 2011 | 00:10 GMT
NCsoft details some of the changes coming to Aion with update 2.5
NCsoft’s Sean Neil has said Aion’s 2.5 update promises to “further refine” the MMO’s experience and to continue focusing on player suggestions.
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 23:44 GMT
Ramsdale: UK “tax credits have their place”, supporters need to be more “pragmatic”
EA’s VP and GM for Northern Europe, Keith Ramsdale, believes there are benefits to UK tax breaks, but instead of threatening to pack up and leave the country if breaks aren’t implemented, Ramsdale thinks publishers and developers need to take a more “pragmatic approach” to the issues facing the government at the moment.
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Posted in: EA, Politics, Stuff, Trade, UK
Tags: Keith Ramsdale, uk tax cuts, ukie
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 23:07 GMT
Nintendo 3DS’ tech origins started with GameCube
In the latest edition of Iwata Asks, Nintendo’s president and Shigeru Miyamoto discuss how 3DS conceived thanks to the GameCube’s built in 3D-compatible circuitry.
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Posted in: 3DS, Development, Nintendo, hardware
Tags: gamecube, Iwata Asks, Satoru Iwata, shigeru miyamoto
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 21:46 GMT
WSJ source says Verizon will announce iPhone deal on Tuesday
The Wall Street Journal is reporting Verizon mobile subscribers will soon be able to purchase an iPhone and not be forced to use AT&T as their mobile carrier.
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 21:27 GMT
Videogame hardware and software weakest sales sector for Toys R Us during holiday 2010
Toys R Us has announced its total sales and comparable store sales for the month of December through 2010 holiday season. Domestic sales were up by 5.4 percent, with comparable store sales growth of 2.2 percent.
The entertainment category, however, which includes videogame hardware and software was the weakest sector for the retailer as it continued to experience a sales decline.
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Posted in: America, Europe, Financials, Retail, Trade
Tags: holiday 2010, toys r us
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 20:56 GMT
DotA 2: “We’d be pretty hard-pressed to improve” on the core gameplay of DotA, says Valve
Valve has said Defense of the Ancients 2 will maintain the core gameplay of DotA along with the “actual game rules” as the firm would be “hard-pressed” to improve upon the main mechanics.
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Posted in: Mac, PC, Strategy, Valve
Tags: Defense of the Ancients, Defense of the Ancients 2, DotA, fota 2
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 20:47 GMT
Torchlight CES demo shows the game running on Xbox 360
Those interested in seeing how Torchlight looks running on Xbox 360, need look no further: a video of the demo shown at CES is posted below the break.
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Posted in: RPG, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: runic games, torchlight
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 18:49 GMT
Games industry hoping 3DS pulls market out of its year-long slump
Gaming industry vets are excited over Nintendo 3DS, and are hoping the handheld’s release will help pull the market out of the slump it’s been in for the past year.
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Posted in: 3DS, Development, Nintendo
Tags: Andrew Thompson, brian farrell, Craig McNicol, industry
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 18:05 GMT
PixelJunk Shooter 2 CES demo shows first level, contains spoliers
There’s a CES demo for PixelJunk Shooter 2 posted below the break, and if you have yet to finish the first game, you way wish to steer your eyes away from the video: it spoils the ending, apparently.
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 17:45 GMT
“The very first prototype of Bulletstorm was a third person shooter,” says Jessen
Bulletstorm’s producer, Tanya Jessen, has said the shooter first started out in third-person view instead of first, but was changed when the development team decided to go with a non-cover based FPS mechanic.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: bulletstorm, epic, people can fly, Tanya Jessen
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 17:17 GMT
Famitsu dishes up new 3DS Zelda screens
It’s 3DS city and Japan’s the mayor. Famitsu’s dropped some new screens of the 3DS reworking of Ocarina of time, following today’s confirmation that the game won’t appear in the new console’s launch line-up next month.
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 17:19 GMT
Challenges in Deus Ex: Human Revolution are “multi-path” and “multi-solution”
Steven Ciciola, level designer for Deus Ex: Human Revolution, has described some of the challenges the design team faced when developing the action-RPG.
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Posted in: Action, Eidos, PC, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: deus ex, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, edios montreal, Human Revolution, steven ciciola
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 17:13 GMT
Best Buy reports decline in holdiay software sales due to “decrease in gaming”
Best Buy has reported a 15.4 percent year-over-year decline in sales for the 2010 holiday period, citing a large drop in the software category due to a “decrease in gaming.”
Mass Effect 3: Special Forces Trailer shows the multiplayer in action