Monthly Archives: January 2011
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 15:56 GMT
Blizzard decribes the process of coming up with pets for WoW
Cory Stockton, lead content designer for World of Warcraft, has described the origins of pets in the game, be it a combative pet or just a rare vanity pet you can tame for bragging purposes.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC
Tags: Cataclysm, cory stockton, world of warcraft, world of warcraft pets, wow
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 15:56 GMT
Direct-feed LBP2 gameplay videos show plenty
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Posted in: PS3, Platformer, Sony
Tags: lbp2, littlebigplanet 2, media molecule
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 15:56 GMT
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – details outed on combat, leveling, races, more
NeoGAF has complied tons of information on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim from the latest Game Informer, and we’ve posted some highlights for you below.
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 15:57 GMT
Silent Hill 8 titled Downpour, first details revealed from Game Informer
Vatra’s Silent Hill 8 has been detailed in the latest Game Informer magazine, and according to a NeoGAF user who got to see it, the game is actually called: Silent Hill: Downpour.
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Posted in: Action, Horror, Hot, Konami, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: silent hill 8, silent hill: downpour, Vatra
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 22:22 GMT
Nintendo World 2011 Day 1 conference report: Japanese 3DS launch line-up confirmed, battery life at 3-8 hours, more
The 3DS-centric Nintendo World 2011′s wrapped up its first day in Tokyo, where some news heavy stuff has dropped.
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Posted in: 3DS, Capcom, Fighter, Hot, Japan, Koei, Konami, Namco Bandai, Nintendo, Tecmo
Tags: battery life, Battle of the Giants: Dinosaurs 3D, level-5, Nintendo World 2011, Nintendogs & Cats, Packaging, Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracles, Puzzle Bobble 3D, Ridge Racer 3D, Samurai Warriors Chronicle, Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition, Winning Eleven Soccer 3D
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 08:29 GMT
Bethesda clarifies Skyrim’s enemy level-scaling feature
Most RPGs have a built-in reward for your painstaking efforts to grow stronger than the fierce, two-foot-tall sewer rats of the world: you get to beat the stuffing out of the baddies who hung you from flagpoles and gave you swirlies back in the day.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, though? Not so much.
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Posted in: Bethesda, Hot, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: fallout 3, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 05:19 GMT
EA’s Riccitiello: “No question” that digital will overtake retail this year
Quick! Out of the GameStop! It’s going down!
But first, would you like to preorder this life-jacket-and-flotation-device bundle?
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Posted in: EA, Hot
Tags: digital distribution, ea, John Riccitiello
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 02:49 GMT
Sidhe: Shatter dev plans to eventually wean itself off third-party publishers
Sidhe, which developed the very popular Shatter for PSN, has said it plans to eventually wean itself off third-party publishers by focusing more on the downloadable space in 2011.
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 02:49 GMT
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light DLC finally released on Steam
Those who’ve been waiting patiently for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light DLC should know that it’s now live on Steam.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PC, Square Enix
Tags: Crystal Dynamics, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, steam
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 02:49 GMT
Zenimax trademark applications suggest possible names for upcoming New Vegas DLC
NeoGAF has found three trademark applications from Zenimax, which has the net figuring the trademarks could indicate the names of possible DLC for Fallout: New Vegas.
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 02:49 GMT
Amnesia: The Dark Descent moves 200K units since September
IGF finalist Frictional Games has announced that its dreary and quite scary horror title Amnesia: The Dark Descent has moved over 200K units since its release in September 2010.
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Posted in: Horror, PC
Tags: amnesia, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, frictional games, The Dark Descen
Fri, Jan 07, 2011 | 21:25 GMT
Fling iPad controls “feel like the joysticks on a PSP”
Engadget‘s had a crack at those stick-on Fling joysticks for iPad at CES this week, and it sounds as though they actually work.
Fri, Jan 07, 2011 | 21:18 GMT
Enterbrain: Japanese games market shrunk 9% in 2010; Nintendo dominates the year
Enterbrain has released its yearly sales report for the Japanese videogame market, and it finds the industry as a whole down 9 percent in 2010 year-over-year.
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Posted in: Financials, Japan, Microsoft, Nintendo, Retail, Sony, Trade
Tags: enterbrain, japanese market
Fri, Jan 07, 2011 | 21:01 GMT
inFamous 2 gameplay shot off-screen at CES
Gamespot’s shot three in-game inFamous 2 videos off-screen at CES this week, showing Cole fighting “swamp monsters,” chasing a limo and fighting a helicopter with his bare, lighting-laden fists.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Sony
Tags: inFamous 2, sucker punch
Fri, Jan 07, 2011 | 21:19 GMT
2K Sports enters into NBA 2K11 sponsorship agreement with ESPN
2K and ESPN have entered into an agreement in which the game publisher will be the official sponsor of ESPN’s live 2011 NBA coverage in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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Fri, Jan 07, 2011 | 20:46 GMT
Diablo III PvP gameplay shakycam shows hard action
A new off-screen grab of PvP Diablo III play’s been posted on YouTube, showing a game unlikely to be playable by old women with poor eyesight.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, PC, RPG
Tags: diablo III, pvp
Fri, Jan 07, 2011 | 20:42 GMT
“We’re going to be hard-pressed to be able to fulfill demand” for Kinect, says Microsoft
Jose Pinero, Microsoft’s senior director of PR for Entertainment Services, has said the company will do well to meet the demand for Kinect at retail for the next two months.
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Posted in: CES 2011, Kinect, Microsoft
Tags: jose pinero, kinect demand, steve ballmer
Fri, Jan 07, 2011 | 20:30 GMT
Schaefer: Torchlight to cost 1200 MSP on XBL; DLC coming if it sells well
Max Schaefer, co-founder of Runic Games, has said the firm has been working on the Xbox 360 version of Torchlight for around “6-8 months in various stages” and it is more than just a “simple translation of the PC version”.
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Posted in: Hot, RPG, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Max Schaefer, runic games, torchlight
Fri, Jan 07, 2011 | 21:49 GMT
Ballmer: Kinect to support PC in “formal way in the right time”
Microsoft head honcho Steve Ballmer has hinted that Windows PCs may get Kinect support in the future.
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Posted in: CES 2011, Hot, Kinect, Microsoft, PC, Xbox 360
Tags: kinect for pc, steve ballmer
Fri, Jan 07, 2011 | 20:00 GMT
Konami releases Winning Eleven 3DS trailer
Konami has put out a trailer for Winning Eleven 3D ahead of tomorrow’s Nintendo World Event.
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Mass Effect 3: Special Forces Trailer shows the multiplayer in action