Monthly Archives: January 2011
Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 14:41 GMT
Firemint acquires Puzzle Quest dev
Firemint has announced it’s acquired Infinite Interactive, which it says will help strengthen both the development and publishing arms of the studio.
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Posted in: Australia, DSiWare, Development, Mac, PC, PSN, iPhone
Tags: firemint games, Flight Control, infinite interactive, puzzle quest, rob murray, steve fawkner, warlord
Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 20:40 GMT
First LBP2 reviews start coming in – Eurogamer goes with 9
LittleBigPlanet 2′s first reviews are starting to appear online. What’s Media Molecule’s second album like? Seems to be brilliant.
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Posted in: Hot, Journalism, PS3, Platformer, Sony
Tags: littlebigplanet 2, media molecule
Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 14:03 GMT
Sakurai: Keep 3DS steady whilst playing Kid Icarus: Uprising
Kid Icarus: Uprising director Masahiro Sakurai has said players playing the game should keep their 3DS steady due to getting the best results
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Posted in: 3DS, Action, Nintendo
Tags: Kid Icarus: Uprising, Masahiro Sakurai
Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 13:44 GMT
PopCap moves on WiiWare with Bejeweled 2
PopCap’s announced that its first WiiWare game will be Bejeweled 2, which has hit the service with “immediate availability” in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 13:32 GMT
UK games market in 2010 raked in £2.8 billion
MCV‘s reporting that in 2010, the UK games market made £2.875 billion, down from the £3.3 billion of last year.
Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 13:28 GMT
OnLive to be “integrated” into VIZIO HDTVs, phones and Blu-ray player
Cloud gaming service OnLive has announced a partnership to integrate itself “directly into VIZIO HDTVs, the new VIA Tablet and VIA Phone and Blu-ray players in the VIA Plus ecosystem.”
Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 13:06 GMT
Report – Viacom sold Harmonix for $50
Harmonix was sold by Viacom to investment group Columbus Nova for $49.99, All Things Digital is reporting.
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Posted in: Hot, Music, Rhythm action
Tags: Dance Central, harmonix, rock band, viacom
Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 12:53 GMT
Jim Wilson becomes new Atari CEO
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Posted in: Atari
Tags: Frank Dangeard, Jeff Lupin, jim wilson
Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 12:48 GMT
World of Tanks hits 1 million registrations
After announcing in November last year that more than 500,000 “active players” since releasing in Russia last summer, Wargaming.net said today the free-to-play MMO has now hit 1 million registrations.
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Posted in: Action, MMO, PC
Tags: 1 million, wargaming.net, world of tanks
Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 12:26 GMT
Midway’s canned Day to Night shown off in art form
Following on from the revealing of a piece of art from Hero, a Midway title canned when the company was sold off, images a horror known as Day to Night have emerged, showing yet another binned project from the doomed publisher.
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Posted in: Horror, Midway
Tags: Day to Night
Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 12:14 GMT
Disgaea 4 looking swish in new 6-minute trailer
Nippon Ichi’s released a long trailer of Disgaea 4, showing off the long-running TRPG’s latest take on the Netherworld ahead of the game’s February launch in Japan.
Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 12:01 GMT
Lionhead: News on Fable III PC coming “hopefully soon”
Lionhead has again sought to assuage fears over the much-delayed PC version of Fable III, saying news will “hopefully” be on the way “soon”.
Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 11:32 GMT
Ghost Trick gets Dr. McNinja comic crossover treatment
Capcom’s announced it’s teamed up with Dr. McNinja artist Chris Hastings for a Ghost Trick crossover comic.
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Posted in: Capcom, DS
Tags: Dr McNinja, Ghost Trick, ghost trick: phantom detective
Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 22:27 GMT
Rumour – Microsoft set to announce Avatar Kinect at CES keynote
Glimpse Dog is reporting that a new Kinect-centric service, known as Avatar Kinect, is set to be announced at Microsoft’s CES keynote on Thursday.
Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 10:58 GMT
Scientists measure water evaporation with Wiimote
Wired’s reporting that scientists have turned to using Wiimotes to record water evaporation rates, with the controller chopping costs by precluding the need to buy “pressure transducers”.
Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 10:49 GMT
iPad gets suction-based analog stick solution
For those who hate the way they play games on iPad with your thumbs, a solution has arrived in the form of Fling’s iPad Joystick.
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Posted in: Apple, iPad
Tags: Fling's iPad Joystick
Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 10:31 GMT
Post-apoc MMO Xsyon launching March 1
Notorious Games has confirmed that Xsyon, its post-apocalyptic sandbox MMO, will move from beta to launch on March 1.
Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 10:16 GMT
Pokémon Black and White gets first English language trailer
Nintendo’s released the first English language trailer for Pokémon Black and White, which is readying to release in the US on March 6.
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Posted in: DS, Nintendo, RPG
Tags: Pokemon Black & White
Mass Effect 3: Special Forces Trailer shows the multiplayer in action