Monthly Archives: January 2011

Gods Eater Burst – the more attentive among you may notice the “English” title has gained a significant plural – is one of those hunter-type PSP games, viewed through a veil of apparent madness. Siliconera got their hands on the localisation and dragged out a pile of new gameplay info.

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Niko Partners has released its Southeast Asian Game Market Regional Report for the second half of 2010, concluding that the online games market is likely to grow from $405.7 million to $833.7 million by 2014.

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Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll has a lot to celebrate today: an European release date, and a shiny new trailer! What more could a girl want? Hit the break and find out.

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Sony’s security minded firmware update, 3.56, has been hacked within hours of release, re-enabling custom firmware and once more throwing the console open to homebrew developers and pirates alike.

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The US PS Blog has confirmed earlier reports of an April release for SOCOM 4: US Navy Seals, debuting a new multiplayer trailer for us to slaver over while we wait.

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The Main Drag drummer and Harmonix community manager John Drake has said Harmonix aren’t planning on putting Kinect features in Rock Band any time soon, but sees a bright future for the genre.

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Rock Band kicks February off with a bang by introducing one of the most critically acclaimed and beloved albums of the punk rock era – and after. London Calling, in its entirety, arrives as premium DLC in just a few days.

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Industry research firm Forecasting and Analyzing Digital Entertainment has announced that 2010 was Xbox Live’s biggest to date, with Capcom’s Dead Rising 2: Case Zero and the independent Limbo driving Live Arcade sales to record highs.

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343 Industries is looking for an experienced missions designer for the studio’s next big project. I wonder what it could be?

No, I don’t. It’s Halo. Obviously.

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Microsoft Games Studio’s John Noonan has entered into the spirit of the looming portable console wars by describing Nintendo and Sony’s approach to the smartphone problem as a “PSP1-like strategy”.

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If the hypsesplosion somehow didn’t tip you off to this, Dead Space 2 is pretty damn nifty. Apparently those of you with dollars in your pockets are expressing your opinion on the matter in the capitalist way, blowing the socks off the original game’s sales performance.

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Despite coyly refusing to officially confirm a console port of the ravishing RPG, CD Projekt has confirmed that The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings was built with that intention.

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Microsoft has announced record second-quarter revenue of $19.95 billion for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2010. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $8.17 billion, $6.63 billion and $0.77 per share, respectively.

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SCE Europe’s Andrew House has crushed our hopes by admitting that not all NPG models will feature 3G connectivity, and that Sony has not yet established 3G partnerships.

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Shuhei Yoshida, Sony Computer Entertainment America’s senior vice president of product development, had plenty to say about PSP2, a.k.a. NGP, today during the firm’s unveiling of the handheld in Tokyo. An in the video interview with Gamespot posted below the break, he tells the site that the games shown during today’s event are just a taste of what’s to come.

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It’s probably against the law to talk about the 3DS today, but I’m a rebel. In the latest Iwata Asks, system designer Ryuji Umeza explains Nintendo’s baffling “three to five hours” official battery life statement.

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Another day, another trailer for Test Drive Unlimited 2, this one showing off the game’s various Jaguars. Check it out below. The open world racer launches on February 8 in the US and February 11 in the UK for PS3, 360 and PC.

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Codemasters has announced it’s to implement a Hacked Account Restart Programme for those playing Lord of the Rings Online who have been a victim of account hacks.

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Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has told Kotaku that when the firm finally announces a price for PSP2, “people will say it makes sense.”

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People can Fly and Epic released another Skillshot video today, this one focuses on Burn, which is a charged shotgun blast on multiple enemies. That’s one hell of a shotgun too, if we may say so ourselves.

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