Monthly Archives: January 2011
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 17:48 GMT
Castlevania: Harmony Of Despair getting Symphony Of The Night DLC
Konami’s confirmed that a Symphony Of The Night stage is to be added to Castlevania: Harmony Of Despair as PDLC this month.
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Posted in: Konami, Platformer, Xbox 360
Tags: Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, castlevania: Symphony Of The Night, dlc, xbla
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 17:35 GMT
CityVille attracts largest ever Facebook audience
Merely a month from release, Zynga’s CityVille has attracted the biggest monthly active user count out of any Facebook game or app, tapping into an audience of over 84.2 million monthly players.
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 16:45 GMT
IGF finalists announced, Minecraft and Amnesia big cheeses
As BigDownload notes, the finalists for the 2011 Independent Games Festival have been announced, with Minecraft and Amnesia: The Dark Descent both receiving three nominations each, including one for the $20,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize.
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 16:51 GMT
ESRB: Bulletstorm is about a “space pirate” and “mutant cannibals”
US ratings board the ESRB has rated People Can Fly’s Bulletstorm, saying the shooter includes drunk shooting and the word “cock”.
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Posted in: Action, EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: bulletstorm, Epic Games, ESRB, people can fly, space pirates
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 16:21 GMT
Bowie’s son “hugely jealous” of Raimi directing WoW movie, could be first “good” game film
Duncan Jones, the director of movie Moon, says he’s “hugely jealous” of director Sam Raimi being the man in charge of the World of Warcraft movie.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, MMO, Movies
Tags: Duncan Jones, sam raimi, world of warcraft, World of Warcraft movie
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 15:45 GMT
Bulletstorm clip has Epic president in a shower
And you thought Mark Rein in a bathtub with Marcus and Master Chief at Develop was interesting.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: bulletstorm, Epic Games, mike capps, people can fly
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 15:26 GMT
DICE: Battlefield 3 PC getting “special effort”
Battlefield 3 lead designer David Goldfarb has said the PC version of the upcoming shooter is getting some “special effort”.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, Shooter
Tags: battlefield 3, David Goldfarb, dice
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 15:04 GMT
Canabalt goes open source
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Posted in: iPhone
Tags: Adam Saltsman, Canabait, Eric Johnson, Semi Secret
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 14:53 GMT
Dude steals 3DS from Chinese assembly line, uploads pictures and video to internet
A Chinese factory worker has seemingly managed to grab a 3DS from a assembly line and pictured it for the world to see.
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Posted in: 3DS, Nintendo
Tags: Chinese factory line
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 14:48 GMT
BioWare promises “cinematic” gameplay for The Old Republic
Paul Marino, lead cinematic designer on BioWare’s Star wars: The Old Republic, has opened up on the subject of how players can expect to interact with NPC’s throughout the game – cinematically.
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Posted in: EA, MMO, PC, RPG
Tags: bioware, star wars, Star Wars The Old Republic, star wars: the old republic mmo, swtor
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 14:52 GMT
MicroBot out now on XBLA, this week on PSN
EA’s announced that human body shooter MicroBot is out now on Xbox Live Arcade, with a release later in the week for PSN.
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 14:27 GMT
Raw Games: Portal comparisons welcome, but The Spire doesn’t have any
While The Spire, a first-person puzzler from independent UK developer Raw Games, is pushing all the right buttons for Portal fans, dev MD John Tearle has been quick to point out to Big Download that his game doesn’t actually have any portals at all.
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 14:15 GMT
2011 game release schedule promises vintage year
We’re only in the first few days of January, but looking forward into the rest of the year is a dazzling task, with schedules for every platform showing high quality releases all the way through to 2012.
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Posted in: 3DS, Action, Activision Blizzard, Adventure, Capcom, Codemasters, DS, EA, Fighter, Horror, Hot, Konami, Lucasarts, Microsoft, NCSoft, Namco Bandai, PC, PS3, PSP, PopCap, RPG, Racing, Rockstar, Sega, Shooter, Sony, Sony Online Entertainment, Square Enix, THQ, Take-Two, Ubisoft, Warner Bros., Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: 2011 release schedule
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 13:41 GMT
Fabula Nova Crystallis conference renamed, delayed, to be streamed
Square’s reorganised the Fabula Nova Crystallis press conference that was due to take place in Tokyo next week.
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Posted in: 3DS, Action, Fighter, Hot, PS3, PSP, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: Fabula Nova Crystallis, Final Fantasy Agito XIII, final fantasy versus XIII
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 12:46 GMT
Angry Birds hits PS3, PSP this week
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Posted in: Casual, PS3, PSP, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: Angry Birds, Minis, rovio
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 12:38 GMT
Final Fantasy IV: Complete Collection dated, priced for Japan
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Posted in: PSP, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: final fantasy iv, Final Fantasy IV: Complete Collection, final fantasy iv: the after years
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 10:52 GMT
Path of Go is first 360 game to use F Sharp code
Path of Go, a sim created by Microsoft researchers and now released on Xbox Live Arcade, has brought an AI-played version of the complex game of Go to the mass audience, and marks the first ever 360 title to use “F Sharp” code.
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 10:36 GMT
Tales of Graces fan translators take on Tales of Vesperia
Die-hard fans of Namco’s Tales RPG franchise, currently working on a translation patch for 2009′s Tales of Graces, have said they’re now starting to convert the PS3 version of Tales of Vesperia into English.
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Posted in: Namco Bandai, PS3, RPG, Wii
Tags: Tales, Tales of Graces, tales of vesperia
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 09:56 GMT
Nintendo holding European, US 3DS events on January 19
Nintendo’s sent out invites to European and American press for 3DS preview events in January.
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Posted in: 3DS, Hot, Nintendo
Tags: nintendo of america, nintendo of europe, reggie fils-aime
Mass Effect 3: Special Forces Trailer shows the multiplayer in action