Monthly Archives: February 2011
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 15:52 GMT
Eutechnyx looking into region-free release of NASCAR 2011 in the UK
NASCAR 2011 developer Eutechnyx has said it’s looking into releasing the game as a region-free title, after earlier reports stated the game would not see a UK release.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, PS3, Racing, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: Eutechnyx, nascar 2011
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 15:31 GMT
Playable character Leia Roland detailed for Tales of Xillia
Leia Roland, the fourth playable character in Tales of Xillia, has been given the detail treatment over on Famitsu.
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Posted in: Namco Bandai, PS3, RPG
Tags: Tales of Xillia
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 17:26 GMT
Fallout: New Vegas Dead Money hits Steam, PS3 today
The first DLC pack for Fallout: New Vegas, Dead Money, hits PC and PS3 today.
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Posted in: Action, Bethesda, PC, PS3, RPG
Tags: Dead Money, Fallout: New Vegas, Obsidian Entertainment
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 15:02 GMT
Super Meat Boy DLC now available on XBLA
Team Meat has announced via Twitter and the its official website that the Expert Remix and the first user-created pack, Cramps, are now available for Super Meat Boy on XBLA.
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Posted in: Arcade, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: cramps, expert remix, Super Meat Boy, Team Meat
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 13:40 GMT
PSA: Here’s a convenient list of launch day titles for 3DS
Nintendo has sent over a handy-dandy list of its launch day line-up for 3DS, and has said to expect more than 30 titles to be available in total by early June.
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 13:09 GMT
Tuesday Shorts: 8-bit Fable, Oddworld, Smell-o-Vision, L4D2
It’s Tuesday lunchtime. Don’t you even think about touching that packet of barbecue Hoola Hoops until you’ve read today’s news that aren’t worth covering on their own, Gringo.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Koei, Microsoft, Nintendo, PlayStation Move, Saturday Shorts, Sega, Sony, Tecmo, Valve
Tags: Dead or Alive: Dimensions, fable, iFun4All, Left 4 Dead 2, lionhead, metroid prime, mutations, oddworld inhabitants, Oddworld: Abe's Exodus, Paper Wars: Cannon Fodder, retro studios, ScentScape, Team Ninja, Wappy Dog, world of warcraft, Yosuke Hayashi
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 11:55 GMT
Half-Life 2 hacker “very sorry” for stealing source code
Axel Gembe, the person who managed to hack into Valve’s computer network and download the source code for Half-Life 2, has said he’s “very sorry” for causing the situation.
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Posted in: Action, Valve
Tags: Axel Gembe, half-life 2
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 11:14 GMT
ArenaNet introduces Norn for Guild Wars 2
ArenaNet’s kicked off a week of non-stop Norn goodness as its introduces the class for Guild Wars 2.
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 10:43 GMT
Bard soul class announced for RIFT
Trion’s announced a new Bard soul class for the upcoming release of MMO RIFT.
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Posted in: MMO, PC, RPG, Trion
Tags: Bard class, Rift, Trion Worlds
Wed, Feb 23, 2011 | 06:28 GMT
Dragon Age II demo available now – video, screens
The Dragon Age II demo is now available from Xbox Live Marketplace and PC, and it will release later today on PS3.
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Posted in: Action, EA, RPG, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: bioware, dragon age, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age II demo
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 10:06 GMT
Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s first ten minutes gets previewed
A couple of outlets have previewed the first ten minutes of Deus Ex: Human Revolution ahead of a general embargo for more impressions later this week.
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Posted in: Action, Journalism, PC, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: Deus Ex: Human Revolution, eidos montreal
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 09:33 GMT
Nomura: No more Dissidia in its current form
Tetsuya Nomura has apparently said in the latest issue of Dengeki that there’ll be no more of Dissidia: Final Fantasy in its current form.
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Posted in: Action, PSP, Square Enix
Tags: dissidia, Dissidia 012 [duodecim]: Final Fanatsy, Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy, Tetsuya Nomura
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 12:56 GMT
Euro morning news bulletin – February 22, 2011
It’s Tuesday. Here are the headlines.
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Posted in: Podcast, VG247
Tags: news bulletin
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 12:57 GMT
Lewie’s Weekly Deals – The Beatles: Rock Band for a fiver
Got a few spare quid? Why not buy yourself a game? Go on, you deserve it. These are so cheap, you’d be wasting your money by not buying them. It’s Lewie’s Weekly Deals, the roundup of the best offers going on games every week. For updates on gaming bargains throughout the week, get yourself over to SavyGamer.co.uk.
This week’s selection are after the break.
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 08:03 GMT
Report: Vietnam to block access to online gaming after 10pm
Vietnam News is reporting that the country has asked interner service providers to block off access to online gaming from 10pm nightly from March 3.
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Posted in: Platform holders
Tags: Block, online gaming, vietnam
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 07:37 GMT
Scott Pilgrim game could have been Telltale-made adventure game
Scott Pilgrim creator Brian Lee O’Malley has said that Telltale was interested in making an adventure game based on the character.
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Posted in: Adventure
Tags: Brian Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim, telltale
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 07:14 GMT
Xenogears releasing as PSOne Classic today in US
Square’s to release PS1 title Xenogears as a PSOne classic later today in the US.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PSP, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: US PS Store, Xenogears
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 06:45 GMT
Cave bringing Deathsmiles to iPhone
Cave’s announced it’s to bring Deathsmiles to iPhone from spring.
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 06:20 GMT
Final Fantasy III coming to iPhone in March
No, not the one with Terra, Locke, and Kefka. This one’s still pretty neat, though. Honest!
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Posted in: RPG, Square Enix, iOS, iPhone
Tags: final fantasy III, iPhone
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 06:08 GMT
First line-up of publishers confirm support for gamescom 2011
Organisers for gamescom have confirmed the first batch of publishers that have committed to this year’s show in Cologne.
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Posted in: 2K, Bethesda, EA, Gamescom 2011, Namco Bandai, Ubisoft, Valve
Tags: deep silver, Koelnmesse
PixelJunk Eden heading to Steam