Monthly Archives: February 2011
Tue, Feb 15, 2011 | 03:20 GMT
Ensemble: Age of Empires III “just wasn’t an Age game”
Ensemble Studios founder Bruce Shelley has said Age of Empires III “just wasn’t an Age game”, and described the design process as “a huge mistake”.
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Posted in: Development, Microsoft, PC, Strategy
Tags: age of empires, Age of Empires 3, Age of Empires III, AoE, ensemble, ensemble studios
Tue, Feb 15, 2011 | 08:13 GMT
Guitar Hero was a “fad,” Acti won’t “strip-mine” CoD
Analysts have responded to rampant consumer concern over the future of the Call of Duty franchise following Activision’s shelving of Guitar Hero, describing the situations as incomparable.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Rhythm action, Shooter
Tags: analysts, EEDAR, michael pachter, wedbush
Tue, Feb 15, 2011 | 02:13 GMT
Art of Video Games voting open
The Smithsonian’s Art of Video Games exhibit has an incredible body of work to choose from, and the curators are seeking your assistance in doing just that. Voting has opened on the selection of just 240 representative titles from four decades of gaming goodness, with only eighty earmarked for inclusion in the final exhibit.
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Posted in: America, Trade
Tags: games as art, Smithsonian, The Art of Video Games
Tue, Feb 15, 2011 | 01:34 GMT
Report: THQ to resurrect Voltron
Everyone’s favourite giant-robot-made-of-robotic-lions may be on its way back, if there’s truth to THQ’s publication of multiple games based on the eighties cartoon and toy franchise, Voltron: Defender of the Universe.
Tue, Feb 15, 2011 | 00:45 GMT
Riot: Tencent acquisition “opens up more doors”
Riot Games president Marc Merrill has said the company’s recent majority acquisition by Chinese publisher Tencent will “open up more doors” for the League of Legends developer, which retains its “autonomy”.
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Posted in: Internet, PC, Strategy
Tags: league of legends, Riot, riot games, tencent
Tue, Feb 15, 2011 | 00:12 GMT
Dance Central DLC tomorrow – Rick James, Missy Elliot, more
Harmonix has announced four new downloadable tracks to expand your Dance Central collection, including Rick James’s Superfreak. We’ll leave the obvious joke alone.
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Posted in: Kinect, Music, Rhythm action, Xbox 360
Tags: Dance Central, dlc, harmonix
Mon, Feb 14, 2011 | 23:46 GMT
Transformers: Dark of the Moon announced, trailered
Activision has announced a tie-in title to the upcoming Transformers: Dark of the Moon film.
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Posted in: 3DS, Action, Activision Blizzard, DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: Behaviour, Behaviour Interactive, film, high moon, High Moon Studios, license, licensed, movie, tie-in, transformers, Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Mon, Feb 14, 2011 | 22:55 GMT
Analysts: Xbox 360 to top US hardware charts, sales to decline through 2011
Industry analyst groups Wedbush and EEDAR have posted their estimates of January’s US hardware sales, nominating the Xbox 360 for top spot coming out of the holiday season – but Michael Pachter has warned that sales will drop off without further price cuts.
Tue, Feb 15, 2011 | 10:51 GMT
Crytek’s Cevat Yerli “deeply disappointed” in Crysis 2 leak
Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli has said that whilst the company is “deeply disappointed” in the recent leak of a dev build of Crysis 2 for PC, it is “still focused” on nailing the final game.
Mon, Feb 14, 2011 | 22:30 GMT
Square Enix mega digital distribution sale
Square Enix is holding a mega sale across its whole catalogue on both Steam and Direct2Drive, meaning you can score positive delights like Batman: Arkham Asylum, Just Cause 2, Tomb Raider: Underworld, Deus Ex, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Hitman: Codename 47 and literally dozens more at half price – or better. Astounding.
Mon, Feb 14, 2011 | 22:13 GMT
Morhaime: StarCraft Ghost canned due to WoW insta-success
Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime has said that StarCraft Ghost was canned in due part because of the overnight success that “exploded” out of nowhere for World of Warcraft.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, PS2, Xbox
Tags: Mike Morhaime, starcraft ghost
Mon, Feb 14, 2011 | 22:21 GMT
Rumor: Activision looking to buy Take-Two [Updated]
Update: An Activision rep, unsurprisingly, replied to us with a quick, no frills “Activision doesn’t comment on industry rumor and speculation.” As always, we’ll fall back on an old cliche: that’s not a “no.”
Original Story: “Saw it coming.”
Said the man who got blindsided by a speeding train.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Rumour, Take-Two
Tags: activision, buyout, rumor, Take-Two
Mon, Feb 14, 2011 | 21:57 GMT
Insomniac: accessibility “most important”, “part of the Ratchet DNA”
Insomniac’s Shaun McCabe has said “accessibility” is a watchword of the four-player co-operative Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Sony
Tags: insomniac, insomniac games, ratchet & clank, Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
Mon, Feb 14, 2011 | 21:46 GMT
Veteran UK developer The Code Monkeys closed down
After 23 years in business, Yorkshire studio The Code Monkeys has called it quits.
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Posted in: Trade, UK, indie
Tags: closures, studio closures, the code monkeys
Mon, Feb 14, 2011 | 20:56 GMT
Breach gets updated, an hour-long demo
Atomic’s released a new update for shooter Breach as well as releasing a new hour-long demo for the game on Xbox Live.
Mon, Feb 14, 2011 | 20:37 GMT
THQ to make “huge announcement” in March, confirms Bilson
THQ’s Danny Bilson’s just tweeted the company will have a “huge announcement” to make next month.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PS3, THQ, Xbox 360
Tags: danny bilson, saints row 3, volition
Mon, Feb 14, 2011 | 20:13 GMT
Shadows of the Damned get screens treatment
EA’s released a handful of new screens for Shadows of the Damned.
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Posted in: EA, Horror, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: ea partners, Goichi Suda, Grasshopper Manufacture, Shadows of the Damed, Shinji Mikami, suda 51
Mon, Feb 14, 2011 | 20:23 GMT
Portal 2 pre-orders open, detailed
Valve has confirmed that Portal 2 is now available for pre-order.
Mon, Feb 14, 2011 | 18:52 GMT
DNF campaign is “16-18 hours” long
Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has told Gametrailers that the Duke Nukem Forever single-player segment is “16-18 hours” long.
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Posted in: 2K, Action, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: duke nukem forever, gearbox software
Mon, Feb 14, 2011 | 19:16 GMT
Report: Bizarre Creations will close on Friday
Develop’s reporting that UK developer Bizarre Creations will cease to exist this Friday, February 18.
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Posted in: Development, UK
Tags: bizarre creations
PixelJunk Eden heading to Steam