Monthly Archives: February 2011
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 19:39 GMT
Meet and Greet with Dragon Quest creator Yuji Hori this weekend
Dragon Quest creator Yuji Hori will be in Palo Alto, California this to celebrate the release of Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation on DS.
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Posted in: DS, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: dragon quest, Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation, Yuji Hori
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 19:30 GMT
Killzone 3′s MP7 MAWLR Graveyard video shows the Field Medic
Guerrilla Games has posted a new Killzone 3 video showing the Field Medic running around the previously unrevealed multiplayer map MP7 MAWLR Graveyard.
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Posted in: PS3, Shooter, Sony
Tags: Field Medic, Guerrilla Games, killzone, Killzone 3
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 19:05 GMT
Kotick more intested in making CoD fun, partially blames Acti for Guitar Hero’s lack of innovation
Bobby Kotick has told CNBC that Activision is more concerned with making sure the Call of Duty franchise is fun to play, rather than how to create a subscription model for the series.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Bobby Kotick, call of duty, guitar hero
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 18:47 GMT
United Front Games releases statement on True Crime: Hong Kong cancellation
United Front Games has released a brief statement regarding the cancellation of True Crime: Hong Kong over on it’s official website.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: true crime, True Crime: Hong Kong, united front games
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 18:35 GMT
Sucker Punch details improvements made to InFamous 2′s Karma System
Sucker Punch’s Brian Fleming has posted some more information on the Karma System for InFamous 2 over on the US PS Blog.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Sony
Tags: brina flemming, inFamous 2, sucker punch
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 18:29 GMT
PAX Survey asks if folks would attend if brought to UK
The folks would organize the PAX events every year have released a survey asking if a UK event were created, if folks would attend.
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Posted in: Stuff, UK
Tags: PAX 2008, PAX Survey, PAX UK Survey
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 18:05 GMT
Paradox planning a Magicka “surprise” for GDC next month
Paradox Interactive and Arrowhead Game Studios is planning a “surprise” related to Magicka during GDC next month.
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 17:52 GMT
Bethesda puts out more Skyrim concept art
Bethesda has released some new concept art for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Feast your eyes on it below.
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Posted in: Bethesda, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: Skyrim, the elder scrolls, the elder scrolls v, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 17:38 GMT
Japanese hardware and software charts Jan 31 – Feb. 6- PSP and Ace Attorney Investigations 2 top charts
Media Create released the hardware and software sales figures for Japan earlier in the week, and while PSP reigned supreme on the hardware side, game debuts stole the top four slots on the software charts.
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 16:29 GMT
Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure announced by Activision
Activision has announced Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure for the toy and game industries. This the is unannounced game mentioned during the financial call earlier in the week.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Adventure
Tags: Skylanders, Skylanders Spyro's Adventure, Spyro's Adventure, toys
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 16:21 GMT
Yu Suzuki to receive Pioneer Award at GDCAs
Think Services has announced that Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki will be the recipient of this year’s Pioneer Award at the Game Developers Choice Awards.
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Posted in: GDC 2011, Sega
Tags: game developers choice awards, yu suzuki
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 16:06 GMT
Tecmo Koei doesn’t think the Dynasty Warriors franchise gets enough credit
Tecmo Koei is trying to grow the Dynasty Warriors brand outside of Japan, specifically in the UK, and the publisher wants consumers to see the franchise as more than just a hack ‘n’ slash series.
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 15:53 GMT
High Voltage CG Animator leaves firm for film studio
High Voltage Software’s CG Animator, Tony Mecca, has left the firm to work with Rhythm and Hues, and studio which was the CG animation firm for The Golden Compass and other projects.
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Posted in: Action, Sega, Wii
Tags: conduit 2, high voltage scftware, The Conduit 2, tony mecca
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 15:23 GMT
DICE: Adjusting Frostbite for consoles prevented Bad Company 1 release on PC
DICE’s general manager Karl-Magnus Troedsson has said that if the firm could have released Bad Company 1 on PC, it would have done it; however, tweaking the Frostbite engine so it would work on consoles was the main concern at the time.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, dice, frostbite, Karl Magnus Troedsson
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 14:30 GMT
Mortal Kombat story trailer focuses on Liu Kang
Netherrealm Studios has released a story trailer for Liu Kang.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: Liu Kang, mortal kombat, Netherrealm Studios
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 14:16 GMT
Zipper feels SOCOM 4 is first “real” SOCOM for PS3, used lessons learned from MAG
Zipper Interactive has said that for the franchise, SOCOM 4 is the first “real” SOCOM game on PS3, and that it looked to MAG and other titles it’s worked on for the online mode.
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Posted in: PS3, Shooter, Sony
Tags: socom 4, socom 4 navy seals, socom 4 special forces, Zipper Interactive
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 14:03 GMT
Final Fantasy I and II hitting PSN
Square Enix has announced it’s bringing Final Fantasy I and Final Fantasy II to PSN beginning this month.
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Posted in: PSP, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: final fantasy, Final Fantasy II
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 13:16 GMT
City of Heroes Animal Pack out on February 23
NCSoft’s confirmed it’ll release the Animal Pack for City of Heroes on February 23.
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Posted in: MMO, NCSoft, PC
Tags: city of heroes, City of Heroes Animal Pack
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 12:52 GMT
Yoshida: Sony to confirm final NGP name “later this year”
SCE Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed that NGP will get its more formal name at some point this year.
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Posted in: NGP, Sony
Tags: Shuhei Yoshida
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 12:18 GMT
Lego Star Wars III gets new trailer
LucasArts has released a new trailer for Lego Star Wars III ahead of its launch next month.
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Posted in: 3DS, Adventure, DS, Lucasarts, PC, PS3, PSP, Platformer, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, traveller's tales
PixelJunk Eden heading to Steam