Monthly Archives: February 2011
Sat, Feb 26, 2011 | 18:35 GMT
Battlefield Play4Free’s Training Point customization options explained
Colin Clarke, a developer working on Battlefield Play4Free has posted a bevy of information regarding the micro-transaction shooter over on the Battlefield Blog.
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Posted in: EA, PC, Shooter
Tags: Battlefield Play4Free, Colin Clarke, EA Easy
Sat, Feb 26, 2011 | 18:23 GMT
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution gets a launch trailer
THQ has released the launch trailer for Relic’s latest, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution.
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Posted in: PC, Strategy, THQ
Tags: Dawn of War II, relic, retribution, warhammer 40, Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War II - Retribution, WH40K:DoW2R
Sat, Feb 26, 2011 | 17:54 GMT
Obsidian has an XBLA game in the works and one it “can’t talk about at all,” says studio head
Other than working on DLC for Fallout: New Vegas, Obsidian are busy little bees, according to studio head Feargus Urquhart.
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Posted in: Development
Tags: feargus urquhart, Obsidian Entertainment
Sat, Feb 26, 2011 | 16:51 GMT
Watch the Level-5 completion ceremony for Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
Level-5 held a completion ceremony for Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask in Japan this week, and you can watch what happened below.
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Posted in: 3DS, Nintendo, Puzzler
Tags: level-5, professor layton, Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
Sat, Feb 26, 2011 | 16:29 GMT
German PS3 hacker lashes out at Sony over being sued for €1 million
A PS3 hacker in Germany, whose home was raided by police earlier this week, has decided to defy Sony even further by blasting out at the firm which is currently suing him to the tune of €1 million.
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Posted in: Germany, Legalities, PS3, Sony
Tags: Alexander Egorenkov, ps3 hacker
Sat, Feb 26, 2011 | 16:04 GMT
Yoshinori Ono admits Street Fighter III kept newcomers out a bit
Yoshinori Ono told Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata in an Iwata Asks segment that Street Fighter III was more “closed off,” to the gaming public at large and made more for the die-hard fans of the series.
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Posted in: Capcom, Development
Tags: Iwata Asks, Street Fighter III, super street fighter iv, Yoshinori Ono
Sat, Feb 26, 2011 | 15:47 GMT
TIGA says it has no plans to merge with UKIE
After ongoing talks in the last few weeks, TIGA has confirmed it will not be merging with UKIE despite lobbying by industry vets and government officials alike.
Sat, Feb 26, 2011 | 15:15 GMT
Pre-order Homefront through OnLive, get a free OnLive Game System
OnLive has announced that not only will Homefront will be instantly available to members come March 15 at midnight, if you pre-order the game through the service you will net an OnLive Game System for free – you just pay shipping and taxes – while supplies last.
Sat, Feb 26, 2011 | 14:49 GMT
Watch a 15 minute video for The Gunstringer
Twisted Pixel showed off its first Kinect game during Microsoft’s February Showcase this week, and now you can watch 15 minutes of The Gunstringer for yourself below.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: the gunstringer, twisted pixel
Mon, Feb 28, 2011 | 08:31 GMT
The Weekly Wrap: February 20-26 – Gears 3, MW3, more
Elsewhere in the world, Charlie Sheen attempted to redefine the word “crazy.” His take? “Charlie Sheen.” Around here, though, we only have chainsaw guns, hacker battles, and high tech time assassins. We win.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, EA, Kinect, PC, PS3, Sony, Ubisoft, Weekly Wrap, Xbox 360
Tags: Child of Eden, crysis 2, drm, Gears of War 3, modern warfare 3
Mon, Feb 28, 2011 | 15:00 GMT
3DS launches in Japan with long queues and small stocks
Nintendo’s 3DS has launched in Japan, with long lines and a deluge of media reports heralding the arrival of Nintendo’s next gen handheld.
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Posted in: 3DS, Japan, Nintendo
Tags: 3ds japanese launch
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 21:27 GMT
Valve explains why Portal 2 doesn’t include Move support on PS3
Valve’s Chet Faliszek has said the reason Portal 2 on PS3 will not have Move support is because it was designed specifically with console controllers in mind.
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 20:59 GMT
Heroes of Newerth gets an update and a new hero in Paula Garces
Heroes of Newerth is getting a new hero by the name of Aluna with its latest update, and the actress who lends her voice to the character, Paula Garces, has spoken to BigDownload regarding her role.
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Posted in: Action, PC, RPG
Tags: Heroes of Newerth, Paula Garces, Pu Liu, S2 Games
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 20:34 GMT
Kinect-powered robot helps locate survivors in collapsed buildings
A team of engineers at the University of Warwick have developed a robot which can be used to enter collapsed or unstable buildings to search for survivors, and it uses Kinect.
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Posted in: Kinect
Tags: robots, University of Warwick
Sat, Feb 26, 2011 | 18:22 GMT
Trion says RIFT doesn’t need 10 million subs to be successful
Will Cook, Trion Worlds’ lead dynamic content designer on RIFT, has said in an interview that the MMORPG doesn’t need 10 million subscribers to be successful.
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Posted in: MMO, PC
Tags: Rift, Trion Worlds
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 19:33 GMT
Crysis 2 video shows you how to be invisible
Crytek has released a new trailer for Crysis 2, showing how the Nanosuit allows for invisibility.
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 18:53 GMT
Kaos: Developers need to take more risks with the shooter genre
Rex Dickson, lead level designer at Kaos Studios has said that currently there is a bit of a “massacre fatigue” problem in gaming, and the way the studio solved this issue in Homefront, was by breaking up core combat every “two or three minutes,” with either “a story moment, a drama moment, spectacle moment or vista moment.”
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Shooter, THQ, Xbox 360
Tags: homefront, kaos studios, Rex Dickson
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 18:11 GMT
MotorStorm Apocalypse “Wreckreation” dev diary released, demo date coming soon
Evolution Studios has put out the first of two developer diaries for MotorStorm Apocalypse detailing the ‘Wreckreation’ mode.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Sony
Tags: evolution studios, Motorstorm Apocalypse
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 17:53 GMT
SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs bundle announced, includes Eye, Move, more
Sony has announced that the Full Deployment Edition of SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs will be available for $149.99 in the US on April 19, which is the same day the standard edition of the game launches.
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Posted in: PS3, Shooter, Sony
Tags: SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs, Zipper Interactive
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 17:23 GMT
ESRB lists Parasite Eve for PS3
The ESRB has listed the first Parasite Eve as a PlayStation Network release for PSone Classics.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PSP, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: Parasite Eve
PixelJunk Eden heading to Steam