Monthly Archives: February 2011
Mon, Feb 07, 2011 | 09:27 GMT
UK charts: Dead Space 2 spends second week up top
Dead Space 2 has earned itself a second week at the top of the UK charts, Chart-Track’s announced this morning.
Mon, Feb 07, 2011 | 13:05 GMT
Euro morning news bulletin – February 7, 2011
Here’s what happened this weekend in text and audio form. Note that we’re taking a break from recording the audio for a week due to travelling commitments.
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Posted in: Podcast, VG247
Tags: news bulletin
Mon, Feb 07, 2011 | 07:32 GMT
New Gears 3 shots do the do
Epic’s sent out three new screens of Gears of War 3.
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Posted in: Action, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Epic Games, Gears of War 3
Mon, Feb 07, 2011 | 03:56 GMT
New multiplayer map for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood with Facebook milestone
This is the kind of social network gaming we can really get bgehind. Ubisoft has promised that if it can get one million likes on the Assassin’s Creed Facebook page, then everyone gets a new multiplayer map for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood – among other delightful bonuses.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, PSN, Ubisoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, AssCreeBro, dlc, facebook
Mon, Feb 07, 2011 | 03:19 GMT
Analyst: Take-Two “more than Grand Theft Auto”
An analyst at The Oxen Group has said 2K and Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive no longer needs the Grand Theft Auto series to succeed, and requires only one good year in four to succeed.
Mon, Feb 07, 2011 | 02:58 GMT
Test Drive Unlimited 2′s handling dissed by pro driver
A professional driver in attendance at a Test Drive Unlimited 2 event at private racing track Pete’s Ridge, Australia, has commented that the game’s handling does not match reality.
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Posted in: Atari, Australia, PC, PS3, Racing, Videos, Xbox 360
Tags: eden, Eden Games, TDU 2, tdu2, test drive unlimited, test drive unlimited 2
Mon, Feb 07, 2011 | 13:05 GMT
Sony Ericsson makes Xperia Play reveal official
PlayStation Phone is finally official. Sony Ericsson chose the Superbowl as the ideal platform to debut the leaked Xperia Play advertisement.
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Posted in: Android, Hot, Mobile, Sony
Tags: playstation phone, PlayStation Suite, ps phone, XPERIA Play
Mon, Feb 07, 2011 | 03:23 GMT
Dead Space 2: kill Steve Papoutsis, get shiny things [Update]
Whatever the clock says in your location, it’s time to go play some Dead Space 2 multiplayer. Producer Steve Papoutsis is online right now, promising to hand out rewards to anyone who manages to take him down.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Horror, Hot, Xbox 360
Tags: dead space 2, steve papoutsis, visceral, visceral games
Mon, Feb 07, 2011 | 00:17 GMT
Ono: Nintendo x Capcom is not really a thing
Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono has debunked rumours of a possible Nintendo x Capcom brawler, admitting he apologised to Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata for creating a fuss.
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Posted in: Capcom, Fitness, Nintendo
Tags: Nintendo x Capcom, Satoru Iwata, Yoshinori Ono
Sun, Feb 06, 2011 | 23:44 GMT
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon gets up close and personal in new trailer
Someone get me my glow sticks; the latest trailer for Ace Combat: Assault Horizon packs in plenty of high-octane action with a pumping soundtrack of… look, I’m not going to pretend I know what that genre’s called.
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Posted in: Action, Arcade, Namco Bandai, PS3, Videos, Xbox 360
Tags: ace combat, Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, Project ACES
Sun, Feb 06, 2011 | 23:22 GMT
BioShock: Rapture novel delayed into July
Looks like we spoke too soon; the long-awaited BioShock novelisation has once again been pushed back, this time to July.
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Posted in: 2K, Shooter, books
Tags: bioshock, BioShock novel, BioShock: Rapture, John Shirley
Mon, Feb 07, 2011 | 06:52 GMT
People Can Fly parody downloaded 1.25 million times
People Can Fly’s parody shooter Duty Calls has proved as popular as some real shooters, racking up over a million downloads since its release last week.
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Posted in: EA, Internet, Shooter
Tags: bulletstorm, duty calls, parody, people can fly
Sun, Feb 06, 2011 | 23:08 GMT
Quake Live back up after seven hour downtime
Somewhere in the world, somebody had the free time and the inclination to play Quake Live, and they were seriously disappointed. Rejoice, free-to-fraggers: your world is restored.
Sun, Feb 06, 2011 | 22:14 GMT
Bit.Trip creator: indie scene “out of control”, games need to “actually get finished”
Alex Neuse of Bit.Trip developer Gaijin Games has said indies need to focus more on getting full and complete games onto the market.
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Posted in: Trade, indie
Tags: Bit.Trip, Bit.Trip.Beat, Bit.Trip.Runner, Gaijin, Gaijin Games
Sun, Feb 06, 2011 | 21:57 GMT
The Sims Medieval trailer includes the usual sadistic humour
Playing with little virtual people has never been as fun as it should be, but now you can make them chop each other’s heads off with swords, and fall into pits filled with monsters. This new trailer for The Sims Medieval shows there’s life in the old dolly game yet.
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Posted in: EA, Mac, PC, Simulation, Videos
Tags: the sims, The Sims Medieval
Mon, Feb 07, 2011 | 08:37 GMT
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood takes home 2010 WGA crown
A hushed silence on stage. The gentle fumble of the envelope. The crowd draws its breath as one, and… Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood walks away with the 2010 Writer’s Guild of America award for videogame writing.
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Posted in: Action, Awards, PC, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: ac: brotherhood, Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, AssCreeBro, Patrice Desilets, VWC, wga, writer's guild of america
Mon, Feb 07, 2011 | 05:11 GMT
Battlefield 3 boss: “You don’t kill CoD by trying to be CoD”
Battlefield 3 gameplay designer Alan Kertz has taken to Twitter to reveal more on the game, saying the way to “kill” Call of Duty is to make a “better shooter”.
Sun, Feb 06, 2011 | 19:26 GMT
CV: Obsidian working on “Project Virginia”
Cochey Cantu, an ex-Obsidian artist currently placed as a lead artist at Blind Squirrel Games, has apparently revealed Obsidian’s next title, something called Project Virginia, on his CV.
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Posted in: Development, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Cochey Cantu, Obsidian Entertainment
Sun, Feb 06, 2011 | 11:09 GMT
ESRB rating details Dragon Age II’s scenes of violent and sexual nature
The ESRB has posted up its description of Dragon Age II, detailing the game’s inclusion of scenes of violence, sex and blood.
Sun, Feb 06, 2011 | 10:52 GMT
Shift 2 video shows new BMW footage
A new video of Need for Speed: Shift Unleashed 2 has appeared online, showing some of the game’s BMW racing moments.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: Shift 2: Unleashed, Slightly Mad Studios
PixelJunk Eden heading to Steam