Monthly Archives: February 2011
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 11:47 GMT
Microsoft showcase – full report on Gears of War 3, Crysis 2 and more
Last night’s Microsoft Showcase turned it up to eleven. We have a full report from Justin Kranzl.
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 04:05 GMT
Child of Eden videosplosion
Following yesterday’s launch date announcement, Gamespot got hands on with Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s Kinect title, Child of Eden, and posted five videos of it.
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Posted in: Kinect, Rhythm action, Ubisoft, Videos, Xbox 360
Tags: Child of Eden, q, q entertainment
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 06:06 GMT
Mortal Kombat banned in Australia, fatalities to blame [Update]
The Australian Classifications Board has deemed Mortal Kombat’s content to fall outside the country’s highest video game ratings category, effectively banning it from sale within Australia.
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Posted in: Australia, Fighter, PS3, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: Australian classifications, mortal kombat
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 03:08 GMT
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime never crosses the streams
Franchise fans may be disappointed to learn that Atari’s solution to the problem of crossed streams in Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime is to decide it can never, ever happen.
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 02:48 GMT
Gas Powered Games shoulders Age of Empires Online development
Gas Powered Games has taken over development on Age of Empires Online, in place of Robot Entertainment.
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Posted in: Microsoft, PC, Strategy, Trade
Tags: age of empires online, AoE Online, Gas Powered Games, Robot, robot entertainment
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 02:23 GMT
Namco: “Retail is never going to go away”
Carlson Choi, Namco Bandai’s US vice president of marketing, has declared that games retail will never die.
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Posted in: Namco Bandai, Trade
Tags: Carlson Choi
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 01:35 GMT
Report: Sony US hiring anti-piracy legal experts
Sony has reportedly advertised two positions as part of the development of an anti-piracy program.
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Posted in: Jobs, Legalities, PS3, Piracy, Sony
Tags: ps3 hack, PS3 Hacked, scea
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 00:26 GMT
Quick Shots – Devil Survivor: Overlocked looking fine on 3DS
We might not get Atlus’s first HD game, Catherine, but we can look at Devil Survivor: Overclocked, the 3DS remake of 2009′s tactical RPG spin off of the Shin Megami Tensei series.
Thu, Feb 24, 2011 | 23:42 GMT
Braben: Hacks and custom firmware “damaging to everyone with a PS3″
Influential game designer David Braben has spoken out against the hacking of the PlayStation 3 and release of custom firmware, describing the freedom of speech argument as “rubbish”.
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Posted in: Trade
Tags: david braben, frontier developments, Piracy, ps3 hack, PS3 Hacked
Thu, Feb 24, 2011 | 23:09 GMT
Epic: NGP is a “true game-changer”, “raises the bar”
Following last week’s announcement of an NGP-compatible Unreal Engine, Epic Games staff have heaped glowing praise on Sony’s new handheld.
Thu, Feb 24, 2011 | 22:45 GMT
Laidlaw: Dragon Age 2 lowers the entry barriers to RPGs
BioWare’s Mike Laidlaw has said a significant number of Dragon Age: Origins players didn’t complete even an hour of the game, so Dragon Age 2 has a more forgiving learning curve.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, DA2, dragon age, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age II, mike laidlaw
Thu, Feb 24, 2011 | 22:23 GMT
New Command & Conquer, Victory Games confirmed
EA has relaunched the hastily retracted Command and Conquer website update, confirming the new title and studio.
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Posted in: EA, PC, Strategy
Tags: command & conquer, Victory, Victory Games
Thu, Feb 24, 2011 | 22:09 GMT
Quick Shots – L.A. Noire’s Marlon Hopgood profiled
Rockstar has released a dossier and handful of screens profiling Marlon Hopgood, who may be able to assist your investigation of a strange traffic incident.
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Posted in: 2K, Action, Adventure, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360
Tags: L.A. Noire, la noire, team bondi
Thu, Feb 24, 2011 | 21:59 GMT
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime characters profiled
Atari has released new details today regarding the rookie team of Ghostbusters featured in Sanctum of Slime.
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Posted in: Action, Arcade, Atari, PC, PSN, Xbox Live
Tags: ghostbusters, Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime, Sanctum of Slime
Thu, Feb 24, 2011 | 21:49 GMT
NetEase posts major growth, blames World of Warcraft
Chinese World of Warcraft provider NetEase has reported significant increases in sales and profit since taking over from The9.
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Posted in: China, Financials, MMO, RPG, Trade
Tags: blizzard, netease, world of warcraft
Thu, Feb 24, 2011 | 21:29 GMT
Euro PS Video Store update, February 24: Social Network, The Illusionist, 3D bikinis
Sony has updated the European end of the video store with the lovely Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 3-D experience, for free.
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Posted in: Movies, PS3, PSN, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: ps video store update
Thu, Feb 24, 2011 | 21:25 GMT
EVE Online developer expanding US operations
EVE Online developer CCP is shifting its US headquarters into a bigger office, and hiring new staff to fill it up.
Thu, Feb 24, 2011 | 21:12 GMT
Patapon 3 landing in stores and on PSN April 12 for $19.99
Sony has announced that Patapon 3 will be released on UMD and via PSN on April 12.
Thu, Feb 24, 2011 | 20:50 GMT
Study suggests there are no long term desensitizing effects from violent games
A new study featured in the Applied Cognitive Psychology journal suggests there isn’t much of a difference between violent videogames players and non-gamers when it comes to being desensitized to violent images.
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Posted in: Violence in games, study
Tags: gaming violence
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 20:01 GMT
Microsoft showcase – Gears 3 beta out mid-April, Fable III PC and second Reach map pack dated
Microsoft’s confirmed that it’ll launch the multiplayer beta for Gears of War 3 in mid-April in a ton of news coming out from its San Francisco showcase.
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Posted in: Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Fable III, Gears of War 3, Halo: Reach, Microsoft showcase 2011
PixelJunk Eden heading to Steam