Monthly Archives: March 2011

A member on the GTAForums has potentially unearthed possible web domains that could be related to Grand Theft Auto V.

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Tecmo Koei’s confirmed that Nintendo will distribute Dead or Alive: Dimensions in Europe, as well as handling marketing and sales. TK will still publish the game in Europe. Nintendo entered into a similar deal with Capcom with Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition earlier this year.

Press release is here. Game’s out in May for 3DS, which launches in Europe on Friday.

Sony’s released a digital version of DC Universe Online. The MMO, which became the fastest selling SOE game ever following its boxed release in January, is now on the PlayStation Store in the US for $59.99. The title allows you to create your own superhero to team up with or against known DC characters such as Batman, Superman, Joker or Lex Luthor. It recently received a Catwoman-themed update with a Two-Face update inbound in the near future.

Ubisoft’s delayed the release of the Splinter Cell Trilogy in the US. As per IGN, Originally due to release yesterday, it’ll now launch on June 21 for PS3.

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Codemasters has confirmed required system specs for the PC version of Operation Flashpoint: Red River, according to a report.

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Bullet sound effects coming tomorrow. Here’s everything you need to know this morning in audio and text form.

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Runic boss Max Schafer has confirmed that the Torchlight MMO won’t require a subscription to play.

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Kotaku‘s posted the first teaser trailer for Madden NFL 12, featuring a quick look at what to expect from this year’s game. Watch it below.

A vote on who’ll be on this year’s cover is currently taking place. The game will, as ever, release in August.

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If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Gameloft is every charming lady-killer stereotype ever rolled into one Old Spice-scented ball of suave. And so, fittingly, the mobile juggernaut’s wandering eye has now flitted over to the newest device on the dance floor, Sony’s Xperia Play.

More surprising, however, is the fact that Backstab – at least, at first glance – doesn’t appear to be a graduate from Gameloft’s School of Narrow Copyright Infringement Avoidance.

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Your shiny new 3DS is nearly on your doorstep, but Face Raiders – while sure to send you down a slippery slope of giggles and tears far more effectively than you’d like to admit – will only last so long. You need something fresh. Something new. Something different.

Zombies really don’t fit that bill. Like, at all. But hey, at least it’s something.

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THQ has provided on update on Australia’s troubled Homefront servers, promising fixes, apologising for a recent outage, and plotting to double server capacity.

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Swarm is rolling out onto the console networks this week, and in case you were wondering why an academically-informed exploration of swarm behaviour should interest you, here’s the sweet voice of an innocent child to remind you.

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Marvel and awe at these little snippets of newsy goodness, none of which make it far enough out of the “silly” pile to justify another hundred words.

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Blizzard wants your memories, but in its defence it’ll give you an all-expenses trip to BlizzCon as compensation.

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A late survey of Japan’s development luminaries has seen Heavy Rain and Red Dead Redemption top a list ripe with international releases.

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Hudson casualties appear to have expanded to include planned 3DS titles.

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Atlus has raised a few eyebrows by unveiling Devil Survivor 2 in this week’s Famitsu, eschewing the glories of the third dimension to stand by the humble DS.

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This week’s inevitable Famitsu leak has turned up something quite exciting: the mysterious Resident Evil Revival Selection.

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According to PS3 Center, the latest issue of PSM3 reports the following rumour:

“MGS maestro Hideo Kojima’s got some big announcements for E3 in June: one a quasi-logical step for an existing game, the other… well, we’d be shocked if MGS5 wasn’t on the table at some stage. Or under it. In a box.”

Kojima Production’s known current projects include Metal Gear Solid: Rising; Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater for 3DS; a potential NGP Metal Gear game, and a mysterious “devil project“.

The company has taken on staff for “next generation” Metal Gear projects.

Thanks, Destructoid.

Ben Cousens, head of the studio behind the upcoming Battlefield Play4Free, has said Battlefield Heroes proved all shooter fans are hardcore.

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