Monthly Archives: March 2011
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 18:17 GMT
Chaos confirmed for Warhammer 40K: Space Marine
It’s just been confirmed that the forces of Chaos will be featuring in Relic Entertainment’s upcoming third-person shooter, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine.
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Posted in: PC, PS3, THQ, Xbox 360
Tags: relic entertainment, THQ, warhammer 40K: Space Marines
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 18:08 GMT
Nintendo dishes out AR shirts to early 3DS adopters
Nintendo Europe has unveiled a cool bonus for the first customers to register their 3DS consoles on the Club Nintendo website this Friday – an Augmented Reality card-impregnated t-shirt.
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Posted in: 3DS, Nintendo
Tags: club nintendo, Free Stuff, Nintendo 3DS
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 18:05 GMT
Sony: PS3 the home for 3D entertainment
Sony’s posted a particularly chest-beaty piece on the official US Playstation Blog outlining how it believes PS3 is the “home of all things 3D entertainment,” and the leader in the 3D market.
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 17:36 GMT
Tricia Helfer to return in Mass Effect 3
Actress Tricia Helfer has said she’s to reprise her role from Mass Effect 2 in the third act in the trilogy via her official Twitter feed.
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 17:30 GMT
Dragon Age II down to $40 on Amazon today, other games reduced
Amazon is holding a gaming-focused set of Gold Box deals today, including the utter steal that is Bioware’s recent RPG release Dragon Age II for a third off at $40.
Wed, Mar 23, 2011 | 08:34 GMT
Nintendo UK: 3DS pre-ordered twice as much as Wii
Nintendo UK has said that 3DS, launching in the west this week, has been pre-ordered more than double the amount the company saw for Wii in 2006.
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Posted in: 3DS, Nintendo, UK
Tags: pre-orders
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 16:34 GMT
Microsoft: House Party-like events for PC will come “eventually”
Microsoft exec Kevin Unangst has said that events like Summer of Arcade and the recent House Party for Xbox Live Arcade will eventually come to PC.
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Posted in: Games for Windows, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: House Party, kevin unangst, Summer of Arcade
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 15:38 GMT
Vodafone starts pre-orders for Xperia Play
Vodafone’s kicked off pre-orders for Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play, aka the PlayStation Phone. If you sign up for a two year contract on £35 a month, the handset’s yours for free. The phone will come with Android 2.3 and with six pre-packed games: Crash Bandicoot, FIFA 10, Star Battalion, Tetris, The Sims 3, and Bruce Lee. You need to do this before April 1, though.
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Posted in: Sony
Tags: XPERIA Play
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 15:22 GMT
New Op Flash trailer is all about getting shot
Operation Flashpoint: Red River isn’t some pussy-assed gung-ho shooter. You get shot. Your stuff blows up. You have to deal with not actually being Rambo. It’s a bitter pill, soldier. Watch the video below to see what we’re talking about.
Operation Flashpoint: Red River releases on April 21 in the UK and April 26 in the US for PS3, 360 and PC.
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Posted in: Action, Codemasters, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: operation flashpoint: red river
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 14:38 GMT
Quick shots: The original GTA design document
Ex-DMA Design chap Mike Dailly has posted the original GTA design documents up on Flickr. The game, released in 1997, was to be called Race’n’Chase, and was developed back when men were men: there’s 1Mb of space made available for audio. Check out the birth of a giant in the gallery below.
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Posted in: Stuff
Tags: dma design, grand theft auto, race'n'chase
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 14:47 GMT
Motorstorm Apocalypse gets March 31 UK release
Sony’s confirmed to VG247 that Motorstorm Apocalypse will launch in the UK next Thursday.
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 13:58 GMT
Back to the Future Episode 3 launching next week on PC
Telltale’s said that the third episode of the Back to the Future series will launch next week. Known as Citizen Brown, it sees Marty heading to an altered 1986 ruled by Doc Brown. The second episode, Get Tannan, launches next week on PS3.
Thanks, Big Download.
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Posted in: PC
Tags: back to the future, telltale
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 13:34 GMT
55% of 360 owners have bought a digital title, says EEDAR
Research firm EEDAR has said that over half of Xbox 360 owners have bought a downloadable title.
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Posted in: GDC 2011
Tags: EEDAR, Geoffrey Zatkin
Wed, Mar 23, 2011 | 16:25 GMT
European iPad 2 priced ahead of Friday launch
Apple has priced iPad 2 ahead of its Friday launch in Europe.
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 12:02 GMT
Easy boss Cousens: $60 games are “exploitative”
Easy Studios boss Ben Cousens has said that games that are priced at $60 are “exploitative.”
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Posted in: EA, PC
Tags: battlefield heroes, Battlefield Play4Free, ben cousens, Easy Studios
Wed, Mar 23, 2011 | 16:25 GMT
Crysis 2 MC average beats both KZ3 and Bulletstorm
With the dust settling on Crysis 2′s reviews, the shooter has settled close to 90 percent on Metacritic for every format, giving it a lead over other current triple-A action releases and making it the highest scorer in the genre this year.
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 11:10 GMT
Tuesday shorts: NFS: Hot Pursuit, Op Flash: Red River, EA and NPD
Here are your shorts for the day. It’s a long one, today.
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Posted in: Saturday Shorts, VG247
Tags: shorts
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 09:41 GMT
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One gets new trailer
G4′s posted a new trailer of Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One. The game, the first title from Insomniac’s Carolina studio, was first announced in Sony’s gamescom press conference last summer. It sees Ratchet, Clank, Captain Quark and Dr Nefarious trying to get back home after being stranded by a faulty invention.
You can watch it below. Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One releases this fall for PlayStation 3.
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Posted in: PS3, Sony
Tags: insomniac games, Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 12:37 GMT
BULLETCAST, March 22 – what you need to know now
This is everything you need to know this morning. Other things don’t matter. Remember that.
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Posted in: Podcast
Tags: news bulletin
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 08:28 GMT
US Arkham City pre-order goodies partially detailed
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: Batman: Arkham City, rocksteady
The Binding of Isaac DRM-free Unholy Edition hitting retail March 16 with Steam key