Monthly Archives: March 2011
Sat, Mar 19, 2011 | 17:54 GMT
Saints Row: The Third – Have a look at the Syndicate’s leader, Phillipe Loren
Game Informer continues its week long look at Saints Row: The Third’s characters – this time with information on the Morning Star gang.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, THQ, Xbox 360
Tags: saints row, Saints Row: The Third, volition
Sat, Mar 19, 2011 | 17:56 GMT
Red Faction: Battlegrounds hitting US April 5, Plus members get it free
Sony has sent a mail to PSN which contained information on Red Faction:Battlegrounds.
Sat, Mar 19, 2011 | 17:04 GMT
Cage: “We need to talk about emotions and work on stories that appeal to all people”
David Cage has been on a talking streak since Quantic Dream won three BAFTAs earlier this week, and most of what he’s had to say involves interactive storytelling – one of the categories Heavy Rain won an award for.
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Posted in: Action, Development, PS3, Sony
Tags: david cage, heavy rain, quantic dream
Sat, Mar 19, 2011 | 16:15 GMT
US PS movie store update: The Fighter is new, Best of Robot Chicken sale
Sony has updated the North American end of the movie store on PSN. Get the goods below.
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Posted in: Movies, PS3, PSN, PlayStation Store, Sony, tv
Tags: the fighter, us ps movie store update
Sat, Mar 19, 2011 | 16:11 GMT
DICE “thinking about” Move and 3D for Battlefield 3 on PS3
DICE is looking into Move and 3D support for the PS3 version of Battlefield 3.
Sat, Mar 19, 2011 | 15:42 GMT
Lionhead has “a very clear idea where Fable will go in the future”
Lionhead has an clear idea what the future holds for the next Fable, and it plans to make it stand “head and shoulders up,” with any other developer in the industry.
Sat, Mar 19, 2011 | 15:28 GMT
Film treatment for canned Fallout movie turns up
The Vault has found some information pertaining the Fallout movie planed by Interplay, and while the films itself was canceled, it did get a 15-page film treatment back in 1998.
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Posted in: Platform holders
Tags: brent friedman, fallout, fallout movie, interplay films, interpplay
Sat, Mar 19, 2011 | 14:56 GMT
FF Type-0′s Ace and Queen detailed through Jump scan
Jump has revealed some of the characters in Final Fantasy Type-0 along with a small preview, there’s some artwork in the issue as well.
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Posted in: Action, Japan, PSP, Square Enix
Tags: FF Type-0, final fantasy, Final Fantasy Type-0
Sat, Mar 19, 2011 | 14:43 GMT
Angry Birds has become the new Super Mario Bros, says mobile game developer
Angry Birds is everywhere, and with over 100 million downloads and counting, there’s no denying it’s extremely popular. It’s become the new Super Mario Bros, according to mobile game developer Sourcebits.
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Posted in: Casual, Development, Mobile
Tags: Brian Meehan, Dan Gonzales, sourcebits
Sat, Mar 19, 2011 | 14:02 GMT
Digital Extremes explains the use of demon arms in The Darkness II
Digital Extremes’ Tom Galt has detailed a bit how folks will use Jackie Estacado’s demon arms in The Darkness II.
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Posted in: 2K, Action, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Digital Extremes, the darkness, The Darkness 2, The Darkness II, tom galt
Sat, Mar 19, 2011 | 13:24 GMT
Kevin Butler develops SHAFT method for trash talking in MLB 11 The Show
Something about an asthmatic clown at a balloon contest.
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Posted in: PS3, Sony, Sports, Videos
Tags: kevin butler, MLB 11: The Show
Sat, Mar 19, 2011 | 13:14 GMT
Xbox Live doesn’t have enough active users for Zynga to bother with it
Social games company Zynga is pleased to offer its products on social networks and mobile, but doesn’t plan on expanding into the console realm any times soon, according to chief game designer Brian Reynolds.
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Posted in: Casual, Development, Zynga
Tags: Brian Reynolds
Sat, Mar 19, 2011 | 12:38 GMT
Quick shots – From Dust: More screens from Ubi’s hands-on event
Posted below are a few more shots of Eric Chahi’s lovey From Dust.
Sat, Mar 19, 2011 | 11:53 GMT
The Weekly Wrap: March 13-19 – Homefront, Jaffe, more
The news never sleeps. You do. We know. We’re watching. Here’s some help staying abreast of the week’s events, human weakling.
Sat, Mar 19, 2011 | 12:55 GMT
Friday shorts la segunda parte: Kylie, Molyneux, Mario, Minecraft perv, Boondock Saints
Here’s some more shorts to get you ready for the weekend. It’s too nice outside to be wearing pants, ya know.
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Posted in: Shorts, VG247
Tags: big blue bubble, billy joel, Burn the Rope, channel 4, Dance Central, Dare to be Digital, Dark Horse Comics, Dungeon Siege, Elemental: War of Magic, FarmVille, final fantasy, harmonix, kylie minogue, Lego Star Wars III, Minecraft, Mitsunori Takahashi, peter molyneux, rock band 3, Stardock, Super Mario, WWE All Stars, Zumba Fitness
Sat, Mar 19, 2011 | 19:43 GMT
Sony: Donate to the Japan tsunami effort with PSN wallet
Sony has posted on both the US and EU PS Blogs that folks can now make donations to the Japanese tsunami effort through their PlayStation wallets.
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Posted in: Charity, PSN, Sony
Tags: jack tretton, Japan tsunami
Fri, Mar 18, 2011 | 21:25 GMT
Insomniac: “Core audience isn’t really expanding much,” industry needs to broaden the audience
Insomniac Games CCO Brian Hastings believes social games face lees problems than core titles, especially when it comes to financing. Therefore, the market has to expand in order to survive.
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Posted in: Casual, Development
Tags: Brian Hastings, Insomniac Click, insomniac games
Fri, Mar 18, 2011 | 20:54 GMT
Chime Super Deluxe hitting PSN at the end of March
Zoe Mode has announced Chime Super Deluxe will be released via PSN on March 29 in the US and March 30 in the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, Puzzler, Rhythm action
Tags: Chime Super Deluxe, Zoë Mode
Fri, Mar 18, 2011 | 20:41 GMT
Global Agenda is on sale, all proceeds go to The Red Cross
Hi-Rez Studios has pledged to donate 100 percent of the proceeds of this weekend’s games sale to Red Cross’ Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami relief effort.
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Posted in: MMO, PC
Tags: global agenda, hi-rez
Fri, Mar 18, 2011 | 20:27 GMT
Shift 2: Unleashed video features the Corvette C6.R GT1, Tommy Milner
Slightly Mad Studios has released a new trailer for Shift 2: Unleashed.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: Corvette C6.R GT1, Shift 2: Unleashed, Slightly Mad Studios, Tommy Milner
The Binding of Isaac DRM-free Unholy Edition hitting retail March 16 with Steam key