Monthly Archives: March 2011

Eurogamer’s giving away over 30,000 beta codes for Battlefield Play4Free. Most of them are probably gone by now, but there’s still a good chance you can grab one before it’s all over. Get it here.

For those of you who can’t get a code, BFP4F will begin opening up on March 31 for those who have an EA ID and have played BFBC2 or Battlefield 1943. It’ll go properly open on April 4.

Sony Ericsson has released a new trailer in its thumb-transplant series of Xperia Play ads, and confirmed an April 1 European release.

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Nintendo of America has released its launch TV spot for the 3DS, tempting viewers to “take a look inside”.

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Now that the Reverie DLC is finally on its way, Konami has released a trailer for it. To the more link!

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Disney Interactive is reported to have cut a further 80 jobs as part of its ongoing restructure.

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Sign ups for the inFamous 2 beta – you know, the one that gives you access to all those sweet level creation tools – have opened. Come through for details on how to put your name in the hat.

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Tiffany Steckler, EA’s corporate communications executive, has said NPD sales data fails to accurately represent the state of the industry.

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If screenshots had a soundtrack, this bunch would sound a lot like “KABOOM! SIZZLE! BLAST!”

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Ninja Gaiden III producer Yosuke Hayashi has no problem trash-talking the series so far, describing Ninja Gaiden II as “outdated”.

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Dance like Christopher Walken next week when Fatboy Slim’s Weapon of Choice hits Dance Central. Yes. Please.

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There’s a new trailer for Okamiden, and for once, you’re not squinting at a tiny DS screen-in-screen – so you can concentrate on going “squee!” instead.

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Battle: Los Angeles is out now on Steam and Xbox Live Arcade, with a PlayStation Network version due next week, so check out these new screens and launch trailer to whet your appetite.

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First he said no. Then he said maybe. But according to Korea’s Game Rating Board, next time Yoshinori Ono is asked about Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition coming to home consoles, he may well have to have to say “yes”.

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According to Valve’s Erik Wolpaw, most players are quite oblivious to Portal’s protagonist, Chell – but would be devastated if she didn’t return to continue her relationship with GLaDOS.

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Chair Entertainment’s Donald Mustard has commented that post-Infinity Blade, graphics won’t be enough.

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Valve was on hand to show off Portal 2 at PAX East over the weekend, leading to an inevitable off-screening of gameplay from the firm’s booth. Deus Ex got the same treatment earlier. Give it a watch, unless you’re saving yourself: it’s actually funny. Portal 2 releases on April 18 in the US and April 21 in the EU for PC, PS3 and 360.

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Hot on the heels of a release date confirmation for Batman: Arkham City at the end of last week, Brit dev Rocksteady has dropped some lovely concept art for the game, which is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated of the year. Get it all after the break. AA releases on October 18 in the US and October 21 in the UK.

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Rockstar told people at PAX East over the weekend that LA Noire’s main campaign would take between 25-30 hours to complete, according to this PSLS report. That’s not including “unassigned cases,” homicides that help build the backstory of secondary characters.

The Team Bondi title releases in the US on May 17 and May 20 in the UK for PS3 and 360. Watch the second gameplay video Rockstar released last night here.

The personal website of Mikael Lindgren, “a freelance video game designer” for Starbreeze, has listed “The Bourne Ascendency (Cancelled)” as his latest project. Starbreeze confirmed last March that one of its two games had been laid to rest, but failed to identify the project: the remaining game is rumoured to be a Syndicate reboot. Thanks superannuation and EG.

Rovio’s Peter Vesterbacka, speaking on a panel at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, this week, has confirmed that Angry Birds has now been downloaded more than 100 million times He reiterated that the game has 40 million monthly active users, who spend 200 million minutes a day playing the game across various devices. There’s more on Mobile Entertainment.

In addition, it’s been confirmed that Angry Birds Rio is going to be an Amazon exclusive on Android.