Monthly Archives: March 2011
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 12:04 BST
Nintendo to open new R&D centre in Kyoto
Nintendo’s announced it’s to start building a new R&D centre in Kyoto next year. The building will be at the Higashikujo Matsudacho area of the Minami Ward district in Kyoto, close to the company’s HQ. It’ll house 1,500 developers and will become Nintendo’s primary main research facility. Construction is due to end sometime in 2013.
Thanks, Andriasang.
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 11:44 BST
Child of Eden gets new trailer, has bangin’ music
Ubisoft’s launched a new trailer for Child of Eden. The footage shows off the Kinect version of the music game, whichis being developed by Q Entertainment and Rez creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi. Get it below the break.
Child of Eden launches in the US on June 14 in the US and June 17 in the UK for Xbox 360. A date for the PS3 version is yet to be confirmed.
2 
Posted in: Kinect, Music, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Child of Eden, q entertainment
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 11:23 BST
Wednesday shorts: Crysis 2, Will Wright and Stupid Fun Club, Fruit Ninja
Get your Wednesday-themed shorts after the break. It’s all go from here.
2
Posted in: Shorts, VG247
Tags: Wednesday Shorts
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 10:21 BST
BioWare holding UK Old Republic community hands-on next week
BioWare’s announced it’ll hold a UK hands-on community event for Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 09:58 BST
Hideo Kojima becomes corporate officer at Konami
Konami has promoted Hideo Kojima into a corporate officer role at the company, according to an English press release its just sent out. The Metal Gear Solid creator is now the vice president and corporate officer at Konami Digital Entertainment, and is one of two preferments to be included alongside PES executive producer Shinji Enomoto. Don’t expect this to have too much of a bearing on his output at Kojima Productions on possibly MGS5, ZoE3, devil projects or that NGP title that’ll be announced at E3, though.
Congrats, etc.
2
Posted in: Konami
Tags: hideo kojima, kojima productions
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 09:39 BST
Battlefield 3 campaign to last 12 hours
Battlefield 3′s campaign will last up to 12 hours, according to a report.
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 09:07 BST
Marvel vs Capcom 3 ships 2 million units
Capcom’s announced this morning that Marvel vs Capcom 3 has shipped 2 million units since launch.
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 12:16 BST
BULLETCAST, March 30 – what you need to know now
It’s Wednesday. Only two days left to drunk. Push through the pain with our oh-so-useful day-starting, hyphen-busting, audio-texting news bulletin.
0
Posted in: Podcast
Tags: news bulletin
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 08:34 BST
Insomniac: NGP titles “not something we would develop in-house”
Insomniac has said it has no intention of developing titles for NGP, saying it’s to maintain its focus on PS3 and Xbox 360.
1
Posted in: NGP, Sony
Tags: insomniac games, James Stevenson
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 07:10 BST
Report: GAME selling 3DS consoles and games bought elsewhere as “pre-owned”
Pre-owned 3DS consoles in stock at GAME on launch weekend? If you called monkeyshines, you may be right.
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 06:29 BST
Reynolds: “It’s never too late to do a sequel”
Zynga’s Brian Reynolds has said the company is not adverse to sequels – but that it doesn’t have to happen right away.
2
Posted in: Development, Trade, Zynga
Tags: Brian Reynolds, facebook
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 05:57 BST
French OPM teasing a “big comeback” reveal
The French version of Official PlayStation Magazine, via ScrawlFX, has teased a major reveal in its next issue.
An image shows a mysterious, silhouetted figure, accompanied by copy apparently mentioning a “long overdue” return sure to make a lot of “noise”.
Hit the break to see the full cover. Theories?
Thanks, Gekidami.
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 05:02 BST
Jurassic Park developer diary: Dinosaurs, dinosaurs, dinosaurs
TellTale has released a developer diary for Jurassic Park, revealing some of the dinosaurs therein and exploring how the team bring them to virtual life.
5
Posted in: Adventure, Mac, PC, Videos
Tags: dinosaurs, Jurassic Park, more dinosaurs, telltale, telltale games
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 04:26 BST
Rumour: Mortal Kombat to employ online pass system
An email purportedly received from Warner Bros. has revealed the publisher may jump on the online pass bandwagon – but isn’t advertising the fact.
11
Posted in: Action, Fighter, PS3, Shooter, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: Batman: Arkham City, f.e.a.r. 3, mortal kombat
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 08:45 BST
Resistance 3 to support PS Move, Sharpshooter, 3D
At a community event in Hollywood today, Insomniac Games announced Resistance 3 will support 3D and PlayStation Move.
11
Posted in: PS3, PlayStation Move, Shooter, Sony
Tags: 3d, insomniac, insomniac games, Resistance, resistance 3
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 03:27 BST
Tribes: Vengeance producer “never had a chance” to finish the game
Producer Chris Mahnken has blamed timing, tight schedules and management changes for the failure of Irrational Games’ Tribes: Vengeance, the critically-acclaimed game notorious for putting a nail in the series’ coffin.
0
Posted in: Development, PC, Shooter, Trade
Tags: Chris Mahnken, irrational games, Sierra Entertainment, tribes, Tribes: Vengeance, vivendi
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 02:57 BST
Homefront PC to sport new anti-cheating features this week
Kaos Studios will patch the PC version of Homefront this week to assist in the battle against cheaters, hackers and griefers.
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 01:25 BST
Next Minecraft update “soon”, wolves and achievements inbound
Minecraft creator Notch’s latest blog post has highlighted the contents of the next major update.
Promised “soon”, the update adds in the promised wolves, movable spawn points, a staistics tracking system, and achievements.
Mojang will then turn its attention to the neglected mod API, a feature much requested by the community as the game’s frequent updates currently break most mods.
Thanks, Big Download.
5
Posted in: Mac, PC, RPG, Simulation, indie
Tags: Markus “Notch” Persson, Minecraft, Mojang, notch
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 01:13 BST
Fez developer: WiiWare “dismal”, not “worth our time and effort”
Phil Fish, creator of the highly anticipated indie puzzler Fez, has explained why the game won’t arrive on a Nintendo platform any time soon. And told WiiWare to go away in a very impolite way.
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | 00:52 BST
Xbox Live Indie Games rating manipulation under investigation
Microsoft is investigating Xbox Live Indie Game rankings manipulation after suspected shenanigans last week.
3
Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, indie
Tags: shenanigans, XBLIG, Xbox Live Indie Games
PixelJunk Eden heading to Steam