Monthly Archives: March 2011

Atari has announced a Griptonite Games remake of the Atari 2600 title Warlords is in the works for a summer release.

More »

Those interested in bringing their Xbox 360 Avatars into the real world may now do so with a figurine to set on your desk at work.

More »

Ex Bizarre team member, and now founder of recently-opened iOS studio Hogrocket, Ben Ward, has said the PGR and Blur developer was “too ambitious” whilst it was under the control of Activision.

More »

EA’s released a new update for Need for Speed World, which sees the inclusion of new mode Team Escape. The addition sees the cops been given new ways to stop you and your crew, with team pursuit runs now extended up to eight minutes. You’ll get something too in the form of new team abilities: Team Emergency Evade and Team Slingshot. Full details on the update are at the NFSW website.

Thanks, Massively.

Screens from the upcoming DLC for Stacking have surfaced, thanks to Gamekyo.

More »

Crate Entertainment has posted a first look at combat in Grim Dawn via some pre-alpha footage.

More »

Major Nelson has announced that XBL Gold members can save 50 percent on four different arcade titles through the Deal of the Week.

More »

Looks like folks will get the first bit of information on Modern Warfare 3 should a report in PSM3 be any indication.

More »

Gary Cutlack’s UK Resistance has shut down, the site’s just announced.

More »

InXile founder Brian Fargo has said the reason his team decided to bring a reboot of Choplifter to PC and PS3 is because it wanted “to blow it out to the next level and introduce it to a new generation of game players.”

More »

According to an Andriasang report, production on past Disaster Report games have been stopped. Retailer Famicom Plaza says that company Irem has stopped printing the two past PS2 games and a PSP title in the wake of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami three weeks ago. The company also confirmed following the events in Japan it had outright cancelled development on its PS3 sequel, Disaster Report 4.

Telltale has confirmed the second episode of Back to the Future will be available fron the EU PSN “soon.” It’ll be available from the US PSN later today. The third episode, known as Citizen Brown, is now available for PC and Mac. The next chapter, four, will launch in April.

Thanks, EG.

Rockstar, Take-Two, and Team Bondi have announced that L.A. Noire has been honored as an Official Selection at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival.

More »

SCEE’s announced that PSN is to get emergency maintenance for a couple of hours this evening. Starting at 4.30pm, the work will last until 7.00pm. PSN users will be unable to use PC registration until 4.15pm and account management until 5.30pm. And that’s it.

More here.

Treyarch’s posted new job listings which seemingly confirms that work is already underway on a new Call of Duty title at the Black Ops developer.

More »

NetEase has confirmed that the Chinese version of Starcraft II will release on April 6, with the local version of the RTS’s beta starting today. Following the beta users will be able to purchase game time in 30-day increments for a price of RMB20 ($3), for both the multiplayer and single-player elements. Starcraft II was originally released in July 2010 in the rest of the world, selling more than 1.5 million copies in its first 48 hours; it has LtD sales of 4.5 million copies globally. More on GI.

While Nintendo has yet to release sales figures for 3DS following the console’s release in the US and Europe last week, analysts are already pointing to a win over its predecessor, Nintendo DS.

More »

EA has launched the final DLC pack for Mass Effect 2, Arrival, on Xbox Live Marketplace, The content, which comes in at 780Mb, will set you back 560 MSP. Arrival sees Shepard trying to rescue an undercover operative who may or may not have info on a Reaper invasion. Get it here. Watch the launch trailer here.

The first reviews for Shift 2: Unleashed have started going live. We’ve only found a couple of scores so far, but we’ll add more in when they come in. As always, any links you want us to add, stick them in the comments. The round up’s after the break.

Sim racer Shift 2: Unleashed, developed by Slightly Mad, releases in the US today and in the UK on Friday for PS3, 360 and PC.

More »

Bungie composer Marty O’Donnell has said Activision is keeping its distance with the developer regarding the studio’s next big universe, saying it’s committed to “being hands-off.”

More »