Monthly Archives: April 2011

Ghostlight’s confirmed that JRPG Persona 3 Portable will launch on PSP on April 29, speaking on the PS Blog.

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Splash Damage super-shooter Brink will be playable at this weekend’s insomnia42 event in Newbury, UK. From 4.00pm BST on Saturday.

Brink releases for 360, PS3 and PC on May 13 in Europe. Check out insomnia42′s official site here, and take a look at the heap of gameplay footage we brought back from Bethesda’s pre-E3 event in Utah earlier this month.

SEGA has announced Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games for 3DS and Wii.

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Microsoft said today that the PC version of Fable III will be available on Steam at launch.

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ArenaNet continues Charr week with a new video fly through and some concept art, showing Guild Wars 2′s bad guys in action.

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Valve keeps its Steam sales figures a secret. Steam head Jason Holtman said this isn’t a situation that’s likely to change.

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Sega’s said it’s to mark Puyo Puyo’s 20th anniversary this year with the release of Puyo Puyo!! for DS release on July 14. The game will be released in standard form for ¥5,040 and as part of a special ¥8,379 anniversary box. The CE contains 30 character key holders, a strap, and a special box. More on Andriasang.

Having announced the game earlier this week, more Sonic Generations gameplay’s popped up, showing the 2D-3D hybrid in what appears to be excellent form. We all know what happens next, don’t we? Sonic’s latest will release this holiday for PS3 and 360.

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Spicy Horse studio head, American McGee has said that Alice: Madness Returns “may be the last retail box product that we do for some time.” However, he has an idea or two about Alice 3, should EA ever choose to make it.
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Fun-size chewy news bits to masticate on while you wait for the long weekend.

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Radical has sent over a developer diary for Prototype 2, and in it, the team discusses the reason why Alex Mercer is now the enemy instead of the hero, with a few clips of pre-alpha footage thrown in for good measure.

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Lace Mamba Global confirmed today that it’s to released the Ultra Edition of mega-hard platformer Super Meat Boy in Europe.

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The PS3 version of Sniper: Ghost Warrior may still be coming “soon,” but at least there’s a video of it below with people’s heads exploding. The 360 and PC versions of the City Interactive shooter managed 1 million units between June 2010 and February this year, so keep an eye on it, PS3-only super warriors. Check it out.

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D3 Publisher has confirmed a US launch date for its 3DS shooter in which you play a “fixer of dreams”. A bit like Sir Jimmy Savile.
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Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection hit the US PSN store this week. To mark the occasion, VG247 exchanged emails with game producer Hiroyuki Miura to discuss the title’s many remakes and how new playable plot element, Interlude, enhances the story.

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A new trailer for the concluding part of Warner’s wizardy saga has landed, featuring snow, snakes and a spot of spell casting.

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Sony’s said it’s dropping the price of a PlayStation Plus subscription to 15 months’ worth for the price of 12. Become a member of the exclusive club before 3 May and you’ll get the further benefit of the “free” three months. Existing members can take advantage of this offer too, thanks to the new subscription stacking service – renew your membership before your current one has ended, and you’ll get the deal when you subscription lapses.

PS Plus costs €49.99 a year.

4Gamer‘s quoting Media Creat figures as saying 3DS was ahead of PSP in Japanese sales for the week ending April 17. The Nintendo handheld, which released on February 26 in Japan, trailed behind the Sony machine for the previous two weeks. Media Create hasn’t actually updated its site yet, but you can see the supposed figures below. Steph will bring you a full story on both the Japanese hardware and software charts when the official data releases. Last week’s data is here.

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EA’s chosen to drop these latest Shadows of the Damned screens just before easter, and we’re lucky for it. They feature blue things and flaming stuff. We could shoehorn in something about chocolate eggs, but that would be retarded.

Shadows of the Damned, developed by Suda 51 and Shinji Mikami’s Grasshopper Manufacture, releases for 360 and PS3 this summer.

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Best known for her work on Konami’s Gothic action-adventure series, Michiru Yamane has been employed to lend her talents to Reverge Labs’ upcoming cartoon fighter, Skullgirls.

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