Monthly Archives: April 2011
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 15:09 BST
Spanish mag reveals new Mass Effect 3 details
A spanish magazine’s carrying a lengthy feature on Mass Effect 3, and new details have emerged out of it.
Obvious spoilers ahead for anyone who’s yet play the previous games. Proceed with caution.
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 14:53 BST
Portal has sold nearly 4m, Steam sales not included
Valve’s announced that sales of the original Portal sit at almost 4 million units, and that’s not including one or two copies that may have been sold via Steam.
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 14:45 BST
Portal 2 fan backlash on Metacritic
Customers unhappy with day one DLC and complaints of console-related messages in the PC build have driven down the Portal 2′s Metacritic user rating.
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 14:56 BST
Prey 2 takes around 15 hours to play through, says Human Head
Developer Human Head has said it will players on average 15 hours to play through Prey 2, if they decide to forgo exploration and side quests.
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 14:05 BST
God of War 4 out 2012, rumours PSM3
UK mag PSM 3 is citing a source who “works closely with the God of War universe” as saying the next game in the first-party hack franchise will launch next year. Sony Santa Monica posted a job listing in March looking for “senior online programmer” for the “God of War team,” which probably means some people are working on another game. Via CVG, Eurogamer, Kotaku, etc, etc.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Sony
Tags: god of war 4, Sony Santa Monica
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 13:56 BST
Dungeon Siege III dev sets co-op party limits and more
Obsidian has fielded questions from fans eager to know more about its upcoming hack ‘n slash RPG. Save game, party-size and control scheme-based results are inside.
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Posted in: Action, Interview, PC, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: ds3, dungeon siege 3, obsidian, Obsidian Entertainment
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 13:28 BST
EU PSN update, April 20: Fancy Pants Adventures, Pac-Man discounted
SCEE’s announced today’s PSN update for Europe, featuring the launches of The Fancy Pants Adventures, Battle: Los Angeles and Red Johnson’s Chronicles. In addition, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX is discounted to an amazing £3.99/€4.99, down from £7.99/€9.99. If you don’t have this already, sort it out right now. The full update’s here.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, Sony
Tags: psn updates
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 13:20 BST
GAME and GameStation selling PC Portal 2 early in-store
After Portal 2′s scheduled release date of April 21 was blown open by Valve and its Potato Sack, UK specialist retailers GAME and GameStation have followed suit in-store.
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 13:09 BST
Wednesday Shorts: Portal 2 Easter egg, Rift in Korea, Gears 3 executions
Tasty bites to get you over hump day.
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Posted in: Development, Japan, Korea, Microsoft, PC, Platform holders, PlayStation Move, Retail, Shorts, Sony, Stuff, Trion, Valve, Violence in games, Xbox 360
Tags: Easter Eggs, epic, Gears of War 3, merchandise, no more heroes, portal 2, Rift
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 11:03 BST
Video: New Inversion trailer defies gravity, shoot things
A new trailer for Inversion, Namco Bandai’s gravity-defying shooter, has landed. Or floated.
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Posted in: Action, Namco Bandai, PS3, Shooter, Videos, Xbox 360
Tags: Gravity, inversion, saber interactive
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 10:53 BST
Rumour: Retro Studios “working on Project Café game”
Metroid Prime and Donkey Kong Country Returns dev Retro is already at work on a game for Wii’s successor, an online report claims.
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Posted in: Internet, Nintendo, Rumour, Wii
Tags: Donkey Country Returns, metroid prime trilogy, project cafe, retro studios, wii 2
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 10:47 BST
Minecraft demo released
Mojang’s released a Minecraft demo, which allows you to play up to 90 minutes of single-play before being pointed politely towards spending some money. The game, in case you’re a blind hermit, is an open-world thing where you hit cows and build stuff. Download it from PC Gamer.
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 17:01 BST
Anger management: id unveils RAGE’s multiplayer in Utah
Id revealed RAGE’s multiplayer last week, while demonstrating new SP content and giving press hands-on. Full details and a ten-minute video interview with design director Matt Hooper.
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 09:09 BST
BULLETCAST, April 20 – What you need to know now
Heads up. Big stuff going on this morning. Get you head out of your ass and get up to speed with this.
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Posted in: Podcast
Tags: news bulletin
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 09:37 BST
PSPgone: Sony Japan confirms slide-console as canned
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has confirmed that it’s ceased production of PSPgo, a day after rumours of the handheld’s demise.
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Posted in: PSPgo, Sony
Tags: cancellation
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 09:13 BST
Confirmed: The Last Guardian and ICO HD remixes all slip
Sadly, the news can’t all be about Portal 2 releasing early and Bethesda’s Skyrim. No, some days the news is bad.
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Posted in: Adventure, Development, PS3, Platformer, Puzzler, Retail, Sony, hd
Tags: game delays, ico, remakes, shadow of the colossus, team ico
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 07:51 BST
Child’s Play charity running pre-E3 golf tournament
Come one, come all. The Penny Arcade-founded children’s charity and the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) have set up the first annual Child’s Play Invitational Golf Tournament, to be held on Sunday June 5 in Pasadena.
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Posted in: America, Charity, E3 2011
Tags: Child's Play, esa, events, golf tournament
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 07:49 BST
MDK2 landing May 9 on WiiWare
After keeping a relatively low profile, IdeaSpark Labs port of the Bioware-developed madcap third-person shooter will hit the US WiiWare store in a couple of weeks.
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 07:48 BST
City of Heroes developer happy with Incarnates reception
Launched two weeks ago, City of Heroes’ Issue 20 update introduced ‘Incarnates’, adding new missions, powers and group options for up to 48 players.
Developer Paragon Studios spoke out on large scale raids and the response of the players.
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Posted in: MMO, Mac, NCSoft, PC, RPG
Tags: city of heroes, incarnates, Interview, nate birkholz, paragon studios, update
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 05:51 BST
PlayStation Home patched to 1.5
This week’s PlayStation Home update is more than just a new content pack. Version 1.5 adds in recently promised back-end tech to power multiplayer games within the virtual world.
Quick Quotes: Paradox changing its Q&A process over Sword of the Stars 2′s “big failure”