Monthly Archives: April 2011
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 11:00 BST
DS platformer Fractured Soul lands US publisher
Graffiti Entertainment is to release Endgame Studios’ DS platformer in ‘quarter 4 2011′.
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Posted in: 3DS, DS, DSi, DSiLL/XL, Platformer
Tags: endgame studios, fractured soul, graffiti entertainment, q4, us release date
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 10:28 BST
Best Buy to add dedicated game employees, gunning for “number one” at gaming retail
GameStop may finally be taking its show online, but that doesn’t mean it should stop watching its back at retail. Case in point: Best Buy. The jack-of-all-trades giant is done sleeping on the gaming space, and it’s carved out brand new positions to prove it.
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 10:23 BST
Amazon called out over its Android app pricing policy
Amazon’s terms and conditions for developers wishing to sell Android apps via its recently launched ‘Appstore’ have come under fire by the International Game Developers Association.
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Posted in: Android, App Store, Apple, Financials, Legalities, Retail, Trade
Tags: amazon, Amazon Appstore, google, igda, International Game Developers Association, T&Cs
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 10:21 BST
Games Convention Online is no more
Previously known as The Leipzig Games Convention and Europe’s one-time largest games event, the trade-only GCO has been forced to shut its doors, citing a ‘lack of funding’.
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Posted in: Financials, GCO 2010, Gamescom 2011, Germany, Trade
Tags: cancellation, Games Convention Online, GAMESCom
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 09:40 BST
Video: Hulu Plus running on Kinect
A brief demo of Hulu Plus, the premium-content US-only version of the free-to-view video streaming service, has been posted on YouTube. Check out the video below.
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 09:22 BST
Blizzard hiring for unannounced game (that’s not Titan)
Blizzard Entertainment is currently looking for new staff to work on an “Unannounced Game Title”. By the way, this seems to be a totally different project to the company’s “Next-Gen MMO”.
Sat, Apr 16, 2011 | 15:59 BST
BULLETCAST, April 15 – What you need to know now
New Nintendo hardware, PS3 sales up, 3DS sales not as up as Nintendo would like. It’s all go.
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Posted in: Podcast
Tags: news bulletin
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 08:35 BST
Humble Frozenbyte Bundle sells 100,000
After a mere 48 hours on sale, the Humble Frozenbyte Bundle has sold more than 100,000 units and raised approximately $500,000, and to thank the community, the developer is giving something back.
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 08:22 BST
Confirmed: 3DS sold under 400,000 units in its US launch week
Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has confirmed to USA today that 3DS sold less than 400,000 units in its first seven days on sale in the US.
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 08:03 BST
EA Montreal hiring for more Dead Space, Army of Two
EA Montreal is looking for a number of new employees to work on Visceral Games’ best-selling Army of Two and Dead Space franchises.
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Posted in: EA, Jobs
Tags: army of two, army of two the 40th day, dead space, dead space 2, ea montreal, visceral games
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 09:25 BST
PS3 hits 50 million units sold, Move passes 8 million
Following the release of last night’s NPD figures, Sony’s confirmed that PS3 has now passed the 50 million sales mark and that motion controller Move has now sold more than 8 million units.
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Posted in: PS3, Sony
Tags: 50 million, sales
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 08:14 BST
1m Facebook fans needed to unlock 12-minute BF3 trailer
Do you like Battlefield 3? DICE wants to know, and it’s dangling an awfully tempting carrot in front of you – 12 minutes of gameplay footage – just for giving the game the thumbs-up.
Sat, Apr 16, 2011 | 13:58 BST
March NPD: 3DS sells under 400k, misses top ten chart
NPD has confirmed that 3DS’s US launch has failed to beat that of DS in 2004, selling around 100,000 units less in its launch month than its predecessor.
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 06:42 BST
Valve explains what makes PS3 Portal 2 so good
Valve has explained why Portal 2 on PS3 will be “the best console version” out there – even though there will be no keyboard or mouse control.
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 05:13 BST
DICE is “desperate” to move on to the next console generation
Battlefield 3 developer DICE is confident: If Microsoft or Sony released a new console tomorrow, the Frostbite 2.0 engine would handle the hardware upgrade with ease.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, dice, patrick bach
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 04:35 BST
Team Fortress 2 tries something new with the Hatless Update
Team Fortress 2 would like to prove that it is “no one-trick pony”, by releasing an update for the game that has absolutely nothing to do with hats. Valve has instead introduced a number of new miscellaneous features into the game with what they’re calling the “Hatless Update”.
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Posted in: Action, PC, Shooter, Valve
Tags: Team Fortress 2, team fortress 2 update, valve
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 04:04 BST
F.E.A.R. 3 in development before F.E.A.R. 2 was released
Even before Monolith Studios had finished working on F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, new developer Day 1 Studios was already putting in the hours on the third game in the series.
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Posted in: PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Day 1, Ernest Zamora, f.e.a.r. 3, Fear 3
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 03:18 BST
Could We Have Gotten A Second Jade Empire Game?
A former BioWare employee has claimed that Jade Empire 2 did exist – and that he worked on the game between 2006 and 2007.
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Posted in: PC, RPG, Xbox
Tags: bioware, Jade Empire, Jade Empire 2
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 08:11 BST
Aperture Science adds mysterious new countdown clock
Rumours that Portal 2 will be released ahead of schedule have gained extra weight. The Aperture Science website has been updated with a mysterious countdown, ticking over the seconds until 9am Friday morning (PDT).
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 23:19 BST
Quick Shots: Ocarina of Time 3DS screens and character art
Nintendo has released plenty of character art and quite a few screenshots of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3DS. We’ve posted the entire bunch for you below. Game’s out in Europe on June 17 and the US on June 19.
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Posted in: 3DS, Adventure, Nintendo
Tags: ocarina of time, Ocarina of Time 3DS, the legend of zelda
Quick Quotes: Paradox changing its Q&A process over Sword of the Stars 2′s “big failure”