Monthly Archives: April 2011
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 12:52 BST
Activision: ‘We’re the same guys we’ve always been’
Speaking in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Activision’s head of developer relations, Dan Winters, has spoken about the company’s image and the lessons it’s learned from Blizzard.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Trade
Tags: dan winters, guitar hero
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 12:07 BST
Oddworld dev to unveil Stranger’s Wrath and a 90s revival
We’ve known for a while that UK-based developer Just Add Water has been working on a HD-remake of quirky 2005 FPS Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath, but now it seems we’re about to hear about more projects related to the property.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, Shooter
Tags: GameCityNights, just add water, oddworld inhabitants, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 11:48 BST
Ultra-pretty Outland gets new trailer, April 27 date
Ubi’s confirmed that downloadable platformer Outland will release on April 27 for both PS3 and 360. The PSN version will cost £7.99, while the XBLA game will set you back 800MSP. You will buy it. If you’re thinking you won’t buy it, watch the movie after the drop. Then realise that you actually will buy it.
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 11:33 BST
New SSX shots land on the powdery white
EA has released four new shots depicting more superstar snowboard supercross shenanigans.
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Posted in: EA, PS3, Sports, Xbox 360
Tags: elise, screenshots, Snow, snowboarding, SSX
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 11:02 BST
Wooga becomes fourth biggest game developer on Facebook
Less than two years after entering the market, Berlin-based social game developer Wooga is standing tall in the competitive world of Facebook game development.
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 10:12 BST
Free-to-play HTML5 Pac-Man is a monster
Australian web game developer Soap Creative, in conjunction with Microsoft and Namco Bandai, has created The World’s Biggest Pac-Man, a web-based, free-to-play update of everyone’s favourite dot-gobbler. With over 1,300 user-created mazes, economic productivity is likely to take a hit today.
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Posted in: Arcade, Microsoft, Namco Bandai, PC, Puzzler
Tags: browser-based games, Firefox, free-to-play, internet explorer 9, Pac-Man, Soap Creative
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 09:40 BST
Trinigy shows off real-time NGP tech demo
Developer Trinigy has released a one-minute video demoing its Vision game engine for NGP.
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 09:30 BST
Kinect for Windows SDK site launches
A Tweet by Xbox Live’s Major Nelson – Larry Hryb, to his family – has pointed to the launch of the Kinect for Windows SDK website.
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Posted in: Development, Education, Kinect, Microsoft, PC, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, peripherals
Tags: Authoring tools/SDK, kinect, major nelson
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 09:27 BST
Final Fantasy XIV crafting system to be modified, ‘Materia System’ discussed
Final Fantasy XIV Online producer Naoki Yoshida has taken to the game’s official forum to post an update about the future of the MMO’s crafting system. Seems Materia could be making a comeback.
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 15:09 BST
BULLETCAST, April 14 – What you need to know now
Thursday. The day of kings. Let us help you not fuck your morning up by delivering the important headlines to you in an easily digestible fashion.
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Posted in: Podcast
Tags: news bulletin
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 15:08 BST
The 3DS problem: why we could be looking at a failure
3DS launched last month to enormous fanfare and some large sales, but interest has already vapourised in Japan and analysts are predicting the same for international markets. Are we looking at another GameCube?
Fri, Oct 21, 2011 | 02:46 BST
Next Soulcalibur won’t be Siegfried-centric
Soulcalibur director Daishi Odashima has revealed the upcoming new entry in the weapons-based fighting series will oust Siegfried from prime position.
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Posted in: Fighter, Namco Bandai
Tags: Daishi Odashima, Project SOUL, soul calibur, Soulcalibur V, team soul
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 03:39 BST
Section 8: Prejudice trailer celebrates impending release
After a series of entertaining but odd behind the scenes trailers, Timegate has released a launch video for Section 8: Prejudice which makes a lot more sense.
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 03:15 BST
Anno 2070 debut trailer gets divisive
Ubisoft has taken a holiday from live action motion control trailers to send over one with core appeal: PC-exclusive city building sim Anno 2070.
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Posted in: PC, Simulation, Strategy, Ubisoft
Tags: anno 2070, blue byte, Related Designs
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 03:02 BST
PlayFish to close three games
PlayFish is to close three of its social-network titles, citing unsustainable performance – despite attracting a total of 59,000 average daily users.
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 02:14 BST
Treyarch aims for Black Ops mod tools in May
Long-absent modding options may return to the Call of Duty series next month as Treyarch move on a toolkit for Black Ops.
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Posted in: Mods, PC, Shooter
Tags: Black Ops, call of duty, Call of Duty: Black Ops, treyarch
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 06:39 BST
Anonymous not satisfied by Sony vs GeoHot settlement
Anonymous has announced it intends to carry through with planned protests at Sony stores, despite the out-of-court settlement of Sony’s case against PlayStation 3 hacker George “GeoHot” Hotz.
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Posted in: Sony
Tags: Anonymous, Geohot, George "Geohot" Hotz
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 01:11 BST
Humble Frozenbyte Bundle nets over $400,000 in one day
The third Humble Bundle has amassed well over $400,000 of income in just 24 hours.
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Posted in: Mac, PC, indie
Tags: Humble Indie Bundle
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 00:51 BST
Large format E3 brings in three times the revenue of reduced show
E3 2009′s return to the beloved large-scale trade show format resulted in a tripling of revenue for event organisers, the Entertainment Software Association.
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 00:49 BST
Street Fighter x Tekken gets eight-minute gameplay video
SDTekken‘s gone up with a new eight minute video of Street Fighter x Tekken following a massive blowout on the fighter in Miami last week at Captivate. It features plenty of action from Kazuya, King, Marduk, Ryu, Ken, Nina, Guille, Abel, Bob and Chun-Li. It’s mint stuff. It’s also below the break.
Street Fighter x Tekken has no release date yet, but will launch on PS3 and 360. Read Steph’s impressions on the game and her interview from Captivate with Yoshinori Ono here.
Quick Quotes: Paradox changing its Q&A process over Sword of the Stars 2′s “big failure”