Monthly Archives: April 2011
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 19:07 BST
Mysterious Valve concept art shown in close-up
A few weeks ago a visitor to Valve’s offices took a photo of a wall full of concept artwork for reasons unknown. Now PC Gamer’s grabbed some close up images.
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Posted in: Development, PC
Tags: valve, Valve Software
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 18:29 BST
Minecraft revenues total $33 million so far
Minecraft has become a massive sales hit for any PC game, indie or otherwise, and a recent admission by its creator has given us a clue as to how much money the sandbox smash has grossed.
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 17:32 BST
PS3 to get exclusive Virtua Tennis 4 demos
Sega said today that PS3 is to get two exclusive demos for Virtua Tennis 4.
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Posted in: PS3, Sega, Sports
Tags: Virtua Tennis 4
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 17:24 BST
Famitsu to carry new Capcom game info next week
Famitsu’s confirmed, via Andriasang, that next week’s issue will include coverage of Street Fighter X Tekken, Asura’s Wrath, Resident Evil 3DS and Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City. Captivate is taking place in the US this week, but Capcom has not released any information about the event’s line-up as yet.
As we reported earlier the publisher has launched a countdown teaser for something called “DD,” that’s scheduled to reach zero next week. This refer to “Dragon’s Dogma,” which Capcom trademarked in September of 2010.
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Posted in: Capcom
Tags: asura's wrath, Capcom, dragons dogma, Resident Evil: Operation Racoon City, Street Fighter x Tekken
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 17:12 BST
Team Fortress 2 gets “restricted” auto update
A new automatic update for Team Fortress 2 has been released, but the contents have been labeled as “restricted”.
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Posted in: Action, PC, Shooter, Valve
Tags: Team Fortress 2, team fortress 2 update, valve
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 17:04 BST
Bejeweled 2 and 3 game soundtracks available for download
The music to PopCap’s Bejeweled 2 and Bejewled 3 can now be purchased and listened to as separate soundtracks via download.
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Posted in: PopCap, Puzzler
Tags: Bejeweled, Bejeweled 2, Bejeweled 3
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 16:33 BST
StarCraft II adds three official custom maps
Blizzard has now officially released three of its promised four new free custom maps for StarCraft II players.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, PC, Strategy
Tags: blizzard, starcraft II
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 15:36 BST
Beyond Good & Evil HD PSN confirmed for May
Beyond Good & Evil HD will release in May for PlayStation Network, VG247 can reveal.
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 15:29 BST
Chudley: Bizarre Creations could have bought itself out
Some former Bizarre Creations executives have spoken up in the latest Edge about the developer’s closure, and have revealed that Activision offered a management buyout option on the 17 year-old company.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Development
Tags: Activision Blizzard, bizarre creations, blur
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 14:52 BST
Sniper Elite V2 announced for 2012
Sniper Elite V2 has been announced for a 2012 launch on “the current generation of consoles.”
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 15:31 BST
Tales of Vesperia added to 360 Games on Demand for €30
Namco Europe’s confirmed that RPG Tales of Vesperia has released on Xbox 360′s Games on Demand. It’s the first time a Tales game has been offered for 360 download in Europe. The disc came out in summer 2009. The downloadable version costs €29.99, which will delight fans: disc versions trade on eBay for up to £300.
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Posted in: Europe, Namco Bandai, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: Games on Demand, tales of vesperia
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 14:39 BST
EU PS Store update, April 6 – New store section details, Killzone 3 DLC, more
The EU PS Blog has posted this week’s PSN update, including word on some general changes to the PS Store itself.
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 14:16 BST
Report – RAGE single player lasts 15 hours
RAGE’s single player is set to last up to 15 hours, according to a new report.
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 14:30 BST
Anonymous on Sony attacks: “We’re here for the long haul”
After releasing a video yesterday issuing a warning against Sony, hacktivist group Anonymous has said that the worst has yet to come in its attacks against the company and PlayStation as revenge for ongoing legal action against PS3 hackers.
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 13:12 BST
Wednesday shorts: Mother 4, ME2 PS3 for Japan, Gabe’s favourite game
Here is your short-based stuff for Wednesday. Go nuts.
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Posted in: Shorts, VG247
Tags: Wednesday Shorts
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 11:37 BST
Stacking gets Lost Hobo King add-on today
THQ’s announced that The Lost Hobo King DLC will be available today for Stacking.
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Posted in: Adventure, PS3, PSN, THQ, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: double fine, stacking, the lost hobo king
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 11:14 BST
Red Faction: Battlegrounds, inFamous 2 UGC beta, Sonic 2 headline PS Plus content for April
Sony’s dropped the full list of content coming to PlayStation Plus subs this month.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: Beyond Good and Evil HD, inFamous 2, Red Faction: Battlegrounds, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Streets of Rage 2, UGC
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 10:51 BST
The Last Story web domain registered by Nintendo of America
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Posted in: Nintendo, RPG, Wii
Tags: mistwalker, nintendo of america, the last story
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 10:26 BST
Sun sickness slam shocker: 3DS “is game for a barf”
UK national The Sun has slammed 3DS’s 3D capabilities in today’s paper, saying children shouldn’t be allowed to play with the console for hours and testing its effects with a doctor and subject.
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Posted in: 3DS, Journalism, Nintendo
Tags: 3DS hilarity, the sun
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 10:22 BST
Third LA Noire trailer dropping tomorrow
Rockstar’s just confirmed that the third official trailer for LA Noire will release tomorrow.
Quick Quotes: Paradox changing its Q&A process over Sword of the Stars 2′s “big failure”