Monthly Archives: April 2011

GoG.com announced today it’s to offer games from little known publisher Funbox Media Games for download.

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Steel Diver is heading to Europe in about a month: Nintendo of Europe just announced that the aquatic strategy-action game will be released on May 6

The game, which is already one of the most talked about titles for the Nintendo 3DS launch in the US, has you commanding a submarine in three different gameplay modes, including Steel Commander, a two-player mode where you have to hide your ships from your opponent while also trying to sink enemy ships with torpedoes.

CD Project’s confirmed the full list of specifications for The Witcher II when it releases in May.

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The second map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops has been outed by GAME Australia.

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Sony’s just confirmed that SCE UK head Ray Maguire is to leave the company after a 17-year career.

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Welcome to Lewie’s Weekly Deals, your essential weekly guide to all that is cheap in gaming. This week we’ve got three big preorders at nicely discounted prices, and two underground hits available for discounted prices. If this lot isn’t enough for you, you can always go to SavyGamer.co.uk, where you can find cheap games across all formats any day of the week. This weeks selection is after the break.

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A Bloomberg report has cited Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer as confirming in Japanese newspaper Nikkei that an Android-based tablet from the company is on the way – for release this summer.

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A report in today’s Sun claims that 3DS has seen a “record” level of returns since its UK launch nearly two weeks ago.

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After nabbing Stardock’s Impusle service out of the blue, one thing’s for sure: GameStop’s done playing around.

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Attorney General for Victoria, Robert Clark, has said that the decision on Australia’s fabled R18 rating would need careful scrutinising if it’s to be legislated.

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We can’t be the only ones who find this terribly amusing.

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Small children failed to get in front of the news this morning. Locked doors or no, the headlines always find a way. Here’s what you need to know right now in text and audio form.

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Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that donation efforts for the Japan tsunami and earthquake from PlayStation Network have raised over $1 million.

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Sony is on the march. With PS3 charting an insuppressible ascendancy and Uncharted 3, The Last Guardian and NGP all hitting this fiscal year, the next 12 months will show anything but decline for the manufacturer.

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Guerrilla’s announced that Killzone 3 will get patched to V1.07 tomorrow. The update will include various bug fixes and more of the like, as well as the addition of non-ranked custom games. Patch notes are here. And that’s your lot.

Tokyo Game Show organisers CESA has announced it’ll hold a charity auction before this year event to raise money for the relief effort in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami in the country. It was thought that the show would be affected following what happened, but CESA says that any damage towards the Makuhari Messe caused by the quake is being repaired now, and that rolling power blackouts shouldn’t be a problem.

It did previously admit the event could be downsized, however. Thanks, Andriasang.

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Here is your short-based news for Tuesday. Bring it.

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Microsoft has announced the availability of a new Xbox Development Kit, which reduces “the overall price to create, test, debug, and release an Xbox 360 or Xbox Live Arcade game.”

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“Black Ops. That’d be bad ass. Let’s make it happen, let’s do it.” – Obviously not deterred by the DOOM movie, The Rock, speaking to MTV, when asked what would be his perfect videogame movie would be. Radical. But focus on Cena first, yeah?

“Ubisoft has a strong partnership with Nintendo, and we’ve invested in creating compelling games for the 3DS – we currently have more than 15 3DS games in development.

“Nintendo does a great job of creating markets around their new ideas. With Street Pass, the 3D camera and rendering and other innovations, they’re in a great position to do it again with the 3DS.” – Ubisoft brand development director Damien Moret, speaking to NowGamer.

Thanks, Go Nintendo.