Monthly Archives: April 2011
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 | 09:53 BST
Platinum Games outlines “new course,” warns of lack of “vigor” in Japan
Platinum Games has published an open letter on its website, labeling a “new course” for the Japanese dev known as “Platinum Next”.
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Posted in: Development, Sega
Tags: platinum games, Platinum Next, Tatsuya Minami
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 | 10:01 BST
Persona 3 Portable dated for UK
Ghostlight has confirmed it’ll release Persona 3 Portable in the UK on April 29 for PSP.
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Posted in: Atlus, PSP, RPG
Tags: Ghostlight, persona 3, Persona 3 Portable
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 | 09:09 BST
BULLETCAST, April 1 – what you need to know now
Get the advantage you need this morning. No joke.
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Posted in: Podcast
Tags: news bulletin
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 | 08:22 BST
Friday shorts: OneBigGame, Square Enix, Hideo Kojima, Steambot Chronicles 2
Don’t panic. Stay calm. No April fools bollocks here today, so read in the knowledge we’re not to going to (intentionally) “trick” you. Here is everything short-related.
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Posted in: Shorts, VG247
Tags: Friday shorts
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 | 06:57 BST
Music Unlimited coming to PSP soon, Sony will “make it happen” on NGP
Within the next few weeks, Sony will bring its cloud based music service, Music Unlimited, to the PSP.
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Posted in: Music, NGP, PSP, PSPgo, Sony
Tags: music unlimited, Qriocity, Shawn Layden, Sony Network Entertainment
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 | 06:29 BST
Android Marketplace sporting PSOne Classics
Cool Boarders 2, Destruction Derby and other PSOne Classic titles have turned up on the Android marketplace, but unless you’ve already got your hands on an Xperia Play, they’re of no use to you.
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Posted in: Android, Mobile, Sony
Tags: ps phone, Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, XPERIA Play
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 | 06:17 BST
Reverie DLC on US PSN an “error”, says Lords of Shadow producer
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow producer David Cox has said DLC pack Reverie’s release to the US PSN was an error, but it’s too late to correct it.
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 | 05:33 BST
Variax out now, watch the trailer and get it for free
Hydorah developer Locamolito has just released its newest off-the-wall arcade title, Variax – for free.
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 | 05:04 BST
RIFT players tot up over 4,000 years’ play in one month
RIFT players have managed a staggering 2,496,966,514 minutes in game. That’s 41,616,108 hours – or 1,734,004 full days.
Just one of a number of utterly boggling numbers clocked up in the MMORPG’s first 28 days.
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Posted in: MMO, PC, RPG, Steam
Tags: Rift, RIFT: Planes of Telera, statistics, Trion Worlds
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 | 04:15 BST
Analysts disagree on outcome of US console wars
A group of analysts have offered differing assessments of the PlayStation 3 versus Xbox 360 debate, with Wedbush Morgan’s notorious Michael Pachter predicting the Xbox 360 will win everything forever.
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Posted in: America, Microsoft, PS3, Sony, Trade, Xbox 360
Tags: analyst, billy pidgeon, console wars, David Cole, dfc intelligence, EEDAR, Jesse Divnich, M2 Research, Michael Pacher, wedbush morgan
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 | 03:11 BST
Dragon Quest X development “going well”
Square-Enix has given an update on the Wii version of Dragon Quest X, after over two years of silence on the subject.
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Posted in: Platform holders
Tags: dragon quest x, yuji horii
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 | 02:39 BST
GameStop to acquire Stardock’s Impulse
US retailer GameStop is set to acquire Stardock’s digital distribution business, Impulse, for an undiclosed sum.
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 | 02:11 BST
Back to the Future Episode 3: Citizen Brown trailer
Crank your nostalgia engines, the third episode of Telltale’s Back to the Future series is here. Marvel at the trailer within.
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 | 09:13 BST
Cage: New Quantic Dream tech ahead of LA Noire’s
Heavy Rain creator David Cage has said Team Bondi’s specially-developed Motion Scan technology is a “dead end”, and that Quantic Dream’s new technology is already more advanced.
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Posted in: Development, Trade
Tags: david cage, mocap, motion capture, quantic dream, team bondi
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 | 00:51 BST
Howard: Bethesda’s heart is with single-player
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim director Todd Howard has said multiplayer is something Bethesda regularly considers, and always shelves.
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Posted in: Action, Bethesda, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: Skyrim, TES V, the elder scrolls, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, todd howard
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 | 00:14 BST
InFamous 2 to add oil and ice based powers
InFamous 2′s NPC “consciences”, Kuo and Nix, come equipped with ice and oil based super powers along with moral harangues.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Sony
Tags: inFamous 2, sucker punch
Quick Quotes: Paradox changing its Q&A process over Sword of the Stars 2′s “big failure”