Monthly Archives: April 2011
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 11:47 BST
Report – Sony delivering new SDK kits to developers
Sony’s sent out new software developer kits to developers following PSN’s collapse last week by hackers, according to Gamasutra.
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 11:33 BST
Thursday shorts: Section 8: Predjudice, Logitech, Allied Star Police
It’s Thursday. It the day before the that stupid fucking wedding. Read these short-based games news and then complain some more about it.
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Posted in: Shorts
Tags: Thursday shorts
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 10:23 BST
Ubisoft gains publishing rights to WRC, SBK
Ubisoft is to publish Italian publisher Black Bean’s games in the UK, according to an MCV report. The move means that titles from Black Bean such as SBK and the World Championship Rally games as well as Let’s Dance with Mel B and more will be made available by Ubi in Great Britain. The first game under the new deal will be SBK 2011 on May 13. Black Bean’s games have been published by Tradewest in the UK for the past year.
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Posted in: Trade, Ubisoft
Tags: black bean, Let's Dance with Mel B, SBK, WRC
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 10:01 BST
The Gunstringer to be demoed in Austin this weekend
Twisted Pixel’s The Gunstringer will be shown off in Austin, Texas, it’s been announced. The Kinect-supported western shooter will be on show at the first of newly-formed monthly meetups by group Juegos Rancheros at The Highball from this Sunday. More details are here.
Thanks, Joystiq.
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Posted in: Kinect, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: the gunstringer, twisted pixel
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 09:37 BST
Team Ninja: Dead or Alive: Dimensions on 3DS for a “different perspective”
Team Ninja boss Yosuke Hayashi has said it picked 3DS for Dead or Alive: Dimensions because it offered a “different perspective” on the series.
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Posted in: 3DS, Fighter, Koei, Tecmo
Tags: Dead or Alive: Dimensions, Yosuke Hayashi
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 13:24 BST
BULLETCAST, April 28 – What you need to know now
Here are the headlines. See if you can read them through the horror of the PSN attack.
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Posted in: Podcast
Tags: news bulletin
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 07:57 BST
Catherine to offer alternate cover option in the US
Atlus has produced alternate Catherine cover art for “sensitive” US consumers.
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 07:59 BST
Sony sees 5 percent share-drop following PSN-gate
Sony’s shares have dropped 5 percent following this week’s revelation that personal information and potentially credit card details had been compromised following the hacking of PlayStation Network.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, Sony
Tags: Shares drop
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 07:09 BST
MA15+ games to be reclassified as R18+ in South Australia
South Australian attorney general John Rau intends to introduce a revised games ratings system for his home state, and asked for nation-wide acceptance.
Hooray? Not quite. It won’t help you get your hands on the likes of Mortal Kombat and an uncensored Left 4 Dead 2 – but it will stop under-eighteens buying Grand Theft Auto IV or Fallout 3.
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Posted in: Australia, Legalities, Violence in games
Tags: Australian classifications, john rau, R18+ debate
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 06:44 BST
Square Enix announces Chaos Rings prequel, sequel for iOS
Despite what you may believe, Square Enix’s iOS lineup isn’t wall-to-wall with wallet-gobbling ports. Among the (still pretty darn expensive) gems is Chaos Rings, a gorgeous original JRPG that’s seen massive iOS success. And now, the twist: Square Enix has decided – hoo boy, it’s a wild one – to make more games.
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Posted in: RPG, Square Enix, iOS, iPad, iPhone
Tags: Chaos Rings, Chaos Rings II, Chaos Rings Omega, iPad, iPhone, Square Enix
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 13:23 BST
QUEEN’S RUBBER DUCK – Moving past PSN melodrama
Oh, the humanity. Sony has taken a lot of flack over PSN-gate – some deserved, much more unwarranted. Let’s give the Japanese giant some credit for a nasty job done right.
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Posted in: Home, PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: PSN outage, rubber duck, the queen
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 05:33 BST
Driver: San Francisco hits the US August 30
The latest entry in the venerable wheelman series, Driver: San Francisco, will arrive in the US on August 30.
In Australia, Europe and the UK we’re still expecting a September release.
The game will launch on Mac, PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It’s the franchise’s fifth core entry, and the first to be published by Ubisoft since the company acquired developer Reflections.
Thanks, Joystiq.
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 03:15 BST
Dragon Age 2 DLC adds class-specific items
BioWare has popped three new DLC packs up for Dragon Age 2, each adding armour, weapons and items specific to each of the game’s classes.
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 02:49 BST
World of Warcraft 4.2 Firelands content previews
Blizzard has released a pair of sneak-peek videos of the upcoming Firelands content for World of Warcraft.
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Posted in: MMO, RPG, Videos
Tags: world of warcraft, WoW Patch 4.2, wow update
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 09:12 BST
PSN reboot will require password change, credit card data was encrypted
The latest update on Sony’s attempts to shore up the PlayStation Network makes mention of a mandatory password change when service resumes.
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Posted in: Home, PS3, PSN, PSP, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: patrick seybold, PSN outage
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 06:42 BST
First Portal 2 DLC due this summer, says Valve
Jonesing for more Portal 2? Valve has said the puzzler will see its first downloadable content over the next few months.
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 01:13 BST
Report: Tales of the Abyss 3D to see for US release
The latest issue of Nintendo Power has listed Namco Bandai’s Tales of the Abyss 3D for US release.
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Posted in: 3DS, Namco Bandai, RPG
Tags: Tales of the Abyss, Tales of the Abyss 3D
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 00:47 BST
Games industry pay up, conditions down
A survey of US games industry pay scales has revealed salaries are on the rise, but increasing “crunch” periods are making the indie scene look more and more attractive.
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Posted in: America, Trade
Tags: Game Developer Salary Survey
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 00:03 BST
Thief 4 development begins winding up
The Deus Ex: Human Revolution team has been ousted from its comfortable digs in the Eidos Montreal studio, to make room for the Thief 4 group.
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Posted in: Action, Eidos, PC, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: eidos montreal, Jonathan Jacques-Belletete, thief 4
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 02:10 BST
Wednesday Shorts: Dog fighting, DDO, Madden, God Hand, Angry Birds, Romero, sales
While a lot of folks feel they’ve been kicked in the neck over this PSN business and have seen loads of reports on the situation, other stuff happened in the world of games as well. Below, you will find that other stuff.
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Posted in: Shorts, VG247
Tags: 3000ad, Angry Birds, Bayonetta, Cloudforest Expedition, clover studios, dawn of war 2 soundtrack, ddo unlimited, dungeon and dragons online, God Hand, gog, Gree, john romero, JoWood, Line of Defense, Madden NFL 12, madden nfl 2012, Minecraft, mods, Motohide Eshiro, notch, OpneFeint, peyton hillis, Plants vs Zombies DS, rovio, s2s, sales, Tokyo Jungle, turbine
Quick Quotes: Paradox changing its Q&A process over Sword of the Stars 2′s “big failure”