Monthly Archives: April 2011

Tsuyoshi Sawada, the man behind the Sega’s Shining RPGs, has told Famitsu that a new titles in the series is to be announced not too long into the future.

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Yukio Sugino, director of internal game development at SEGA Japan on the company’s future: “I want to get as many people around the world as possible interacting with the entertainment Sega produces. Our team members have spent long nights trying to make games as fun as they can get them, really valuable experiences. From my standpoint, seeing games like that go unnoticed by people is about the saddest thing I can think of. As a company, we need to bring our newest creations wherever they can go and show people the fun involved with them. This challenge of bring Sega-style play, Sega-style entertainment, Sega-style content to people worldwide is the road Sega needs to tackle going into the future.” Thanks, 1UP (via Famitsu).

City Interactive has announced that Sniper: Ghost Warrior will land on PS3 June 28. The game is an upgrade from the PC and Xbox 360 versions with the original game, as well as: upgraded graphics,
a PS3-exclusive single-player mission, extra multiplayer maps and modes, sniper rifles the L96 and M200 Intervention, and a bonus single-player challenge with Hard Core mode.

Telltale Games has signed an agreement to publish games for Xbox 360, but there’s no word just yet on what titles the firm plans to release.

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A class action lawsuit was filed against Sony today over the security breach of PSN users personal information.

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EA has announced that Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Tournament, has been added to QQ’s new Game Center, a division of Tencent.

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The teaser site fad continues this week with a new one from none other than Namco Bandai. While we have no idea what it could be, the site should open up or at least give us another clue in 13 days and 22 hours as of this post. If you are the masochistic types like us, and want to torture yourself continuously until you figure out what it is, keep staring at the book posted on the site as the pages turn. Or, if you are the sensible types, just check back with us in 13 days. Is it a Baten Kaitos Sequel? All guesses as to what it could be are more than welcome in the comments section. Thanks, GoNintendo.

2K Games and Duke Nukem have announced that the portrait ‘Untitled: I’m So Awesome, I Don’t Even Need To Name It’, an oil-on-board portrait celebrating the forthcoming release of Duke Nukem Forever and the Royal Wedding is to be auctioned off for charity.

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Ubisoft has released a new trailer for Call of Juarez: The Cartel, which should give you insight into what is going on south of the border in the game.

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2K Games and Firaxis announced two new packs of DLC for Civilization V today, and players of the strategy title can expect the packs to arrive next week on May 3 for £2.99 each.

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Ubisoft has announced a closed beat for TrackMania 2 Canyon will start in July, which will also mark “the beginning of ManiaPlanet,” a networked gaming system for PCs with tools for community-based game creation and participation.

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Sony’s PSN terms and conditions are being challenged by ICO which claims the agreement users must comply with in order to sign up and use PSN, is not applicable by UK law.

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The Ponemon Institute, a data-security research firm, has estimated that the total cost of research by Sony over the PSN breach could cost the firm over $24 billion.

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After the announcement from Sony yesterday regarding the possibility of consumer data theft, SOE has responded to the situation and has apologized for the inconvenience experienced by the firm’s MMO customers after PSN was brought down along with the SOE servers.

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US internet TV service Hulu has confirmed it’s to give Hulu Plus members a week’s worth of free credit thanks to the ongoing PSN outage.

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Dengeki PlayStation is reporting that no additional characters for Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition will be released post launch. So what you get with the Arcade version will be it. Arcade, which was officially announced this month after being leaked to hell and back, will be made available as DLC for PS3 and Xbox 360 on June 7. A disc version for both consoles and PC is slated to hit stores starting June 24 in Europe. It will run you $14.99 whether you purchase it digitally or on disc. Thanks, Andriasang.

Bethesda’s released a second video in the SMART series of Brink.

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Reuters reported over the weekend that former Sony president and chairman Norio Ohga had passed away at the age of 81 of multiple organ failure.

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The Information Commissioner’s Office is set to talk to Sony after it was announced by the company last night that personal data was taken from millions of PSN users following an “external intrusion” into the network by hackers.

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As Scooby Doo keeps saying, “wuh roh”.

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