Monthly Archives: May 2011
Tue, May 31, 2011 | 20:54 BST
Video: First Bloodrayne: Betrayal trailer rains glorious 2D blood
You remember Bloodrayne, right? Red hair, a vampire before vampires became Hot Topic sales clerks, existent in the third dimension? Well, the first trailer of Bloodrayne: Betrayal is here to tell you that everything you know is a lie. Now the franchise has re-emerged from its coffin and, well, it looks a lot like Castlevania.
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Posted in: Majesco, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Bloodrayne: Betrayal, Way Forward
Thu, May 26, 2011 | 02:53 BST
Rumour: Ninja Gaiden 3 to have 8-player modes, PS Move support, blood
Apparently some lucky subscribers have found a Ninja Gaiden 3 info dump in the latest issue of Official PlayStation Magazine, with lots of delightful details and one motion-control shaped surprise.
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Posted in: Action, Koei, Rumour, Tecmo
Tags: ninja gaiden, Ninja Gaiden 3, Ninja Gaiden III, scans, Team Ninja
Thu, May 26, 2011 | 02:29 BST
Sega to publish Aliens Infestation
A new game based on the Aliens franchise is on the way, according to an Australian Classification Board listing.
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Posted in: Sega
Tags: Aliens Infestation, Australian classifications, Way Forward, Way Forward Technologies
Thu, May 26, 2011 | 02:16 BST
Sony identity-theft protection invites rolling out
Sony has begun mailing out invitations to its free identity-theft protection subscriptions.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: Debix, identity theft, PSN outage, welcome back, welcome back program
Thu, May 26, 2011 | 01:52 BST
Carmack: Cloud-based gaming is “inevitable”
John Carmack, one of id Software’s founding fathers, has predicted cloud gaming will have the biggest impact on the games industry in the immediate future.
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Posted in: Development, Trade
Tags: cloud gaming, id, id software, john carmack
Thu, May 26, 2011 | 01:37 BST
How White Knight Chronicles: Origins fits into the series
Matrix Corps has revealed how its portable spin-off of to the Level-5 PlayStation 3 series fits in with the franchise’s wider mythos.
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Posted in: Action, PSP, PSPgo, RPG, Sony
Tags: Hiroaki Iwahara, Matrix Corps, white knight chronicles, White Knight Chronicles: Origins
Thu, May 26, 2011 | 01:29 BST
Quick Shots – BioShock: Infinite posters are retrotastic
Is it actually possible to get enough of BioShock: Infinite’s retro-futurisitc design? Signs point to “no”. Check out these awesome propaganda posters.
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Posted in: PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: bioshock: infinite, irrational games
Thu, May 26, 2011 | 01:08 BST
Xbox Live Marketplace partially restored
Microsoft has got the console version of Xbox Live Marketplace back up and running.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Marketplace downtime
Thu, May 26, 2011 | 00:37 BST
Bleszinski keen on dynamic difficulty
Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski has come out swinging for dynamic difficulty – games adapting to your level of skill.
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Posted in: Action, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Cliff Bleszinski, cliffy b, dynamic difficulty, epic, Epic Games, Gears of War 3
Thu, May 26, 2011 | 00:15 BST
Shadows of the Damned began with melee combat and no love story
Goichi Suda has said over and over again that Shadows of the Damned is a story of rescuing your lover – but it turns out, he had a very different plan in mind before EA stepped in.
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Posted in: Action, Development, EA, Horror, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Goichi Suda, shadows of the damned, Shinji Mikami
Wed, May 25, 2011 | 23:53 BST
Keiji Inafune working on PS3 exclusive RPG, social game
Highly respected ex-Capcom designer, director and producer Keiji Inafune is reportedly working on a PlayStation 3 RPG.
Wed, May 25, 2011 | 22:22 BST
Trenched gets release date, opening cut-scene
Double Fine tower defense actioner Trenched will release on June 22 on Xbox Live Arcade, a new video for the game has confirmed. The clip, tweeted by Double Fine boss Tim Schafer just now, shows off the opening cut-scene of the game, where you have to fight off Monovision using mech-like robots. You can get that below, and watch the latest dev diary for it here.
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Posted in: Action, Microsoft, Strategy, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: double fine, Tim Schafer, Trenched
Wed, May 25, 2011 | 22:05 BST
Wednesday Shorts II: Aion, Portal 2 soundtrack, Boulder Dash-XL, Tokyo Jungle
Another round of shorts for your hump day is below.
Wed, May 25, 2011 | 21:31 BST
Dublin teen behind last month’s XBL service alert
It looks as though 14-year-old Dublin boy is behind the service alert Microsoft’s put into affect last month when “external intrusion” saw the firm bring Xbox Live offline due to the potential for phishing attempts while playing Modern Warfare 2.
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Posted in: Ireland, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: dublin, hack, modern warfare 2, tallaght, teeage hacker
Wed, May 25, 2011 | 21:15 BST
PSA: Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale out now on XBL
Atari and Bedlam Games announced today that Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale is now available on on Xbox Live for 1200 MS point. It will be made available on PC and PSN this summer.
Wed, May 25, 2011 | 20:55 BST
GameFly officially announces acquisition of Direct2Drive
GameFly has officially announced its acquisition of Direct2Drive from IGN Entertainment.
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Posted in: Trade
Tags: direct2drive, gamefly
Wed, May 25, 2011 | 20:24 BST
Dragon’s Dogma video shows in-game footage
A video for Dragon’s Dogma is posted below, and it shows in-game footage of the demo we were shown at Captivate last month. Watch it below courtesy of Gamespot. Dragon’s Dogman is slated for PS3 and Xbox 360 in early 2012.
Wed, May 25, 2011 | 20:00 BST
Miyamoto: “Generally speaking, people can and should make good games”
Shigeru Miyamoto told attendees at his London speaking engagement that with today’s tech, it should allow developers to create better gaming experiences.
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Posted in: 3DS, Development, Nintendo, Wii
Tags: shigeru miyamoto
Wed, May 25, 2011 | 19:47 BST
Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee and Stranger’s Wrath get release windows
After announcing the HD revamp of Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee last month, it has been officially confirmed today that it will be released on PSN fall and that Stranger’s Wrath will see a release on the service this summer.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PSN
Tags: jaw, just add water, Munch's Oddysee, oddworld, oddworld inhabitants, Stranger's Wrath
Wed, May 25, 2011 | 19:13 BST
Funcom shelves Xbox 360 version of Conan MMO
Funcom has said there are currently “no plans” to bring Age of Conan to consoles, but the firm is still working on console technology as well as its newly announced AoC free-to-play initiative on PC.
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Posted in: MMO, PC, Paradox, Xbox 360
Tags: age of conan, funcom, hyborian adventures
Quick Quotes: Paradox changing its Q&A process over Sword of the Stars 2′s “big failure”