Monthly Archives: May 2011
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 19:38 BST
Survey Says: 63 million iOS users downloading over 5 million games per day
A March 2011 study conducted by Distimo and Newzoo, surveyed iOS users living in the US and six countries in Europe, and found that 63 million iOS users are downloading 5 million games on a daily basis.
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 21:44 BST
Blizzard to start testing premium cross-server dungeon party feature
Blizzard has planned to launch a new service on its WoW test servers, which would see players being able to raid with friends that play on other game realms.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC
Tags: world of warcraft, wow
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 18:35 BST
DICE discusses returning to Wake Island in Battlefield 3
DICE has posted part 2 of its look at the development of Back to Karkland for Battlefield 3, and it provides a closer look at Wake Island and how it was originally conceived.
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 17:59 BST
The Secret World video preview shows a bit of new footage
A preview video posted over on GameReactor for The Secret World has the site not only chatting about what it has seen of the game, but it also contains some new footage of some the game’s locations.
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 17:41 BST
Angry Birds and other popular games coming to Windows Phone 7
Microsoft has announced that Angry Birds and quite a few other titles will be landing on Windows Phone 7.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Mobile, Windows Phone 7
Tags: Angry Birds, doodle jump, geodefense, plants vs zombies
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 17:22 BST
Mortal Komat DLC to be out “within the next month”
Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon has said DLC for the game will be released “in the next few weeks.”
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Posted in: Fighter, PS3, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: ed boon, mortal kombat
Thu, Dec 08, 2011 | 04:28 GMT
Geralt has a bit of trouble with a troll in Witcher 2 DLC
CD Project Red has released the first bit of free DLC for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, and you can watch the video of it here. The DLC, released day and date with the game, is a side quest called Troll Trouble, and the troll shown in the video actually talks, unlike a lot of trolls who hit first and ask questions later. Check out the reviews round up for The Witcher 2 here.
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Posted in: Atari, CD Projekt, Namco Bandai, PC, RPG
Tags: the witcher 2: assassins of kings
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 16:38 BST
Globex Studios hires Jason Bell as its new executive vice president of products
Globex Studios has announced it has appointed former Turbine executive Jason Bell as its new vice president of products.
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Posted in: Development, MMO, PC
Tags: globex studios, jason bell, secret kingdoms online
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 16:23 BST
Resistance 3 boxart created by British artist Olly Moss
Insomniac has released shots of its box art for Resistance 3, and it depicts a Chimeran Skull graphic with the New York skyline for teeth.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Shooter
Tags: insomniac games, resistance 3
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 21:56 BST
Previous Xbox 360 firmware update causing disc read errors, not the one in beta
It looks as though “a very small number of Xbox 360 owners” are experiencing disc read errors when applying a mandatory firmware update, but according to Major Nelson, the issue has arisen from a previous firmware update, and not the system update currently in public beta which is scheduled to start rolling out tomorrow.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: xbox 360 disc errors, xbox 360 firmware update
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 15:27 BST
UK Chancellor: PSN hacking highlights “need for robust security”
UK Chancellor George Osborne has said the recent hacking of PlayStation Network shows the “need” to have “robost” protection against any such attacks in future.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN
Tags: George Osborne
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 15:12 BST
Wednesday Shorts: Naughty Bear, TERA, Vindictus, PopCap Android, Black Ops
Loads of little stuff happening for your Wednesday. More than your brain can handle, so, we’ll make it short and sort-of sweet for you.
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Posted in: Shorts, VG247
Tags: 2badcompany, amazon, Android, artwork, bandwith, Black Ops, call of the dead, devcat studios, En Masse Entertainment, escapeVektor: Chapter 1, fox, GeForce GTX 560, Ghibli World, Hayao Miyazaki, hideo kojima, Lynx, Minecraft, naughty bear, naughty bear gold, netflix, ocarina of time 3d, patents, PopCap, Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D, TERA, vindictus, yoaki
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 19:27 BST
Sony: PSN and Qriocity sites back up soon, exploit fixed
Sony has announced that it has fixed the URL exploit which caused it to take the majority of its website services down earlier today.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN
Tags: PSN, psn website exploit
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 15:17 BST
Newell: Valve “late” looking at social games
Valve boss Gabe Newell has said that the company could be late in possibly looking at the social games market.
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Posted in: PC, Valve
Tags: gabe newell, steam
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 14:23 BST
Gears of War 3 pre-orders break 1m, 1.29m play beta
Microsoft’s confirmed that Gears of War 3 pre-orders have now hit 1 million worldwide, making it the fastest pre-ordered title in Xbox 360 history.
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Posted in: Action, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Cliff Bleszinski, Epic Games, Gears of War 3, Gears of War 3 beta
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 14:07 BST
NCSoft confirms Guild Wars 2 beta for 2011, 2012 launch hinted
NCSoft’s confirmed it’ll launch a beta of Guild Wars 2 later this year.
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 14:18 BST
DNF: Always bet on Duke and Randy Pitchford
It’s been a long time coming, but Duke’s latest is – whisper it – just around the corner. We caught up with Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford to talk lengthy development cycles, parody and generation gaps.
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Posted in: 2K, Action, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: DNF, duke nukem forever, gearbox, randy picthford
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 13:56 BST
PAX Prime passes selling out
Penny Arcade’s said on Twitter that only 400 passes are available for the Friday of PAX Prime, with only “a battery” of Sunday passes left. It comes as three day-passes and Saturday passes have all been sold out. If you’re going, you can get whatever remaining amount of tickets there is left here.
PAX Prime takes place in Seattle between August 26-28. Thanks, Joystiq.
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 11:59 BST
Namco Bandai confirmed for Eurogamer Expo – Dark Souls, Tekken, Ridge Racer, more
Namco Bandai’s given its full backing to this year’s Eurogamer Expo, confirming that it’ll bring most of its 2011 and future line-up to the show.
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 12:03 BST
Rocksteady: Arkham City to feature 40 hours’ worth of story content
Rocksteady has said that it’ll feature 40 hours worth of main and non-main story content combined.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: Batman: Arkham City, rocksteady, sefton hill
Quick Quotes: Paradox changing its Q&A process over Sword of the Stars 2′s “big failure”