Monthly Archives: May 2011

THQ has released a video for Red Faction: Armageddon which shows all the work which went into the motion-capture segments of the shooter.

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Telltale Games has said the final entry in its Back to the Future series will be released in June. In Episode 5: OUTATIME, was expected this month, but will be released on Mac and PC a bit late due to some “pretty awesome announcements to make coming in the near future that should answer that question.” Sounds like maybe Telltale has something up its sleeve for E3. If going by the previous schedule for these episodes, it looks as though iPad and PS3 users can look forward to the final installment in July. Thanks, Gamefront.

Confused about how Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition will work with Street Fighter IV and Super Street Fighter IV? Worried about your Battle and Player Points transferring over? Are you still scratching your head over what exactly the update going live on June 6 entails? Wonder no more, little Kens and Cammys. Capcom has you covered.

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NIS America has released a new Disgaea 4 trailer, and we’ve posted it below for you. Fair warning: the narrator says some really crazy things.

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Valve head Gabe Newell has said that instead of creating Source Engine 2, the firm believes it prudent to continually update the tech instead of starting on a new design.

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DICE is shooting some motion-capture sequences for Battlefield 3 in Uppsala, Sweden between now and May 27, according to a casting call notice dug up by Reddit.

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Warner has released a new video for F.E.A.R. 3, and it shows a bit of multiplayer.

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Superannuation has unearthed a blog post as well as a video of Radical Entertainment’s canceled multiplayer-focused Bourne game, Project Treadstone.

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NeoGAF has posted some conceptual art for Hitman: Absolution which was posted earlier on GamerLive TV. Check ‘em out below.
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After announcing its financials for its last fiscal year, Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada told investors that the firm’s internal revamping will probably take one to two years to accomplish.

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Nvidia is set to release its GeForce GTX 560 on May 17, and iGameRecord has a video peek at just how well this new bit of tech runs. Below the break, you will see how Duke Nukem Forever, Alice: Madeness Returns, and RIFT look in 1080p 3D. It even shows a side-by-side comparisson of Alice with and without PhysX turned on. The card will be “afordable” according to Nvidia, and it sits somewhere in between its GTX 460 and GTX 560 Ti offerings. Thanks, RipTen.

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Word over on The Magic Box has Sony announcing a God of War Portable Collection slated to land on the Asian market July 7. The collections is said to include God of War: Chains of Olympus and God of War: Ghost of Sparta with enhanced graphics specifically for PS3. Yes, it says it is coming to PS3. We’ll send a mail and ask, so in the meantime, keep this in your hand as “possible” until we get official word, as we have yet to see the announcement mentioned elsewhere. Thanks, Gek.

A report over on Bloomberg states that Amazon cloud servers were used to attack PSN.

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Splash Damage has released another update for Brink, just as it promised earlier in the week, and the firm has also announced that the first bit of DLC to be released for the title will be free.

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Following Kotaku’s story reveal on Modern Warfare 3 last night, Infinity Ward’s released three teaser trailers confirming the game’s existence.

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The Facebook page for Silent Hill: Downpour has been “liked” enough to where a new teaser footage has been posted for the game.

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It’s Friday. Thank whatever deity or non-deity you worship for that. To get your weekend started, read up on some small and possibly weird little tidbits of game-related news below.

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SEGA has announced its plans to release a third volume in its Vintage Collection for PSN and Virtual Console during the later part of the year and early 2012.

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The Witcher is out on Tuesday, and if you are still sitting on the fence, maybe the video below will help you figure out whether you are ready for Geralt’s next adventure or not. Click onward and find out. Thanks, EvilAvatar.

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THQ boss Brian Farrell believes there is a “pent up” demand for an open-world game such as Saints Row: The Third, especially with a new Grand Theft Auto title missing from the marketplace at the moment.

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