Monthly Archives: May 2011
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 14:00 BST
LA Noire video details stuff to do outside main story
IGN’s gone live with a video preview of LA Noire, detailing how events outside the game’s main story works. You’ll be free to roam Los Angeles, with 40 unassigned cases around LA that you’ll be able to attend to. Ongoing robberies, gunfights, car chases and more are all part of the CV. You can get the video below. LA Noire launches next week for PS3 and 360.
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 13:54 BST
New untitled Dragon Ball game gets teaser trailer
Namco Bandai’s released a teaser trailer for its next Dragon Ball title for PS3 and Xbox 360, currently codenamed Dragon Ball Game Project Age 2011.
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Posted in: Fighter, Namco Bandai, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Dragon Ball Game Project Age 2011, dragon ball z, Namco Bandai
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 13:49 BST
Report: EA planning to release BF3 close to next CoD title
A retail source has told MCV Battlefield 3 and the next Call of Duty title will be releasing “within days” of each other, and the next CoD’s November arrival will be made official by May 23.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, EA, PC, PS3, Retail, Rumour, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, bf3, call of duty, dice, infinity ward, modern warfare 3, mw3
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 13:42 BST
Nintendo retailer briefing provides new Star Fox 64 3D details
A retailer briefing held today by Nintendo has disclosed new details about Star Fox 64 3D.
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Posted in: 3DS, Japan, Nintendo, Retail
Tags: star fox, star fox 64, Star Fox 64 3D
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 13:36 BST
Witcher 2 pre-orders hit 111,842, Polish edition pre-orders maxed
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is out next week, and CD Projekt RED has sent word that pre-orders for the saucy RPG have reached the 111,842 mark.
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Posted in: Atari, CD Projekt, Namco Bandai, PC, RPG
Tags: Assassins of Kings, the witcher, the witcher 2
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 14:20 BST
Passionate psychopaths: Dark Souls debuts in Dubai
Proud publisher Namco Bandai shows off Dark Souls in motion for the first time in Dubai. Impressions, quotes, new screens.
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Posted in: Action, Horror, Namco Bandai, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: dark souls, Kei Hirono, level up
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 12:36 BST
MGS: Peace Walker, Castlevania help Konami income push
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow helped Konami to an income high last year, the company confirmed in its FY2011 financials.
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 19:44 BST
New Alien targets “Red Dead Redemption, Arkham Asylum”
Sega studio Creative Assembly is working on a new Alien game for consoles, the developer confirmed in a press conference this morning, and is aiming for the very top with the project.
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 11:21 BST
Multiple retail listings point towards June US launch for Call of Juarez: The Cartel
If listings by various US retailers are to be believed, Call of Juarez: The Cartel will be releasing on June 28 in North America.
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 11:05 BST
New Bungie trademark mentions “Mobile Phone support”
Bungie has filed a new software trademark titled, “Crimson.” The goods listed under the filing include game software that is “downloadable from a global computer network” and software “for use on mobile and celluar phones.”
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard
Tags: activision, bungie
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 11:14 BST
New Hitman: Absolution details reveal Agent 47′s nemesis and much more
New details about Hitman: Absolution, including information about Agent 47′s main nemesis in the game, his handler and much more has emerged.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: hitman: absolution, io interactive, Square Enix
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 11:01 BST
Square cancels unconfirmed digital titles to “strengthen revenue base”
Square Enix has confirmed this morning that its canceled an unknown number of digital titles to “strengthen” the company’s revenue base.
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Posted in: Square Enix, square financials
Tags: Digital titles
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 11:56 BST
Inversion defies gravity in new screens and art
Namco’s Level Up is the press event that keeps on giving. Here’s some new imagery for Inversion, the publisher’s “Gears of War with gravity” shooter. It’s out next February.
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Posted in: Platform holders
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 11:46 BST
Ridge Racer: Unbounded screens and video feature cars, roads
More assets from Namco, this time from Ridge Racer: Unbounded, the latest big instalment in the veteran drive series. Get it all below.
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Posted in: Namco Bandai, PS3, Racing, Screens, Videos, Xbox 360
Tags: level up, ridge racer unbounded
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 11:44 BST
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon gets new screens, movie
Namco’s stuck out new shots and a movie of air-fighter Ace Combat: Assault Horizon as part of its Dubai Level Up event this week. Get it all after the break. The publisher chose to hold this week’s press event in Dubai as it’s the Assault Horizon’s setting. Looking good.
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Posted in: Action, Namco Bandai, PS3, Screens, Videos, Xbox 360
Tags: Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, level up
Fri, Oct 21, 2011 | 02:41 BST
First Soul Calibur 5 art shows Siegfried, Patroklos
Here’s your first SoulCalibur 5 art, following the game’s announcement in Dubai yesterday.
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Posted in: Fighter, Namco Bandai, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: level up, soul calibur v, team soul
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 14:06 BST
Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar hitting PAL market this year
Rising Star confirmed today that Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar will launch in PAL regions this year for DS. The latest in the Natsume farm sim series will feature “windmills to let you combine ingredients to make goods to sell at the Bazaar,” “a new jump movement” to get over hills and streams, and a returning horse festival. Sounds fancy. Look at shots of it over on Nintendo World.
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Posted in: DS, Natsume, Rising Star, Simulation
Tags: Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 13:32 BST
Pitchford: Brothers in Arms announcement “very soon”
Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has confirmed that an announcement on the developer’s next iteration of Brothers in Arms is coming “very soon.”
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Posted in: Shooter, Ubisoft
Tags: brothers in arms, gearbox, randy pitchford
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 09:20 BST
Gabe Newell: Portal 2 delay sounded really good
Quote of the day is from Josh Weier, Project Lead on Portal 2, discussing the delay which pushed the game back a couple of weeks.
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Posted in: Valve
Tags: gabe newell, josh weier, portal 2, quote, valve time
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 13:32 BST
E3 2011′s press confs – The big boys go nuclear
This year’s E3 will be a scorcher, setting off the next hardware arms race with Nintendo’s Project Café and seeing the unveiling of what are likely to be this generation’s biggest games.
Quick Quotes: Paradox changing its Q&A process over Sword of the Stars 2′s “big failure”