Monthly Archives: May 2011
Tue, May 10, 2011 | 23:15 BST
Tuesday Shorts: GagaVille, Soul Calibur breasts, Thor, Nolan North, Portal turret
Some things you just cannot make up no matter how hard you try. There’s a few of those in the shorts posted below.
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Posted in: Shorts, VG247
Tags: Android, Anonymous, AQ Interactive, breasts, Child of Eden, conduit 2, cryptic, Daishi Odashima, Demian 'Ryu Ichinose' Smith, Gagaville, god of thunder, iPad, lego pirates, Lego: Pirates of the Caribbean, lord of the rings online, lotro, Marvelous Entertainment, military, Naruto:Narutimate Impact, nolan north, npd, pc market, plants vs zombies, portal turret, runes of magic, soul calibur, star trek online, thor, Thor: God of Thunder, uncharted movie, unity, warlords, yakuza, zynga
Tue, May 10, 2011 | 22:27 BST
Coming soon to XBL: L.A. Noire Rockstar Pass add-on, pirate-themed sale, Bing promo
Microsoft has sent out a release schedule for what to expect on the Xbox Live service for the rest of May, and one thing of not in it was the mention of something called the L.A. Noire Rockstar Pass add-on.
Tue, May 10, 2011 | 21:49 BST
Quick Shots: Duke Nukem Forever multiplayer shows two sizes of Duke
Shots from the multiplayer portion of Duke Nukem Forever are posted below, and they show a large Duke, and a small Duke – part of which you saw in the latest multiplayer video for the game.
Wed, May 11, 2011 | 15:12 BST
Dark Souls out September in Japan, October elsewhere
A new video for Dark Souls has been released, and it looks as though we’ll all be in for some more rage-filled, controller-tossing, cat-stomping gameplay in October in the west.
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Posted in: Namco Bandai, PS3, RPG
Tags: dark souls, From Software
Tue, May 10, 2011 | 22:24 BST
Local news tackles the War on Horror in Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D trailer
Capcom has released a new video for Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, which is cheesy, all in good fun poke at local news reporting and how it would react to a viral outbreak. It also reveals the game’s release date.
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Posted in: 3DS, Capcom, Videos
Tags: resident evil, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, The Mercenaries 3D
Tue, May 10, 2011 | 20:40 BST
Age of Empires Online to see digital and disc release in the fall
Age of Empires Online will be launched in the fall, according to Microsoft.
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Posted in: Games for Windows, Microsoft, Strategy
Tags: age of empires online, AoEO, Gas Powered Games, robot entertainment
Tue, May 10, 2011 | 20:15 BST
More details on Mega Man Legends 3: Prototype Version come to light
More information pertaining to Mega Man Legends 3: Prototype Version has come to light, and it looks as though the taster will come with more content than previously assumed.
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Posted in: 3DS, Capcom, Development
Tags: Mega Man Legends 3: Prototype Version
Wed, May 11, 2011 | 14:15 BST
Namco nukes Dubai: Soul Calibur 5 announced for 2012
Namco Bandai’s Level Up press event has wrapped up at the Madinat conference center in Dubai, with the big news being Soul Calibur 5′s announcement for a 2012 release.
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Posted in: Namco Bandai
Tags: Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, dark souls, inversion, level up, ridge racer unbounded
Tue, May 10, 2011 | 19:32 BST
Channel 5 and the Wright Stuff respond to Gamers’ Voice letter of complaint
Back in April, Gamers’ Voice sent a letter to Channel 5 over an episode of The Wright Stuff program after it linked a London gang-related shooting with violent videogames, before showing footage of Modern Warfare 2′s No Russian level.
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Posted in: Politics, UK, Violence in games
Tags: Channel 5, Gamer's Voice, The Wright Stuff
Tue, May 10, 2011 | 18:18 BST
Valve wants more games on Steam, promises not to “flood the market”
Steam manager Jason Holtman has said Valve would like to have more games available on the digital service, and more indie games in particular, but at the same time, the firm doesn’t wanttop overcrowd the service’s marketplace.
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Posted in: Development, Valve, indie
Tags: Jason Holtman, steam
Tue, May 10, 2011 | 21:23 BST
A few details for Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand come to light
DICE’s junior product manager, Tommy Rydling, has partially detailed the first expansion pack planned for Battlefield 3, Back to Karkand, and has included an small Q&A on the blog with lead designer Niklas Fegraeus and co-op lead designer, David Spinnier.
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Posted in: Action, EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Back to Karkand, battlefield 3, Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand, dice
Tue, May 10, 2011 | 17:00 BST
Quick Shots: Max Payne 3 screens rock the beard and a wounded expression
Rockstar has put out four screenshots for Max Payne 3, and we’ve posted them below for you.
Tue, May 10, 2011 | 21:22 BST
Square Enix announces Hitman Absolution with teaser
Square Enix just announced and released the first teaser trailer for Hitman Absolution. Watch it below.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: hitman, hitman: absolution, io interactive
Tue, May 10, 2011 | 16:46 BST
PSA: BioShock 2, Borderlands, and Mafia II DLC on sale for XBL Gold Members
Microsoft has put BioShock 2, Borderlands, and Mafia II DLC on sale for Xbox Live Gold Members from today until May 16.
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Posted in: 2K, Action, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: bioshock 2, borderlands, mafia II
Tue, May 10, 2011 | 16:35 BST
Bungie files business trademarks in Washington and Delaware for Bungie Aerospace Corporation
Bungie has filed a trademark and logo for Bungie Aerospace Corporation with the Washington Secretary of State website as well as with the state of Delaware.
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Posted in: Development, Rumour
Tags: Allan Parsons, bungie, bungie aerosapce, bungie aerospace corporation, harold ryan, Ondraus Jenkins, trademarks
Tue, May 10, 2011 | 21:23 BST
Sony: PSN restoration date of May 31 is inaccurate
SCEA’s director of corporate communications and social media, Patrick Seybold, has said that the estimated May 31 restoration date for PSN services reported by Bloomberg is a bit misleading.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PSP, Sony
Tags: psn breach, psn hack, psn services
Tue, May 10, 2011 | 16:00 BST
Trion announces free 7-day trial for RIFT, Ascend-a-Friend program
Trion Worlds has launched to programs which will allow folks to try RIFT for 7-days free, and has announced the Ascend-a-Friend program which launches with today’s game update.
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Posted in: MMO, PC
Tags: ascend a friend, Rift, rift update 1.2, Trion Worlds
Tue, May 10, 2011 | 15:41 BST
Rumour – Modern Warfare 3 features “a much larger, epic scale,” destructable environments
Kotaku‘s reporting that Modern Warfare 3 will feature a “much larger epic scale,” saying the story could see a World War III-like situation.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: infinity ward, modern warfare 3, sledgehammer games
Tue, May 10, 2011 | 14:44 BST
Guerrilla recalls the controversy surrounding Killzone 2′s E3 2005 trailer
Hermen Hulst, managing director for Guerrilla Games, has chatted with Gamasutra regarding the infamous Killzone 2 trailer which was shown during E3 2005, and said that because of the reception from the graphically astounding trailer for the time, the firm switched the game’s development over from an intended release on PS2 to PS3 instead.
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Posted in: Development, PS3, Shooter, Sony
Tags: Guerrilla Games, Hermen Hulst, killzone 2
Tue, May 10, 2011 | 14:04 BST
Star Raiders coming to Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow
Major Nelson has tweeted that Star Raiders will land on Xbox Live tomorrow, which is based on the original Atari 800 title released way back in 1979 and on Atari 2600 in 1982 and through MS’s Game Room pack 002.
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Posted in: Arcade, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Incinerator studios, Star Raiders
Quick Quotes: Paradox changing its Q&A process over Sword of the Stars 2′s “big failure”