Monthly Archives: May 2011

Nolan North is Nathan Drake. He’s played the character for the past five years, averaging at least once a week since last June, so it’s not surprising that the character and the actor are starting to merge.

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The latest issue of Official Xbox Magazine has dropped some new Mass Effect 3 details.

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The verdicts on Splash Damage’s Brink are go. And they’re unlikely to be what you were expecting.

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If you’ve got a copy of Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45, then you’ve also got a copy of the Darkest Hour mod, and you’re in luck! It’s just been patched.

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Dragon’s Dogma was announced a little less than a month ago, and it’s already capturing gamers’ hearts around the globe. Literally, remember, that’s the plot. Lucky for us, it looks good too, even while busily removing bodily organs.

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Another Olympic Games, another SEGA tie-in. Everybody’s favourite plumber and most beloved hedgehog are indeed headed to London for the 2012 games, and we’ve got some new art assets from the game to show just what’s in store.

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If you think it’s frustrating that the PlayStation Network is down when you want to play games, spare a thought for Capcom, which claims it is losing hundreds of thousands of dollars due to the downtime.

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In news sure to please Australian gamers (and others around the world), the “dashing digital download dudes” at GOG.com are no longer determining customer locations by IP address, as part of an overhaul of the site’s privacy policy.

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Duke Nukem Forever is now available for pre-purchase on Steam, and if you act fast you’ll snag a 10% discount in the process.

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The team of trained monkeys that works behind the scenes at E3 have seen fit to release the floor plans for the event (coming up all-too-soon!), so you can start to plot your movements in Los Angeles between June 7-9.

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Activision Blizzard has announced a large increase in calendar 2011 Q1 profits, as well as making new announcements related to Call of Duty and confirming a Q3 2011 beta for Diablo III.

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Square Enix has announced its to re-release Final Fantasy XIII as a budget release in Japan for both PS3 and 360. The PS3 version will come under Square’s Ultimate hits line, while the 360 SKU will be part of Microsoft’s Platinum Hits collection, as the game is already in the Square line-up from its original release in the country last December.

Both PS3 and 360 will launch for ¥3,990 on July 21. Thanks, Andriasang.

BioWare wasn’t always famous only for Baldurs Gate or Mass Effect: it had also developed the sequel to one of the greatest third-person shooters in gaming history – MDK.

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Bethesda’s confirmed that it’ll still release the PS3 version of multiplayer-focused shooter Brink this Friday in the UK despite the ongoing crisis surrounding PSN. A rep for the publisher told EG: “We’re still going ahead with launch this week.” Bethesda US has told GiantBomb it’s also going ahead with its launch tomorrow. And there you have it.

Watch the launch trailer for it here and read our launch interview with Splash Damage boss Paul Wedgwood here.

Audio tools manufacturer Blue Sky has published the first off-screen picture of Splinter Cell 6.

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Former Capcom top-man, Keiji Inafune, disclosed that the risk-averse Capcom management rejected prototypes of both Dead Rising and Lost Planet, but he continued developing them anyway.

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The latest Witcher 2 promo video has shown off the game’s environments, detailing castles, moonlit vistas and all the rest of it. The well-anticipated RPG sequel is nothing if not beautiful. The amount of thought that’s gone into this stuff really is mental: factors such as humidity and wind conditions are considered before placing a tree. It’s out May 17 for PC. Take a look below.

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Quick note: Activision is expected to reveal details of the Diablo III beta tonight, when the company delivers calendar 2011 Q1 financials. Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime promised he’d shed light on the test in the firm’s last investor chat in February. Diablo III has no release date as yet, but it’s hoped it’ll ship this year. There’s more on Blizzplanet. The call starts at 9.30pm BST.

Eurogamer’s rumouring that the next Call of Duty game is being tagged internally by UK retailer Tesco as a November 8 launch.

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Bethesda’s put out what promises to be the final Brink trailer before the Splash Damage shooter releases in the US tomorrow. Europeans will get the game on Friday. The near-future team-based game has been delayed by a year, but there’s no doubting a debut on PC, PS3 and 360 this week. Check out Johnny’s just-published chat with studio head Paul Wedgwood here. The video’s below.

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