Monthly Archives: May 2011

The ESRB’s rated the still unannounced Burnout Crash, saying the title will feature “cartoon violence.”

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Sega’s announced that Football Manager 2011 is now available on iPad.

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Valve’s introduced a replay system for Team Fortress 2. It’ll enable you to record videos of your games if the server you’re on allows it, with the option of being able to upload footage to either Steam or YouTube. Currently, Valve’s holding a competition up until May 19 looking for the best 20 videos in the game. There’s more on it here.

Homefront’s 2.6 million opening pitch may not have quite been the home run THQ was looking for, but it’s nothing to scoff at either. Well, unless you’re Call of Duty, in which case you’ve earned the right to take a sip of your incredibly fine wine and chortle at whatever numbers you please. THQ’s Brian Farrell, however, doesn’t think his game’s lost a battle or a war. After all, he explained, even Call of Duty wasn’t always an 800 lb industry gorilla.

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Capcom is in the money. The company said this morning that operating profit for FY2011 stood at ¥14.3 billion yen (£108.5 million, $177.8 million), up 156 percent on the previous year.

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Friday. The day of kings. And news. Get up to speed with our text and audio bulletin after the break.

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Attention people who like videogames: Are you aware of Ubisoft’s upcoming tribal environmental RTS oddity From Dust? No? Then we pose the following question: What are you doing with your life? The game looks refreshingly unique, and you get to help tiny shouting men avoid the all-too-common cause of death that is a roving wall of lava. They call it “the silent killer” for a reason, after all.

At any rate, Destructoid‘s posted a new dev diary that has all sorts of pretty pictures – some of which can even move. “Videos,” we think they’re called. Now if we could just interact with them somehow. What a world that would be, huh? Oh well. Check out the full thing after the break.

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Eidos Montreal has confirmed that it’ll feature full DirectX11 support, 3D and the ability to hook up multiple-monitors to play Deus Ex: Human Revolution on PC

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Ubisoft’s released a proper ton of Child of Eden concept art, if that’s your thing. Go get it over at D’Toid. The Q Entertainment techno shooter is gearing up for launch later this summer, launching on July 17 in the UK for 360 with added Kinect support. The PS3 version, which will come with Move support, will launch in September. Read our impressions and an interview with Tetsuya Mizuguchi here.

THQ’s announced Saints Row: Initiation Station, a free character-creation system that will allow you to create your character for the upcoming release of Saints Row: The Third.

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They’re like popcorn, really – you just can’t stop.

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A pathetically obvious rip off of hit iPhone game Canabalt has succumbed to copyright claim in less than a day.

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Hackers are said to be planning yet another offensive against Sony, and have apparently claimed responsibility for the attacks of April 16.

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When it’s not making Alice: Madness Returns, American McGee has said his Shanghai-based studio Spicy Horse is poised to capitalise on one of the largest markets in gaming today – in its own way.

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The delicately-feathered MMORPG Aion will receive a major update before the end of the month, as the European and US servers hit version 2.5.

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Cyber-security expert Dr. Gene Spafford has told the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade that Sony allegedly ignored reports of gaping vulnerabilities on its servers.

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The GDC Europe 2011 schedule has been expanded with newly announced presentations.

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The vapourous Tomb Raider film reboot may finally be solidifying, with two writers named in conjunction with the project.

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Sony chairman, president and CEO Sir Howard Stringer has penned a letter to PlayStation Network and Qriocity members, assuring of the company’s utmost efforts to restore both services and ensure ongoing security.

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Sony has announced it will provide free AllClear ID Plus protection to customers through an agreement with identity security firm Debix.

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