Monthly Archives: May 2011
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 20:54 BST
Saturday Shorts: Sales, L.A Noire, Mario concepts, SOE triple cash
It’s Memorial Day weekend in US and a bank holiday in the UK. Whether you are honoring those who have passed, served your country, or just using it as an excuse to eat BBQ and get sloshed, it doesn’t matter. It’s all good in our book. Let’s get you caught up on the small stuff you can get to the more important, aforementioned festivities.
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 20:50 BST
Watch 20-minutes of Dead Island gameplay footage
PixelEnemy has posted a 20-minute gameplay video on its YouTube Channel for Dead Island. A limited edition listing recently popped up on GAME.fr, showing off some interesting boxart. Likely, this won’t be the same in the US as the ESRB doesn’t like the idea of a hanging silhouette. The Techland zombie actioner is out later this year on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Thanks, EvilAvatar.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: dead island, techland
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 20:01 BST
Final Fantasy V listed by ESRB for North American release
Siliconera has found an ESRB listing for Final Fantasy V, which is listed as coming to PSN in North America .
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PSP, RPG, Sony, Square Enix
Tags: Final Fantasy V
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 18:07 BST
Driver: San Francisco Collector’s Edition shown off in new video
Ubisoft has already announced that a Collector’e Edition of Drive: San Fransisco will be released, but just to tease you a bit on it, a video featuring all the goodies packed it has been released. It contains a replica of the Dodge Challeneger, DLC with four single-player challenges and three cars for multiplayer, and a limited edition conic book. The game is slated for an August 30 release in the US and it will land in the UK on September 2 on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Driver: San Francisco, Driver: San Francisco Collector's Edition
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 18:52 BST
GRIN founders blame Square Enix for the studio’s demise
The founders of GRIN are blaming Square Enix for a significant portion of the events leading up to the studio’s bankruptcy in 2009 and subsequent closure.
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Posted in: Development, Square Enix
Tags: Bo Andersson, final fantasy, grin, Ulf Andersson
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 18:00 BST
Avalanche confident in PSN despite the breach causing halt to Renegade Ops development on PS3
Avalanche’s Andreas Thorsen is confident that Sony’s newly implemented network security measures will do “be even more secure than the competitors’.”
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, PSN, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Avalanche Studios, renegade ops
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 17:43 BST
Character video released for Dungeon Siege III
Square has released a new trailer for Dungeon Siege III, and in it, all four characters, are present after getting their own individual ones over the past weeks. Watch it below, courtesy of D’toid. Dungeon Siege III releases on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 near the end of July, and demos will start rolling out for it next week.
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Posted in: PC, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: dungeon siege 3, Dungeon Siege III, Obsidian Entertainment
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 17:32 BST
Dyack: Multiplayer surge due to used game sales “hurting the single-player experience”
Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack believes the surge in games with a large multiplayer component is due to developers and publishers trying to combat used game sales.
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Posted in: Development, Trade
Tags: cloud gaming, denis dyack, used game sales
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 17:18 BST
Trion and Petroglyph show off End of Nations a bit more
Trion Worlds and Petroglyph have released a video for End of Nations, the upcoming MMORTS where players are tasked with rebelling against the Order of Nations, which holds an iron grip on the world’s most coveted resources.
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Posted in: MMOARTS, PC
Tags: end of nations, Petroglyph, Trion Worlds
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 20:11 BST
Kalypso introduces us to Heshthot from The Dark Eye – Demonicon
Kalypso Media has unveiled the first artwork from The Dark Eye – Demonicon. It gives folks the first look at Heshthot, also known as The Grim Reaper.
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 16:59 BST
Brink statistics site hitting on Tuesday, Agents of Change DLC detailed
Splash Damage has an update on the Brink statistics site, which will go live on Tuesday for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions.
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Posted in: Bethesda, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Agents of Change DLC, Brink, splash damage, statistics
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 16:50 BST
Just Cause 2 video maps 11.3 million player deaths
Square Enix and Eidos’ Jim Blackhurst has created a fun video showing of map of the 11.3 million player deaths in Just Cause 2. It doesn’t matter how the player died, whether from your parachute not opening, being gunned down, or just from bad luck. It’s all in there. Watch and enjoy. Thanks: D’toid, RPS.
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Posted in: Action, Eidos, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: avalanche, death, just cause, just cause 2
Tue, May 31, 2011 | 17:15 BST
Certain Affinity officially announces Crimson Alliance
Certain Affinity has announced Crimson Alliance, an action-RPG slated for a summer 2011 release.
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Posted in: Action, Development, RPG, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: certain affinity, Crimson Alliance, Rooster Teeth fan event
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 16:06 BST
Hitman: Absolution to be “more accessible” to the masses, still for the core
Io Interactive has said it plans to make Hitman: Absolution more accessible to a wider audience while remaining true to the core.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: glacier 2, hitman, hitman: absolution, io interactive
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 15:28 BST
Sony brings PSN back online in Japan
Sony has announced that it has brought PlayStation Network services back online in Japan.
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 15:17 BST
Tales of Festival 2011 shows off Tales of Xillia PS3-bundle
Namco Bandai’s Tales of Festival 2011 is going on in Japan, and some really nice information on Tales of Xillia was revealed at the event.
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Posted in: Japan, Namco Bandai, PS3, RPG
Tags: Tales of Festival 2011, Tales of Xillia
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 14:35 BST
GTTV pre-E3 episode talks military shooters, what to expect at the show
GTTV has its annual pre-E3 show up, and in it, a lot of different people talk about a lot of stuff.
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 15:03 BST
Some InFamous 1 Trophy data will net you rewards with InFamous 2
Still have your InFamous 1 saves stored on your system? Well if not, play it again real fast like because you’ll be able to import your Trophy data into InFamous 2.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Sony
Tags: infamous, inFamous 2, sucker punch
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 14:08 BST
ArenaNet’s summer convention appearances scheduled
While ArenaNet will be skipping out on E3 again this year, there are other conventions going on this summer where, should you attend, you will get to see the sweet looking Guild Wars 2.
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Posted in: Comic Con 2011, Gamescom 2011, MMO, NCSoft, PAX 2011, PC
Tags: arenanet, Guild Wars 2, paris games week 2011
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 13:46 BST
The Weekly Wrap – Modern Warfare 3, PS3′s successor
Duke Nukem’s finished, but the apocalypse didn’t happen. If that won’t end the world, nothing will. Bask in security after the break with the rest of the week’s biggest news.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Capcom, Games for Windows, Sony, Take-Two, Weekly Wrap
Tags: battlefield 3, bioshock: infinite, drm, la noire, modern warfare 3
Quick Quotes: Paradox changing its Q&A process over Sword of the Stars 2′s “big failure”