Monthly Archives: May 2011

BioWare has sent word that its looking for more Star Wars: The Old Republic testers in Europe.

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Atlus has released a new trailer for Ace Team’s upcoming PC, PSN and XBLA title Rock of Ages.

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Sony has issued a response to a US Congress subcommittee following the PSN hacker hearing held earlier today, revealing it found a file on its server saying, “We are legion”.

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Q Entertainment and Ubisoft have released a new trailer for Child of Eden, which explains how to save Eden. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to save the archives of human memory from a viral attack, and you can find out how to do this by watching the trailer below. The game is slated to hit XBL on June 17 and in September on PS3.

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The Behemoth’s Kelly Revak has said the firm’s BattleBlock Theater isn’t “trying to be like any other game,” including the team’s popular title Castle Crashers.

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Few UK dates for you, action-lovers. 2K said today that The Darkness 2 will hit Britain, PS3 and 360 on October 7. This one’s developed by Digital Extremes, not original studio Starbreeze. There’s a teaser video posted below with the date. It hits the US on October 4.

In addition, Namco’s gravity-”heavy” Inversion will release in the UK on February 10 next year, again, for PS3 and 360. Both games contain guns and shouting. What more do you want?

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As Splash Damage’s Brink soldiers inexorably towards release next week, you might want to start thinking about what class you’re going to want to play. Lucky day, Diana: you can switch between all of them at command posts. Take a look at the video after the break. The offline-online-overtheline FPS is out for PC, 360 and PS3 next Friday.

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Those planning on purchasing Super Street Fighter Iv: Arcade Edition can net a bobble bud set with a pre-order. It contains Dark Hado along with Oni and Evil Ryu. We already have the Evil Ryu one, and he is constantly battling it out with the Chuck Greene equivalent. You wouldn’t believe the chaos those two cause on our end table. They are constantly messing things up. SSFIV:AE hits as DLC June 7, and will be out on disc starting June 24.

Section 8: Prejudice hits PC today, and its developer, TimeGate, has announced that a new mode called Assault will open once there have been 10-million confirmed online kills.

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As promised last week, Square has released Moon Diver on Xbox Live Marketplace, and so has Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury, finally.

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Trion Worlds is set to release a new patch for RIFT on May 10, but to hold players over until then, the developers are holding an event between today and May 9.

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Nintendo Power has listed a few extra nuggets of information regarding both The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and the recently confirmed Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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Stace Harman steals a look at infamous 2 and discovers that with great power comes a great deal of destructive fun. New shots and a chat with Sucker Punch co-founder Brian Fleming included.

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Last time we checked in on THQ, it was ditching its license-mill reputation, eyeing a top five spot and taking calculated gambles on new IP. This week, it’s down $136m and announcing “casual” titles. What happened? Nothing: this is THQ’s long game.

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“When I leave the company, I would like to work with young people and teach them about developing. Though it wouldn’t be like [traditional] teaching, more explaining how we think and how we interact with the user. For the development process, practical learning is important.” – Shigeru Miyamoto, asked by The Guardian if he would write a book on his experiences in the industry. He’s not thinking of leaving Nintendo anytime soon, though.

Sony Online Entertainment has detailed its Make Good plan for PSN users of DC Universe Online.

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It’s Wednesday. Which means you’re nearly at the end of your week. Push for the win. Right after reading these shorts.

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A Canadian citizen has filed a PlayStation Network-related class action suit against Sony, demanding at least C$1 billion dollars in damages from the corporation.

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Nintendo chief Hideki Konno has said that third-parties are interested in making AR-based titles for 3DS.

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Siliconera‘s carrying concept art for an I-Ninja sequel. At least, it was a sequel. Now it’s not. It was greenlit, but never announced. You can get more on it at the link. The first game, published by Namco, launched in 2003 on PS2, Xbox, PC and GameCube. If you don’t know about it, you can read what the fuss was about here.