Monthly Archives: May 2011
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 16:04 BST
Paradox planning on Magicka for XBL, says new Syndicate is more like “GTA”
Paradox Interactive seems like a wacky place to work. Not Marx Brothers wacky by any means, but only wacky due to the firm’s apparent sense of humor. Proof of this odd sort of thinking can be found in the firm’s list of upcoming titles, and some it’s passed on. Yes, this is the same firm which released Stalin vs Martians, but, there are some things out there that are just too dotty even by Paradox’s standards.
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Posted in: Action, Development, PC, Paradox
Tags: fredrik wester, Magicka, starbreeze studios, the syndicate
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 15:30 BST
APB: Reloaded open beta to start on May 18
GamersFirst has announced that the open beta for APB Reloaded – the free-to-play rehash of Realtime Worlds’ crime MMO – will kick off on May 18.
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Posted in: Action, MMO, PC
Tags: APB: Reloaded
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 21:44 BST
Fallout: New Vegas DLC detailed, dated by Bethesda
Bethesda’s confirmed details and dates for the three upcoming episodes of Fallout: New Vegas DLC that will stretch into July.
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 14:27 BST
Video details gaming stats in 2010
AgreeGame‘s put live a video detailing gaming in 2010 with some interesting statistics. Like for example, did you know that, in terms of Twitter hype, E3 beat gamescom, TGS and PAX? Did you know that the value of video game dealings last year was up 130 percent from the year before? You do now. Watch the video below, via VentureBeat. Has a bit of Prodigy too, innit.
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Posted in: Stuff, Trade
Tags: Games statistics in 2010
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 14:22 BST
Saints Row: Drive-by listed on resume as canceled for PSN and XBL
It looks as though Saints Row: Drive-by has been canceled, at least on the PSN and XBL end, according to a Linked-in profile for the game’s creative manager.
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Posted in: Development, PSN, Rumour, Xbox Live
Tags: saints row: drive-by, scott rogers
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 14:27 BST
Remedy boss: “The sooner we go digital, the better”
Remedy boss Matias Myllyrinne has said that the quicker the games industry goes towards a digital-only future, it’ll be for the best.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: alan wake, digital content, Matias Myllyrinne, remedy
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 11:56 BST
EA Sports SVP Wilson to keynote Develop
Develop organisers have confirmed this morning that EA Sports’ senior vice president of worldwide development, Andrew Wilson, will keynote the summer event.
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Posted in: Develop 2011, EA
Tags: Andrew Wilson, ea sports
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 13:46 BST
Rumour: Three projects coming from Jerry Bruckheimer Games
According to a resume found by his website right now, says that the developer is – or was – making “3 major unannounced video games, including Xbox and PS3 products.” It had said in the past that whatever it was working on were all original IPs.
Thanks, Joystiq.
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Posted in: PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Jerry Bruckheimer Games, Justin Leader
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 11:11 BST
Tuesday shorts: Bayonetta, WoW, X Rebirth
It’s Tuesday. Get over them bank holiday blues, the Royal Wedding and that other thing that happened when we were all sleeping. Read these shorts instead.
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Posted in: Shorts, VG247
Tags: Bayonetta, Eijiro Nishimura, Hideki Kamiya, Marvel Universe, platinum games, Tuesday Shorts, world of warcraft, x rebirth
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 10:50 BST
Red Faction video details series’ history
THQ’s released a video of the Red Faction series as a whole, detailing its entire history. If you’re a newbie to RF and its Mars escapades, now’s the time to catch up. Then watch the trailer for TV spin-off Origins afterwards. Catch the clip over at Joystiq. The newest game in the series, Armageddon, launches on June 7 in the US and June 10 in the UK for PS3, 360 and PC.
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Posted in: Shooter, THQ
Tags: red faction, volition
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 11:14 BST
Black Ops Escalation pack launches on Xbox Live
Treyarch’s confirmed that the second map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops, Escalation, has launched on Xbox Live.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Black Ops:Escalation, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Escalation, treyarch
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 10:00 BST
New Guilty Gear “will happen eventually,” says creator
A new Guilty Gear may be on the horizon if the hinting of creator Daisuke Ishiwatari is a pointer.
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Posted in: Aksys Games, Fighter
Tags: Daisuke Ishiwatari, Guilty Gear
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 09:44 BST
Nicktoons MLB – Just what America was waiting for
2K Play has decided to find out what would happen if you put Nickelodeon and Major League Baseball together in a room, and left them there for long enough to develop a game.
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Posted in: 2K, Kinect, Sports, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: Major League Baseball, Nickelodeon, Nicktoons MLB
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 09:44 BST
Rumour: Nintendo to introduce US Wii budget line alongside price-cut
Kotaku‘s rumouring that Nintendo will introduce a new budget line of titles for Wii in the US.
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 09:25 BST
Bulletstorm squishes PC bugs with new patch
Anyone wanting to play a bit of Bulletstorm today will have to wait for Steam to do its auto-updating dance, as a brand new patch has been released for Epic’s first-person shooter.
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Posted in: EA, PC
Tags: bulletstorm, Epic Games, patch, people can fly, steam
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 09:35 BST
UK charts: Portal 2 maintains number one spot
Portal 2 has remained on top of the UK charts, GFK Chart-Track has announced this morning.
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 09:04 BST
New screens discovered for Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale
We’ve been slipped a few hints about the upcoming release of Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale, but now we’ve been given our first real look at the game. No surprises here, it’s set in a dungeon, and there may in fact be dragons.
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Posted in: Atari, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale, dungeons and dragons daggerdale
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 09:13 BST
BULLETCAST, May 3 – What you need to know now
All Sony breach news. All the time.
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 09:00 BST
Bringing back Driver wasn’t a safe bet, says Edmondson
Driver: San Francisco creative director Martin Edmondson has said that bringing back the series wasn’t quite a 100 percent certainty at first.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Ubisoft, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: driver, Driver: San Francisco, Martin Edmondson, reflections
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 08:49 BST
Limited Edition: 8-disc Medal of Honor soundtrack
These days, most game releases come bundled with a shiny new soundtrack, so you can make the rest of your life a little bit more epic. A new release from La-La Land Records will make the rest of your life an awful lot more epic, with the announcement that an eight-disc set of music from Medal of Honor is on its way.
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Posted in: EA, Music
Tags: limited edition, medal of honor
Quick Quotes: Paradox changing its Q&A process over Sword of the Stars 2′s “big failure”