Monthly Archives: June 2011

Sony’s released a new trailer for Uncharted: Golden Abyss, giving you a glimpse of some cool tricks you can pull off using the PS Vita’s touch-screen and rear touch-pad. The trailer’s very brief, but length is no guarantee of quality. Uncharted: Golden Abyss is in development by Sony Bend Studios and has no date as yet. Watch the trailer after the break.

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As reported by GamesIndustry, a group of ex-Black Rock staffers have formed ShortRound Games, a new, small studio in Brighton. Game director Andrew Hubbard, technical director Kim Burrows, technical art director Stuart Pharoah and creative and art director Steve Uphill are involved. The company has two demos already underway.

This is the second studio to be formed out of Black Rock’s recent lay-offs, the first being Roundcube Entertainment.

With Tropico 4 releasing on PC and 360 on August 26, Kalypso’s gone all trailer-hectic today with an edit showing building-placement, natural disasters and much, much more. If you’re after next-gen Sim City with cigars and funky-assed dance music thrown in, it looks as though you could do far worse. Check it out.

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Square’s released a batch of brand new Deus Ex: Human Revolution shots, as the Eidos Montreal shooter-RPG heads into the home straight ahead of its August launch worldwide. You really can’t miss this. Get them below the break.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution launches on August 23 in the US and August 26 in the UK for PS3, 360 and PC.

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It’s the face-off of the year, but which side are you backing? Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3 will undoubtedly be two of the biggest games of 2011, but we want to know where you’re allegiance lies. EA or Activision? The full 60fps, or half the framerate at the expense of destruction? Arcade or sim? Let us know on Facebook. And “like” our Facebook page while you’re there.

It’s a slow news day, okay? Let it go. US retailers Amazon and GameStop have listed Max Payne 3 for a December 1, 2011 launch. According to RockstarWatch, Amazon claimed the date was “changed by the publisher.” Originally due for a 2009 launch, nothing of the game has been seen for a while – footage has never been shown – but it’s in development for PS3, 360 and PC from Rockstar Vancouver.

Sega West CEO Mike Hayes has confirmed the company remains dedicated as a whole to Kinect, giving its full backing to the motion controller.

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Microsoft corporate VP of its interactive business, Dennis Durkin, has said the company feels “great” in regards to the post-Bungie future of Halo.

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CBS has reported the news that Sega Pass has been hacked to the tune of 1.3 million sets of account details as, “Sega Genesis hacked”. That’s it. Poor the CBS. Thanks, FutureDave.

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Blizzard’s announced that users who’ve chosen to tag Authenticators to their World of Warcraft accounts won’t be required to provide details every time they sign-in if they’re constantly logging in at recognised locations.

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“You have to innovate. Innovation means taking some risks creatively. When you’re doing a sequel, if you’re thoughtful and you understand your audience well and you spend a lot of time listening to what they like and don’t like, you take risks – sometimes they pay out, sometimes they don’t – but if you listen you can continue to refine and make the games better and better. You can adjust the right variables in a sequel. They’re good if you do them right.” – BioWare co-founder Ray Muzyka, speaking to Eurogamer about sequels at E3.

Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg has defended the company’s decision to not show the full feature list for Call of Duty: Elite so far.

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Zumba Fitness has gone back in at the top of the UK charts, taking over from last week’s number one Duke Nukem Forever.

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Monday. What happened on Saturday and Sunday? Apart from that, you revolting man. This did. Watch this video, read these words and feel better about the day.

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“It could never just be, ‘Hey, Marcus and Cole are back [and] there’s more Locust!’ Gears is amazing and I love it, absolutely adore it, but it will not be the final legacy of this studio.” – Epic design boss Cliff Bleszinski, speaking to Digital Spy, saying the above just after being quoted as saying “that if for the rest of my life I am only remembered for a fucking chainsaw gun, I will drink a bottle of whisky and put a gun in my mouth.”

We’re saying nothing.

It’s Monday. Just knock through the week looking depressed at your computer screen and you’ll be fine. Actually, don’t do that. Instead, read these shorts.

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Expectation says we’re three to four years from the next major console cycle. If cloud gaming has anything to do with it, it may well be the last.

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According to Gearbox’s Brian Martel, Aliens: Colonial Marines is a game everybody wanted to make.

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Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer has confirmed in a GameSpot interview that Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition will have some sort of Kinect support.

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Monolith Productions’ Lucas Myers has said Gotham City Imposters has “no class”.

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