Monthly Archives: June 2011
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 17:08 BST
Best Buy offering Reward Zone customers $100 credit towards game purchases
Best Buy is offering Reward Zone members who pre-order and purchase five upcoming titles $100 worth of in-store credit, which is basically 5,000 Reward Points added to your bank.
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Posted in: Retail
Tags: best buy, rewards zone
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 16:46 BST
Exclusive Xbox 360 characters in SFxT “will depend entirely on Microsoft,” says Ono
Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono has said it’s up to Microsoft to determine whether Street Fighter X Tekken will have exclusive characters like the PS3 version of the game.
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Posted in: Capcom, E3 2011, Fitness, PS3, Vita, Xbox 360
Tags: street fighter, Street Fighter x Tekken, Yoshinori Ono
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 16:22 BST
Ubisoft releases developer walkthrough of AC: Revelations E3 trailer
Ubisoft has re-released its E3 video for Assassin’s Creed: Revelations with developer commentary added to it. You can watch the developer walkthrough of it below, courtesy of Joystiq. Revelations is due on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in November.
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Posted in: Platform holders
Tags: Assassin's Creed, assassins creed:revealtions, revelations
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 16:09 BST
BioWare clarifies SWTOR exclusivity on Origins
BioWare has clarified that while Star Wars: The Old Republic will be digitally exclusive to Origin when it launches, the retail copy of the game will not require you to install the Origin client.
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Posted in: EA, MMO, PC
Tags: bioware, Origin, star wars, Star Wars The Old Republic, Stephen Reid, swtor, The Old Republic
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 15:48 BST
Blizzard shows off The Firelands in video for patch 4.2
Blizzard has released a new trailer for World of Warcraft’s upcoming patch 4.2, The Firelands, and we have it posted for you below.
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Posted in: Platform holders
Tags: the firelands, world of warcraft, WoW Patch 4.2
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 15:19 BST
Nintendo’s E3 analyst presentation compares console growth, dance and shooter genre sales
Nintendo dropped quite a few interesting statistics during its Analyst Q&A session at E3 last week. Figures regarding the best-selling genres, how many homes own Wii systems, and other nifty US figures derived in part by NPD.
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Posted in: America, E3 2011, Nintendo, Wii
Tags: nintendo e3 q&a, reggie fils-aime
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 15:23 BST
Rumor – Mass Effect 3 to feature four-player co-op
A report over on Eurogamer states that Mass Effect 3 will feature four-player, and this online-enabled mode is “standalone” and features “competitive elements”.
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Posted in: Action, EA, PC, PS3, Rumour, Xbox 360
Tags: mass effect, mass effect 3
Fri, Jun 17, 2011 | 06:30 BST
Black Ops: Annihilation confirmed for June 28 launch
Activision’s just fully confirmed that the third map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops, Annihilation, will launch on June 28 first on Xbox Live.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Featured Story, Shooter
Tags: Black Ops, Black Ops: Annihilation, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Mark Lamia, treyarch
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 14:11 BST
Moore: PSN outage “unfortunate,” but no damage done to EA Sports
EA Sports president Peter Moore has said that the outage of PlayStation Network in April and the early part of last month was “unfortunate,” but no harm was done to the company.
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 16:13 BST
Epic holding a Developer Day and Unreal University initiative in London July 13-14
Epic Games is holding a Developer Day and the Unreal University initiative in London July 13-14 and it is open to anyone working with Unreal Engine 3 or its Unreal Development Kit, the free edition of Epic’s toolset and technology.
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Posted in: Development, Europe, UK
Tags: Developer Day, Epic Games, Unreal University
Fri, Jun 17, 2011 | 07:43 BST
Anon: Sony attacks dropped, PSN users were “butthurt”
A VG247 interview has confirmed that Anonymous has dropped action against Sony, as well as branding PSN users “selfish” and “butthurt” over their anger at the service’s recent outage.
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Posted in: Featured Story, Legalities, PS3, Politics, Sony
Tags: Anonymous, ddos, hacking
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 13:24 BST
Thursday shorts: Bobby Kotick in new Brad Pitt film, Portal 2, CliffyB, more
Because there is absolutely nothing better than a Bobby Kotick cameo in a Brad Pitt film. Take a look at the trailer below the break alongside other shorts.
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Posted in: Shorts, VG247
Tags: It's Bobby Kotick in a movie!, Thursday shorts
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 11:35 BST
Halo: Combat Evolved HD priced at £35 in UK
Microsoft’s confirmed to Videogamer that the HD re-release of Halo: Combat Evolved will launch in the UK at a price of £35. It’s £15 less than the RRP of a standard 360 game, but £5 less than a title priced by retail at £40. Halo: CE HD, which will celebrate the series’ tenth anniversary, will release on November 15.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: 343 industries, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 11:36 BST
Eurogamer “blacklisted” by 2K, claims it’s “standard practice”
Eurogamer operations director Tom Bramwell has said the site has been “blacklisted” by 2K in a tweet related to last night’s Redner Group story.
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Posted in: Internet, Journalism, Trade
Tags: duke nukem forever, eurogamer, review, the redner group, tom bramwell
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 11:04 BST
Warhammer 40k: Dark Millennium Online playable at E3 next year, says Bilson
THQ core games chief Danny Bilson’s said that Warhammer 40k MMO Dark Millennium will be playable from next year.
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Posted in: MMO, PC, THQ
Tags: danny bilson, vigil games, Warhammer 40k: Dark Millennium, Warhammer 40K: Dark Millennium Online
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 10:33 BST
Uncharted 3 demoed live on Jimmy Fallon – watch it here
Naughty Dog co-presidents Evan Wells and Christophe Balestra appeared on Jimmy Fallon overnight to show off Uncharted 3 after previous showings of Gears 3 and MW3 earlier this week. The clip shows the latter part of the E3 demo shown during the Sony press conference last week at E3. And yes, there’s more screaming. Watch it below the break. Battlefield 3′s up tonight.
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception launches in the US on November 1 for PS3.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Sony
Tags: Christophe Balestra, evan wells, jimmy fallon, naughty dog, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 10:05 BST
WiiMotion Plus almost dropped from Zelda: Skyward Sword, says Aonuma
Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has said that WiiMotion Plus was almost dropped for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
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Posted in: Adventure, E3 2011, Nintendo, Wii
Tags: Eiji Aonuma, the legend of zelda: skyward sword, Wii MotionPlus
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 12:28 BST
Third Black Ops DLC out June 28 at 1,200 Microsoft Points
The third map pack for Black Ops will go live on June 28, a promotional poster for the DLC sent to VG247 by a UK retail source has shown.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Featured Story, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Annihilation, Black Ops, Black Ops: Annihilation, Call of Duty: Black Ops, treyarch
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 09:16 BST
BULLETCAST, June 16 – What you need to know now
Reading is such a difficult thing. Watch me read the news to you instead. Do the written words afterwards. Break it up a bit.
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Posted in: Podcast
Tags: news bulletin
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 09:02 BST
Spanish retailer lists Devil May Cry 10th Anniversary Collection
A Spanish retailer has listed something known as the Devil May Cry 10th Anniversary Edition.
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Posted in: Action, Capcom, PS3
Tags: devil may cry, Devil May Cry 10th Anniversary Collection, Devil May Cry 2, Devil May Cry 3
FRC up in arms over same-sex relationships in SWTOR