Monthly Archives: June 2011
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 08:29 BST
18,000 BioWare accounts compromised via old Neverwinter Nights forum server
BioWare’s confirmed that up to 18,000 accounts have been compromised on its forums through an old Neverwinter Nights forums.
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Posted in: EA
Tags: bioware, hacked, neverwinter nights
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 08:10 BST
Batman: Arkham City cover released by Warner
And here it is. Just a picture of the Dark Knight acting broody and moody. Not much else to say on it. 360 version of the cover is below the break.
Game’s out on October 18 in the US and October 21 in the UK for PS3, 360 and PC.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: Batman: Arkham City, rocksteady
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 12:26 BST
Nintendo’s Wii U – What it is and what it does
Wii U’s debut has been marked by a confusing dribble of conflicting reports, as Nintendo president Satoru Iwata himself admits. Be baffled no longer. Here’s everything we know in one place.
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Posted in: Nintendo, Wii U, hardware
Tags: reggie fils-aime, Satoru Iwata
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 08:48 BST
Rumour – Half-Life 3 confirmed, Episode Three and Four cancelled
As with everything related to the perennial whisper-fest that is Half-Life’s release schedule, take the following with a medically appropriate amount of salt. About a kilo, I’d say.
[Update] Yep, it’s bollocks.
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Posted in: Mac, PC, Rumour, Shooter, Valve
Tags: half-life, Half-Life 2: Episode Four, Half-Life 2: Episode Three
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 05:34 BST
Nintendo “not interested in offering software free of charge”
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has poured scorn on freemium software.
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Posted in: Nintendo, Trade
Tags: Satoru Iwata
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 05:15 BST
Final Fantasy XIII’s fiction “too big” for just one game
Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase has said the decision to develop a sequel was partly motivated by the depth of the game’s ficitonal universe.
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Posted in: PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: ffxiii, FFXIII-2, final fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Yoshinori Kitase
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 05:07 BST
Rumour – Kinect for Windows SDK to launch on Thursday
Rumour has it Microsoft will release a software development kit for Kinect for Windows this week.
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Posted in: Development, Games for Windows, Kinect, Microsoft, PC, Rumour, Trade
Tags: Kinect for Windows
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 03:39 BST
PSA: 3DS firmware update available now
A new 3DS firmware update is said to be doing the rounds, offering the fix the problem introduced in the last update.
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Posted in: 3DS, Nintendo
Tags: 3ds firmware, Ride Racer 3D
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 03:06 BST
DC Universe Online still suffering PS3 freezes after hotfix
SoE has dropped an update on the PlayStation 3 -freezing DC Universe Online bug. It’s not the news you were hoping for.
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Posted in: MMO, PS3, RPG, Sony Online Entertainment
Tags: bug, DC Universe Online, DCUO, DeadMeat, hotfix
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 02:37 BST
Forza dev: Kinect revolution “two years away”
Forza producer Dan Greenawalt has said in about two years we’ll see the results of Kinect’s effect on games development.
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Posted in: Kinect, Microsoft, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: Dan Greenawalt, forza 4, Forza Motorsport 4, turn 10, turn 10 studios
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 02:13 BST
Uncharted “wasn’t conceived as a trilogy”
Naughty Dog leader Evan Wells has said Every Uncharted game is a stand-alone adventure – so there’s no reason not to keep making them forever.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PS3, Sony
Tags: evan wells, naughty dog, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 02:01 BST
Sony’s virtual E3 booth pulled in 500,000 visitors
The virtual Sony booth in Home was a roaring success, attracting over half a million visitors during the week of E3.
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 01:45 BST
We Dare facing classification review
The Australian Classification Board is rethinking its rating of controversial Ubisoft game We Dare after home affairs minister Brendan O’Connor lodged a request for review.
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Posted in: Australia, Casual, Legalities, Mini-games, Ubisoft, Wii
Tags: Australian classifications, We Dare
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 01:26 BST
Cityville invades iOS with Hometown
Bad news for those nursing a guilty social game additcion: Cityville Hometown is coming to your iPhone. You will never be free again.
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Posted in: Casual, Simulation, Zynga, iOS, iPad, iPhone
Tags: cityville, Cityville: Hometown, facebook
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 01:14 BST
Original Xbox controllers to guest star at Halo Fest
If you have enormous hands and a love for all things Halo, boy, has Halo Fest got a treat for you.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox, Xbox 360, peripherals
Tags: 343 industries, frank o'connor, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 00:30 BST
Report – Game Republic quietly shutting down
Game Republic, the independent studio behind Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom and Genji: Days of the Blade, appears to be closing doors amid financial woes.
Fri, Oct 21, 2011 | 02:40 BST
Soul Calibur V’s siblings now slightly less mysterious
A couple of new details of Soul Calibur V’s new characters, Patroklos and Pyrrha, have surfaced.
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Posted in: Fighter, Namco Bandai, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: soul calibur v, team soul
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 | 23:34 BST
Skyrim: No dragons till you’re ready for them
Skyrim’s dragon attacks, like Oblivion’s gates, won’t start grinding you into fishpaste until you’re nominally ready for it.
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 | 22:18 BST
L.A. Noire moves 900,000 units in May, trailing 40% behind Red Dead Redemption
Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia has revealed that L.A. Noire sold around 900,000 units in the US during May, and according to the cited NPD figued, the game is trailing behind Red Dead Redemption by 40 percent.
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Posted in: 2K, Action, PS3, Retail, Trade, Xbox 360
Tags: Arvind Bhatia, L.A. Noire, la noire, Sterne Agee
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 | 22:06 BST
LulzSec takes EVE servers offline again
LulzSec has once again meddled with EVE Online, causing its main server to be taken offline. As of a few moments ago, the servers were back up, and then down once more, so at best the ability to log into the game is at best fluctuating.
FRC up in arms over same-sex relationships in SWTOR