Monthly Archives: June 2011

A report has surfaced stating that the successor to Xbox 360 will be shown at E3 next year with Timesplitters 4 as one of its launch titles.

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Ubisoft’s released the launch trailer for Q Entertainment’s techno-shooter, Child of Eden. Called the spiritual successor to Rez, it releases today in the US with Kinect support, and on June 17 in Europe and the UK after originally scheduled to release over the winter. The PS3 version, which will come with Move support, will launch in September. Enjoy.

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Warner has released a new Mortal Kombat story trailer for Skarlet, the bloodthirsty babe who is only released as a last resort by Shao Khan.

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This year’s Gamelab conference in Barcelona, Spain will see industry veterans Hideo Kojima, Cliff Bleszinski, Peter Molyneux and EA founder Trip Hawkins deliver key speeches.

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Insomniac has released the first in a series of developer diaries for Resistance 3 focusing on various elements and a wide range of topics regarding the game.

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Activision’s released the reveal trailer for X-Men: Destiny, and it gives you glimpses of various X-Men and hints at how their destinies will be shaped in the game. The trailer looks interesting. X-Men Destiny is due for release later this year for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and 3DS. Watch the trailer after the break.

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Majesco has released its financial report for Q2 of its fiscal year, and the firm reports that Zumba Fitness helped triple the firm’s revenue for the reporting period.

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Sony’s announced over at the EU Playstation forums that PSN will be undergoing a brief maintenance from 5.00 AM BST until 8.00 AM BST. Users might be unable to sign into PSN during the maintenance. For more details, head over here.

Openly aggressive EA Games president Frank Gibeau has said that competition between the Battlefield and Call of Duty series is good for the industry, despite the two providing different experiences.

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SCEA CEO Jack Tretton has admitted the recent hack attack on PlayStation Network gave the company a “wakeup call.”

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Wondering why Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux is sticking with Fable for the foreseeable future? It’s because he wants to focus on just one thing rather than do “multiple things.”

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Sony and Microsoft have responded to last night’s NPD figures, and despite May 2011 being the lowest May on record for a number of years, both companies seem rather pleased with the respective outcome.

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Microsoft has confirmed a UK price for the “Xbox 360 Wireless Speed Wheel” it announced at E3, saying the unusually-designed and phenomenally green peripheral will retail at £44.99. It’s to work with “any driving game for Xbox 360″ and will release in early October. It’s to cost $60 in the US and will coincide with the release of Forza 4.

“Right now, because we haven’t finished tuning and optimising everything, the frame rate occasionally will stutter. We’re looking to fix that. But the actual visuals themselves, the actual textures and everything, look pretty much identical. It’s virtually a one-to-one match at this point.” – SFxT boss Yoshinori Ono, speaking to Eurogamer about the graphics for the fighter on PS3 and PS Vita, the latter being announced at E3 last week.

THQ’s Danny Bilson has said despite the closure of Kaos Studios, the firm is planning on releasing more Homefront titles in the future.

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The Dark Knight’s returning to the world of gaming, and he’s bringing friends. Sort of. We played Arkham City and quizzed Rocksteady over everything you could ever want to know.

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Other Ocean Interactive ha announced Patrick Stewart will be lending his voice to The War of the Worlds, its PSN and XBL game based on the novel by H.G. Wells.

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The actor who played James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2 has said he’s “seeking compensation” from Konami over performances he gave for the horror.

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Hideo Kojima has had a proper fanny about the NES version of Metal Gear Solid, saying the game was “cheap,” he had nothing to do with it, and it “soiled” his reputation.

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Marek Spanel, the boss of Bohemia Interactive, speaking to RPS: “If it were not for digital distribution we would no longer be doing PC games. It’s as simple as this.”