Monthly Archives: June 2011
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 05:04 BST
Modern Warfare 3′s story will decide the campaign length
Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling has said the developer isn’t concerned with trying to make the single-player campaign any particular length.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: call of duty, call of duty: modern warfare 3, infinity ward, modern warfare 3, robert bowling
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 07:06 BST
Batman: Arkham City to take 25 hours plus to complete
Rockstead’s Dax Ginn has dropped a few tantalising snippets on the size of Batman: Arkham City, the role of Catwoman, and something special in store for the Wii U.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: Batman: Arkham City, Dax Ginn, rocksteady, rocksteady studios
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 04:18 BST
Amy’s handholding detailed
Amy, the next game from Flashback creator Paul Cuisset, has players surviving the aftermath of a meteor-related zombie outbreak – all while holding hands with a mysterious little girl.
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 03:48 BST
Blacklight dev calls Call of Duty Elite “sad”, “weird” and “jerk”-like
Jared Gerritzen, lead designer on Zombie Studios’ upcoming free-to-play shooter Blacklight: Retribution, has called Activision a bunch of jerks for introducing premium service Call of Duty Elite.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Shooter, Trade, indie
Tags: call of duty: elite, Jared Gerritzen, zombie, zombie studios
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 07:46 BST
Era ending? E3 2013 may bid farewell to the LACC
Despite enjoying enormous success in the Los Angeles Convenetion Centre, the ESA is considering alternate venues for E3 2013 and beyond.
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 02:38 BST
Japanese charts – PSP still has it, RE: Mercenaries debuts in first
Media Create has released the unit sales chart for Japanese hardware and software for the week ending June 5, and it finds PSP still the clear winner and Capcom’s Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D debuting in first place on the software chart.
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 02:13 BST
Quick Quotes: Mass Effect and Wii U a “really nice fit”
“I can’t say that we are going to do [Mass Effect 3] on the Wii U, but you can imagine what we could do with that controller in the Mass Effect universe,” EA Games head Frank Gibeau told Game Trailers
“It feels like it’s a really nice fit. But we’ll announce that when it’s ready.”
Thanks, Gamespot.
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Posted in: Action, EA, RPG, Wii U
Tags: frank gibeau, mass effect
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 01:57 BST
No courtesans in Assassin’s Creed Revelations
After two games’ worth of assisting Ezio with his business, hem hem, Assassin’s Creed’s courtesans are bidding the series a temporary farewell.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Assassin's Creed, assassin's creed: revelations, ubisoft montreal
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 01:39 BST
Future Soldier beta in early 2012
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will go into beta early next year.
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Posted in: Action, Kinect, PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: beta, future soldier, ghost recon future soldier, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 01:01 BST
Telltale “excited” by Wii U touch screen
TellTale’s Kevin Boyle is keen to check out the Wii U thanks to its touch screen capabilities.
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Posted in: Trade, Wii U
Tags: Kevin Boyle, telltale, telltale games
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 00:43 BST
Perry promises Gaikai on TVs by 2012
Streaming games service Gaikai’s claim to fame is the ability to run on practically everything – including Internet-capable TVs, as early as next year.
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Posted in: Trade
Tags: dave perry, gaikai
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 00:31 BST
FFXIII-2 to sport branching maps, mini-games.
Continuing the flood of Final Fantasy XIII-2 factoids floating out of hands-on previews at E3, Square Enix has apparently decided to shake up the original FFXIII’s formula somewhat.
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Posted in: PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: FFXIII-2, final fantasy, Final Fantasy XIII-2
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 00:15 BST
Dragon’s Crown was once a Dreamcast game
Vanillware has revealed the PS Vita’s Dragon’s Crown is a long-delayed project, originally intended for the Dreamcast.
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Posted in: Action, Ignition, RPG, Vita
Tags: Dragon's Crown, Vanillaware
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 00:05 BST
Thursday Shorts 2: Lara Croft models, bikini car wash, Alien queens, gentle games
So many things out of E3, so little caffeine and sanity left. Let’s get to the shorts of it, shall we?
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Posted in: E3 2011, Shorts, VG247
Tags: Aliens Colonial Marines, Bobby Kotick, dead island, GamersGate, Harvest Moon The Tale of Two Towns, Lara Corft, MySpace, Rochard, Saints Row: The Third, snowblind, Station Access, the lord of the rings, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, the secret world, Videogames are becoming kinder and gentler, war in the north, x-men: destiny
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 | 23:52 BST
Capcom Mobile’s persistence paid off
Capcom’s Haru Tsujimoto has said Capcom Mobile’s success with games like The Smurfs Village and Cafe Zombie is the result of sticking it out through the pre-smartphone years.
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Posted in: Capcom, Mobile
Tags: capcom mobile, Haruhiro Tsujimoto
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 | 23:42 BST
SWTOR developer walkthrough takes the viewer to Tatooine
BioWare has released a new developer walkthrough for Star Wars: The Old Republic, and it gives viewers a look at the planet of Tatooine long before Like Skywalker even existed.
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 | 23:32 BST
Kinect functionality not coming to FIFA until 2013 version at least
EA Sports’ senior vice president Andrew Wilson has said that folks wanting to use Kinect with FIFA games will have to wait until the series’ 2013 iteration so that the firm has time to figure out how to incorporate it.
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Posted in: Development, Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Andrew Wilson, ea sports
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 | 23:18 BST
Sword of the Stars II: The Lords of Winter gets a new trailer
A video for the 4X sci-fi strategy game, Sword of the Stars II: The Lords of Winter, has been released and it also shows the title’s ship and station models.
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Posted in: PC, Paradox, Strategy
Tags: Sword of the Stars II: The Lords of Winter
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 | 23:08 BST
Miyamoto: “Our basic premise is that you can use one,” Wii U controller with a system
Shigeru Miyamoto has told Australia’s News.com that Wii U can only support one touch-screen controller at a time for now, and that the firm is looking into the possibility of integrating 3DS into the mix.
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Posted in: Development, Wii U, hardware
Tags: shigeru miyamoto, wii u controllers
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 | 22:39 BST
Handy dandy list of Vita games line-up compiled
Yesterday, a list of games confirmed and expected for Wii U were listed by Eurogamer. Today, Shack has listed titles coming to Vita. It’s all for you below.
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Posted in: Development, E3 2011, Vita
Tags: vita games
FRC up in arms over same-sex relationships in SWTOR