Monthly Archives: June 2011

Ubisoft’s released the first video of Far Cry 3, announced and shown for the first time during the Ubisoft press conference on Monday night. The video is the full demo of the game that was shown during the presser. You can find out the “definition of insanity” below.

Far Cry 3 launches in 2012 for PS3, 360 and PC from Ubisoft Montreal.

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Sony deputy president Kaz Hirai has said attacks like the one which occurred to the firm PSN are not just a threat to companies, but a threat to “the very fabric of society,” as well.

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Update: OneofSwords, a.k.a. Activision’s social media guy Dan Amrich, has said the story is a load of bullocks. Like we figured.

Original: A “senior informant” close to CVG has told the site that Activision CEO Bobby Kotick was denied access to a hand-on demo of Battlefield 3 at E3 this week.

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A preview of Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 has gone up over on Kotaku, and according to the post it sounds like the game will have tinges of Borderlands mixed with a bit with Inglorious Basterds.

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Sony has announced it will fully restore all Qriocity services today in all serviced territories, excluding Japan.

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Sonic creator Yuji Naka is working on a new title and if you’re an aspiring fisherman, you will be excited to hear about it.

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Ubisoft has announced exact dates for both Assassin’s Creed: Revelations and Call of Juarez: The Cartel.

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id co-founder and lead programmer John Carmack’s told Gamasutra that the studio is happy to be out of the engine licensing business, as it focuses on bringing out a stellar product in the form of RAGE.

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EA’s released a live-action trailer for Mass Effect 3. The trailer lets you witness how the invasion of Earth began, and shows thousands of Reaper ships landing on the planet, triggering a full-fledged war. This is pretty much the same video that kicked off EA’s press conference on Monday evening, but there’s some extra bits as well. Watch it after the break. The BioWare RPG launches worldwide on March 6, 2012.

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As evidenced by its E3 showcase, Microsoft is embracing a wider audience. But is it shafting the hardcore? VG247 spoke with Xbox UK boss Stephen McGill about that, Sony, and much more.

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Valhalla Game Studios’ Tomonobu Itagaki has confirmed to Famitsu at E3 that Devil’s Third is only 30 percent finished. He admitted there it was now at the point where quality was constantly being upped. The THQ-published actioner will be properly shown again at Tokyo Game Show in September.

Devil’s Third launches in 2012 for PS3 and 360. Thanks, Andriasang.

CVG’s gone up with an off-screen video of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD being played on the showfloor at E3. Not much else to say to it other than it’s after the break.

Peace Walker HD will be included in the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, out this November on PS3 and 360. New shots of it are here.

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Remember Bohemia Interactive’s Carrier Command reboot? It still exists. The developer put out an E3 trailer as proof, as you can see below. Nothing’s been seen on this since September 2009.

Thanks, RPS.

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On a scale of one to ten, this ranges at holy fucking shit.

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Lester Speight, who plays Cole in Gears of War 3, has confirmed on G4 that the cleaver which Locust butchers carry around is now a playable weapon in Gears of War 3. There’s also going to be a toy cleaver that’ll be introduced near the game’s launch.

Gears of War 3 releases worldwide on September 20 for Xbox 360. Thanks, Ripten.

Coro Coro Comics seems to have leaked the Gundam project which Namco Bandai was teasing earlier this week.

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It’s Thursday, and that means we are literally near 36 hours away from finishing E3 week. You have no idea how that make us feel. But here’s some shorts in the meantime.

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Gears of War gameplay boss Lee Perry’s told EG that the team working on the series is currently not working with Kinect, although admits there is “interest” towards it.

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Tecmo Koei’s announced plans on how DLC for Ninja Gaiden 3 will work. The game will receive new missions and new challenges to play, as well as be introduced to character that are included as downloadable content. Ninja Gaiden 3 launches next year for PS3, 360 and Wii U.

Thanks, Siliconera.

Namco Bandai’s Carlson Choi has said Nintendo should maintain 3DS’s price point for now despite its disappointing sales performance.

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