Monthly Archives: June 2011

As sure as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, pre-order numbers for a Call of Duty title are going to be huge, and according to GameStop, pre-orders for the latest outing are no exception.

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Activision’s released the E3 trailer of Beenox’s Spider-Man: Edge of Time, showing the little webby chap leaping around punching things. The game’s all about time travel, and you’ll get to “be” various Spidey incarnations. It’s out this autumn. Watch the video below.

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Ubisoft had its work cut out to impress this year – and managed it. With Far Cry 3, Brothers in Arms, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Ghost recon: Online, Driver and a handful of surprises from Assassin’s Creed: Revelation, the publisher proved it’s not all about dancing, guitar playing Rabbids.

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Activision’s updated the official Call of Duty: Elite FAQ, explaining what will be offered free-of-charge to gamers by the service.

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Thought we’d forgotten? Nope. Apple’s set to take to the stage to deliver the keynote at its Worldwide Developers Conference in at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, the home of GDC.

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DICE’s Battlefield 3 turned in a stunning presentation at EA’s E3 press conference today, while Insomniac finally came clean on its new IP.

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Activision’s just announced in an email confirming its E3 line-up that the open beta for Call of Duty: Elite will begin on July 14.

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Intent’s opened nominations for this year’s Game Media Awards, which are now confirmed to be taking place on Wednesday, October 26.

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Sony’s Santa Monica studio is set to show four unannounced titles at E3 this week, according to tech boss Tim Moss.

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Running with Scissors has released a new trailer for Postal III, and it’s heavily inspired from the Grindhouse movie trailer. So much so, that its named the trailer “Grindhouse”.

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A Microsoft staffer has confirmed that Lionhead will be part of the company’s E3 press conference tonight.

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Sony’s released a new batch of shots for Journey. The thatgamecompany title is going to be one of the biggest titles this year on PSN, going by new footage from this past weekend and past sightings of the game. Keep this on the one to watch radar at E3. Screens are below. Journey releases later this year for PS3.

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Armored Core V will hit Japan on October 20, as confirmed today by a new trailer. This won’t be out in Europe until next year, but from what we’ve seen of the 360 and PS3 mech reboot it’s going to be well worth the wait. Check it out for yourself after the break.

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Operation Flashpoint: Red River’s first DLC will be The Valley of Death Pack, out at the end of June for 360 (560 MSP), PC (560 MSP) and PS3 (£4.79 / $6.99 / €5.99). It’s to include “eight new Fireteam Engagements playable in single-player or in four player online co-op.” There’ll be two new Combat Sweep missions, two new CSAR missions, two new Last Stand missions and two new Rolling Thunder missions. Get a few environment shots below.

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EA Sports is set to release FIFA 12 in the UK on September 30, according to an X360A report. A retail source of the site leaked a picture of a leaflet for the game, which showed the football series’ traditional autumn date. Expect more details on the game to arrive from EA during the publisher’s E3 presser tonight at 8.30pm BST.

French site BamarEnLive has posted in-game footage of Kinect Star Wars and the previously unannounced Disneyland Adventures being played by Kinect boss Kudo Tsunoda yesterday. The Star Wars footage shows Kudo using a lightsaber, dodging and jumping in combat, while the Disney game shows a kid walking round a themepark, hugging Mickey and doing all the stuff Disney likes to think kids do. Obviously, these titles are to feature in the Microsoft E3 press conference later today. Watch the video below: it desribes Star Wars as “nearly ready”. Thanks, Xboxygen.

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LA Noire’s stayed top of the UK charts for three weeks running, its been confirmed this morning.

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Forbes is reporting that a new God of War title will be announced at Sony’s press conference tomorrow morning. The report says that it’ll be a “new 3D adventure.” The last big GoW title was God of War III on PS3 last March from Sony Santa Monica, with the last in the series altogether being PSP title Ghost of Sparta from Ready at Dawn. Sony’s E3 event happens from 1.00am BST tomorrow morning.

Thanks, GAF.

ESA boss Michael Gallagher has said that 45,000 people are expected to attend E3 this week, with 200 companies set to exhibit at the show.

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Game Informer’s rumouring that Project Café’s final name is “Nintendo,” following talk last night of the machine being called “Beem” or “Stream”. Very little is leaking about the console at the moment, although Nikkei apparently confirmed it’ll have a 6-inch touchscreen last week. Nintendo will announce the console in LA tomorrow.