Mon, Jul 11, 2011 | 09:11 BST
BULLETCAST, July 11 – What you need to know now
Here are the weekend’s major headlines. Apart from the fact that I’ve been sitting on a beach for a week. And I’ve shaved all my hair off.
Watch:
Read:
- It looks as though EA’s going to be keeping Battlefield 3 off Steam entirely.
- Uncharted 3′s to launch two days earlier than planned in the UK. It’ll release on November 2.
- Former senior Pandemic staffer Quinn Dunki has said Clint Hocking’s call for more women in the games industry fails to acknowledge the gender emphasis contributing to unbalanced workplaces.
- The Uncharted 3 beta’s been played by 1 million people. It’s getting a new map and some co-op stuff, but it’s ending this week, so you’ll need to be quick to get a look-in.
- Playdead’s announced that the PS3 version of Limbo will arrive in the beginning July 18.
- Irrational’s Ken Levine’s been talking more about the role side-kick Elizabeth is to play in BioShock Infinite.
- EA CEO John Riccitiello reckons Wii U’s extra screen “transcends anything” he has “ever done before” with a controller.
- Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski has told people to stop moaning about the fact Dreamcast had a screen in its controller before Wii U.
- Dragon Age II’s Legacy DLC’s EA Summer Showcase showing has been videoed. Watch it here.
- Epic’s Mark Rein’s said PC’s can give a look at what will happen with the future of console hardware.
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15 comments
#1
Patrick Garratt
11/07/11, 9:17 am
While I love games news and all that sail in it, I do feel very much better for not having thought about it for a week.
#2
someguy2
11/07/11, 9:24 am
You claim that you were at the beach Pat but we all knew that you were one of the News of the World journalists that hacked phones and you left in 2008 to form this site. You anticipated the media storm so you went into hiding and now that the paper has shut down you can now return to your ‘video game blog’ in peace and without controversy.
#3
StolenGlory
11/07/11, 9:32 am
*Looks at the video*
Who is this imposter?
The real Pat would never shave!
#4
Erthazus
11/07/11, 9:46 am
Pat shaved?
http://www.planetminecraft.com/files/resource_media/screenshot/1127/impo3_145201.jpg
#5
Gurdil
11/07/11, 9:49 am
Mmmm were there hotties on the beach and you wanted to look younger to hit on them? That’s the only reason I could imagine for you to shave your legendary beard AND your hair all at once… lol (That or the excessive heat you experienced)
#6
Patrick Garratt
11/07/11, 9:51 am
I shaved everything off yesterday after I got back! I was hairy on the beach. No hotties for me. Apart from my wife, obviously.
#7
Blerk
11/07/11, 10:01 am
Shaved everything off?
#8
Patrick Garratt
11/07/11, 10:12 am
All-over wax.
#9
EscoBlades
11/07/11, 10:27 am
Nice haircut sir!
#10
Roybott
11/07/11, 10:37 am
Welcome back Pat, I’d missed hearing you read the news instead of me having to read it
#11
Prof.Dr.Moertel
11/07/11, 10:52 am
Holy cow. Welcome back Pat, have fun torturing your fellow writing gnomes
#12
Patrick Garratt
11/07/11, 11:35 am
#13
mathare92
11/07/11, 12:44 pm
Wait a minute… Pat goes on holiday for a week, and one of VG247′s most frequent commenters (if not the most frequent), Blerk, suddenly goes silent too. The day Pat returns, just as suddenly as he went silent, Blerk decides to start commenting again.
Co-incidence? I think not.
Just spill it out Pat. You are Blerk.
#14
Johnny Cullen
11/07/11, 12:54 pm
They’re bum friends, clearly.
#15
Blerk
11/07/11, 1:14 pm
I was here, I was just sulking.