BULLETCAST, July 27 – What you need to know now

All the major headlines from the last 24 hours. You need to know. And now you easily can. It’s like games news magic.

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EA’s Q1 results came in last night, showing a big year-on-year profit boost. Pre-orders for Battlefield 3 and The Old Republic are setting company records, although the BioWare MMO is still without a date.
Vita’s going to be playable at gamescom next month, Sony told us yesterday. It was previously though that TGS would be the first public hands-on.
Eric Chahi’s From Dust hits XBLA today. Reviews range from “meh” to “mental”.
League of Legends: Season One has achieved 15 million registration and is currently being played by 1.4 million daily users.
It looks as though the new default FemShep will be the blonde one. Could never have guessed.
Rockband now has 3,000 tracks.
Microsoft’s announced a new Bluetooth headset and media remote for 360. They’re both out in November.
Dragon Age II’s been pulled from Steam, ostensibly over the release of the RPG’s Legacy DLC.
DICE reckons the issue of Battlefield 3 running at 720p30 on consoles are being blown “out of proportion”.
Garry’s Mod’s been downloaded over 1 million times.
GAME now has in-store digital games in 1,200 of its worldwide stores, after a successful trial at its UK locations.
A new comic, Assassin’s Creed: The Chain, will pick up where the previous series, The Fall, left off. It’s out in November.
This year’s Eurogamer Expo’s been moved to the main part of Earl’s Court. It’s going to be twice as large as it was last year.
The NFL lockout is over, meaning Madden NFL 12 can launch in August.

And here are the three complete shift wraps from the last 24 hours:

10 comments

Patrick Garratt
27/07/11, 9:05 am

The video’s being rubbish. I’m uploading it again.

Patrick Garratt
27/07/11, 9:05 am

It’s working fine on the channel, for some reason. Stupid YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/user/MrVg247?blend=2&ob=1

Patrick Garratt
27/07/11, 9:29 am

Working video added. You can all relax now.

tenthousandgothsonacid
27/07/11, 10:34 am

When you do manage to shave, could you paint the wall too ? Ta [/wife]

Patrick Garratt
27/07/11, 10:34 am

slayernl
27/07/11, 10:34 am

Thanks for the update keep up the great work!

Patrick Garratt
27/07/11, 10:35 am

I’ll try.

tenthousandgothsonacid
27/07/11, 10:57 am

In fairness, I think the beard has got to a better length now and you should keep it

Telepathic.Geometry
27/07/11, 12:56 pm

Any enemy of Pat’s beard is an enemy of mine. Have at you 10,000gothsonE! /sallies

#10

SplatteredHouse
27/07/11, 1:30 pm

Per-territory news round-ups. I didn’t know about those. Will have to keep current on that. Nice in general, but doubly because, I don’t always catch the Shorts updates. Good vid.