Monthly Archives: July 2011

F1 2010 has been given its own iOS version, and is available from today. The game will feature all 24 drivers, 12 teams and 19 circuits from the 2010 (note: not 2011) season. There’s three modes included within: Time Trial, Endurance and Party Play. Codemasters didn’t handle development on the title, instead giving it to Jump Games. There’s more details over at GamePro. You can buy it on iTunes for £1.99.

Namco Bandai’s run-in to the holiday season begins today with the release of EDF: Insect Armageddon. Johnny Cullen speaks to boss Lee Kirton about the firm’s 2011-12 arsenal.

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Turbine has announced the beta for its new Lord of the Rings Online content, Rise of Isengard, will open up on July 27. The beta program is is Invite-only, and those in North America and Europe can pre-purchase Rise of Isengard to receive special benefits including preferred access to the program. More information on the beta, and pre-order offers are through the link. [pic]

GamersFirst has spilled major information on the next big update for the open beta of APB Reloaded.

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Nintendo has announced 3D video service for 3DS owners has gone live, and the service will feature exclusive video content related to music, comedy, animation and Hollywood.

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“Right now, we’re just heading into finalising the game ahead to certification, which is making sure we’re complying with [Microsoft's rules] on the box. There’s about five or so weeks until we submit the finished game. People are really stunned by what we’ve been able to achieve with an engine that shipped in the box twice previously.” – Turn 10 director Dan Greenawalt, speaking to CVG, on Forza 4 about to turn gold master.

Game’s out on October 15 for 360 in Europe.

During a Star Wars: The Old Republic Comic-Con panel, game director James Ohlen, executive producer Rich Vogel, and community manager Stephen Reid, with senior content producer Dallas Dickinson chatted with attendees about character classes. personal story, exploration, and confirmed the slated release window of holiday 2011 for the MMO.

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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced it’s to hold its gamescom presser on August 16.

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Team Bondi boss Brendan McNamara has said that cut content from LA Noire wouldn’t have been able to fit on a single Blu-ray.

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Sony’s announced that it has risen just under ¥130 million (£1.01 million) thanks to the PlayStation Network appeal in the aftermath of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan. £260,955 was raised in the US, while those in Europe gave £538,122: the last count was at £466,000 for the PAL regions last month. Asian countries bar Japan donated £16,673, while Japan itself gave £181,751.

There’s more on EG. Massive props for all who donated.

VG247 readers took on Eurogamer readers last night in a Team Fortress 2 match that quickly dissolved in a lot of people shouting “lollery” and randomly decapitating each other with baseball bats. Screens inside.

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Bethesda’s announced that it’s to bring The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, RAGE and Prey 2 for showings at its public booth at gamescom in three weeks. Skyrim and Prey 2 are all eyes-on only, but RAGE will be playable ahead of its release in a couple of months time. Bethesda’s public booth will be situated in Hall 6.1, Stand B41 at the Koelnmesse.

gamescom takes place from August 17-21 in Cologne.

Sega’s released a new trailer for House of the Dead: Overkill: Extended Edition, the PS3, Move-enabled version of the Wii shooter that came out donkeys back. If you like shooting things, lots of swearing and bad puns, it’s your lucky day. Get it after the break. It’s out in October.

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What would Comic-Con be without Batman? The Dark Knight’s next flying side-kick into the world of gaming will, of course, be making waves (of drool, most likely) on the show floor – but Entertainment Weekly beat the game’s panel to the punch. According to the outlet, Talia al Ghul – daughter of notorious villain Ra’s al Ghul and eventual mother to Batman’s child – will be making an appearance in the game. Better still, she’ll be voiced by Stana Katic, aka Kate Beckett on Nathan Fillion’s Detective Adventur– er, Castle. At any rate, it seems like every day brings a new “Guess who’s in Arkham City” announcement, so we can only imagine who’s next. Don’t worry, Calendar Man. We’re still pulling for you.

Insomniac confirmed at ComicCon overnight that it’s to begin the open multiplayer beta of Resistance 3 in the opening week of August. That’s two weeks from now. The beta will be available to those who bought SOCOM 4 in the US or if you’re a PS Plus member in Europe. The full game is out on September 6 in the US and September 9 in the UK.

Thanks, IGN.

Sorry, hardcore gamers. This probably isn’t the Star Wars game you’re looking for. Does that necessarily mean it’ll be bad? Of course not. But LucasArts and Microsoft made no bones about their aim during Kinect Star Wars’ Comic-Con panel: this one’s for “families and kids.”

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Deep Silver’s announced that it’s to bring Catherine to Europe.

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We maybe introducing News Wraps, but this fella ain’t going away. Actually, that’s a lie: Pat’s away to a meeting, so you’ve got me today. Amazing. Here is the news.

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3DS has seen its sales double from last week in Japan, according to the latest charts released by Media-Create.

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The very first edition of the AU News Wrap, and the biggest gaming news to come out of Australia in years, on the same day. Oh happy fortune.

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