Monthly Archives: July 2011

NOA’s Director of Entertainment and Trend Marketing, Amber McCollom, has said some GameCube titles will be playable on Wii U thanks to WiiWare.

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Capcom’s officially announced Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 for PS3 and 360, with 12 new fighters confirmed for the “mid-range” priced release.

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Respawn concept artist Iain McCaig has said at Develop that the studio’s first game won’t release until at least 2015. 2015.

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A recent multiplayer hands-on event has shown VG247 the distant future of the 41st Century: it’s filled with deep space war in an array of fetching colours. Hands-on thought and Relic words inside.

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Ubisoft has released its Q1 FY 2012 results, reporting sales of €103 million for the quarter ending June 30, 2011, which is down 36.3 percent year-over-year.

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Bethesda has announced the full Quakecon 2011 line-up, confirming the legendary, 50-hour John Carmack ultra-keynote for 2.00pm local time on August 4.

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Dragon Age senior producer Fernando Melo said BioWare has taken player feedback from DAII into serious consideration, and while he admits there is only so much the firm can do to fix complaints with DLC, it’s “addressing,” the issue.

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Epic boss Mark Rein has said the company isn’t in a “huge hurry” for the next hardware cycle from Sony and Microsoft.

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505 Games has announced a demo for Rugby World Cup 2011, slated for release at the beginning of next month ahead of the game’s retail debut. Players will be trying out the game in a match with England vs South Africa Auckland, New Zealand. The full version of the title will be released on August 26 for PS3 and Xbox 360. Thanks, GamersHell.

Warner and Snowblind released a new trailer for War in the North today, delving into the events and characters, which chart “the path of turmoil,” in which only the game’s Fellowship can walk. Check it out below.

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Western Australia has said that it’s for the introduction of the R18+ for videogames around the country.

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PEGI has released a free app for Windows Phone 7 which offers an “accessible way to browse the database,” of all videogames given a PEGI rating. It is available in 11 languages, contains “extended consumer advice,” about the game and content, as well as external game review content from Eurogamer. You can even search for ratings by genre, and platform. Nifty.

Ubisoft has released the launch trailer for Call of Juarez: The Cartel, and it’s posted below. The game is out in the US on PS3 and Xbox 360 now, and out Friday in the UK. The PC version will be released in September. Check out Stace’s hands-on with the title here.

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The first details of Grasshopper’s first console game after Shadows of the Damned have gotten out via this week’s Famitsu, and the mag’s official site has gone live with screenshots for the game.

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Media Molecule co-founder Alex Evans said during a panel at Develop this morning that at one time, Sony wanted the firm’s LittleBigPlanet to launch as a free-to-play title.

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Someone on YouTube’s put up about a minute-and-a-half of gameplay footage of Darksiders II, the first time actual gameplay has been shown of the game. It shows new main character Death with multiple new moves and weapons. It looks pretty friggin’ sweet, as you’ll see below the break.

Darksiders II launches in 2012 for PS3, 360, Wii U and PC. Read Stace’s recent impressions here.

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Sony has updated the European end of the PS Store, and along with Limbo finally being available, there’s a rather nice summer sale going on as well as one for EA’s racing titles.

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Eurogamer (via a promo poster uncovered by NeoGAF) sends word of Star Wars: The Old Republic’s galaxy far, far away-sized collector’s edition. First things first: it’s going to run you around €150/$149.99. But is this the collector’s edition you’re looking for, or is it just a heaping pile of space scrap? Judge for yourself after the break.

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Nintendo has filed numerous trademarks in Japan for gaming titles, and like various first-part titles in the past, the majority have the name of the console attached to the game’s title.

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Amazon.de’s listed something called the God of War: Master Collection on PS3. It’s apparently due on September 16, according to the listing, and will feature all of the God of War games to date: the first God of War Collection featuring GoW1 and 2, God of War III and the upcoming God of War Collection Vol. 2, featuring remasters of PSP games Chains of Olympus and Ghosts of Sparta. We’ll email Sony.