Monthly Archives: July 2011

VG247 spends time with the shooter set to cause widespread absenteeism from work and school come its November launch, and speaks to Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling.

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Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling has said Raven Software’s part in the Call of Duty franchise was to help Treyarch with DLC as well as “random user interface and engineering tasks,” and it will be helping IW out with Modern Warfare 3 “in the same capacity”.

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Activision’s formally announced, as expected, Goldeneye 007: Reloaded for PS3 and Xbox 360.

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EA Sports has announced Griffin “Griff” Simmons as one of the characters in the SSX reboot. Having been a scrawny and scruffy-looking little thing previously, Griff’s the first character confirmed for the reboot who was introduced in SSX3. Yesterday, EA announced an original, new character for the game called Tane. There’s a comic of Griff below.

SSX launches in 2012.

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Microsoft’s just sent out word it’s to hold its second Play Day event at gamescom on August 16.

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Media Molecule has said this morning that deciding not to do another LittleBigPlanet was similar to a child leaving home, adding its now added 1.5 million users since the PSN outage. Find a full report inside from the Develop keynote by Lewie Procter.

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PopCap’s announced it’s to bring a couple of its titles to Android in Europe as part of a global agreement with Sony Ericsson.

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THQ’s announced details of the new map pack for Homefront, called The Rock.

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Famitsu’s gone up with a seven-minute long gameplay video of Final Fantasy Type-0 after the game’s announcement of a release date earlier this morning. Game director Hajime Tabata is the one behind the stick and doing the honours on commentary. Bear in mind it’s moonspeak, so don’t expect to understand too much – or anything – at all. Get it after the break.

Final Fantasy Type-0 launches on October 13 in Japan for PSP with two UMDs. Thanks, Andriasang.

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The director on Shadows of the Damned, Massimo Guarini, has left developer Grasshopper Manufacture. Guarini has seemingly set up a brand new studio called Ovosonico Productions, which will be based on “Games, Music, Films with an attitude,” according to a slogan for a placeholder website for the studio. Shadows of the Damned was released last month by EA Partners, but didn’t resound too well in sales.

Thanks, GameSpot.

EA has confirmed to GamePolitics that the release of Tiger Woods PGA Tour ’12 on PC and Mac will need Origin to play it.

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As RPG Bastion prepares to kick off Xbox Live’s Summer of Arcade today, Johnny Cullen speaks to Supergiant’s Amir Kao and Greg Kasavin about its release, working with Warner and more.

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Pay attention, news fan. Looks as though the quiet period may be coming to an end. Get all this morning’s headlines in video and text form after the break.

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Bethesda’s kicked off a series of videos for Prey 2 with commentary from Human Head project lead Chris Reinhart. The videos are based on the trailers released so far for the game. The first clip is based on the live-action trailer that announced the game earlier this year, with Reinhart explaining the ties in the video between the first and second games. Get the video below. The second trailer is coming soon, according to Bethesda.

Prey 2 launches in 2012 for PS3, 360 and PC.

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The top of the charts is hardly Bethesda’s Everest. The ever-growing publisher has scaled those lofty heights time and time again – typically clinging to the back of something Fallout or Elder Scrolls-related. Nobody’s perfect, though. For every Fallout 3, there’s a WET or Rogue Warrior. And Pete Hines is refreshingly honest about that. Don’t think, however, that he regrets the time, money, and resources his company put into those geese that laid regular eggs.

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After zillions of years in development and a full-blown platform switcheroo, the finish line is finally in sight for Final Fantasy Type-0. Andriasang reports that Square Enix has given the tamely named (at least, in comparison to Theatrhythm and [duodecim]) RPG a Japanese release date of October 13. It’s tipping the scales at two UMDs, too, so it’ll carry a higher-than-normal 7700 yen price tag.

Catch a celebratory five-minute trailer after the break. Sadly, it’s not just five minutes of characters striking victory poses. Oh for the good old days…

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I have to go to the doctor, so forgive me for dumping this massive pile of news on you and fleeing gleefully. Good stuff in snack portion size lies within.

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Valve has said playtesting is the most vital part of its development process – so much so, that it hooks testers up to machines to measure their responses.

There are so many Portal jokes to be made here, I’m not even going to start.

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Dramatic staff cuts at Wii port developer Red Fly may have resulted from the cancelation of an unannounced Star Wars game.

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Industry analyst Michael Pachter has countered Microsoft’s claim to the best exclusives.

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