Monthly Archives: July 2011

Koch Media’s announced that it’s to distribute NCSoft titles in the UK. As part of an existing deal for European countries like France and Spain, the company will handle distribution for the Guild Wars Trilogy, as well as the release of Guild Wars 2, whenever that is. ” Guild Wars 2 is set to be our biggest ever release and our partnership with Koch Media will give us unprecedented focus from UK retailers supported by a highly effective operational team,” said NCSoft sales boss Sarah Rogers. GW2 currently has no date as yet.

I’ll let this video say it all for me. That aside, welcome to the weekend. Here is your second dose of the shorts.

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Hideo Kojima’s hinted on Twitter that the HD version of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will be given a framerate bump up to 60FPS. The PSP version was previously running at 30FPS. The HD versions of MGS2 and MGS3 were already confirmed to have 60FPS running – MGS2 already had it running at its original release, while MGS3 will see it implemented for the HD launch. Basically, you’re going to smoother-running games. Everyone’s a winner. He also said he had tried 60FPS for the PS2 version of MGS3, but was not possible because of tech issues.

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection launches in November for PS3 and 360. Thanks, Andriasang

The list of knocks against Duke Nukem Forever is long and varied, but Gearbox is about to give one Duke’s much-beloved boot. (Sadly, it’s not the lack of Duke’s much-beloved boot.) “Among the changes coming to PC are a new expanded inventory option that allows you to carry up to four weapons in the single-player campaign, Valve Anti-Cheat System (VAC) support, push-to-talk voice chat, the ability to adjust FOV plus other fixes and improvements that are still being tested,” said a post by community manager Chris Faylor. So there you have it, Duke fans. Go nuts. Chew gum, kick ass, and commit unspeakable crimes against good taste.

EA CEO John Riccitiello said in a call last night that the company has not seen any interest for 3D gaming.

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GameStop has made its big move to the UK, closing the small number of stores the chain has for mainland UK, but has instead moved to an online-only presence.

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Ah, humility. Sometimes, it earns you the respect and admiration of your peers. Other times, it makes you more pleasant to be around. Other other times, it gets you free stuff. This, happily, is the latter situation. The humblest of all known indie bundles (we can’t account for space or other dimensions) has introduced a free Minecraft pass to its already formidable lineup. From now until August 14, you’ll have your own set of keys to Notch’s block-by-block opus. So then, you should toss a few coins in the bundle’s cap. After all, considering that it’s earned more than $500,000 already, it has to be doing something right.

Thanks, Destructoid.

VentureBeat‘s reporting that Rovio has partnered with Madhouse to help bring Angry Birds to China. The ad network will help push the mobile marketing campaign for the game in the country. Since its 2009 launch, Angry Birds has seen 12 million units sold from the App Store.

We didn’t do this yesterday because we had staff issues and there was a Japanese news avalanche first thing in the morning. Complete and total failure. We will never forgive ourselves. Get all the major headlines from the last 24 hours in text and video form below.

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Capcom fighting boss Yoshinori Ono has said that he doesn’t foresee the fighting genre becoming saturated anytime soon.

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EA Sports has released four new shots of SSX, showing old series vet in action Moby Jones. Moby’s one of the few in the reboot who have made it from the very beginning of the series; others include Mac, Elise and Kaori, to name a few. Get the shots below.

SSX releases in January for PS3 and 360.

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Don’t be so jealous of my knocking off for the weekend; here’s what we got up to while you were in dream land.

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Namco Bandai’s announced its main line-up for gamescom, headlined by the publisher’s golden ticket for 2011: Dark Souls.

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Sales, special deals, and – I gotta tell you – a basically hilarious video of Ono and Harada competing in various ridiculous games. This is just a taster of the excellent material hidden through the break.

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Yesterday’s Nintendo Q1 release and accompanying 3DS price cut was a revelatory peek into a giant in peril. Rob Fahey takes a look at what went wrong.

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Investors haven’t taken Nintendo’s latest announcements well; its share prices have fallen by a fifth in the wake of poor first quarter financial results and a 3DS price cut.

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According to Andriasang’s translation of a Semiconductor Industry News report, Samsung will supply the PS Vita’s CPU.

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EA Sports is perfectly willing to publish games beyond its in-house productions, as EA Partners does for the core EA brand.

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Konami has partnered with Ingition to bring the gorgeous El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron to PAL territories, one day earlier than expected.

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The undaunted Tim Langdell has claimed a High Court ruling dismissing his trademark claims against Future was riddled with errors.

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