Monthly Archives: July 2011

“That next generation is seriously in doubt, both boxes are pretty much the same feature set. I don’t think there’s much need for a next-generation console – you’re going to have one box, and you play it on any device like a television or a tablet.”

- Xbox and PS2 hardware developer Rob Wyatt, now chief scientist at 3D streaming cloud service Otoy, speaking to GamesBeat.

Activision has gone live with a limited Xbox 360 beta test for Call of Duty: Elite, invitations for which began cropping up this week.

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Ready to see what’s next from Playdead after Limbo? Don’t hold your breath for a showing this year.

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Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli has flatly dismissed competitors, saying CryEngine 3 is the best engine available, will soon be available on every platform.

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At least three start-ups have formed in the wake of THQ’s closure of its UK studio, Digital Warrington, which produced Warhammer 40K: Kill Team, Red Faction: Battlegrounds, and Juiced.

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The man behind The Legend of Zelda finds it difficult to escape the juggernaut franchise’s clutches.

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Ignition has said the PlayStation 3 is “by far” the lead platform for the Japanese-developed El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron.

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The NPD has revealed significant year-on-year decreases across the board during June 2011, with Microsoft and Take Two the winners of a lacklustre contest.

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From Dust began life as a bog-standard RTS, but rapidly involved into a contender to revive interest in the flagging god sim genre, creator Eric Chahi has revealed.

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Anticipating today’s scheduled release of NPD’s June US sales data, Sony has highlighted the strong performance of PlayStation 3 exclusives.

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It’s time for your Thursday link dump, a.k.a. shorts. Head onward if you dare – it’s rather large today.

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Dave Heironymus, lead gameplay programmer at Team Bondi, has posted an open letter regarding the development of L.A. Noire over on Gamasutra where he states that some of the comments and stories regarding the slave-drive mentality at the firm which have come out lately, are from people who want “to see Team Bondi destroyed.”

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Ubisoft will implement its own version of the online pass system when Driver: San Francisco is released called Uplay Passport, according to a report on Gamerzines.

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Atlus has dated Kylotonn’s The Cursed Crusade for October 11 on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 for $39.99. It has also released another trailer for the action-rpg called Templar’s Curse. It’s rather yummy. Watch it below, courtesy of Gematsu. The site also has shots of the game’s boxart posted as well.

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Twisted Pixel  plans to release free, regular content updates for Ms. ‘Splosion Man on XBL, thanks to the Xbox 360′s Title Managed Storage feature.

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Capcom Euope’s David Reeves has said the firm is treating 3DS and Vita “pretty equally,” but in terms of the latter, current plans for the handheld include four titles, one of which is based off a popular IP in Japan.

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Ubisoft has released a trailer for Driver: San Francisco, which focuses on the single-player aspect of the game. You can watch it below, courtesy of Gematsu. Driver is due on PS3 and Xbox 360 at the end of August.

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Another day, another GTA V spotting or rumor hits, and then is debunked or removed, respectively from the net. Today’s latest comes from a Gamestation listing of pre-orders and release dates spotted by Gamerzines, which was subsequently pulled and replaced with another list with nary a mention of GTA V. Rockstar has yet to confirm the game exists, and retailers have been known to list placeholders in the past for both confirmed and rumored games. Thanks, GameFront.

The first shots from Battlefield 3′s Battlelog feature have popped up. The shots were posted over on the German language version of the Battlefield Blog, and the English version doesn’t have these posted as of yet, but hopefully it will soon. EA has said in the past that bringing Battlelog over to BF3 was “mission one”. See for yourself over on BattlefieldO.

Bethesda and id Software has released the third video in its six-part series of RAGE developer diaries, and in it, the team discusses the various ammunition, gadgets, and weapons players will have access to as they roam about the game’s wasteland. RAGE is out October 4 and October 7 in the US and UK, receptively, for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Thanks, Evil Avatar.

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