Monthly Archives: July 2011

While there still isn’t an exact release date slated for The Secret World from Funcom, it didn’t stop EA Partners from showing the title off at EA’s Summer Showcase last week, nor will it stop the firms from showing off how pretty the environments look through picturesque screenshots. Look at the latest ones for yourself below.

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Nelson’s confirmed that Twisted Pixel’s Ms. Splosion Man and THQ’s Warhammer 40k: Kill Team are now live on Xbox Live Arcade as part of the Summer of Arcade offering. Ms. Splosion Man will set you back 800 MS points, while Kill Team – the last game to be made by THQ Warrington before its closure last month – is also the same price. Boulder Dash-XL is also released today for 800 MSP. Get all the deeds here.

Atlus released the US version of the Catherine demo for both PS3 and 360 yesterday, giving a first-hand look at the quirky action-puzzler’s English language conversion. Hit the link for 15 minutes at 720p with narration from me.

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“You know, we’re on the development side, so we don’t really have much to do with the business aspect of it, but we just strive to give players the most value that we can possibly give. If you look at how many hours – in some cases, hundreds of hours – for some players of entertainment they get, I think it’s an incredible value. We’ve had three DLC map packs for the fans within about six to seven months of launch, which is a record for us. I think it’s incredible, and everyone’s really excited about the fact that we can support a game for that long and keep the fans interested.” – Black Ops multiplayer lead Dan Bunting to Gama on why map packs run 1200 MSP each.

Blizzard has elaborated on the StarCraft II and World of Warcraft tournaments which will be taking place during BlizzCon in October.

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NCSoft’s confirmed that it’ll make an appearance with Guild Wars 2 at Eurogamer Expo in September. The MMO’s appearance at the UK show will come a month after a promised significant showing at gamescom, where the game will go big in Cologne with major news. NCSoft European boss Veronique Lallier said it was “thrilled to be part” of the show.

EG Expo will take place between September 23-26 at Earls Court, London. You can get tickets here.

TeamVVV’s posted an off-screen video of it playing Forza Motorsport 4 using the new wireless steering wheel that was announced back at E3. The video mentions at about the 3:25 mark that the wheel is “a lot of fun” for the casual gamer. The full 13 minutes can be found below the break.

Forza Motorsport 4 launches on October 14 in the UK for Xbox 360. Thanks, G1GAHURTZ.

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Planetside 2′s Forge Light engine will provide a better balance for indoor and outdoor battlefields, according to SOE president John Smedley, who told PC Magazine he would like game maps to have a 50/50 to 60/40 ratio for indoor environments.

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Sony’s released details on this week’s upcoming EU PS Store update. Among the updates, the final DLC for LA Noire DLC Reefer Madness. As well as that, the much-awaited costume pack of Final Fantasy VII for LittleBigPlanet 2 has been released and Behemoth’s Castle Crashers has gone free on PS Plus, with Dead Nation now available for a tenner. There’s DLC too for Motorstorm Apocalypse, ModNation Racers, Michael Jackson: The Experience, a demo of PixelJunk Shooter 2 and more.

There’s more details on the EU PS Blog.

EA and PopCap are officially an item. “Pegglefield” jokes aside, is the sky falling in? Is this a giant, JR-shaped nail in the company’s creative coffin? Nathan Grayson does the thinking for you.

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Square Enix’s Hiromichi Tanaka has said that the company is looking into a Vita version of Final Fantasy XI. No, that’s not a typo of IX or even XIV. He said 11.

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EA’s released a brand new comic of SSX, showing vet Zoe coming back to her roots after being a motocross rider. Zoe’s one of other SSX oldies coming back, including Mac, Moby and Elise, to name a few. You can find the comic here.

Game’s out in 2012 for PS3 and 360.

Relic’s said that key features from the second game, such as customisation and building armies, will be a key part of the still TBA Dawn of War 3.

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The BPJM has confirmed it’s to let Gears of War 3 release in Germany without any content cut from the game. The first two games were not available to buy in the country, with PEGI versions banned from going on sale. The BPJM, who had banned Gears 1 and 2 from Germany, said it had no “relevance for a ban” with 3. Germany’s seen as very strict on violent games, so this is a big win.

More over at Eurogamer. Game’s out in September for Xbox 360.

A second South Park game is in development exclusively for Xbox 360, according to a Joystiq report.

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Rovio’s about to take part in another round of funding, according to suggestions made by the company. Head of global brand advertising Wibe Wagemans apparently “raised his hand” when asked at GamesBeat what companies were raising money. “We’re in fast growth mode, so we’re always on the lookout for good money,” he said. “We’re always interested.”

More details at VentureBeat.

Square Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura has said that those anticipating the unannounced Kingdom Hearts III will find some answers regarding it with Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance on 3DS.

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EA bought PopCap. Yes, I know I said it was bollocks. Stop looking at me like that. Here are all this morning’s major headlines in video and text form.

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Go push for the win, dudes and dudettes: it’s Wednesday! And that means you’re halfway home. Here are your shorts for this morning.

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Kairosoft’s started talking in detail about Game Dev Story 2, confirming that it’ll now feature a more social feeling to it than the last game. It’ll feature leaderboards and the ability to share employees with friends. The sequel will mostly contain what made the first game so pretty darn amazing, though. There’s more on it at PocketGamer.