Monthly Archives: July 2011
Wed, Jul 13, 2011 | 23:24 BST
Final Fantasy Versus XIII update – cutscenes, lighting, and voice recording details
This week’s Famitsu has offered up director Tetsuya Nomura’s promised update on the impatiently anticipated Final Fantasy Versus XIII.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, RPG, Sony, Square Enix
Tags: final fantasy versus XIII, Takeshi Kozue, Tetsuya Nomura
Wed, Jul 13, 2011 | 06:50 BST
Grab some popcorn: Eidos releases 30-minute Deus Ex video
The gameplay footage wars of late have been fierce indeed. Deus Ex started off strong with 12 talky minutes of augmented action, but BioShock Infinite stole the show with 15 high-flying minutes of its own. Turns out, however, that Deus Ex was only just getting warmed up. Half-an-hour of footage – with commentary. Your move, everybody else. You know, if you even have that much game to begin with.
Catch the full multi-part demo after the break, courtesy of IGN.
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Posted in: 2K, PC, PS3, RPG, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Deus Ex: Human Revolution, gameplay footage
Wed, Jul 13, 2011 | 06:28 BST
Need for Speed: Most Wanted drawing 5,000 matches daily
Australian multiplayer necromancer GameRanger has rebutted EA’s claim that Need for Speed: Most Wanted doesn’t have significant player numbers.
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Posted in: EA, PC, Racing
Tags: GameRanger, multiplayer, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, servers
Wed, Jul 13, 2011 | 12:58 BST
Naughty Dog: Uncharted 3 beta data gone for good
Naughty Dog will not be able to restore data lost to a reset bug in in the Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception multiplayer beta, but is working to find the cause.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PS3, Sony
Tags: beta, bug, multiplayer, naughty dog, uncharted 3, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Wed, Jul 13, 2011 | 05:37 BST
2K studios “don’t want to do the same things all the time”
2K is aiming to balance innovation and profitability in games the way Miramax did with cinema, president Christoph Hartmann has said.
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Posted in: 2K, Trade
Tags: Christoph Hartmann, XCOM
Wed, Jul 13, 2011 | 02:28 BST
EA to shut down 17 ageing games servers
EA has announced it will be closing multiplayer servers for a number of titles.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: multiplayer, multiplayer servers
Wed, Jul 13, 2011 | 02:05 BST
Rayman Origins middleware to go open source
Rayman Origins is beautiful enough that you’d expect Ubisoft to keep the middleware powering for itself, but it plans to make the tech freely available.
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Posted in: 3DS, Development, PS3, Platformer, Ubisoft, Vita, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: michel ancel, Rayman Origins, UbiArt
Wed, Jul 13, 2011 | 01:48 BST
Trenched-blocking board game to release as video game
The board game designer clinging to the Trench copyright – and thereby preventing Doublefine’s Trenched from releasing in Europe – has plans to turn his creation into a video game,
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Posted in: Legalities, Microsoft, Shooter, Strategy, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: copyright, doublefine, Rui Alípio Monteiro, trademark, Trench, Trenched
Wed, Jul 13, 2011 | 01:12 BST
Virtual Console titles dictated by regional managers
Nintendo’s Kenta Tanaka, head of the 3DS’s Virtual Console project, has said the choice of games ported to the service depends in part on regional Nintendo executives.
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Posted in: 3DS, Nintendo, Virtual Console
Tags: Kenta Tanaka
Wed, Jul 13, 2011 | 00:27 BST
US PS Store Update: Catherine, AssCreeBro, Summer sale
This week’s PS Store update clearly doesn’t understand the summer drought concept.
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Posted in: America, Canada, Mexico, PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: US PS Store update
Wed, Jul 13, 2011 | 00:00 BST
Uncharted 3 eschews dedicated servers to foster long-term support plans
Naughty Dog has explained that Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception won’t have dedicated servers because of significant ongoing costs.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PS3, PSN, Sony
Tags: dedicated servers, multiplayer, naughty dog, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Tue, Jul 12, 2011 | 23:46 BST
Zelda producer sheds light on Miyamoto’s famous tea table quote
Star Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto has said he regularly “up ends the tea table” on development teams, but Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma described this process as a “necessary ritual”.
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Posted in: Development, Nintendo
Tags: Eiji Aonuma, shigeru miyamoto
Tue, Jul 12, 2011 | 22:03 BST
Microsoft: Xbox Music reports are “inaccurate” – details
Reports that Microsoft is set to launch a brand new Xbox Music service are “inaccurate,” the company has told VG247.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Music, Xbox 360
Tags: steve ballmer, Xbox Music, Zune Music
Tue, Jul 12, 2011 | 21:50 BST
Tuesday Shorts II: Analysts, GoG, Black Prophecy, Theatrhythm, Future on PSN
Tuesday’s second batch of shorts are here. Get ‘em while they’re hot, etc.
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Posted in: Shorts, VG247
Tags: A Game of Thrones: Genesis, Black Prophecy, Doug Creutz, Dream Pinball 3D, final fantasy, Future Games of London, future publishing, gog, HDMI cables, Hero Spotlight: Revenant, Heroes of Newerth, Kathy Lee Gifford, michael pachter, MLB 11: The Show, npd, Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc, Theatrhythm
Wed, Jul 13, 2011 | 12:58 BST
Megaton Shocker: EA buys PopCap for $750 million
The biggest mushroom cloud we’ve seen for a long time: EA’s announced that it’s to buy Plants vs Zombies and Peggle creator PopCap for $750 million.
Tue, Jul 12, 2011 | 21:07 BST
Hawkins: Gaming currently in the dark ages due in part to “software licensing”
Electronic Arts and Digital Chocolate founder Trip Hawkins believes we are currently in the dark ages of gaming. According to Hawkins, the golden age of gaming died when big companies like Nintendo came upon the scene with software licensing.
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Posted in: Casual, Development, Mobile
Tags: trip hawkins
Tue, Jul 12, 2011 | 20:41 BST
Nintendo Video launching in Japan tomorrow, US later this summer
Nintendo Video for 3DS is set to launch in Japan tomorrow, which will offer 2D and 3D content Nintendo recommends to users.
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Posted in: 3DS, Nintendo
Tags: Nintendo Video
Tue, Jul 12, 2011 | 20:09 BST
Video shows Schafer pitching Once Upon a Monster to Sesame Street exec
Warner has released a new video, posted below, which shows behind-the-scenes footage of Tim Schafer pitching his idea for Once Upon a Monster to a Sesame Street bigwig. The game is slated for release this fall on Kinect.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Kinect, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: once upon a monster, Sesame Street, Tim Schafer
Tue, Jul 12, 2011 | 19:42 BST
Farrell: Large game companies need to adopt a start-up approach in order to survive
THQ’s Brian Farrell feels that in order for a large company to succeed in the current market, it needs to do business more like a start-up; therefore, THQ has decided to rethink its business strategy an behave in a like manner.
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Posted in: THQ
Tags: brian farrell, GamesBeat 2011
Tue, Jul 12, 2011 | 22:56 BST
Codemasters would like to see cross-cooperation between UK devs to compete with other dev regions
Ian Johnson, head of Codemasters’ Guildford studio, believes the UK industry would blossom should studios work in a more co-operative manner with others and share resources.
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Posted in: Codemasters, Development, UK
Tags: Ian Johnson
2K Marin staff working on second major project