Monthly Archives: July 2011

In a gloriously beautiful fifteen minutes, Pat walks us through thatgamecompany’s latest effort, Journey.

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King of Fighters XIII – you know, the other, other fighting franchise – will arrive on US and Japanese consoles in October, and this trailer shows the old boy looking better than ever.

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European 3DS owners will be able to grab the Nintendo Video app this week.

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Square Enix released a couple of new shots of Final Fantasy XIII-2 earlier this evening. We’ve been pre-occupied elsewhere, hence why we’re only getting these to you now. Better late than ever and all that. Get them below the break.

FFXIII-2 releases next year for PS3 and 360 in the west. It’s out in Japan in December.

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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has teamed up with Trine Games to develop a videogame based on the upcoming Bollywood Sci-Fi flick R.A One.

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Microsoft Game Studios head Phil Spencer has said, in a frank admission, that the company “lost our way” over recent releases in the Halo IP, such as ODST and Reach.

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Valve’s announced that upcoming community-made L4D2 DLC Dead Air will launch on the week of July 22 at the latest. It has said it’ll try to release it earlier than that, but July 22 is the latest date it will release on. The early release follows a challenge for 20,000 Steam users to unlock the Stream Crosser achievement on Cold Stream. The barrier was massive surpassed at 60,774 times.

There’s more details here.

Bethesda’s released a trailer of Old World Blues, the penultimate DLC for Fallout: New Vegas. The content sees you become a lab rat in an experiment gone wrong, as you scout research centers to either “turn the tables on your kidnappers or join forces with them against an even greater threat.” You can get the video below, via IGN.

Old World Blues launches next week for PS3, 360 and PC.

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Kotaku‘s posted a six-minute gameplay video of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, this time showing one of the four-person Umbrella team out to destroy any evidence of the T-Virus incident in the city. You can get it below the break. If you didn’t get to see what it looked like at E3, you will now, albeit off screen. Operation Raccoon City launches this autumn from Capcom and Slant Six on PS3 and 360.

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Microsoft’s to launch something called Xbox Music this autumn, according to a BusinessInsider report.

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Game Informer’s gone up with the first details behind Arkane’s Dishonored, as well as the first screen of the game.

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MSN Games has gone live with a new trailer of Batman: Arkham City, this time showing the focus on The Riddler. Riddler’s one of several main bad guys in the game alongside Joker, Harley Quinn, Two-Face, Penguin and Hugo Strange. Get the trailer below the break. The Rocksteady actioner is out in the UK on October 21 for PS3, 360 and PC.

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The things we do for you.

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NPD’s said today that $5.9 billion was spent in Q1 2011 on gaming hardware, content and accessories.

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SSX’s multiplayer will be unveiled in Cologne in nearly a month’s time at gamescom, the latest episode of EA PWNED has said.

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Criterion boss Alex Ward has said that Burnout Crash had started life as a Wii title.

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Square Enix has properly lifted the lid on Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy for 3DS, the rhythm game that was announced last week by the company. We don’t really know what it’s all about, although will feature characters from past FF games in Chibi form and songs from FFVI, VII, X and XIII also in the game. We’ll just point you towards Andriasang for info and screens. There doesn’t seem to be a date for it yet in Japan.

CCP has said it’ll require a cover charge around the region of “$10-$20″ for the beginning of Dust 514.

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Ex-Silent Hill composer, now Grasshopper Manufacture music boss, Akira Yamaoka’s Play for Japan album is now available from iTunes. The album was made following the wake of the devastating Japanese tsunami and earthquakes in March, and contains contributions from gaming’s biggest composers, including Nobuo Uematsu. You can get it from iTunes here for £7.99. Thanks, Kotaku.

Gazillion’s announced it’s to bring two new MMOs to Europe. Marvel Super Hero Squad Online and Fortune Online, both of which are in beta right now, will come to the continent via ProSiebenSat.1 Digital. The titles are free-to-play and browser based. There’s more info on it at Joystiq.