Monthly Archives: July 2011

Apple has announced 15 billion apps have been downloaded from the App Store by the more than 200 million iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users worldwide.

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EA SVP of global e-commerce David DeMartini has raised the possibility that new service Origin, currently exclusively for EA games, could help support other publishers.

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Nintendo has sent over a list of what is available for download on the eShop, DSiWare, and WiiWare. Hit the break for the works.

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will be delivering the pre-show keynote at CES, which is scheduled for January 10-13 in Las Vegas.

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Ubisoft’s released a 7 minute video of Call of Juarez: The Cartel, all of it featuring gameplay, with scenes set in alleys, nightclubs, highways and more within the clip. You can watch it below the break. Game’s out on July 22 for PS3 360 and PC.

Thanks, jackir121.

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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has seemingly hinted of Netflix support for Wii U, saying that the streaming movie service working on the console is “possible.”

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Gamebreaker is to stream live SOE president John Smedley’s community address at the company’s Fan Faire event later on tonight in the US. This speech is all but likely when we’re going to see Planetside 2 properly for the first time. If you’re not able to watch it, though, an audio brodcast will be provided through Everquest and Everquest II. The keynote will be on from 7pm PST (3am UK time).

Massively has more details.

Blizzard Poland has confirmed on its Battle.net blog that StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm will be at gamescom next month.

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It’s Thursday, which means you’ve nearly passed the finishing line. You’re not there yet, but you’ve almost done it. Hang in there and read these shorts.

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Bethesda Game Studios director Todd Howard has refused to promise a day one launch for the Creation Kit, the mod tools for the PC version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

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Gearbox co-founder Brian Martel has said Wii U is a “cool” intermission between the current and next-gen cycles of hardware.

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GAME’s gone live with pre-orders for the special Gears of War 3 Xbox 360 hardware bundle. The retailer’s asking for £270 of your finest money to have one in your possession this autumn. The bundle, announced at E3, will include a 320Gb console that will feature Gears-related sounds, like last year’s Halo Reach bundle. It’ll also come with a copy of the game, a wired headset and a download token that gives you access to two pieces of DLC. Get it here.

Gears of War 3 launches worldwide on September 20.

Namco Bandai’s released the first developer’s diary for Soul Calibur V. The video introduces the main development team at Team Soul that are working on the game, as well as a couple of nuggets of gameplay and more. You can get it after the break, via Joystiq.

The fighter’s out next year for PS3 and 360.

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Sony announced last night in its traditional blog post on the US PS Blog that it would stop updating Digital Comics for PSP.

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Funcom’s lifted the wraps of a cinematic video from The Secret World ahead of the MMO’s showing later tonight at EA’s summer showcase in California. If you ever wanted to see someone take a piss in CG, it’s a good day for you. It comes off the back of an in-game video that was released for it yesterday. Get it after the break, via GT.

Still no date yet.

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Good morning, campers. The road to Cologne, Germany is all go. EA’s the first to jump the gun in terms of its presser, as well as pre-gamescom announcements tonight. Sony confirmed some pass thing too. It was a good day for news. Here it is.

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Australia is closer than ever to embracing the 21st Century and introducing an adult ratings category for gaming.

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Activision Australia has revealed the details of next week’s Australian Qualifier for the September Call of Duty XP tournament in Los Angeles

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PC strategy specialist Paradox Interactive has revealed it no longer needs to sell games through bricks-and-mortar retail – which apparently is good news for the “creative” part of the industry.

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Valve has promised to release DLC ahead of schedule if enough players complete its latest Left 4 Dead 2 challenge.

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