Monthly Archives: July 2011

Black Bean Games has teamed up with developers Virtual Air Company to bring motion-controlled action title Kung Fu High Impact to Kinect this November.

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Teiji Yutaka has shared some interesting new details regarding SCE’s PSP Remaster Project, which allows developers to emulate PSP titles on PlayStation 3.

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Ubisoft has taken to Twitter to announce Driver: San Francsico will be released in the US on September 6 instead of August 30. The date was changed due to “shipping considerations and getting the best exposure in North America,” and had nothing to do with its production. Apparently, this was revealed a few days ago, and we’re just now noticing it. Sorry for that. The game will still release on September 1 in Europe and September 2 in the UK as scheduled. Thanks, EvAv.

A new video for Need for Speed:The Run has been released, showing cars racing through the hot Nevada desert. Due at the end of November, The Run is a story-driven race from San Francisco to New York, complete with short out-of-car cinematic quick time moments. Game’s out November 15. Thanks, EvAv.

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Team Bondi head Brendan McNamara has said that when it came to publishing L.A. Noire, no other studio was willing to take a risk on the game other than Take Two’s Rockstar.

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Good news everyone: Nintendo has announced Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 will arrive in Europe on 3DS October 7. The game will allow players to fight and trade monsters locally or through Wi-Fi and use Tag Mode. Users can also connect with owners of Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie and Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies to court monsters from each. Thanks, Nintendo Universe.

Capcom has released gameplay videos and screenshots from the upcoming digital HD releases of Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil CODE: Veronica X.

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The Dragon Age anime announced last year for release in 2011 has been postponed into 2012. Titled Dawn of the Seeker, it’s being created by FUNimation Entertainment, with Bioware EP MarkDarrah and creative director Mike Laidlaw executive producing. There’s a couple videos for it below as well, all courtesy of Joystiq.

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Team 17 has officially announced Worms: Ultimate Mayhem for digital release, after being outed by the Australian Classification Board back in May.

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THQ and Relic have released a cinematic trailer for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine which focuses on the story of Captain Titus as he protects the Warlord Class Battle Titan from being invaded by orks. It looks rather cool. Space Marine is due on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in early September. Thanks, Gematsu.

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Turbine has released three new screens from LOTRO’s September expansion, Rise of Isengard, and each shows off camps and a bit of the landscape of Rohan as well as Edoras, the seat of King Theoden. It’s out on September 27. Muster the Rohirrim. Now is the hour. Riders of Rohan, oaths you have taken, now fulfill them all, to lord and land (insert squee noise here from the author of this post).

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During a financial call to investors last night, EA CEO John Riccitiello mentioned the publishers plans for Origin, and stressed it is keeping an eye on the recently launched platform’s profit margin when compared to rival services.

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“Using the free-to-play model, we want to move people onto higher definition games, games that are going to be much more immersive. We have been developing the capability in-house, based on franchises that we know have worked well. It’s vital for us to look at how the market is expanding.” – Ubisoft UK’s head of digital marketing Alan Dykes to MCV on the firm’s Free-to-play hopes.

EA Sports’ Andrew Wilson is convinced Wii U can do “anything” PS3 and Xbox 360 can do, thanks to dev kits showing the firm and idea of the console’s power.

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Honestly? Not that much, but it’s quality over quantity, right?

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Croteam has releases quite a few assets for Serious Sam: Double D, which is slated for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. The game is a hand drawn, side-scrolling shooter which takes the iconic hero across three worlds: the pyramids of ancient Egypt, Pompeii, and the jungles of prehistoric Earth. The game also allows for stacking any combination of weapons one on top another and fire them all at once. Two shotguns on a laser gun and grenade launcher? Of course. Four chainsaws and a flamethrower? Yes, please. The game also includes challenge rooms and serious secrets. Awesome. The game is slated for release next month.

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An audio tape recording of a conversation between Dr. Hugo Strange and the Joker has surfaced, the Doctor sounds suspicious and the Joker sounds unhinged. Business as usual, then.
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A report on Develop suggests Disney is poised to fill-out purchased UTV, the parent company of Ignition, for $454 million.

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Four new shots of military-sim Arma 3 have surfaced on the Bohemia Interactive forums.

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DeathSpank needs all the help he can get when it comes to fighting injustice, but normal armaments just won’t cut it –  our hero needs items just as odd and cheeky as he is. Luckily, he can get his hands on the pain inducing Mobile Nuker and the Drill of Justice while sporting his protective Technocrat armor.  But DS is a stylish man as well, so why not get decked out in a gangster suit with pots of rainbows for shoulder pads? Why not, indeed.

Shots of the fancy man are posted below, and it looks like at some point he will be able shoot a boy out of a cannon attached to his hand. The dream, there. Game’s out this summer.

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