Monthly Archives: August 2011
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 | 21:39 BST
Vive la Résistance: Hands-on with Sony’s Chimeric shooter
Alex Donaldson takes the fight to the enemy and talks to the franchise’s overseer in a bumper Resistance special.
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Posted in: Gamescom 2011, PS3, Shooter, Vita
Tags: insomniac games, Nihilistic Software, resistance 3, Resistance: Burning Skies
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 | 08:08 BST
Dungeon Defenders gets October 19 release date
The Unreal Engine-powered Dungeon Defenders has finally secured a release date.
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 | 07:15 BST
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations gamescom demo – now with commentary
Ubisoft has released a new video of the Assassin’s Creed: Revelations gamescom demo, complete with helpful explanations of the action.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Gamescom 2011, PC, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: assassin's creed: revelations, ubisoft montreal
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 | 06:52 BST
Sony: Consumers not interested in poor quality 3D
Sony chose not to implement 3D on the Vita to keep the quality of the experience high – and eschews bad 3D implementation for its negative effect on consumer perception.
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Posted in: PS3, Sony, Vita
Tags: Mick Hocking, Stereoscopic 3D
Sun, Nov 27, 2011 | 22:43 GMT
Little King’s Story sequel in the works for PS Vita
Marvelous has announced it will launch a sequel to under-appreciated Wii RPG Little King’s Story on Vita.
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Posted in: Konami, Marvelous, RPG, Simulation, Vita
Tags: Little King's Story, New Little King's Story
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 | 04:40 BST
First Bungie Aerospace game arrives next week
Crimson: Steam Pirates, the first indie game to be published under Halo developer Bungie’s Aerospace scheme, arrives on iPad on September 1.
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Posted in: Strategy, iPad, indie
Tags: Bungie Aerospace, crimson, Crimson: Steam Pirates, Harebrained Schemes
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 | 12:23 BST
Battlefield 3 TDM capped at 24 players on PC
Battlefield 3′s Team Deathmatch mode will be limited to 24 players on all platforms, shattering PC players’ dreams of 64-player fragfests.
Fri, Aug 26, 2011 | 08:16 BST
Deus Ex: Human Revolution director bemoans flawed AI
It’s going down a treat with reviewers, but Deus Ex: Human Revolution has at least one unhappy critic – it own director.
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Posted in: PC, RPG, Shooter
Tags: Deus Ex: Human Revolution, eidos montreal, Jean-Francois Dugas
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 | 06:42 BST
See 40 minutes of gamescom DOTA 2 stream
If you missed out on the livestream of the $1 million DOTA 2 tournament at gamescom, check out 40 minutes of gameplay from the best players in the world.
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 | 02:07 BST
Guild Wars 2 to feature over 1,500 dynamic events
ArenaNet wants to make sure Guild wars 2 characters won’t run out of things to do for a very long time, it revealed at gamescom.
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Posted in: Gamescom 2011, MMO, NCSoft, PC, RPG
Tags: arenanet, Guild Wars 2
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 | 03:55 BST
Final Fantasy XIII-2 leads supply trailer commentary
Square Enix has released a new trailer for Final Fantasy XIII-2, replete with detail thanks to commentary from Yoshinori Kitase and the game director Motomu Toriyama.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: Fabula Nova Crystallis, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Motomu Toriyama, Yoshinori Kitase
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 | 01:33 BST
Portal short film is amazing
This seven minute live-action Portal-inspired short film is possibly the best game-to-movie conversion you’ve ever seen.
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Posted in: Movies
Tags: Dan Trachtenberg, Mike Zarin, portal, portal 2
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 | 01:18 BST
US PS Store Update, August 23 – Resistance 3, PSN PLAY, Parasite Eve II
The big news in this week’s US PS Store update is the first title of Sony’s PSN PLAY scheme – Street Fighter 3: Third Strike Online Edition – but come through for plenty of other goodies including some beta for a little shooter, maybe you’ve heard of it.
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Posted in: America, Canada, Mexico, PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Store, SingStore, Sony
Tags: US PS Store update
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 | 00:43 BST
Deadly Premonition creator keen on sequel, prequel, and re-release
Hidetaka ‘Swery’ Suehiro has said he has plans to expand Deadly Premonition into a series in addition to current, unrelated projects.
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Posted in: Platform holders
Tags: Access Games, Deadly Premonition, Hidetaka 'Swery' Suehiro
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 | 00:15 BST
Theme Park reinvented as free-to-play iOS game
Bullfrog’s classic amusement park management sim has been resurrected as a freemium title by EA Mobile.
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Posted in: Casual, EA, Free-to-Play, iPad, iPhone
Tags: EA mobile, Theme Park
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 | 03:25 BST
House of the Dead: Overkill – Extended Cut refused classification in Australia
The Australian Classification Board has determined that The House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut is unsuitable for local retail.
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 | 22:14 BST
US News Wrap, August 23 – What Happened Today
It’s the end of my shift, and I have 800 animals to feed, along with three grumpy humans of the male variety, so let’s get you caught up on the happenings in the US between 8am and 5pm real quick like.
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Posted in: News Wrap, VG247
Tags: US News Wrap, what happened today
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 | 22:11 BST
Reuters: Less expensive iPhone 4 heading to China, iPhone 5 heading to Sprint
Apple plans to release a less expensive iPhone 4 within weeks, in order to nab lower-end customers in emerging markets such as China.
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 | 21:11 BST
2K Sports releases a Legends trailer for NBA 2K12
2K Sports has released a new trailer for NBA 2K12 featuring the NBA Legends revealed last week.
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 | 21:55 BST
The Secret World to contain persistent, large-scale PvP warzones
Funcom’s Ragnar Tornquist has said The Secret World will contain large-scale PvP battles between the Dragons, Illuminati, and Templar factions, which will be separate from the smaller PvP zones in the MMO.
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Posted in: EA, MMO, PC
Tags: funcom, Ragnar Tornquist, the secret world, The Secret World beta
2K Marin staff working on second major project