Monthly Archives: August 2011

Valve’s Portal 2 DLC is still heading your way this summer, and according to spokesman Doug Lombardi, it will be released sometime in mid-September. No further information was revealed about the content, but we’ve previously been told by the firm it will contain new test chambers, new challenge modes, and other nice nuggets for Mac, PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Thanks, Kotaku.

We heard you like reading every little bit of news that comes out of a Games Convention, and we wouldn’t ever think of letting you down. Here’s the news which you might want to catch up on. Make sure to put your reading glasses on, because you’re going to need them!

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Update: According to Steve Gibson, speaking to VG247, his comments made behind-closed-doors at the Borderlands 2 gamescom presentation were taken a bit out of context. Below you will find his full statement on the matter.

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Microsoft some of the new additions coming to the Xbox 360 dashboard feature list during gamescom, and a video for it has been posted over on Shack.

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EA has released a four page Battlefield 3 multiplayer fact sheet, listing all sorts of interesting facts pertaining to weapons, accessories, equipment, specializations, vehicles, and more. It also states the game will contain nine multiplayer maps, six gameplay modes, and the previously mentioned dogtags and medals which are numbered at over 350 and 100, respectively. It’s a grad fact sheet, and one which you will want to look over. You can do so over on Battlefield3gamer, through here, here, here and here. BF3 is out in October for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Check out gamescom screens and the 64-player MP video for it here. Thanks, ShiroGamer.

Insomniac has released a new developer diary for Resistance 3, which features the first gameplay footage of Capeill smashing Grims with a giant Sledgehammer. It also provides a detailed look at the human guns in the game such as the Magnum, Carbine, and Marksman, as well as a look at the upgrades attainable. Check the video out below. Also, Gamersyde has some screens up for the game. They aren’t the same ones posted here, and a couple look familiar, but have look anyway just in case. Game’s out next month.

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And on the third say He said unto thee “Let there be assets”, and there was.
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A direct feed video of the Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception gameplay demo at gamescom has been released by Sony. It hits around the 8 minute mark, and can be viewed below, courtesy of Ve3tro. Uncharted 3 is out on November 1, just in case you forgot. Surely, you didn’t though. Thanks, Reece.

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id Software has celebrated the Rage Facebook page reaching 100,000 ‘likes’ by making its iOS title available for free until August 24. Not something to get angry about, unless you have an Android handset.

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That’s the news through from online digital portal Good Old Games, putting the epic RPG sequel at $29.99. Plus, there’s 40 percent off a clutch of classic titles.

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European Xbox boss Chris Lewis aims for continent-wide domination as the green machine celebrates its tenth birthday, speaking at gamescom in Cologne this week.

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Shots from both underground and overground environments feature sumptuous lighting with nary a Womble in sight.

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A clutch of screens from the not-so-secret MMO show off elements of dark fantasy with people armed to the teeth. And a vicious looking tree.

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In a recent interview, level designer, Andrew Parsons, from Codemasters’ Guilford studio explained the cover system, the scavenger character class and a lack of females in the upcoming PS3 and 360 shooter.

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These latest batch of screenshots for Ace Combat: Assault Horizon shows off how you can decorate your trusty vessel – as well as demonstrating the more serious side of things with rampant explosions.

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Those hoping to import a boxed retail copy of Eidos’ highly anticipated augmentation salvation will have to think twice. A certain Australian VG247 news editor might be particularly upset by this news.

[Update] A message on the Eidos forum suggests the PC boxed retail copy will no longer be region-locked in the UK and Europe. See below for details.
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Well, they sort of crawled, because my upstream is completely flooded. But they’ve got cars in them, so I get pun points.

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Ten points off for the obvious headline, but there are only so many ways to say “gamescom is vomiting assets”.

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The 2011 European Games Developers Conference concluded yesterday and official figures show the three-day event attracted 2,100 game professionals representing 57 countries. In all, the conference played host to over 170 speakers and 46 exhibitors.

The show is set to return to Cologne next year, August 13-15 2012.

Check out both single-player and multiplayer versus battle gameplay in the trailers and images through the break.

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