Monthly Archives: August 2011
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 | 08:22 BST
Wednesday Shorts – Diablo III classes, indie beauties, more
In our endless roaming around the net, we’ve stumbled across some absolutely stunning indie titles today.
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Posted in: MMOARTS, RPG, Shorts
Tags: diablo III, league of legends, Mega Man, sale, Solatorobo: Red the Hunter
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 | 08:17 BST
Gamescom 2011 – The road to Cologne starts now
Four days before we begin heading to Cologne, Johnny Cullen takes a look at this year’s main contenders for gamescom 2011, as well as last year’s knock outs. Um Gottes willen, nicht verpassen.
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Posted in: Gamescom 2011
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 | 07:51 BST
EDF: Insect Armageddon gets weapons pack DLC
Namco Bandai’s launched the Battle Armor Weapons Pack and the Jet Armor Weapons Pack for Earth Defence Force: Insect Armageddon on Xbox Live and PSN. The Battle Armor pack will come packed with 15 weapons and customisable weapon armour, while the Jet Weapons Pack will come with eight additional weapons, upgrades and Jet Armour. You can get it now for 800 MS points or $2.
More details at D’Toid.
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Posted in: Namco Bandai, PS3, PSN, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Earth Defence Force: Insect Armageddon
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 | 07:37 BST
Sony extends identity protection offer to Australian PSN members
Sony has begun sending identity protection invites to Australian PlayStation Network members, following on from similar schemes announced for the Americas and Europe.
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Posted in: Australia, PS3, PSN, Sony
Tags: Identity Theft Protection program, PSNgate, welcome back program
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 | 07:20 BST
Resistance 3 still available in 3D TV bundle – for free
Some US retailers will honour Sony’s original intention to include Resistance 3 in its 3D display bundle by throwing the game in as a pre-order bonus.
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Posted in: PS3, Sony
Tags: 3d, Motorstorm Apocalypse, resistance 3
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 | 06:53 BST
Driver: San Francisco promo talks up demo
To celebrate the release of Driver: San Francisco’s single player demo – which you can get right now – Ubisoft has released a short promo trailer reminding you why you’d quite like to play it, even though it’s bereft of the ‘quite chaotic and like the Matrix’ multiplayer modes.
Check it out through the break. Drive: San Francisco releases on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in early September.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: Driver: San Francisco, Ubisoft Reflections
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 | 06:34 BST
Nippon Ichi keen on PSP remasters
Quirky publisher Nippon Ichi is seriously investigating the possibility of brining some of its PSP games into Sony’s HD, cross-platform PSP Remasters series.
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Posted in: Action, NIS America, Nippon Ichi, PS3, PSP, PSPgo, RPG, Strategy
Tags: PSP Remaster, Souhei Niikawa
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 | 04:56 BST
Gotham City Impostors beta signs ups open now
Monolith and Warner Bros. have opened beta sign-ups for Gotham City Impostors, the downloadable multiplayer title set in the Batman universe.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, PSN, Shooter, Warner Bros., Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: beta, Gotham City Impostors, monolith, Monolith Productions
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 | 04:42 BST
Future Dragon Age II DLC to continue addressing core complaints
Building on its attempts to please disappointed Dragon Age: Origins fans with the Legacy pack, BioWare plans to counter more criticism of Dragon Age II with upcoming DLC.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, dragon age, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Origins, Ray Muzyka
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 | 04:25 BST
Gamefly announces digital distribution service
Game rental service Gamefly has announced it will launch a digital distribution portal for Mac and PC games.
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Posted in: Mac, PC, Retail
Tags: digital distribution, direct2drive, gamefly
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 | 03:53 BST
Humble Indie Bundle 3 closes down with $2.1 million earned
The third Humble Indie Bundle has outdone its precursors, bringing home $2,167,676.22 in support of independent developers and charitable industry funds.
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Posted in: Charity, Mac, PC, indie
Tags: Humble Bundle 3, Humble Indie Bundle
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 | 03:16 BST
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine co-op may be patched in post-launch
A hastily-removed forum posts suggests Warhammer 40K: Space Marine’s co-op multiplayer will be available post-launch via DLC.
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Posted in: PC, PS3, Shooter, THQ, Xbox 360
Tags: dlc, relic, relic entertainment, warhammer 40k space marine
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 | 15:57 BST
Swap in-game items for new games with Steam Trading
Steam is currently testing a new system allowing players to securely and legitimately trade in-game items for other virtual goods – including full games.
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Posted in: Free-to-Play, Mac, PC, Steam, Valve
Tags: beta, gold farming, Steam Trading, Team Fortress 2
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 | 02:03 BST
The Secret World goes globetrotting in new dev diary
The latest developer diary for The Secret World is a whirlwind tour of hubs, dungeons, and fields all over the world. Check out some sweet in-game footage through the break.
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Posted in: Action, MMO, PC, RPG
Tags: funcom, Ragnar Tornquist, the secret world
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 | 01:43 BST
PlayStation 3 firmware 3.70 to introduce Automatic Update
Sony has outlined new features coming in its next major firmware update for the PlayStation 3.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: ps3 firmware, PS3 firmware 3.70, PSP firmware, PSP firmware 6.60, update
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 | 01:12 BST
THQ shutters three dev teams, dumps MX vs ATV
As part of a “strategic realignment”, THQ has announced it will close two entire studios and let go one further dev team, as well as closing down the MX vs. ATV franchise.
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Posted in: THQ, Trade
Tags: Brain Farrell, layoffs
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 | 00:33 BST
Official ten minute walkthrough of Xenoblade Chronicles
In the first of a new series of Let’s Play demonstrations, Nintendo introduces players to the world, controls, and story of hugely anticipated Wii action RPG Xenoblade Chronicles
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Posted in: Action, Nintendo, RPG, Videos, Wii
Tags: Monolith Soft, Xenoblade Chronicles
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 | 00:20 BST
Bethesda releases Prey 2, Skyrim screens to Facebook
In this new Prey 2 screen we finally get a look at Tommy, and the latest from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim shows off the Dunmer or Dark Elf race.
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Posted in: Action, Bethesda, PC, PS3, RPG, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: human head, human head studios, prey 2, Skyrim, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Tue, Aug 09, 2011 | 23:48 BST
Sega boss: PS Vita “brilliant” and “beautiful”
Although it has just one announced title for the system, Sega is quite keen on PS Vita.
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Posted in: Sega, Sports, Vita
Tags: Mike Hayes, Virtua Tennis 4
Tue, Aug 09, 2011 | 22:11 BST
US News Wrap August 9 – What Happened Today
It’s nigh on five o’clock and it’s time for me to finish up for the day. At least on here. I do other things other than write up news posts, ya know. I have a life. A grand life with all sorts of activities and friends to do things with, a band to sing in, a treadmill to work out on, horses to ride, and a book to write.
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Posted in: America, News Wrap, VG247
Tags: US News Wrap, what happened today
2K Marin staff working on second major project