Monthly Archives: August 2011

En Masse Entertainment has announced its oft-delayed TERA will be released during spring 2012.

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Nintendo has released some screenshots and character artwork for Mario Kart 7, which is slated for a holiday release on 3DS. Check ‘em out below.

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Warner has issued its financial report for Q2 of its fiscal year and the firm’s Filmed Entertainment division, which its videogame segment falls under, saw a 13 percent increase in revenue to $2.8 billion year-on-year. The firm attributed this growth to the releases of Mortal Kombat and LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean. The Time Warner group reported an overall 10 percent revenue increase to $7 billion, compared to $6.4 billion for the same period in its last fiscal year. Thanks, Gamasutra.

Some shots from upcoming web series Dragon Age: Redemption starring Felica Day have landed on the net, and we’ve got ‘em posted for you below.

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Headaches. Lots and lots of headaches. All involving gamescom.

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Karl Stewart, brand manager at Crystal Dynamics, has said his main role at the firm is understanding game brands and how to “flip the tables on franchises,” which is something he and the development team are currently doing with Tomb Raider.

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A teaser video for Grasshopper Manufacture’s PSN and XBL shooter Sine Mora has been released. Co-developed at Digital Reality and scored by former Silent Hill man Akira Yamaoka, the “diesel punk” game has plenty of floating robots with octoarms, and massive trains and planes that do things only a fantasy setting such as this would allow. While the video doesn’t show any real gameplay, it does show off enough in-game footage to give you an idea of what to expect when it is released this winter. Thanks, GameSetWatch.

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Valve has explained the reason many Steam users are experiencing DirectX installs whenever a new or older game is downloaded onto the users system.

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Battlefield series producer Patrick Bach has said that turning Battlefield into a yearly series akin to Call of Duty would effectively kill off the series.

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Sony has updated the European end of the PS Store and along with a Square Enix discount on Tomb Raider PSone classics and Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood hitting which was announced yesterday, there’s also the final episode of Back to the Future, 3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures 2 and plenty more.

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2K’s formally announced, after yonks and donkeys of rumour and speculation, that Borderlands 2 is a real thing. Yes it is.

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Sony’s detailed this month’s content line-up for PlayStation Plus, featuring discounts for those yet to buy the first two Assassin’s Creed games. You’ll get the first game half-price, while Assassin’s Creed II is 20 percent off, as well as come with all of its DLC for free. If you buy Brotherhood, which launches today, you’ll get two free PSN avatars. Plus subs will also get Crash Commando for free, as well as the original Rayman on PS1.

There’s more details on the EU PS Blog.

Eurogamer’s announced today that NCSoft and OnLive are to sponsor this year’s Eurogamer Expo party. Tickets will go for £50 for the event at The Pembroke pub on September 23, with all proceeds going towards GamesAid. Entertainment will be provided by The Nextmen and A.Skills. There’s more details at GI.biz.

According to the resume of ex-Ubisoft Montreal staffer Philippe Baude, Far Cry 2 was in development for Wii and PSP for a short period between late 2006 and early 2007. But as his LinkedIn profile shows, it ended up being canned, leaving PS3, 360 and PC owners to their own devices with the game. And that’s the end of that chapter. The next game in the series, Far Cry 3, launches next year for PS3, 360 and PC.

Thanks, Kotaku.

Those straws? Over there? As far as Kinect support for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary goes, 343 Industries’ Frankie O’Connor has said you should be clutching them.

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1C’s announced on its website its line-up for gamescom. They include Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad, Ghost of Moscow: Death to Spies, Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades, Royal Quest, Star Wolves 3: Ashes of Victory, Off-road Drive, Men of War: Vietnam and Men of War: Assault Squad. Boom. gamescom takes place in Cologne between August 17-21.

Majesco’s released a brand new dev diary for Bloodrayne: Betrayal, which explains what developer Wayforward’s aims for in the new title and more. Not much else to say other than it’s below the break, via Joystiq. Game’s out at the end of the month for PSN and XBLA.

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Core games on Kinect. Paying more for EA Sports. Pre-ordering Battlefield 3. It’s just another day at the giant coalface we call “games news”.

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Namco Bandai’s announced a brand new RPG called Heroes Fantasia in the new issue of Famitsu this week. The title is anime-based, and will feature crossovers from ten classic titles. And that’s it. Thanks, Andriasang.

Zoo Entertainment’s released a brand new trailer for Storm. It’s a puzzler coming to PSN and Xbox Live Arcade this summer from Eko Software. Get it below the break, via Joystiq.

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