Monthly Archives: August 2011
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 16:00 BST
Snowblind “drawing as much” inspiration from Lord of the Rings films for War in the North’s scale
Snowblind has said that the scale in Lord of the Rings: War in the North has been inspired by the scale seen in the Peter Jackson films from a few years ago.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, RPG, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: lord of the rings: war in the north, Ruth Tomandi, snowblind
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 15:54 BST
ArenaNet: Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 will be able to coexist
ArenaNet global brand manager Chris Lye has said the firm plans to keep Guild Wars going even after the launch of Guild Wars 2, providing the player base is still active.
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Posted in: MMO, NCSoft, PC
Tags: arenanet, Chris Lye, guild wars, Guild Wars 2
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 15:04 BST
Feel the anger: Extensive hands-on with id’s RAGE
Martin Mathers goes hands-on with id Software’s essentially finished’ new shooter. Impressions and new screens are below.
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Posted in: Bethesda, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: id software, rage, tim willits
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 14:37 BST
NFS: The Run Limited Edition contains three super-hot cars
EA has announced a Need for Speed: The Run Limited Edition which contains access to the Lamborghini Aventador, Camaro ZL1 and the Porsche 911 Carrera S.
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Posted in: 3DS, EA, PC, PS3, Racing, Screens, Videos, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: black box, need for speed, need for speed: the run, NFS: The Run, The Run
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 14:14 BST
Hawkins suggests casual devs practice platform agnosticism because iOS is “close to peaking”
Digital Chocolate CEO Trip Hawkins believes if Apple were to “support all of the web standards,” instead of maintain staunch control over it’s App Store along with continued insistence on using HTML5, the firm could be “the best at everything.”
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Posted in: App Store, Casual, Mobile, iOS, iPad, iPhone
Tags: digital chocolate, trip hawkins
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 19:01 BST
Lord of the Rings: War in the North to launch in November
Warner’s confirmed release dates for Lord of the Rings: War in the North which will launch in the US on November 1, Australia November 2, and in Europe on November 4. The Snowblind action-RPG, is the spirtual successor to Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance, according to the firm. We had a chat with Snowblind on the game yesterday. Watch for quotes from 4pm.
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Posted in: PC, PS3, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: lord of the rings: war in the north, snowblind
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 13:41 BST
Rumour – iPhone 5 mock-ups get pictured, published online
Gizmodo‘s published what it says are mock-ups from a factory in China where the iPhone 5 is being manufactured. The design has a more curved look, similar to the first-gen iPhone, mixed with that of iPhone 4. The fifth-gen iPhone has been rumoured for ages now, with a reveal due to happen sometime in the autumn. Apple has, obviously, said nothing on such an event. Not yet anyways. More at the link.
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 13:34 BST
EA Sports launches Season Ticket sub services for Xbox 360 and PS3
EA Sports has launched Season Ticket, which is an annual subscription service for its main sports franchises FIFA, Madden, NHL and Tiger Woods’ PGA Tour.
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Posted in: EA Sports, PS3, Sports, Xbox 360
Tags: ea sports, EA Sports Season Ticket, fifa, madden, nhl, Peter More, Season Ticket, tiger woods
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 15:00 BST
Report – Borderlands 2 to be announced “soon”
Borderlands 2 is set to get its formal announcement soon, according to a just-published Eurogamer report.
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Posted in: 2K, PC, PS3, RPG, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: borderlands 2, gearbox software
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 11:43 BST
Sony: Vita could be used as PS3 controller
PlayStation Vita could be used to become a Wii U-like controller for PlayStation 3 content, Sony said recently at Develop.
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Posted in: PS3, Sony, Vita
Tags: phil rogers
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 11:06 BST
Kudo: Kinect tech can “build stories and storytelling” that’s “more user-driven”
Kinect creative director Kudo Tsunoda has said the tech can held make stories in games which will be “user-driven.”
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Posted in: Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Kudo Tsunoda
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 09:50 BST
Rise of Nightmares gets new screens
Sega’s released a couple of new screens for Kinect horror game Rise of Nightmares. Not much else to say other than you can find them on D’Toid. Announced last year at Tokyo Game Show during Microsoft’s keynote, it’ll release on Septemebr 6 in the US and September 9 in Europe for Xbox 360.
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 09:22 BST
Namco Bandai: Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions “perma-saves” can be deleted
Namco Bandai has clarified that save data in Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions for 3DS can be deleted, despite a report from Shack yesterday claiming otherwise.
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Posted in: 3DS, Namco Bandai
Tags: Pac-man & Galaga Dimensions
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 09:12 BST
BULLETCAST, August 2 – What you need to know now
Sony’s acquired Sucker Punch. And some other stuff. Catch up on the major headlines in the past 24 hours in video and text form below.
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Posted in: Bulletcast, News Wrap
Tags: news bulletin
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 15:00 BST
Sony acquires inFamous dev Sucker Punch – details
Sony has bought inFamous developer Sucker Punch, the company has announced this morning.
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Posted in: PS3, Sony
Tags: infamous, sucker punch
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 07:53 BST
AU News Wrap, August 02 – What Happened Today
What a day. I’m horribly ill, high on cough syrup and plagued with technical problems. Be thankful I don’t run away and join the circus.
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Posted in: News Wrap
Tags: AU News Wrap, what happened today
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 07:37 BST
Tuesday Shorts – Just Dance 3, fringe financials, Twittah
Next week is going to be epic. This week? Yeah, not so much.
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Posted in: Kinect, Rhythm action, Shorts, Ubisoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, indie
Tags: catherine, ChangYou, Cut the Rope, ESPN, Gameloft, Just Dance 3, Keita Takahashi, Lollipop Chainsaw
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 | 23:46 BST
House of the Dead: Overkill: Extended Cut gets two PS3-exclusive levels
Sega’s announced that House of the Dead: Overkill: Extended Cut will get two exclusive levels when it releases on PS3 later this year. The first of these levels is called Naked Terror, and sees you play as Varla and Candy – previously NPC characters in the Wii version – as you fend off stripper and biker mutants. The second level will be announced in more detail soon. There’s more info at the EU PS Blog.
House of the Dead: Overkill: Extended Cut will get a release on PS3 on October 28.
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Posted in: Horror, PS3, PlayStation Move, Sega, Shooter
Tags: The House of the Dead: Overkill, The House of the Dead: Overkill - Extended Cut
Fri, Aug 05, 2011 | 13:47 BST
The Xbox Story, Part 1: The Birth of a Console
Xbox celebrates its tenth birthday this year, having launched in the US on November 15, 2001. In this four-part special, Patrick Garratt talks to members of the console’s original team and tells its release story.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360
Tags: ed fries, kevin bachus, seamus blackley, the xbox story
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 05:43 BST
Batman: Arkham City pre-order bonus fashion parade
If you’re the kind to shop around retailer-exclusive bonus content, you may want to cast your eyes over the Batman: Arkham City skins on offer.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PC, PS3, Warner Bros., Wii U, Xbox 360
Tags: Batman: Arkham City, pre-order bonus, rocksteady, rocksteady studios
2K Marin staff working on second major project