Monthly Archives: August 2011

Codemasters likes guns. If you were in any doubt on that fact, this Bodycount developer diary devoted entirely to firearms should help.

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US retailers have locked down their Battlefield 3 pre-order bonuses.

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Plenty of in-game footage of Gears of War 3′s most anticipated feature – Horde 2.0 – through the break.

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OnLive is proof against the launch-demand jitters which plague major multiplayer releases, according to director of publisher relations Chris Donahue.

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SCE Europe has announced it will pick up one of the features we’re most jealous of our US brethren for – PSOne Imports on the PlayStation Network.

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Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 and Kirby & the Amazing Mirror have been added to the Gameboy Advance line up of the 3DS Ambassador program.

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The team at Capcom working on Street Fighter x Tekken decided on a single-character elimination system because of their love for Tekken Tag Tournament.

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Valve is determined to make a splash with DotA 2′s gamescom debut, offering $1 million in cash to the winners of its first tournament.

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Sony has released a new story trailer for Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time following the game’s showcase at Comic Con and it reveals the game’s antagonist. El Jefe is a ruthless former mercenary who’s captured dozens of small countries and sold them off to the highest bidder. It’s upto Sly and his gang to bring this dangerous dude to justice. The video contains no gameplay footage but is interesting to watch nonetheless. Sly Cooper is slated for release in 2012, exclusive to PlayStation 3. Watch the video after the break.

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The Humble Indie Bundle 3 has sold more than 1.98 million bundles so far and grossed more than $922,444 at the time of writing this post. In order to celebrate its success and the fact that it’s fast approaching 1,000,000 dollars in sales, Wolfire has decided to add another new game for all purchasers.

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Two off-screen videos featuring gameplay footage from F1 2011 have surfaced on YouTube. One of the videos show the player taking part in a time trail on the Montreal racing circuit while the other features more than 25 mins of gameplay from the Turkish Grand Prix. The visuals of the game are looking more crisp and sharper than its predecessor. The Codemasters developed title launches in September for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. Watch the videos after the break.

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Eight Days, the PlayStation 3 exclusive which was cancelled in 2008, would have been “jaw-dropping”, a developer who played a role in the project told Eurogamer.

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Square Enix has said it has bought the rights to True Crime: Hong Kong from Activision.

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This is spectacularly late, I know. But blame two things: EVO and Warner Bros. Why blame the latter? You’ll find out tomorrow.

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CESA has announced the keynote speakers for this year iteration of Tokyo Game Show, confirming Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada and Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida, among others, for the event.

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505 Games has released a new trailer for Supremacy MMA showing why it’s tagged the “dirtiest MMA game yet”. The game is due out on September 23 for PS3, Xbox 360 and PS Vita. Watch the trailer below.

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Battlefield 3 is likely to feature some kind of online pass, the game’s executive producer Patrick Bach has confirmed to GamerZines.

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We’ve more than seven minutes’ worth of pure Diablo III gameplay footage taken from the beta after the break. It features several locations, spells and characters abilities, as well as some thumping audio. Diablo III had a preview event last week, details of which can be found here. Watch the video after the break.

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EA’s announced that ex-SAS operator and author Andy McNab is to release a Battlefield 3-themed novel, subtitled The Russian. The book will speak of the operator known as Dima, one of two soldiers featured in the shooter’s single-player campaign. Fellow author Peter Grimsdale is also penning the novel alongside McNab. It’ll release alongside the game in October. Click here to win a chance to go to DICE to play the game.

G-Mode’s confirmed in a statement that its CEO Takeshi Miyaji has suddenly died. He was 45 years old. Miyaji was mostly for his work as the creator of Grandia, but is also known for Slipheed and Gun Griffon. His position at G-Mode will be taken over by Ryu Okoriyama.

Thanks, Andriasang.