Monthly Archives: September 2011
Sat, Sep 24, 2011 | 11:11 BST
Diablo III to ship in early 2012, beta test extended
Blizzard has announced Diablo III will ship in early 2012.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 13:01 BST
Bioware: “We have to be ready for the biggest online launch in history”
Bioware’s Star Wars: The Old Republic Project Lead James Ohlen has said that the company is working hard preparing for what could be the largest scale online launch gaming has ever seen for the Star Wars MMO.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 15:39 BST
EG Expo: GW2 Charr character creation and gameplay shown
NCSoft’s showed Guild Wars 2 during a session Eurogamer Expo, which we liveblogged. Get acquainted with what Johnny during the stage demos, and other nuggets of information below.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 12:30 BST
Deus Ex: Human Revolution mod pulls the gold filter, makes the game look better
Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s black-and-gold colour scheme was a very deliberate design decision on the part of the team at Eidos Montreal – but fans have already modified it out of the PC version of the hit title.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 12:02 BST
Friday Shorts: Ninja Gaiden Vita, GoldenEye Stealth, RISK and more
A blast of piping hot news right to your face, the highlight of which is a crossover of Metal Gear Solid and the board game RISK.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 11:18 BST
PlayStation Home to get free-to-play FPS
Sony Computer Entertainment have revealed Bootleggers, a new free-to-play first person shooter that takes place inside the upcoming new version of PlayStation Home.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 10:40 BST
Katamari Amore hitting iOS next week
Apple devices are to get their second entry in the Katamari Damacy series next week in the form of Katamari Amore, a new release with both free and paid versions.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 10:17 BST
Valve push up DotA 2′s release
Valve are listening to fan demand and pushing forward the release of DotA 2 so that folks can get their hands on it as soon as possible, they’ve announced.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 09:59 BST
Revisit Another World on iOS
It’s only fitting that some of the most fabulous retro games are getting a new lease of life on some of the most fabulous new technology – case in point: The 20th anniversary re-release of classic platformer Another World, which has just been launched for iOS.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 09:58 BST
Final Fantasy XIV finally gets Chocobos
There was a lot wrong with Final Fantasy XIV at launch, but it’s hard to believe that the game skipped over one of the series’ most iconic pieces of imagery – the Chocobo. In the latest patch, players can finally ride the gigantic birds.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 13:48 BST
EG Expo hands-on: Battlefield 3 brings out the big guns
Battlefield 3. The biggest game at Eurogamer Expo this year. And for good reason. Johnny Cullen tells you why the DICE shooter is the one to be at during the show.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 09:36 BST
Tetris Axis shakes up a classic on 3DS
There’s no shortage of releases of gaming classic Tetris out there – but the new 3DS title Tetris Axis is actually going a long way to do interesting and unique things with that 27-year-old formula.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 09:21 BST
Ninja Gaiden 3 adds an element of remorse
Ninja Gaiden 3 will let you transform into a fire dragon, able to kill everybody in the room and absorb their life energies. And while it’ll dispatch everybody double-quick, you may start second-guessing your attack.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 09:08 BST
Blizzard: Diablo 3 “feels even better” with a gamepad
Blizzard’s console intentions for Diablo 3 are hinted at yet again with the game’s director telling the press how well he feels the game benefits from being played with a controller.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 08:52 BST
Aion’s anniversary celebrated with events, new game content
NCSoft have revealed that they’re going to kick of a variety of different celebratory events this week in honour of Aion: The Tower of Eternity, which turns two in the US and Europe this week.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 08:29 BST
THQ confirm UFC Undisputed 3 Pre-order Bonuses
THQ has released the details on their US pre-order incentives for their upcoming mixed martial arts brawler UFC Undisputed 3.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 08:09 BST
Minecraft 1.9 leaked – by Mojang
At the risk of sounding repetitive… “Another day, another new snippet of Minecraftian goodness.” No, really. Also at the risk of sounding repetitive, the new update for the game has been “leaked” by the company. This is not last week’s news, I checked. Today, we’re talking about pre-release Version 1.9, which Jens Bergensten from Mojang has shared with the world.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 08:09 BST
Max and the Magic Marker PS3 gets a date
Developer Press Play has confirmed that their Wii indie hit Max and the Magic Marker is set to hit PSN later this month in Europe and next month in the US.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 07:50 BST
A look inside Berlin’s Indie Game Jam
Online gaming magazine start-up START//Select has posted up an interesting video-based look at Berlin’s Indie Game Jam, a four-day event that sees indie developers gather and challenge and learn from each other in a Berlin coffee shop.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 08:15 BST
Max Payne 3: You can stop worrying, now
In a world where sequels, “spiritual successors” and long-overdue reboots are getting thrown around like nobody’s business, developers are struggling to keep all the people happy all the time. A lot of them are taking the unusual approach of changing virtually everything about the game in order to release their new, loosely-affiliated project. Rockstar Games, on the other hand, figure that “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” promising that Max Payne 3 will be full of the things we know and love from the first two.


Reckoning contains online pass locking House of Valor questline