Monthly Archives: September 2011

Organisers of the Writers Guild Awards have announced the nominations for the Best Videogame awards. Splash Damage’s Ed Stern for Brink, Ninja Theory’s Tameem Antoniades & film producer Alex Garland for Enslaved and ex-journo Kieron Gillen for The Curfew are all up for the award, which will be given out on November 16 at Notting Hill.

Thanks, Videogamer.

Ubisoft’s announced that Jesper Kyd will return to soundtrack the score to Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. Kyd’s been involved with the series since the beginning, and will now score his fourth Assassin’s Creed OST with help from Lorne Balfe. The soundtrack will feature a mix of Greek, Renaissance and Middle Eastern tones.

ACR launches on November 18 in the UK for PS3, 360 and PC. Thanks, GamePro.

Tomonobu Itagaki has said Devil’s Third’s no show from Tokyo Game Show was because it was too early to show the game.

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Final Fantasy XIII-2 producer Yoshinori Kitase has confirmed what to expect in terms of the RPG’s DLC plans, saying that while the content on the disc will suit players, the downloadable content will help extend the game. DLC, according to Kitase, will include additional costumes, weapons and monsters. He also confirmed that FFXIII-2 will have an amusement center, which will have a casino and chocobo races.

The game releases on December 15 in Japan, with launches in the US and Europe on January 31 and February 3 respectively for PS3 and 360. Thanks, Andriasang.

Boomtown, baby. Boomtown.

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From Software’s announced its releasing Armored Core V on January 26 for ¥7,800 in Japan on PS3 and Xbox 360. The mech title was suposed to launch in the country next month, but was delayed back in August because of feedback from the game’s open multiplayer beta this past summer. Namco Bandai is publishing the game for a western release.

Thanks, Andriasang.

I write this as I’m listening to Mazzy Star’s Into Dust, the song used from Gears of War 3′s launch trailer and TV advert. The song gives the feeling of a conclusion, something gamers worldwide will experience from midnight tonight. All the launch details and more inside.

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This weekend just gone, New Orleans played host for The Grand Masquerade, put on by White Wolf. Lucky for us, more than a few juicy tidbits of vampire lore were left over after the ball, all ready to be analysed and inspected.

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Zombie-packed Dead Island has remained at the top of the UK charts this week, its been announced this morning.

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Gears of War 3 goes on sale tonight, Battlefield 3 gets a stonkingly brilliant new video and you’re only going to get two Modern Warfare 3 SKUs. No Zone of the Enders 3, though. YET. Get the first post-TGS, pre-EGX Bulletcast in text and video form below.

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We took VG247 readers Colin Gallacher and Chris Hockey to DICE in Sweden to play some Battlefield 3 co-op, and wanted to know what they thought. First up, it’s Colin.

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Busy looking at all of the shiny that came out of Tokyo Game Show last week? Never fear, we’ve still got some extra shiny bits and pieces to show you.

Right now, that’s a brand new trailer from NeverDead – and by “shiny”, we mean “featuring removable limbs”. There’s also demons, pop stars and a soundtrack from Megadeth, to boot.

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When the original Steel Battalion launched for Xbox, back in 2002, it came with a comically over-sized, purpose-built controller which is now something of a collector’s piece. Nearly ten years later, the game has taken a more minimal approach, in a Kinect-enabled reboot that does away with controllers completely.

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At this year’s E3, Capcom revealed that Street Fighter X Tekken would be headed to the PlayStation Vita, and bringing with it a special pal – Cole McGrath from inFamous. Now, we’ve had a bit of a sneaky peek at just how Cole will look in the game – is it enough to more your brawler from the living room to your pocket?

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Hideo Kojima confirmed at TGS over the weekend that Metal Gear Solid 3DS: Snake Eater would release early next year.

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Everybody, meet Kat. Kat is taking a cel-shaded starring role in upcoming PlayStation Vita exlusive, Gravity Rush (known as Gravity Daze in Japan), and Sony would like you to know a little bit more about her.

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While there was no Zone of the Enders 3 announcement at TGS this weekend, Hideo Kojima has said he still intends to make the sequel. A sequel that was actually at one point in development.

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Famitsu’s gone live with a four minute video from Tokyo Game Show, showing Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance. The video shows Sora entering Traverse Town. He gets himself into a battle or two against the Darkness while he’s at it. Get the video after the break.

KH: DDD releases in Japan next spring for 3DS. No western release has been announced as yet by Square Enix. Thanks, Andriasang.

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Now that the dust is settling after an uber-successful Tokyo Game Show, some of the shine is starting to come off of the things we’ve been promised. The PlayStation Vita – undeniably the star of the show – has a few faults that have risen to the surface. While battery life’s already been addressed, we’re now learning that the handheld’s memory cards are not going to be cheap.

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Games conventions are traditionally quite hot and quite crowded. Last week’s Tokyo Game Show was no exception: Opening day, September 17, was the hottest and the most crowded in the show’s history.

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