Monthly Archives: September 2011

Need for Speed: The Run’s now confirmed for a December 1 release in Japan on PS3, 360, Wii and 3DS. It was announced after the end of a, quite frankly, badly-controlled demo by EA Japan at a stage show for the game by Sega, who are publishing EA’s titles in the country. Pre-order details, such as bonus cars and challenge events, were also mentioned near the end.

The game releases here in Europe on November 18, with a US release three days earlier.

EA’s offering a very temping incentive to pre-order Battlefield 3 from Origin for those who haven’t yet. If you decide to go with the EA service, you’ll get in return, as well as DLC and early access to the beta, a free download of Dead Space 2. But there’s a snag: there are only limited copies of DS2 left. This seems to be a US offer, by the looks of it. as there’s no similar deal on the UK storefront.

The DICE shooter launches at the end of October. Here’s its latest video. Thanks, Joystiq.

Epic design boss Cliff Bleszisnki has confirmed that Shadow Complex 2 is “largely designed,” with the company looking for a partner to bring it to the masses.

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What a long, long day it’s been. However, it’s over with now. At least for me.

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Go, go, go.

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Valhalla Games Studios head Tomonobu Itagaki has said the firm will use a customized version of Relic’s game engine with Devil’s Third, and adding its own choice of middleware.

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Gaikai CEO David Perry has said the firm is targeting 100 million users by the end of 2012.

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“It was definitely a conscious decision for id to move away from that dark corridor setting. We didn’t want to follow the same formula. When you’re inside RAGE’s missions, they’re very classic id. But the technology allowed us to really move out of that and let our artists be artists.” – Tim Willits, creative director of RAGE to MCV.

Destructiod’s Editor-in-Chief Nick Chester has announced he is leaving the site to become a publicist for Harmonix.

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Xbox Live TV is still in the planning stages and will release sometime in 2011, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

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Falcom has said the reason it chose to re-imagine Ys IV instead of making a new game in the series was due to fans wanting it.

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A large patch is on the way for Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Get familiarized the list of fixes and additions below.

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Hold on to your hats, there’s a another big list of shorts for you today below the break.

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Street Fighter X Tekken producer Yoshinori Ono said said the fighter will have free and paid DLC available “post-launch for an allotted period of time,” and plans are to make it cross-compatible between Vita and PS3.

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A report over on GamePron, citing a tweet from the Melbourne Chapter of International Game Developers’ Association, states that the Melbourne, Australia arm of Visceral Games may be shuttered come Monday. Details on the closure are next to nil at the moment, but according to the tweet: “I’m hearing Visceral are meeting on Monday with HR whether it’s closure then or some redundancies first remains to be seen.” EA owns Visceral, which has studios in Redwood Shores, California and Montreal, Canada as well, and are best-known for Dead Space, Godfather 2, and Dante’s Inferno. EA’s website states the studio was working on new, unannounced triple-A title IP, and when reached for comment from Gamespot, the firm said it does not comment on rumors.

Konami has released screeshots for Silent Hill: Downpour and Silent Hill HD Collection out of TGS. Both are slated for release in October, and Japan will see the HD Collection released in 2012.

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Believe.

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Resident Evil 4 HD hits PSN next week, complete with bonus content from previous versions, and at launch, Sony is handing out five free RE4 avatars to anyone who purchases it. Also, Plus subscribers will get 50 percent off the price, meaning they will pay €9.99/£7.99/$9.99. The PSone version of Resident Evil 1 Director’s Cut will also be made available free to Plus subscribers. Code Veronica X HD is releasing the following week on September 27, and the PS Blog says more details on that will be revealed next week.

Both versions will also be released via the XBL Games on Demand service.

Square has released a video for Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, its 3DS RPG. According to Andriasang, a sample of the game can be seen through the e-Shop, and an “AR Demo App” is also available through the e-Shop. The video makes use of a special AR card, you can get at the Tokyo Game Show through this weekend and via the game’s official site on September 22.

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Sledgehammer CEO Glen Schofield has said there are discussions “all the time” over Call of Duty’s annualization, and the development teams have conversations about the possibility of the series losing momentum.

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