Monthly Archives: September 2011

Nintendo’s dropped some direct-feed footage of Luigi’s Mansion 2, the first time we believe the game’s been seen since its unveil at E3 earlier this year. We’re pretty sure this’ll probably drive 3DS sales a bit, considering how demand for a sequel there was before the E3 announce. Get it below the break, via GT. Mario’s less famous brother gets his second big outing on 3DS next year.

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SCEJ president Hiroshi Kawano doesn’t feel Nintendo’s 3DS is a direct competitor to Vita, due to the two handhelds being vastly different from each other in not only looks and tech, but price point.

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Level 5′s confirmed it’s to release Ni No Kuni for the US next year.

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The reviews embargo for F1 2011′s just lifted, with some good scores for this year’s installment coming in thick and fast. Seems like if you’re a proper F1 fan, you may want to get this. Get all the scores below the break. If you have one to add, drop it in the comments.

Game’s out next year for PS3, 360 and PC, with a Japanese Vita release on December 17. Here’s the final dev diary from this morning.

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HMV is doing something a bit mental as the launch day for Gears of War 3 draws night: it’s selling the game for a mere £1.99. There’s a catch though, of course, but not a massive one.

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Deadshot the assassin is the latest villain to be unveiled for Batman: Arkham City. The news comes to us via a couple YouTube videos for Game Trailers TV. One shows the reveal along with some new gadgets, and the other gameplay footage. Host Jeff Keighley even tweeted the Deadshot news last night. Batman: Arkham City is out October 18 in the US and October 21 in the UK. Thanks, IGN. [pic]

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Mojang’s released version 1.8 for Minecraft, known as the Adventure Update, ahead of the game’s full release in November. What’s the big deal? Richard Cobbett delivers the idiot’s guide.

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Epic design head Cliff Bleszinski is launching Gears of War 3, the final part of the IP’s initial trilogy. He speaks to Patrick Garratt on this, the next generation, Bulletstorm’s future and more.

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Konami’s released a new video of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD, showing Snake sneaking and taking out guards before taking them away via futon recovery. You know, the usual. Peace Walker will get a separate retail release in Japan on November 10, but will release as part of the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection in the west for PS3 and 360. Still no western date for that yet.

Video’s below.

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Sony’s released a new trailer for Wipeout 2048, detailing some of the features within the game and more, including crossplay between Vita and PS3, AR unlocks, Near support, an online campaign and more. Not looking too bad neither, so get watching below.

No date yet for the Vita game.

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Sony WorldWide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed PlayStation Vita will have an additional battery option which will extend the handheld’s charge.

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Valve’s made the original Portal free to get from Steam on PC and Mac, but only from now until Tuesday. If you don’t already have the game, get to it here. You’d be very, very silly if you don’t, although that begs an entirely different question: why don’t you have it in the first place?

Thanks, RPS.

Namco’s released a teaser trailer for Rigde Racer Vita, and although it doesn’t contain any gameplay footage, it does just enough to get you all excited if you’re a Ridge Racer fan. The trailer suggests that the new title will lay heavy emphasis on online play as you’re shown connecting with players from all over the world. The game is scheduled to release as part of Vita’s launch line-up of games on December 17. You can watch the teaser after the break.

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Could Sound Shapes be the next Lumines? They’re both deceptively simple, stylish games, both combining audio, video and gameplay in ways we haven’t necessarily seen before, and they’re both for Sony handhelds.

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Codemasters has released the final developer’s diary for F1 2011, show one of the biggest changes for this year’s game in more detail: the inclusion of the safety car. The Codies Birmingham team also talk about the other changes for this year’s game, including the reintroduction of KERS, the new Drag Reduction System (DRS) and the degrading Pirelli tyres.

Get the video below the break. F1 2011 launches next week for PS3, 360 and PC.

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Telltale’s posted an unbox video for the deluxe edition of Back to the Future: The Game. The edition will comes with some special art stuff among other things, including the initial notes of the actual flux capacitor from the Doc himself. You can get the video below the break. You can get the Deluxe Edition from Telltale’s website here.

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We knew there was a new Katamari Damacy rolling towards the PlayStation Vita, but now, Namco Bandai has given us a sneaky peek of what’s in store, with a bunch of screens, a pile of details and one very dizzy trailer.

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We missed these in the avalanche of Tokyo Game Show videos that came our way yesterday. Sony released two brand new trailers of the ICO and Shadow of the Colossus Collection, each highlighting both games. In all honesty, is there anyone who isn’t interested in this pack? It should be mandatory you all get it. Get the videos below the break.

The Team ICO-made collection releases on September 27 in the US and September 28 in the UK.

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Capcom’s shown off the gamescom demo of DMC at Tokyo Game Show. The first part shows Dante and his ghost companion, while the second part shows a lot more of his white-haired side with Devil Trigger activated. This is properly stonking good, with the environments seriously absolutely brilliant. Get watching below the break, via GT.

The Ninja Theory reboot launches next year on PS3 and 360. Get our recent impressions piece from the demo in Germany here. Here’s the TGS trailer.

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Looking quite wicked, so it is. Definitely on the watch list, going by what we played at gamescom as well. Get the trailer, full of new and old faces and thensome, below the break, via GameFront. It’s out next year for PS3 and 360.

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