Monthly Archives: September 2011

Riot has released new skin shots for Talon, Nunu and Vayne, as well as new artwork for each from League of Legends. Enjoy.

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“We think the best position we can be in with respect to studio structure is fewer is better. The two we just shut in Australia were working on games that aren’t consistent with our strategy anymore – one on a movie tie-in, one on a kids’ game. Our strategy now is bringing fewer, bigger triple-A titles to market: one or two original IPs each year, and sequelling them every two to two-and-a-half years. We’re trying to reduce the cost of bringing high quality games to market. Our studio in Montreal will grow from 150 to 400 employees in the next couple of years. We’re going to be able to make games there for 40 percent less than some of our other studios.” – THQ CFO Paul Pucino speaking at the Citi Global Technology Conference.

Housemarque has released a teaser for House of the Dead: Overkill – Extended Cut and its is full of shooting and gore as you would expect. And more strippers too, apparently.The game is heading to PS3 October 25 in North America and October 28 in Europe.

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Betheda’s Todd Howard has confirmed to G4 that players will be able to take on the role of a vampire in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

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It’s that time again, only it’s Saturday.

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Toshinori Aoki, director of digital content at Marvelous Entertainment, believes fans of Harvest Moon are more concerned with having fun, than playing an HD version of the game.

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Ubisoft’s senior VP of sales and marketing, Tony Key, has said the firm doesn’t plan on releasing Child of Eden as a downloadable title at the moment, despite it being offered via a download code in a new Kinect bundle.

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CD Projekt Red are open to the possibility of a third installment in The Witcher series, which considering how popular the franchise is, it’s no wonder.

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id Software has released updates and the source code for Wolfenstein 3D Classic Platinum and DOOM Classic on iOS. Updates include universal apps with iPad and Retina Display support, revised user interface with a re-mastered HUD and all new menu art, re-mastered sound from the original MIDI source files, locked 60 fps for Wolfenstein 3D Classic Platinum/Lite assorted bugfixes and much more. You can download the prevalent files through here. Back in August during QuakeCon, John Carmak said id plans to release the DOOM 3 source code this year, once RAGE is out the door. Thanks, Joystiq.

It looks as though Gears of War 3 was sent out to customers a few days early in Norway.

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Frictional Games has said it sold a little over 391,102 copies of its survival horror game, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and 75 percent of sales for the game were accrued through discounted offers.

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A US district court judge has dismissed a case against EA which was brought against the firm by ex-Rutgers University quarterback Ryan Hart. Hart accused EA of using his image in NCAA Football without his expressed permission. The judge said EA was well within its First Amendment rights of free expression, which outweighed Hart’s ability to control the use of both his name and likeness. EA’s lawyer issued a statement saying she and EA were both pleased with the outcome, which “validates Electronic Arts’ rights to create and publish its expressive works.” Another lawsuit pending against EA, from Arizona and Cleveland players, is still on the docket, but since both suits were filed for the same reason as Hart’s, it looks as though these may end up being dismissed as well. Via Reuters.

Bioware has released a progression video for the Smuggler class in Star Wars: The Old Republic. Those choosing to play the class in the game, will need to rely on “wit and guile just as much as the blaster at his side.” According to the description, as the Smuggler’s bounty grows, so does the danger posed by enemies. You saw what happened to Han – he was frozen in carbonite, ya know. However, the Smuggler will acquire new skills and “utilize more powerful weapons and armor” as he progresses, not only in order to gain advantage over his enemies, but also “to survive.” Check out the video for the class below.

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Ex-Ubisoft and Eidos employees Justin Cyr, Jonathan Lavigne and Jean-François Major have formed a new indie studio in Montreal called Tribute Games.

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Just Add Water and Oddworld Inhabitants have uploaded four new screenshots for Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD onto Facebook, and we’ve got each one posted for you below. This will be Stranger’s Wrath first time on PS3, and will include HD graphics and as well as “a host of new features,” which are to be announced closer to launch. The game is set to launch on PSN in the next couple of months, and the firm is also at work on PS Vita versions of Munch’s Oddysee and Stranger’s Wrath for late 2011 or early 2012. An HD update of Abe’s Oddysee is projected towards the end of 2012.

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EA’s The Sims Social has more daily active users than Zynga’s FarmVille, according to current information from AppData. It now has 9.3 million DAUs, moving Zynga’s FarmVille into second place. The later’s CityVille, is still the most popular game on Facebook though, with around 14 million DAUs. EA CFO Eric Brown told Gamasutra that Sims Social players log an average 15 to 20 minutes in the game three times a day. Currently, the game has over 34 million monthly active users, which is up considerably over September 7, when it was nearing the 30 million MAU mark.

Blizzard has provided some information regarding two of the magical artifacts Dibalo III players will acquire in the game.

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Convention season has taken its toll. With TGS looming, we’ve lost Pat. He is, as you all know, dead. Or without Internet. We, however, must soldier on. Here’s the week’s biggest stories and what they all mean.

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A Los Angeles judge has finally set a date as to when the lawsuit between Jason West & Vince Zampella against Activision can begin. The run-in to E3 2012 just got a whole lot more interesting.

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Work was bit light for me today, compared to normal, so it won’t take too long to get you caught up on the US shift.

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