Monthly Archives: September 2011

It’s Friday. Thank [insert expletive here]! Have some shorts to get you started.

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“42 percent of Xbox Live Gold members in the US are watching an average of an hour of television and movies on their Xbox, every single day. [That's] more than 30 hours of digitally distributed television and movies.” Senior product manager of Xbox Live, Terry Farrell, to Joystiq.

An anonymous tipster has sent iWaggle a video showing what appears to be a Move title in the works dubbed Odd Forest, and told the site that information on it will be revealed soon. It’s posted below the break.

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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, released this week, is apparently not available on Steam despite using Steamworks, nor is its demo available either.

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EA has reiterated its plans to allow other publishers to distribute games on its new digital service, Origin.

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Previews for the Xbox Live Dashboard update have started going live, and according to Microsoft’s director of platform marketing, Albert Penello, the new update will “lay the groundwork for our entertainment future.”

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Yasuhiro Wada and Yoshiro Kimura have left Grasshopper Manufacture, according to a report over in Siliconera.

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It’s finally the weekend. Which means we’re about to enter TGS time. HELL YEAH. Oh, here’s some more Heap.

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That’s probably specifically the best 49 second tease we’ve ever seen.

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Team Ninja’s said on Twitter its to announce its new game at Tokyo Game Show next week. And that’s it. The dev team’s been currently working away on Ninja Gaiden 3 for a 2012 launch on PS3, 360 and Wii U. We’re going long here: Dead or Alive 5 or money back, guaranteed.

Thanks, Andriasang.

When it came time start developing the multiplayer maps in Modern Warfare 3, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer looked at maps contained in previous Call of Duty offerings in order to determine not only what made them fun, but how to implement more verticality and flow. More »

A full detailed list of stage shows from Kojima Productions has made its way online, confirming separate Zone of the Enders and SDATCHER shows.

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NOA has announced the US is getting another color in the form of Metallic Rose, for DSi XL come September 18 – just in time for Kirby Mass Attack. It is pink, obviously, and if you are not into the color, there’s always Bronze, Midnight Blue and Burgundy. Nintendo DSi XL is available at a suggested retail price of $169.99 – the same price as 3DS – while the non-XL version of DSi will run you $149.99. DS Lite, if you have yet to add the handheld to your collection, is now $99.99.

Following the initial announcement this morning, EA UK’s announced this afternoon that Crysis 1 on PS3 and 360 will be a downloadable release only for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade.

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Riot Games has said League of Legends Dominion will be launching very soon, and the developer has posted some information pertaining to the new mode on the game’s official website. It looks as though LoL players can look forward to new craft items from the shop, the ability to participate in shorter matches, items and weapons specific to Dominion, new summoner spells, and a new map which takes place on the Crystal Scar, which contains intersecting paths and control points. There’s no exact date set just yet, but it sounds like it’s not too far off. Hit up the links for more information. Thanks, GamesRadar.

Sony Online Entertainment head John Smedley has confirmed that Planetside 2 will be free-to-play in some form.

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Square Enix has announced its shipped 2 million units of Deus Ex: Human Revolution since its release two weeks ago.

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Rockstar’s just confirmed the first trailer for Max Payne 3 will air next Wednesday at 5pm BST/12pm EST.

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Eurogamer Network’s announced this morning its joined forces with Nintendo Life in a deal which will see become the site’s only advertising and business development agent.

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GameStop UK is to introduce a 320Gb White SKU of PS3, which it has listed on its website. It’ll go on sale, with two white controllers bundled, for £249.97 on November 1, which is just a day short of Uncharted 3 launching in Europe. GameStop will also stock it in its stores that form its retail Irish chain – GameStop UK is online-only – in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.