Monthly Archives: September 2011
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 11:01 BST
Report – Ex-Witcher producer Gop working with City Interactive for new game
According to a report from Polish site Gamikaze, City Interactive has teamed up with ex-producer on The Witcher series Tomasz Gop for a new RPG.
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Posted in: PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: City Interactive, Deck13, Tomasz Gop
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 10:51 BST
Tales of Xillia ships 500,000 units in first week in Japan
Namco’s shipped 500,000 units of RPG Tales of Xillia in its first week on sale in Japan. It was announced a couple of weeks that Xillia had become the most pre-ordered Tales of game in the series’ 15 years, with Namco attributing the success of shipment numbers to the anniversary of the franchise, as well as several collaborations it had planned in the run-in to release. Japanese retailers have also even claimed sellouts for the PS3 exclusive.
Thanks, Andriasang.
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Posted in: Japan, Namco Bandai, PS3, RPG
Tags: Tales of Xillia
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 10:33 BST
Respawn’s Zampella, Sony’s Hocking to headline 3D Gaming Summit in California
Organisers of the 3D Gaming Summit in Hollywood have confirmed that Respawn boss Vince Zampella will be a headline speaker at this year’s event on September 22. Sony WWS 3D boss Mick Hocking will also be attending the event as a feature speaker, giving a talk on “The First Year of 3D on PlayStation 3.” More details on IndustryGamers.
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Posted in: PS3, Sony
Tags: 3d, Mick Hocking, Respawn Entertainment, vince zampella
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 13:45 BST
Resident Evil: Revelations gets TGS trailer
Capcom’s launched the Tokyo Game Show trailer of Resident Evil: Revelations ahead of the show next week. The video shows a woman mostly trying to escape from the enemies seen in the trailer, followed by a brief cameo at the end from Jill Valentine. Revelations, which sees Jill and Chris Redfield team up together to stop a threat on a cruise ship, will launch next year for 3DS.
Get the trailer below.
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Posted in: 3DS, Capcom, Horror
Tags: Resident Evil: Revelations
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 09:39 BST
Team ICO HD Collection hits Meta 90 – roundup
This is definitely something you should miss at your own peril now.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PS3, Sony
Tags: ICO and Shadow of the Colossus: The Collection, team ico, Team ICO Collection
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 08:51 BST
BULLETCAST, September 9 – What you need to know now
Max Payne 3 gets dated at last, Dead Resistance Marine releases today and Crysis is finally confirmed for consoles, all of this as we approach Tokyo next week. Get the final Bulletcast before TGS week in video and text form below.
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Posted in: Bulletcast, News Wrap
Tags: news bulletin
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 08:10 BST
AU News Wrap, September 9 – What happened today
Can it be? Is it really five o’clock? On Friday? Rock. On.
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Posted in: Australia, New Zealand, News Wrap
Tags: AU News Wrap, what happened today
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 07:45 BST
Axed THQ studios were ‘not consistent with’ publisher’s strategy
THQ’s closure of several studios over the past year was part of its strategic realignment, the publisher has said.
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Posted in: THQ, Trade
Tags: Paul Pucino
Sat, Sep 24, 2011 | 20:45 BST
Original Crysis arrives on PS3, X360 next month – first trailer
The game which set the benchmark for high end PCs for years is finally coming to consoles.
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 07:15 BST
California blackout troubles SOE servers
A widespread blackout in California appears to have disrupted service at Sony Online Entertainment.
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 06:57 BST
Dead Island’s “Feminist Whore”: The Tip of the Iceberg
A bit of legacy code in a build which was never meant to be released has lifted the lid on gaming’s undercurrent of sexism.
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Tags: dead island, deep silver, sexism, techland
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 06:28 BST
InFamous 2 patch brings new UGC options
Run out of things to do in InFamous 2? A new update adds in several new features for the user generated content side of things.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PS3, PSN, Sony
Tags: inFamous 2, patch, sucker punch, title update
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 06:20 BST
Tippl: Guitar Hero needed “nurturing and care” to survive
Activision admits it “probably” didn’t do right by the one-time $1 billion Guitar Hero brand.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Rhythm action
Tags: guitar hero, Thomas Tippl
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 06:12 BST
Ubisoft finds success with casual, freemium
In 2010, 40 percent of Ubisoft’s revenue came from its casual games lines – and it sees huge growth in the free to play market.
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Posted in: Casual, Free-to-Play, Ubisoft
Tags: Alain Corre, Yves Guillemot
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 05:08 BST
Xbox Live banhammer hits DLC thieves
Those who have illicilty scored free content from Xbox Live will find themselves taken permanently offline.
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 04:55 BST
The Last Guardian a TGS no-show
Adding to anxiety over Team Ico’s third outing is news The L:ast Guardian will skip the Tokyo Game Show this year.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PS3, Sony
Tags: Brian Dunn, team ico, the last guardian
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 04:10 BST
Need for Speed: The Run trailer shows off latest Porsche 911
EA has lucked out with a license for the extremely new and very shiny 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S. See it in action in this trailer for Need for Speed: The Run.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Racing, Videos, Xbox 360
Tags: EA Black Box, need for speed: the run
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 03:55 BST
From Dust PC DRM removed
Ubisoft has released a patch to remove the always-on DRM on the PC version of Eric Chahi’s strategy god sim, From Dust.
The game was expected to release with a one-time only registration system, but mistakenly shipped with constant connection DRM.
Ubisoft-hosted save files will be migrated to your PC when installing the patch.
Thanks, Blue.
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Posted in: PC, Simulation, Steam, Strategy, Ubisoft
Tags: drm, Eric Chahi, From Dust
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 03:43 BST
More mysterious Tekken x Street Fighter character teasers
Can you identify the two unrevealed Street Fighter x Tekken characters in these teasers, from a combined cast of hundreds?
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 03:35 BST
Definitely no zombies for Modern Warfare 3
Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling has made it clear there won’t be a zombie mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
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Posted in: PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: call of duty: modern warfare 3, infinity ward, robert bowling
Reckoning contains online pass locking House of Valor questline