Monthly Archives: October 2011

It’s D-Day in the US as far as Battlefield 3 is concerned, but those in the UK won’t get it until Friday, so to help tide you over, or make the wait even worse for you, check out the first 15 minutes of the game below, courtesy of G4.

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Blizzard COO Paul Sams has said the firm is offering Diablo III free to World of Warcraft Annual Pass subscribers as a way to “show an amount of gratitude,” to the player base.

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NOA has announced blue and pink DSi XL bundles for the US. The packs will land in stores starting November 6. The Metallic Rose and Midnight Blue versions will come with Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem, and will run you $169.99. Nintendo announced earlier today that Icy White and Misty Pink 3DS bundles would launch in Europe on November 18, and will include a copy of Super Mario 3D Land, and Nintendogs + Cats, respectively.

EA has announced that pre-orders for Battlefield 3 hit close to the 3 million mark when it went on sale, today in the US. It’s unknown at present whether these figures are worldwide or just for the US. EA will report its Q2 results this coming Thursday, and while the fiscal report won’t include sales figures for the shooter, the firm may provide a more solid figure for the pre-order sector. Just last week, the firm said pre-orders were at “around 2 million,” and back in early September, EA CFO Eric Brown said the figure stood at around 1.25 million. BF3 is out today in the US and hits the UK Friday.

“I think Call of Duty delivers epic scale, so the single player does amazing stuff. It effectively puts you in the heart of a movie that Michael Bay directed, and it’s just… explosions everywhere. It’s that experience that really resonates with people. They love it. That once-in-a-lifetime, you get in there, and you’re like ‘wow, I can’t believe I’m doing all this stuff.’ So yeah, I think that’s what Call of Duty delivers. Epic scale, and fantastic storytelling.” – Activision senior brand manager Eric Folliot to Spong.

Johan Andersson, rendering architect at DICE, held a presentation called “Shiny PC Graphics in Battlefield 3″ at GeForce LAN 6, which took place on the USS Hornet Aircraft Carrier, October 14-16. Andersson’s talk focused on five graphical components in Battlefield 3: objects, lighting, effects, terrain, and post-processing.

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Funcom’s announced its seen 500,000 people sign up for the closed beta of The Secret World. The MMO, which kicked off signups in August, is being published by EA Partners. Funcom CEO interest in TSW is “even greater than we experienced with ‘Age of Conan’ at the same stage of development.”

Full press release is here. Full banana’s out next April.

Blizzard has said PvP players will be able to distinguish whether the neutral Pandarian Monk class in World of Warcraft is fighting for Alliance or Horde by using the game’s enemy UI.

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Warner’s announced this lunchtime that shipment numbers of Batman: Arkham City have hit 4.6 million units.

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The biggest and best left-field announcement ever: Rockstar Games, out of nowhere, has announced Grand Theft Auto V, with its debut trailer appearing online next week.

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Zynga will go ahead with its IPO and begin trading shares before Thanksgiving, according to Reuters. The report claims, via two anonymous sources, the company will take part in the typical two-week roadshow of presenting its offering to investors before the holiday on November 24. Zynga originally announced a $1 billion IPO back in July.

It has. There’s a proper ton of photos from the event, from the opening ceremony and Felicia Day signing autographs to the Foo Fighters closing off the show. See Morhaime and Metzen in action, plus more, below. Catch up on our event coverage from it here.

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It’s looking not too shabby. Get it below the break. The game, which releases in the west as part of the MGS HD Collection, launches as a separate game in Japan on PS3 and 360 on November 10.

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Following confirmation this morning of a Australian release, Nintendo has announced this morning it’ll release the pink-flavoured 3DS in Europe alongside a white SKU on November 18. Both colours were first announced last month and earlier this month a piece for Japan. Both colours will be bundled with games ahead of the Christmas season: the white console will get Super Mario 3D Land, while Nintendogs + Cats will accompany pink.

The White and pink 3DS’s will then release separately in December.

GAME and GameStation have published the full list of stores taking part for midnight launches in the UK for Battlefield 3 this Thursday/Friday. You can probably find the same usual spots on the list on there, so you should be covered either way. Some stores will open up early to consumers take part in any trade-in offers. GAME’s website has recommended, however, to “check with your local branch before going out on the night as they will have the latest information.”

Find GAME’s full list of stores opening here and GameStation’s through this.

A Nintendo-licensed steering wheel peripheral from Hori is on the way for Mario Kart 7 in Japan. The wheel for the 3DS racer will go on sale at ¥1,280 alongside the game’s release in the country on December 1.

Thanks, Andriasang.

It’s Tuesday. It’s only barely into the working week. And I’m only a day away from heading to the GMAs. It’s go time. Get caught up below.

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Ahead of Final Fantasy Type-0 launching in Japan on Thursday, more details have come out before release, including new assets, how disc swapping works and fully moving into development of Final Fantasy Versus XIII.

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GT’s posted a new trailer of Grand Slam Tennis 2 in action, confirming more than 20 of the top players of the support, past and present, in the game. Some of them mentioned in the trailer include Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Jo-Wilfried Tonga, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe and Novak Djokavic. Get the video below the break.

It’s out next year for PS3 and 360.

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In case you’re yet to understand what Inversion is all about, this latest trailer makes it very clear. Turn things upside down, and then shoot them.

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