Monthly Archives: October 2011

The official Persona 4 website has been updated by Atlus, and two new characters have been revealed for fighter spin-off The Ultimate in Mayokano Arena. Naoto Shirogane and Teddie (Kuma) have been added to the roster, and both of them should be familiar to anyone who’s played Persona 4. You can check out the screens and artwork below.

Thanks, Andriasang.

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Nvidia’s launched a new set of graphic card drivers for Battlefield 3, and PC gamers can expect a “major” performance boost when the game releases later this week.

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Rachet and Clank and Resistance developer Insomniac Games has filed trademarks for two new titles, “Galaxy Beasts” and “Space Beasts”, suspected to be two different names for the same project.

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Mojang boss Markus Persson has said upcoming card game Scrolls will use certain “aspects” of the free-to-play business model, although he admitted the term was “a bit overly inflammatory.”

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With the reviews embargo now lifted, scores have started to drop in for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception before next week’s release. Are the ratings as high as Uncharted 2? Signs point to yes.

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With Battlefield 3 launching in the US tomorrow, we publish 40 minutes of game boss Patrick Bach fielding questions from the community winners and journalists from VG247, Eurogamer and Rock, Paper, Shotgun.

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Incredible.

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Expect to see a lot more of this from retailers before Friday. HMV’s offering Battlefield 3 for £2.99 if you decide to trade in Batman: Arkham City or Forza Motorsport 4. The retailer has also lined up something else in regards to Uncharted 3, enabling potential owners to have it for £2.99 if they trade the DICE shooter a week later. Game is offering alternatives, letting owners of Forza, Arkham, PES 2012 or Gears of War 3 trade in any one for BF3 for £4.99.

BF3′s out this Friday on PS3, 360 and PC. Thanks, MCV.

BAFTA’s announced the list of games nominated within this year’s list of games categories in the Children’s BAFTAs. For best game, the choice is between Kirby’s Epic Yarn, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean, LittleBigPlanet 2 and Pokemon Black & White. In the Kids Choice award, nominations are between Angry Birds Rio, Cut the Rope, FIFA 11, Just Dance 2, Kinect Sports, Michael Jackson: The Experience, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Professor Layton and the Lost Future, The Sims 3, Wii Party. Size Five Games’ Privates is also up for a nomination in the Learning – Secondary category.

The ceremony happens on November 27.

ConnectedLondon has a Dance Central 2 promo video shot at the weekend, showing the Harmonix game in action in public alongside model Kelly Brook. There was also a DJ set from Little Boots at the London event. Watch it below.

Despite the push, the game only landed 40th in this morning’s UK charts.

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DICE released over the weekend a brand new video for Battlefield 3, showing major set-pieces in a furious firefight, set between flashes of real-life and the game itself. It’s action-packed, as you’ll see below the break.

The EA shooter’s out in the US tomorrow and in the UK on Friday for PS3, 360 and PC. Here’s the reviews for the PC version so far.

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There’s “scope” to remake the original, strategy-based Syndicate, but only for platforms “more suitable” than consoles, the game’s producer on the EA Partners side has said.

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Stace Harman takes a look at the shady dealings in Funcom’s new modern-day MMO and speaks to lead designer, Martin Harsheim Bruusgaard.

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Batman: Arkham City is the new number one in the UK charts, giving it the 4th biggest launch this year.

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US movie streamer Netflix has announced this morning it’ll introduce Netflix to the UK and Republic of Ireland by early next year.

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Boom, boom, boom. With Battlefield 3 preparing to release in the US tomorrow and on Friday in the UK, reviews for the PC version have started going live.

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BioWare Mythic senior creative director Paul Barnett will keynote GDC China next month. Barnett’s talk at the Shanghai-based event is called, “Global Reach and Local Limits – Paul’s Personal Truths about Online Game Development,” and will see him, according to GameSpot, detail how “online play has affected game design in terms of geographic proximity and focusing on culture.”

More details at the link. The show takes place between November 12 to 14.

Stats from the live page on Steam show recently-released action-RPG Dungeon Defenders as a big hit on the service following last week’s. It is, as of now, currently second in the Steam charts behind Team Fortress 2, having had a peak of 21,862 players today so far. The game, made by Trendy, is currently seeing around 11,500 players.

DD also released on XBLA and PSN.

Long time Starcraft rivals Nestea and IMMvp faced off over the weekend in the Blizzard Invitational. Full match in video form through the break.

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Ahead of Battlefield 3′s release in the US tomorrow, media has started appearing online of a leaflet that seemingly teases the upcoming new Medal of Honor within copies of the shooter.

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