Monthly Archives: October 2011

Dan Houser, co-founder and vice president of creativity at Rockstar, has said his studio’s open-world GTA games aren’t about violence, but a way to provide players with a medium where freedom of choice is a constant.

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Blizzard not only debuted a trailer for DOTA at BlizzCon yesterday, but it has offered up a few extra details on a game it’s been rather quiet about since it was announced at BlizzCon 2010.

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Activision has released the launch trailer for Modern Warfare 3.

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Edge has handed The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword a 10 in its latest issue, which goes on sale next Tuesday, October 25. The magazine said the game turned Nintendo’s hardware into “the console it was always meant to be.” To get an idea of whether you will feel the same as Edge or not, more gameplay videos have been released for the title, showing off the Eldin Volcano area of the game. Those are posted below, and if you head on over to Gematsu, you can find out more details on the new race living in the hot, melty mountain. Beware of possible spoilers, though. Game’s out next month on Wii.

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Namco has released plenty of screenshots to give you an idea of what to expect when Touch My Katamari is released for Vita on February 22. In the game, users control their massive blob by touching the screen or using the analog control sticks to roll it around. The rear touch panel can also be used to stretch the ball either horizontally or vertically to pick up more objects, or squeeze through a narrow gap. There’s also a video for the game below, courtesy of Gamespot.

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BlizzCon hosted the first Global StarCraft League finals held outside of Korea last night at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, and the event pitted two Terran against one another for a $100,000 prize. In a five-game bout, underdog SlayerS_MMA bested IMMvp, four games to one.

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Official Nintendo Magazine has reported an estimated fall 2012 release date for Monster Hunter 3G in Europe. The news was posted via a scan of the magazine spotted online by both GoNintendo – which confirmed its accuracy – and Monster Hunter Wikia. Capcom has previously hinted at possibly localizing it for the western market, but beyond the hints, extra information hasn’t been provided. We’ll send a mail. Thanks, Gematsu.

In a video posted below the break, NOA president Reggie Fils-Aime educates the viewer on the latest features announced for 3DS at Nintendo Direct. He also chats a bit about what’s to come in the future, and according to Reggie, plenty of content is coming to the handheld’s eShop, such as recently announced Freakyforms and Swapnote. A reminder that Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land are coming soon as wellis in there, and he also mentions content on the docket for Wii, like Skyward Sword. If you’ve got 7 minutes or so to have a watch, hit the jump. Thanks, D’toid.

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Combat skills such as dual wielding, ranged, and spells, are shown in a couple of videos released over the weekend for Skyrim. Below the break, the first one is from Gamespot (thanks, Edo) and in it, the site chats about the various ways to take an enemy down. The second video, from IGN, is around the minute and a half mark, and contains nothing but awesome music and your charter dispatching everything that can walk or fly. Game’s out November 11.

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Valve has announced the second game add-on Portal 2 is in development and targeted for release early next year. The update includes an “easy-to-use,” in-game map editor so you can design, build and share single-player and co-op test chambers. The community will be able to view, play and vote on your creations with “a simple click.” The development of the editor was mentioned earlier this week with the release of part two of the Final Hours of Portal 2 app, but was unconfirmed at the time. Portal 2′s first content update, Peer Review, was released two weeks ago.

Hi! I’m at BlizzCon! There’s a World of Warcraft preview panel happening right this very second. You want Pandas? Well, here’s 90 minutes of the little bastards and their furry fists of fury. Follow this space for all the news.

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Blizzard’s announced the next expansion for World of Warcraft, subtitled Mists of Pandaria, at Blizzcon’s opening ceremony this evening.

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Blizzard’s announced the collector’s edition of Diablo III at the opening ceremony of Blizzcon tonight.

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In a second behind-the-scenes video for Call of Duty: Elite, Beachhead explains the service’s Compete section which explores the competitive features, and provides information on individual and Clan competitions, as well as available prizes.

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Robert Bowling posted information pertinent to the PC version of Modern Warfare 3 on the game’s community site today, and according to Infinity Ward’s creative strategist, the development team has “put a ton of emphasis,” on the PC experience.

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Bioware has announced that everyone who pre-orders Star Wars: The Old Republic, regardless of the edition purchased, will be handed some digital items as a thank you.

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During BlizzCon’s opening ceremony, Blizzard dropped a few nice bits of news for Diablo III and World of Warcraft fans. Nathan Grayson was there, and liveblogged the happenings for us.

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Dylan Jobe, president of Lightbox Interactive, has announced a private beta for Starhawk will start in November for Warhawk players in North America and Europe.

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The 2011 Golden Joystick Awards were held tonight, and some of the winners include: Mortal Kombat, Fallout: New Vegas, Angry Birds, and World of Warcraft. But Portal 2 walked home with the biggest prize with an Ultimate Game of the Year award.

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Folks that pre-order Battlefield 3 through Best Buy can pre-load the shooter today. You’ll need to have Origin installed to do so. At midnight on October 25, Best Buy will provide customers with a code to unlock the game. Offering digital pre-orders is a move by the box retailer to counteract flat year-over-year revenues for the second quarter of its current fiscal year, which saw a decline in game’s sold. Thanks, Gamasutra.