Monthly Archives: October 2011
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 12:27 BST
Rocksteady on post-Arkham City: “What happens next depends on how this game is received”
Rocksteady marketing boss Dax Ginn has said that what the studio does next entirely depends on the reception Batman: Arkham City gets at release this week.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: Batman: Arkham City, Dax Ginn, rocksteady
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 11:50 BST
Microsoft denies XBL compromise despite outside account access
Microsoft has denied that Xbox Live has been compromised, although admitted that there’s been outside access to “a limited number” of accounts.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Compromise
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 11:09 BST
Tuesday shorts: Time Travelers, GTA III, Shadowrun
Shortyfy below the below.
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Posted in: Shorts, VG247
Tags: Tuesday Shorts
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 09:49 BST
Naughty Dog: UC3 graphics boost “a narrower jump” over UC2
Expecting a big jump on how Uncharted 3 will look from UC2? Protip: don’t.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Sony
Tags: justin richmond, naughty dog, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 09:14 BST
EA: Battlefield 3 pre-orders at “a couple million”
Battlefield 3 pre-orders have now hit “a couple million,” EA product manager Kevin O’Leary has said on US TV.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, dice, Kevin O'Leary
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 09:25 BST
Mojang keeps Scrolls name following interim injunction
Mojang co-founder Markus Persson has tweeted that Mojang can keep using the name Scrolls for its upcoming card-based game – for now.
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Posted in: Bethesda, Legalities
Tags: Mojang, Scrolls, the elder scrolls
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 08:12 BST
Kinect Sports: Season 2 demo appears on XBLMP
MS has released a demo for Kinect Sports: Season 2 on Xbox Live Marketplace. There’s no actual word on what the demo contains, but the taster comes in at 1.21Gb and is a gold exclusive-demo. Get it here.
Sequel’s out on October 28 in the UK for Xbox 360.
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Posted in: Kinect, Sports, Xbox 360
Tags: BigPark Studios, Kinect Sports: Season 2, rare
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 13:36 BST
Join the Covenant: The hidden meta-game of Dark Souls
Just when you think you’ve got Demon’s Souls sorted out, Dark Souls introduces a new multiplayer mechanic that turns everything upside down.
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Posted in: Horror, Namco Bandai, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: dark souls, demon's souls, From Software
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 06:33 BST
Schofield: Modern Warfare 3′s engine is “a Porsche”
Sledgehammer Games general manager Glen Schofield has responded again to criticism of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3′s ageing engine.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Development, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: call of duty: modern warfare 3, glen schofield, infinity ward, sledgehammer, sledgehammer games
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 05:55 BST
DICE: Shooters are becoming services
DICE’s Patrick Bach has said the shooter genre has room for more than one juggernaut, as the market evolves to see games as services.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, dice, patrick bach
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 05:42 BST
Quick quotes – Muzyka on The Old Republic’s choice and consequence
“People seem to find it hard to go back to other MMOs once they play The Old Republic; because there’s a real sense of purpose to everything. We have real choice for the game. But because there’s personal choice, there is always personal consequences – there’s no going back you know? You can’t simply load up a previous save game and see ‘what if’. That’s really exciting from a moral perspective, because it’s personally impactful. We’ve found a way to integrate group combat, with group exploration, group stories and explorations – yet, there’s still a great sense of a personal story. People couldn’t imagine how you could pull that off in the MMO space – and we did that.”
BioWare co-founder Ray Muzyka telling The Gaming Liberty what makes Star Wars: The Old Republic different. The PC exclusive MMORPG is due in December.
Thanks, Massively.
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Posted in: EA, MMO, PC, RPG
Tags: bioware, Ray Muzyka, Star Wars The Old Republic
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 05:29 BST
Quick shots – The Secret World kicks off the Week of the Dragon
Celebrating one of the three factions of The Secret World, Funcom has released a new batch of screenshots focused on the Dragon.
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Posted in: EA, Galleries, MMO, PC, RPG, Screens
Tags: funcom, Ragnar Tørnquist, the secret world
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 03:48 BST
Iron Brigade DLC to introduce space bears
Double Fine has revealed upcoming DLC for Iron Brigade – better know by its original title Trenched – in which villain Vlad is transferred to the body of a bear. On Mars.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Shooter, Strategy, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: dlc, double fine, iron brigade, Trenched
Fri, Oct 21, 2011 | 02:48 BST
Rumour – Ezio to appear in Soul Calibur V
Here’s one for the “highly dubious” and “probable Photoshop fakes” piles: Assassin’s Creed’s Ezio Auditore has apparently been spotted in Soul Calibur V.
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Posted in: Fighter, Namco Bandai, PS3, Rumour, Xbox 360
Tags: Assassin's Creed, soul calibur v, team soul
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 02:06 BST
Syndicate trailer explores series beginnings
A new trailer for Starbreeze’s Syndicate reboot looks back at Bullfrog’s original tactical shooter and draws parallels with the modern shooter.
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 06:34 BST
DICE: Battlefield 3 beta attracted 8 million users
DICE has revealed some impressive statistics from the Battlefield 3 open beta.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, beta, dice, infographic
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 03:57 BST
“All hope is not lost” for Valkyria Chronicles 3
Sega has indicated that an English language release of Valkyria Chronicles 3 may not be as unlikely as suspected.
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Posted in: PSP, PSPgo, RPG, Sega, Strategy
Tags: Aaron Webber, Valkyria Chronicles 3
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 01:12 BST
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition trailer goes behind the scenes
Another gift from New York Comic Con, a new trailer for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition waxes nostalgic and shows off the gleam of the HD makeover.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: 343 industries, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition, NYCC
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 00:59 BST
BioShock Vita won’t be a port, may be partially outsourced
Reaffirming that a planned BioShock game on Vita won’t be a port of an existing game, Ken Levine has said some development may be outsourced – but only if the right partners can be found.
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Posted in: 2K, Shooter, Vita
Tags: bioshock, irrational, irrational games, ken levine
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 03:55 BST
Xbox 360 counter site teasing Korean Kinect event
Shortly after Western news sites picked up on a mysterious Xbox 360 counter, the enigma was solved when the domain was updated to redirect to a Korean Kinect event splash page.
Microsoft takes action against Halo 4 beta scam