Monthly Archives: October 2011
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 11:39 BST
Rovio IPO “a year from now,” $1.2 billion valuation “a bit north,” says CEO
Rovio CEO Peter Vesterbacka has hinted the company may go for an IPO within the next year, but says it current valuation of $1.2 billion is lower than it sees it should be.
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Posted in: Casual
Tags: Angry Birds, Peter Vesterbacka, rovio
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 10:30 BST
Time Travellers gets new shots, character art ahead of L5 Vision
Famitsu’s posted some pretty hot-looking screens of Level 5′s Time Travellers ahead of the company’s Vision event happening in Japan this weekend. Get them below the break. The game was announced for 3DS at last year’s Vision event, but was confirmed earlier this week it’ll come to Vita and PSP as well next year.
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 09:55 BST
Friday shorts: Skyrim, Planetside 2, Assassin’s Creed
It’s Friday. Go nuts and get shorted after the break.
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Posted in: Shorts
Tags: Friday shorts
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 09:43 BST
FFXIV PS3 coming Q3 2012, v2.00 confirmed for PC
Square Enix has announced a complete overhaul of Final Fantasy XIV with the introduction of v2.00, as well as penning in a Q3 2012 release window for the PS3 version of the MMO.
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Posted in: MMO, PC, PS3, Square Enix
Tags: FFXIV Version 2.00, final fantasy XIV
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 09:44 BST
Sun madness shocker: “Games ‘are giving kids dementia’”
UK tabloid The Sun has claimed this morning that playing video games can result in “temporary dementia.”
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 08:39 BST
Bilson: “A lot of different models” in mind on how Dark Millennium Online “can be monetized”
THQ core boss Danny Bilson has said that the comapny has “different models” thought about in terms of how it can monetize upcoming Vigil MMO Warhammer 40k: Dark Millennium.
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Posted in: PC, THQ
Tags: danny bilson, vigil games, Warhammer 40K: Dark Millennium Online
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 08:11 BST
Amazing Spider-Man tie-in coming from Beenox
IGN‘s snapped a picture which seems to confirm that a tie-in game for the release of The Amazing Spider-Man movie next summer. The logo of developer Beenox, who made Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions and Spider-Man: Edge of Time, is snapped on the poster. More formal confirmation should come at New York ComicCon.
The movie releases on July 4 in the US.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard
Tags: Beenox, Spider-Man: Edge of Time, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 08:01 BST
FF Type-0′s DLC will be free, says game director
Final Fantasy Type-0 director Hajime Tabata has confirmed that the game’s post-release DLC will be free. For those part of Square Enix Members, free DLC will include summer outfits that were part of the demo released in Japan a while back.
Game releases in Japan on October 27 for PSP. Thanks, Nova Crystallis.
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Posted in: PSP, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: Final Fantasy Type-0
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 07:50 BST
War of the Worlds hitting XBLA on October 26
The Xbox Live Arcade version of War of the Worlds will release on October 26, developer Other Ocean has announced. The studio made the news on its Facebook page. The adaptation of E.G. Wells’ book, a side-scrolling platform affair, will introduce new characters and events. Watch the most recent trailer for it here.
Thanks, Joystiq.
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Posted in: Platformer, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Other Ocean, War of the Worlds
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 17:02 BST
Lonely Soul: Tecmo’s Garza on all things Ninja Gaiden 3
Ninja Gaiden 3 is all about Ryu Harabasa becoming a dark hero, according to Tecmo Koei localisation boss Peter Garza. He spoke to Johnny Cullen at Eurogamer Expo on the game.
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Posted in: Action, Eurogamer Expo 2011, Fighter, Koei, PS3, Tecmo, Wii U, Xbox 360
Tags: dead or alive 5, Ninja Gaiden 3, Peter Garza, Team Ninja
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 05:57 BST
Dark Souls trailer offers no assistance whatsoever
This new Dark Souls is called “Hardcore”, which is what you need to be to survive the game’s delights as catalogued within.
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Posted in: Horror, Namco Bandai, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: dark souls, From Software
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 11:21 BST
Final Fantasy XIII-2 screens and trailer bring back Snow
Square Enix has released a seven-minute trailer and a collection of new screenshots for Final Fantasy XIII-2, showing off returning character Snow’s redesign along with some monsters and battle scenes.
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Posted in: PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: Final Fantasy XIII-2
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 04:16 BST
THQ denies Dark Millenium Online details
THQ has debunked yesterday’s Warhammer 40K: Dark Millenium info dump and release details as “pure speculation”.
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Posted in: MMO, PC, RPG, THQ
Tags: Dark Millennium Online, vigil, vigil games, Warhammer 40K: Dark Millennium Online
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 03:09 BST
Team Fortress 2 UGC creators tot up $2,000,000 profit
On the occasion of its one year Manniversary, Valve has revealed that its user generated content sales system, Mann Co., has been a major earner for its participants.
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Posted in: Free-to-Play, Mac, PC, Shooter, Steam, Valve
Tags: Steam Workshop, Team Fortress 2
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 02:45 BST
Ex-Rare dev cites nostalgia, big budgets for lack of retro remakes
Ex-Rare veteran Chris Tilton has said old favourites like Killer Instinct and Perfect Dark can’t live up to players’ rose-tinted memories of them and big-budget competitors.
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Posted in: Development, Trade
Tags: Chris Tilton, Fusion Genesis, rare, Starfire, Starfire Stduios
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 02:22 BST
CCP offers apologetic discounts to disgruntled EVE Online players
A discount has been offered to returning EVE Online players after a series of unpopular decisions saw many veterans throw in the towel.
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Posted in: CCP, MMO, PC, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Tags: eve online
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 01:41 BST
Assassin’s Creed dev champions annual release schedule
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations mission design director Falco Poiker has said the short development cycle of the series is stressful, but also enabling.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PC, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Assassin's Creed, assassin's creed: revelations, Falco Poiker, ubisoft montreal
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 01:27 BST
The Secret World dev diary talks PvP
The latest Secret World dev diary dives into the Secret War, the inter-factional meta-story played out through PvP and a pre-beta game.
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 02:03 BST
Batman: Arkham City online pass grants access to Catwoman content
New purchases of Batman: Arkham City will include a one-use code enabling access to playable Catwoman content.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PC, PS3, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: Batman: Arkham City, dlc, online pass
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 00:47 BST
Programming legend Dennis Ritchie passes away at 70
A man whose seminal work laid the foundations for practically every modern game has passed away.
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Posted in: Trade
Tags: C, Dennis Ritchie, Unix
Microsoft takes action against Halo 4 beta scam