Monthly Archives: October 2011

Techland recently opted to delay their upcoming downloadable content package for Dead Island, but never told us when it was delayed to. More »

If you’re one of those nerds who is fascinated by maps of mystical lands (we certainly are) then you’re bound to be envious of the showgoers who attended the Igromir Expo in Russia who received a limited edition map of Elder Scrolls V’s titular realm of Skyrim. More »

BioWare has now officially confirmed that Mass Effect 3 will feature a multiplay component.

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Even though the Apple faithful were a tad disappointed that it wasn’t the iPhone 5 that was unveiled last week, they still snapped up the iPhone 4S at a record pace. More »

The game is still a full month away from release, so until then we’ll have to sate our adventurous desire with this new batch of images. More »

The big new update that Microsoft announced last week is reportedly being targeted for a 25th of November release date. Though what exactly “targeting” means is anyone’s guess. More »

Get a quick glimpse at two new screenshots from the newly revealed MW3 level, Iron Lady. More »

One of the top leaders at Sledgehammer Games sat down with Eurogamer to talk all-things Modern Warfare 3, including his feelings on the competition.

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Media Regulator Ofcom is to investigate UK broadcaster ITV after it mistakenly aired footage of Bohemia Interactive’s ArmA 2 as real-life footage of the IRA shooting down a helicopter with weapons provided by now-deposed Libyan leader Colonel Gadaffi. The footage was aired as part of the first episode of real-affairs show Exposure: Gadaffi and the IRA last month. ITV had said at the time it blamed “human error” for the gaffe, but apologised nonetheless. Ofcom’s now kicked off its investigation to see if ITV was in breach of the body’s broadcasting code.

More on The Guardian.

Four CVs from LinkedIn have pointed towards more evidence that Microsoft is on working on a successor to Xbox 360.

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Konami’s confirmed to Beefjack that Silent Hill: Downpour has been pushed into next year, given a release of Q2 2012 following recent date changes on retailers, including Amazon Germany. The horror, due to come from Czech-based developer Vatra Games, was meant to release this coming winter on PS3 and 360. Read this for our interview with Vatra on the game from earlier this year.

Netflix said today that it’s decided to keep its DVD-by-mail and online streaming services together under one name and one website, abandoning plans to launch Qwikster as a DVD rental division. The company told the New York Times it acted too rashly in announcing the move. Its plans for games rentals are yet to be determined; they were to be included in Qwikster.

Johnny Cullen asked IO Interactive producer Hakan Abrak to answer your questions on Hitman Absolution at Eurogamer Expo last month. First official gameplay footage included.

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Square Enix has released the first video of gameplay from Hitman Absolution. The video comprises of the level I seen at gamescom in the summer, as well as E3 and Eurogamer Expo, from a library in Chicago, as police go on a manhunt for Agent 47. It looks pretty, pretty swish. The full thing’s due out tomorrow at 3pm, so keep an eye out then. Teaser’s below the break.

Hitman Absolution launches next year for PS3, 360 and PC. Read our just-live, community-fronted interview from EG Expo here.

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While there was no mention of the game’s Wii U version at Eurogamer Expo, Tecmo Koei localisation head Peter Garza has reassured Ninja Gaiden 3 is still in development for the platform, adding that Team Ninja is looking to push its hardware “as hard as it can.”

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Its been announced that Tomb Raider will lead a gallery exhibit of 64 years of British innovation. Known as British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age, it will contain 350 works of British-made innovation that has come about since the last time the Olympics were held in London. As well as Tomb Raider, other big names from games that will take part include Grand Theft Auto, Lemmings, Elite and LittleBigPlanet.

There’s more details on The Huffington Post. The gallery takes place between March 31 to August 12 2012 at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Nintendo’s announced this morning it’ll launch a hardware bundle of Mario and Sonic at the 2012 London Olympics with the “newly configured” Wii hardware revision that was announced at gamescom. The bundle will feature the console in a blue colour with a copy of the game. It’ll launch on the game’s release in the UK on November 18. And that be that.

According to a recent report from the Internet Advertising Bureau, around half of the population in the UK do play games.

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Despite sales dipping from launch week, FIFA 12′s held off new Bethesda and id IP RAGE and Namco-From Software hardballs RPG Dark Souls from the top of the UK charts.

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Konami UK has refused to comment this morning over a potential delay for the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection in Europe.

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