Monthly Archives: October 2011

Sony has posted the inaugural edition of a new monthly list which will reveal the top-selling PSN games each month. You can view the list below in its entirety.

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SCEA’s Jack Tretton has said 3G Vita data caps on downloads will probably be “based on the partner and the amount of data that they’re going to allow to be fed based on the plan.”

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Please do it, DICE. Just. Do. It.

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Naughty Dog and Sony have released a new video for Uncharted 3′s multiplayer experience which provides pointers, and reminds those in the US to got to Subway and buy a drink so they can get a code.

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According to a study from GfK, tablet owners are less likely to spend time playing games on consoles. 59 percent of the 3,000 tablet owners surveyed gave the answer ahead of reading hard-copy books or papers and using a desktop or laptop, whilst playing games on tablets are more popular with 69 percent of the vote over social networking, weather checking and listening to music.

Thanks, GameSpot.

Konami has announced its will update update the team roster with current transfers in PES 2012 on October 11. The free downloadable update for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 will also update the skill parameters of players, and the kits of several club teams. In total, 160 clubs will be updated with more realistic stats and abilities. The DLC will also add 13 new styles of shoes to the game, with new makes from Adidas, Puma and Nike implemented, while the kit updates will see 29 teams brought in line with their current strips, including Real Madrid, Sporting Lisbon and Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Shots of the shoes are below.

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DICE producer Patrick Liu has confirmed that Battlefield 3 on Xbox 360 will have the ability to install a hi-res texture pack on its second disc.

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EA has released a few screenshots of the solo campaign in Battlefield 3. Each one is posted below. DICE announced that later today it will to re-open servers for Caspian Border in the PC version of open beta this weekend in order to stress-test the servers before the tester ends at the close of the weekend. Game’s out in the US on October 25 and Europe on October 28.

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dtp entertainment and Mastertronic have released The Cursed Crusade for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 in the UK today. The cooperative third-person action-adventure centers around a pair of cursed warriors fighting to save their souls in medieval Europe. The game features various fighting techniques, with over 100 different attacks and over 100 finishing moves through the use of various weaponry including swords, axes, spears and shields, and more. You can even use everyday items laying about the gameworld as weapons, because according to the game description: “If you can lay your hands on it, it can likely be used in combat.” Over in the US, the Kylotonn-developed title is to be published by Atlus, and will release on October 25.

Firefly’s medieval castle building sim, Stronghold 3, will finally release on October 25 which is almost exactly 10 years since the release of the first entry. A true sequel to the original title, the game sees the return of the franchise’s “most notorious enemy,” The Wolf. Apparently, The Boy didn’t kill the fella after all, and he is out for revenge.

After a couple of delays, the game has gone to press, and can be pre-ordered from Direct2Drive, Steam, GameStop, GreenManGaming, GAME, and GetGames.

RAGE hits Europe today after releasing in the US on Tuesday. Watch Pat play the first 30 minutes of the 360 version in a comedically terrible fashion, voiceover included.

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DICE has confirmed it’s to re-open servers for Caspian Border for the PC version of the Battlefield 3 beta for this weekend ahead of the trial closing this weekend. The re-opening is so that, according to BF’s US community manager, DICE can be “stress testing our servers.” The 64-player map, which also has jets and vehicles – the whole shebang, previously opened up last week as part of a short trial on it. Caspian reopens later today.

BF3 releases on October 28 in Europe for PS3, 360 and PC.

According to an Edge report, staff at Team Bondi were owed as much as $1 million.

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Green Man Gaming has pulled all EA titles its currently selling in the regions its currently in bar the UK, the firm has said, but is aiming to get them back online in partner EU regions “in the near future,” its told VG247

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X360A‘s gone live with the entire list of achievements for Battlefield 3 ahead of the release later this month. The list will probably apply as the trophy list for the PS3 version as well. Get the full list after the break. Warning, mind: SPOILERZ.

The DICE shooter launches on October 25 in the US and October 28 for PS3, 360 and PC.

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“Do you know any swear word in a foreign language? German, French, Polish? When you say it out loud, no biggie, right? Not a problem to use it during a family dinner, I assume? That is how all the f-bombs sounded to us. Being Polish, all the strong language in Bulletstorm was just exotic and fun to us. We did not feel its power. In other words, Epic thought this is what we wanted and respected our creative vision, while we had no idea this vision was a bit more than we really wanted. It was only at the end of the development, when I read the Polish translation of the game, that I realized how dirty we were. I swear a lot. A LOT. And yet still I …kind of blushed.” – People Can Fly’s creative director Adrian Chmielarz, speaking to Game Developer magazine (via Gama) on Bulletstorm’s OTT swearing. Here a fuck, there a fuck, everywhere a fuck fuck.

DICE’s Patrick Liu has come back at those criticising the open beta of Battlefield 3, saying it’s “misunderstanding” the meaning of the concept of a beta test.

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THQ will launch the Exterminatus DLC pack for Warhammer 40k: Space Marine on October 25 for PC, 360 and PS3, Relic has told Eurogamer.

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All-new gameplay of Modern Warfare 3 will debut in the UK first before anywhere else during the Montenegro-England Euro 2012 qualifier tonight, according to Eurogamer. The footage will air during half-time on the match at 9pm on Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports HD1, before becoming available to the rest of the world afterwards. It’s unknown what the footage will contain, though.

The Infinity Ward-Sledgehammer collaboration launches worldwide on PS3, 360 and PC on November 8.

Dark Souls hits shelves today, and it’s no cake walk. But is it hard, or have we grown soft? Brenna Hillier plumps for the latter.

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