Monthly Archives: October 2011

Rocksteady wasn’t going to let technical limitations get in the way of its vision for Batman: Arkham City.

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SCE Europe boss Jim Ryan and Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida have said the world isn’t ready for a universal, digital only console.

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Blizzard has released a preliminary schedule for BlizzCon 2011, and it’s posted below. Scheduling may change before the actual event takes place, so keep that in mind as you look it over. You can also view a map of the floor plan through the link. BlizzCon takes place October 21-22 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. Thanks, WoW Insider.

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“People like their PCs. There are huge numbers of them and each person gets to have the one that they like rather than the one that someone else has defined for them. There were 350 million PCs sold last year so the economies of scale are tremendous so you get great value for money.” – Valve’s Gabe Newell in the latest issue of PC Gamer UK (via CVG).

Bundle, a financial analytics group, has released a list of the 100 largest cities in the US organized by the amount of money spent on game at retail and Steam.

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Electronic Theatre has extra details regarding the upcoming DLC for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine.

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Lots of shorts below, along with news about ladies and gents dressing in a silly manner. We salute them.

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Volition has released a trailer for Saints Row: The Third which warns the viewer that: “Shooting an energy drink mascot with explosive rounds in order to juggle him in mid air should not be attempted in the real world.” That’s all that needs to be said about it, really. Enjoy. Thanks, GameFront.

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Valve has revealed two spectator features for DotA 2 which will improve the experience of watching live matches.

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Mojang has released a third version of its Minecraft 1.9 pre-update which contains little animals which grow up, an enchantment table, and more Minecraftian goodies. The full version of 1.9 is to be released in November. Get the latest pre-release file through here. Thanks, RPS.

BAFTA has added new categories to its game awards: Debut Game, Online – Browser, Online – Multiplayer and Performer. The Debut award will be handed to a studio releasing its first game during the same year the award is given, and the performance award will be handed to either voice or motion work. The Online browser award is self explanatory, and Online multiplayer can apply to any game which has online multiplayer capabilities. The BAFTAs take place on Friday, March 16, and nominations open on February 16. Thanks, GI.biz.

Bethesda has put up a list of things which could help those running into screen tearing and texture issues when playing RAGE on PC.

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Activision has announced Transformers: Fall of Cybertron via the next Game Informer cover. According to the magazine, which will sport two different covers, Grimlock will be playable character and morph into his famed Dinobot form. The other cover shows Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. More on the game is revealed in the November issue, which is expected to land in mail boxes October 11. The game is out in 2012.

Kalypso has announced a release date for Tropico 4 on Xbox 360. The game, which was released on PC over the summer, contains 20 new missions across 10 new maps and new game features such as the ability to elect ministers into power to help get your more controversial decisions passed. It’s out on October 18.

Nintendo has released a cornucopia of Super Mario Land 3D screens and character renders. Some of the character renders will look familiar to you, others are new. The 3DS action-platformer is slated for a November 13 release. There’s a trailer for the game below as well.

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Stace Harman channels his inner-Payne and takes a look at what’s next for Rockstar’s most put-upon of leading men. New screens inside.

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Perfect World has announced the closed beta for Blacklight: Retribution will begin on November 10, with a select players invited for day one. More players will be invited as the weeks progress.The game, in development at Zombie Studios, will be free-to-play upon release and will be monetized using microtransactions entirely, instead of offering a subscription service. The full game is expected to be released sometime later in the fall. You can sign up to be a beta participant here. Thanks, Eurogamer.

Mark Kern, CEO of Red 5 Studios, feels MMOs need to evolve if the genre is to remain successful and avoid what he calls “The Circle of Suck.”

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EA’s confirmed details of a console patch for FIFA 12, mentioning it will have “big corrections” within the game. An update before that will help fix add-on FIFA Ultimate Team, which users have been complaining of being unable to access since launch last week. An update will also be released that will fix issues with the PC version, such as unneeded large downloads and disconnects on Origin, with exploits for Be a Pro goalkeeper also to be fixed as well.

The details are all part of the latest FIFA podcast from EA. Thanks, Eurogamer.

Hideo Kojima has suggested the future will consist of augmented reality and the cloud are going to be part of the future.

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