Monthly Archives: October 2011

Trion Worlds has announced a new game platform established by the firm to publish third-party titles, codenamed Red Door.

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Results of a survey released today and conducted by TIGA show that nearly half of developers based in the UK self-publish their games.

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EA has released new screenshots showing of the Million Dollar Highway in Need for Speed: The Run. Also known as Route 550, the road is a spur route of Highway 50 which stretches from Bernalillo, New Mexico to Montrose, Colorado in the US.

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Carl Jones, director of global business development for CryEngine, has the firm is looking to implement Flash support in the tech and is planning a “truly cross-platform solution” announcement in the foreseeable future.

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Cryptic’s Neverwinter will now be released as a free-to-play MMO based upon 4th Edition D&D rules, instead of a co-operative online RPG as originally planned. After the firm was acquired by Perfect World, the title was delayed into 2012, but because of the extended time needed to devote to the change in direction, Neverwinter has been delayed to the end of 2012. It is to be built using a modified version of the engine powering Star Trek Online and Champions Online, and all content releases will be free. Via: IGN, Eurogamer.

Going hands-on at Eurogamer Expo 2011, a level 80 Stace Harman tackled Guild Wars 2′s PVP and chatted with ArenaNet’s lead content designer.

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Square Enix has confirmed it’ll release Army Corps of Hell on Vita for Europe.

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Future’s opened the gates to the website of Official PlayStation Magazine UK at long last. The website’s been promised for a long, long time, but only now has it finally gone live. Watch editor Ben Wilson give a full, proper introduction to the website and the OPM team below the break.

Big congrats chaps!

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Ubisoft’s announced this morning a deal with Nickelodeon to bring an animated TV series based on Rabbids. 26 half-hour long episodes will begin airing from 2013 on the channel across the world except France, with Ubisoft’s Motion Pictures studio working with the publisher’s French studios on the show. The Rabbid characters were introduced in 2006 as part of Rayman spin-off, Rayman: Raving Rabbids.

A Halo movie with the involvement of Steven Spielberg is set for a release in 2012, according to a French press kit for the latest Halo book, Cryptum,

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Level 5′s announced it’s to stream its press conference at Level 5 Vision in a couple of weeks time. The event is open to the public for a majority of the time, but the press conference is open only to press or by invite. The conference will be streamed on UStream on October 15. Level 5 Vision will feature the company’s new title and upcoming titles, but the main focus will be Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney and Time Travellers, both for 3DS, as well as Ni No Kuni for PS3.

More details on Andriasang.

Following the lifting of its reviews embargo this morning, where it’s currently seeing impressive scores, GameTrailers has posted a bunch of videos from Forza Motorsport 4. The videos show off the Hockingheim and Nurburgring tracks, showing multiplayer modes Virus and Battle. Get watching below the break.

The Turn 10 racer launches next Tuesday in the US and next Friday in the UK for Xbox 360.

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Capcom’s announced this morning it’ll release a 3DS hardware bundle with Nintendo in Japan for Monster Hunter 3G’s release.

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Microsoft’s lifted the embargo on reviews for Forza Motorsport 4. So far, scores are absolutely promising for the Turn 10 racer: Eurogamer’s gone with a nine, while D’Toid went with a ten. Get the latest scores below. If you have a link you want us to add, chuck it in below in the comments.

Forza Motorsport 4 launches next Tuesday in the US and next Friday in the UK for Xbox 360.

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Get caught up on the news from yesterday and overnight below.

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Harmonix has announced that Coldplay will make its bow on Rock Band as DLC in the coming months. Stevie Wonder will also make his debut with the game as DLC, with Breaking Benjamin and Dream Theater making returns. All of the DLC for the aforementioned bands currently remain dateless, with no songs unconfirmed neither.

More details here.

Nintendo’s announced it’s to release a new white SKU of 3DS in Japan.

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The triple A model is blocking innovation in games, Ninja Theory’s chief creative officer Tameem Antoniades has said.

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While reaffirming its commitment to the platform in one breath, Rockstar has dampened hopes for a PC release of Red Dead Redemption in another.

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An extended version of the debut Dead or Alive 5 trailer has appeared, showing off pre-alpha gameplay footage strongly reminiscent of the brawler we know and love.

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