Monthly Archives: October 2011

Square’s released a direct feed video containing ten minutes of Final Fantasy Type-0 footage titled the “Opening.” The name indicates that the clip features the game’s opening moments. However, it’s listed as a “special edit”, so the video might not be a exact replication of the game’s intro. The game releases in Japan on October 27 for PSP. Anyone not wanting to spoil the starting moments of the game might want to skip watching this. For everyone else, you can watch the video after the break. Thanks, Andriasang.

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Another Saints Row The Third moment trailer has been released, and posted below. This time, the warning beforehand notes you should never in real life, “use an aerial reaper drone to eliminate military roadblocks so your friend can ride his new motorcycle in peace.” Is this game out yet? It needs to be. Thanks, G4.

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Warner and DC Entertainment have released a new Batman: Arkham City trailer showcasing content from the upcoming Nightwing Bundle Pack.

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Confirmation of a UK and US launch for the Namco Bandai stealth ‘em up Shiniobido 2 has arrived via the PlayStation Blog, along with a change of subtitle from Tales of the Ninja to the angrier sounding Revenge of Zen.

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Sony has announced a LittleBigPlanet 2: Special Edition and a bundle for the US which includes LBP2, Move and “over $35 of bonus goodies.”

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Warner’s launched a five minute long dev diary of Lord of the Rings: War in the North, showing various celebs and journalists talking about their love for LOTR. And that’s kinda it. For the LOTR massive, there’s appearances from Sean Astin and Dominic Monaghan in the clip. May want to skip forward a bit before the game is actually mentioned. Get the video below, via Joystiq.

WITN’s out next week for PS3, 360 and PC.

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Speaking to CVG at EA’s recent games showcase in London, SSX creative director Todd Batty talked of the characters and inspiration being used for the return of the series and said a Vita version would be considered if the console version is successful. Check out the full interview below.

SSX is set for release on 360 and PS3 in February 2012.
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Rocksteady game director Sefton Hill has said the studio hasn’t been put off from doing future open-world titles after the launch of Batman: Arkham City last week.

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Famitsu has reported publisher sales data for the first half of the 2012 fiscal year, and for the period of March 28 through September 25, 2011, Namco Bandai ousted former number one Nintendo as the top publisher in Japan. T

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Speaking to Gamasutra, Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada has described the small ideas from which the mighty Tekken series grew.

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HMV games boss Tim Ellis has said yesterday’s announcement of Grand Theft Auto V will bring a new boost to the market. Ellis told MCV a new GTA launch is “a fantastic development that would inject huge excitement into the games market for fans, retailers and media alike,” adding Rockstar would “face the challenge of delivering another brilliant game that’s as good if not better than anything we’ve seen before.”

GTA V’s first trailer airs next Tuesday at 6pm BST.

Rockstar creative boss Dan Houser has said “new things” will form the backbone of the company’s upcoming projects.

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Sony has updated the European end of the PS Store and added some new Plus content, so hurry on below the break for the listings.

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Non-stop GTA V, it seems. Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia has put an estimated number on the game’s sales, predicting as much as 25 million copies moved for the Rockstar title. That would put it on par with sales of Black Ops and 3 million more than GTA IV. The prediction is near that of Wedbush’s Michael Pachter back in the summer, who said GTA V would sell 24 million copies.

Bhatia added that an announcement of a release date in next week’s trailer would be “positive for the shares.” Take Two shares were up last night following the initial announcement.

Thanks, Gamasutra.

Finished your lunch? Good. Then you’re free to watch Climax Studios’ trailer for XBLA title Bloodforge: First Cut which also features cuts two, three, four, five, six and, well, I lost count.

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Konami’s announced a delay for the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection in Europe, moving it from a previously-confirmed November to February 3, 2012.

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The follow-up to Klei Entertainment’s 2010 side-scrolling bloody brawler will feature character art with twice the resolution of the original, making for some delicious visions of cartoon brutality. The game will also have a co-op survival mode and is set for release on download platforms in 2012.

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According to a tweet from the official Twitter account of the EU PlayStation blog, PSN will be down between the hours of 2am and 8am UK time tomorrow, October 27 for scheduled maintenance. During that time users should expect the service to be “intermittent”. Thanks, SixthAxis.

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Speaking to Develop, CCP’s VP of business development Thor Gunnarsson has claimed Dust 514 will expand the horizons of the PS3 and that this can only be a good thing, “It would be a risk not to make Dust. It would be a risk to think that everything will work if we sit still,” he said.

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Japanese newspaper Nikkei is reporting that Nintendo is set to report losses as much as ¥100 billion (£823 million/$1.32 billion) for first-half 2011 as part Q2 financials tomorrow morning.

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