Monthly Archives: November 2011

Nicolas Games has released a video for its post-apocalyptic, survival horror PC game Afterfall: InSanity.

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A new version of Microsoft’s Kinect motion control peripheral is on the way, specifically for Windows PCs.

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“When we show a power-up to Mr. Miyamoto, we get a bit nervous, but he usually understands our ideas.”

“Mr. Miyamoto had an inscrutable expression when we showed him the designs [for the Bee Suit and Boo Suit]; he isn’t a big fan of making Mario cute.”

Nintendo staffers Koichi Hayashida and Yoshiaki Koizumi recall their feelings on working on Mario power-ups under the guidance of creator Shigeru Miyamoto, speaking with Kotaku.

Shack News reports Nintendo of America and Netflix have partnered to bring the streaming movie service’s family-friendly offering to the Wii. Aimed at 12 year olds and under, the service offers a catalogue of film browsable by genre or even favourite character.

Netflix Just For Kids will turn up on other consoles “over the next year”.

A studio visit by a couple of critical fans has directly informed the contents of an upcoming patch for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, resulting in changes to the much-criticised aiming.

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Cryptic’s parent company, Chinese online game developer Perfect World, has reported a rise in profits for the quarter of 587.7 million CNY ($92.1 million), which is up from 486.9 million CNY the prior year. The firm also reported an increase in revenues of 708.9 million CNY ($112 million), up from 579.2 million CNY yoy. All figures were in line with company guidance, reports Gamasutra. “While focusing on further enhancing the content of our portfolio is necessary for our healthy long-term growth, this decision did slow our revenues for the third quarter on a sequential basis. But our third quarter results still represent solid year-over-year revenue growth of 22.4%,” said according to chairman and CEO Michael Chi.

A new patch for From Software’s hardcore initiation Dark Souls tweaks the effects of humanity, lessens the horror of a couple of nasty spells, and nerfs a few of your cheap tactics.

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The latest Humble Indie Bundle packs in four award-winning games along with two bonuses for those who beat the average price.

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A new combat video for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has been released, and it provides more information on different fighting styles and combat modes in the RPG. Kingdoms of Amalur is due on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in February 2012. Watch the video below, courtesy of Gamespot.

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Those interested in a five-day course on interactive game narrative may wish to attend a workshop being held January 30 through February 4 at Hepstonstall in West Yorkshire. The workshop will explore “the practicalities of storytelling in everything from card games to console games”, and will be tutored by professional games writers Naomi Alderman and David Varela, with Rhianna Pratchett making an appearance as well. To attend, you need to contact Arvon communications manager, George Palmer, for more information. Details are listed over on Develop.

Zeboyd Games has announced its $3 Steam bundle containing Breath of Death VII: The Beginning and Cthulhu Saves the World has moved 100,000 digital copies since July, which amounts to $300,000.

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Sony’s announced its first-party EU launch line-up for Vita, as well as confirming Evolution’s MotorStorm RC and Zipper Interactive’s Unit 13.

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Not content with just dropping the price on some of its retail offerings for Black Friday, Microsoft has also decided to drop the price of content available on Xbox Live as well. Get a highlighted list below.

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The first lectures for GDC 2012′s Main Conference have been announced, and include a look at the art of Diablo III, a postmortem on Halfbrick’s Jetpack Joyride, and Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City’s visuals and animation.

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Consumer Reports has released its 2011 Naughty and Nice Holiday List, which provides a look into various companies’ return policies and then hands a thumbs up or thumbs down.

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After months of rumors, Ubisoft has announced Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc will be receiving an HD upgrade for release on PSN and XBLA. According to the official announcement: “In Rayman 3 Hoodlum Havoc HD, fans and newcomers alike can now enjoy this piece of video game history with stunning new HD graphics. Rayman 3 Hoodlum Havoc HD provides 15–20 hours of gameplay and a wealth of extra content to unlock, including nine fun stand-alone mini-games, achievements and worldwide online leaderboards. In addition, the game has been updated to run at 60 frames per second and offers improved audio quality.” Ubisoft has it down for a spring 2012 release, with a price to be determined. Check out screens for the game below. Thanks, D’toid.

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XSEED has posted a reminder on the US PS Blog, that the horror-adventure Corpse Party is available for download on PSP. The game will run you $19.99, and tasks you with rescuing your friends from a “dangerously haunted” school building. Hopefully, you can not only prevent your friends’ deaths, but find a way out before it’s too late. Originally slated for a Halloween release, a delay for the game was announced earlier this month.

Rockstar has announced that customers who pre-order Max Payne 3 at any US GameStop location or online, will get early access to the Cemetery Multiplayer Map. Customers will gain access to the map at the game’s launch, weeks before it will be made available for download to the public. The cemetery in the map is where Max’s wife and daughter are buried, representing the “tragic past” Max can’t seem to forget. The map is described as having a “snowy New York City skyline”, with sniping positions available among the monuments. The tombstones are destructible, and circular fighting arenas in a rotunda garden and a looming mausoleum are available as well. Max Payne 3 will be released in March, and if you’ve got the money, you can also pre-order the Special Edition which was announced yesterday,

Keighley’s just linked out a video to the next game from BioWare that will debut at the Spike VGAs in nearly two weeks.

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A Skyrim player in Finland has found through a bit of tinkering that the entire map of Tamriel has been laid-out by Bethesda in the game, with both Oblivion and Morrowind landmasses accessible when using the noclip command.

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