Monthly Archives: November 2011

Nolan North is of the opinion Ubisoft should adopt the same motion capture process for its Assassin’s Creed series as Naughty Dog uses with the Uncharted franchise.

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Starbreeze CEO Mikael Nermark has said the studio is working on a PSN game.

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Double Fine’s Brad Muir has said Iron Brigade’s European release is “close” to passing certification in Europe.

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This week’s Famitsu is reporting that a PSP demo for Lord of Apocalypse will arrive later this month. The taster will offer new levels from what was shown in September at Tokyo Game Show. No specific date was given for the demo, though.

LoA releases in Japan on December 17 on PSP and Vita as a launch title. Thanks, Andriasang.

Codemasters will bring F1 2011 to Europe as a launch title for PlayStation Vita on February 22, the publisher said today. Its also released a brand new gameplay video, which you can get below the break. F1 will also be part of the handheld’s launch in Japan next month on December 17.

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Let the fanboy rage commence, or whatever it is you kids do these days. GameSpot‘s gone live with a 7.5 for the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword this morning. 7.5? More like SABO75UR, right? Edge, Famitsu IGN and Game Informer have already given it full marks. Get the video review below the break.

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With Revelations’ reviews on Monday showing a noticeable shock of 7s, should Assassin’s Creed take a break after next year’s game? Probably, says Johnny Cullen.

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Famitsu’s given its biggest score, 40/40, to the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, making it the 16th game in the magazine’s history to achieve the honour and the first full score this year. This is the third time in ten years a Zelda game has has been scored at 40, with Skyward Sword following Wind Waker in 2002 and Twilight Princess in 2006. In the same issue, Batman: Arkham City scored 37/40 for both PS3 and 360, and the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection got 34 on PS3 and 33 on 360.

Thanks, Andriasang.

Capcom is now offering the PC version of Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record through EA’s digital distribution service, Origin. Both games are priced at $40, as they are on on Steam.

THQ also recently jumped on the Origin wagon with Saints Row: the Third.

Thanks, Capcom Unity.

Piranha Bytes doesn’t let players have access to the ships in Risen 2: Dark Waters straight off the bat, in order to keep them from being overhwlemed by the world’s size.

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Specialist chain retailer GAME has announced the Australian street date has been broken for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3.

The updated fighter was not expected to go on sale until tomorrow. Rival outlet EB Games is yet to follow suit, but if the usual pattern holds, you can expect all major retailers to offer it within the hour.

UMvC is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, with a Vita version expected at launch.

Hello Games has no plans to patch the PSN version of Joe Danger to bring it inline with the Xbox Live-exclusive Special Edition.

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Trade organisation UK Interactive Entertainment has called out the British government for its failure to follow through on plans to adopt the PEGI system of games content rating.

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More guest characters have been revealed for Warriors Orochi

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Epic will patch Gears of War 3 with its second major title update at 2:00 AM PDT.

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This week’s US PS Store update brings some hefty discounts, an organisational shuffle, and dinosaurs.

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The Sly Cooper series seems set to follow in the God of War Collection’s footsteps by releasing as stand-alone digital titles.

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“I had a couple of false starts with screenwriting and computer consulting and graphic design, all these different things. And then it occurred to me – I was reading NextGen magazine, which they don’t publish any more – and I saw their ads in the back for jobs at game companies and one ad that really stood out to me was an ad for a company called Looking Glass, which also doesn’t exist anymore unfortunately. And there was a game designer job and I was like, ‘Game designer. Well, that sounds good. Let me try to do that.’ And I applied for a job and they called me up and they gave it to me. I got in fairly quickly.

“It occurred to me first that there was such a job, and then I was like, ‘Oh. OK. That’s what I want to do.’ The moment it occurred to me such a job existed, it was very clear I wanted to do that.”

– Irrational Games boss Ken Levine tells IndustryGamers how he discovered his dream career.

Activision Blizzard’s majority owner Vivendi has sold off a portion of its stock, reducing its stake in the publisher to 60%.

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The Mass Effect 3 script mined from the the leaked demo build isn’t the final version.

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