Monthly Archives: November 2011

2D Boy’s puzzler World of Goo has been released on the Android Market, and from now until December 5, the game is 40% off and will only run you $2.99. 2D Boys has said the game will run on the majority of devices running Android 2.2 or newer; however, since there are devices out there of “varying capabilities”, it recommends users try the demo first. OpenFeint has also been integrated into the game for those who like to post achievements. Thanks, IndieGames.

DICE has announced through Twitter that the client update for Battlefield 3 will arrive for PS3 tomorrow, and the update will “follow shortly” on Xbox 360. It was released on PC last week. The full list of console patch notes are posted below, courtesy of Joystiq.

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“We never set out to make a three-part [Uncharted] series from the beginning. We have always sort of seen it as a stand-alone adventure, like you are gonna pick up any one of the games and play and out of order. It still makes sense. You can still understand the characters and the plot. Obviously, if you play the other ones, you get more out of it. I have always seen it as a single-part adventure story. We have always said that if we think that we can make something new and interesting, if the fans still want them, then we can make another one. But at this time, everyone is sort of on vacation. We’re trying to recover from the process of making it and I think we will come back together and maybe this month and next month make a decision about what we are going to do next. But we never said how many of these things there will be. There are plenty more stories in the universe. It is just a question of what’s the company interested in doing next. We really don’t know at this moment.” – Uncharted 3 game director Justin Richmond to VentureBeat.

Bioware’s Mac Walters, and lead writer for Mass Effect 3, has said to expect the Citadel to have a larger presence in the game than in Mass Effect 2. Speaking with OXM in the latest issue (via CVG), Walters said a plot thread featuring the Citadel which was cut from ME2 will be included in the third installment. “There was a Mass Effect 2 plot that was a kind of callback to the first Mass Effect that was going to be on the Citadel, and we cut it. But now it’s made a resurrection in Mass Effect 3, so I’m happy, but I can’t say what it is,” he said. “That’s the nice thing about trilogies, sometimes you get a second chance.”

The latest issue of OXM hits newsstands tomorrow. Mass Effect 3 is out in early March.

Epic has released a developer diary for Infinity Blade II, which features Chair Entertainment’s Simon Hurley and Donald Mustard explaining and demonstrating the game’s new attacks.

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Techland has said it wasn’t surprised when Germany banned its zombie-shooter Dead Island from being sold in the country. Matter of fact, the firm and its publisher Deep Silver were aware of such a possibility “from the very beginning.”

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Unity Technologies has announced its Unity platform for 3D on the web, iOS, Android and consoles has surpassed 750,000 registered developers, and that over 200,000 users remain active on a monthly basis. The number of Unity Web Player installs has also doubled over the last year, with 40 million as of November of 2010 and at present, over 80 million.

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In more Nvidia GeForce news today, the firm has announced it’s released new drivers which fix a few bugs and improve performance for Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Crysis 2, Heroes and Generals, Inversion, Modern Warfare 3, Skyrim, Stronghold 3, and Syndicate, specifically.

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CTIA-The Wireless Association and the ESRB have announced a newly-developed rating system for mobile game titles, utilizing the same age rating icons assigned to computer and console games.

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Verizon has announced its US high-speed internet cable TV service FiOS will contain 26 channels when it launches through Xbox 360. As previously reported, in order to access Verizon’s service or any other TV offerings coming to the console, an Xbox Live Gold membership will be required. The service will be compatible with Kinect, and new customers can sign up for $89.99 per month which comes with a 12-month XBL Gold package and a copy of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. The various TV services coming to 360 are rumored for a December release. Thanks, PR Newswire.

Zotac’s announced the release of its special edition GPU, the NVIDIA GTX 560 Ti with 448 CUDA cores. It runs at 1.46GHz, contains 1.25GB of GDDR5 memory clocking at 3800MHz, with the engine clocking at 765MHz.

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Major Nelson has posted a look at upcoming content for the Xbox Live Marketplace, kicking off today with the release of NBA 2K12′s Legends Showcase, (also available on PSN). The Ubisoft 25th Anniversary sale is also in effect on XBL, with savings of up to 50% off. Apples to Apples lands on Arcade December 7, and Dragon Age II becomes available through Games on Demand December 6. Get the full list of deals and content for November 29 through December 7 below and through the link.

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SCEE president and CEO Jim Ryan feels Sony made a mistake when marketing PSP as a multimedia device to consumers, and said the firm doesn’t plan on making the same mistake with Vita.

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Famitsu’s reporting that Ninja Gaiden Sigma for Vita will launch in February in Japan. No specific date is given. The title, based on PS3′s 2007 original, will likely come with Ninja Gaiden 3′s Hero and Ninja playstyles, Team Ninja’s Peter Garza told us at Eurogamer Expo.

Via Siliconera.

Riot has released a new Champions spotlight video for Volibear, a formidable armored bear who can deal and receive massive amounts of damage.

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Cryptic’s gone live with a blog post detailing Star Trek Online’s latest major update, Season 5: Call to Ruin.

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Ubisoft is celebrating its 25th anniversary by discounting 25 of its titles on PSN. The sale starts tomorrow, November 30, and runs until December 7. Hit the break for the full list.

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Blizzard has released Cataclysm patch 4.3, Hour of Twilight, along with a video and notes. The update throws Azeroth’s intrepid adventurers against Deathwing in a final showdown.

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“This is a reboot of the FIFA Street franchise, so what you know of FIFA Street 1, 2 and 3, you can forget about it. What we really wanted to do is come out with the first truly great street football experience. There hasn’t been one yet. FIFA Street 1, 2 and 3 barely tried, they came out kinda good and then a little bit into the experience, people kinda lost interest. So we wanted really to create a game that had that depth that was missing in the games of the past. This is the first game that’s going to be built by members of the FIFA team on the FIFA engine… There’s no need to go overtly arcade in street football because when you see some of the cool stuff people can do, they already seems arcadey enough, I don’t need to jump over someone’s shoulders when I can already do some cool stuff with the ball as it is.” – FIFA Street line producer Sid Misra, speaking to GameSpot.

FIFA Street launches next March for PS3 and 360. Get the most recent trailer for it here.

Journo-turned-dev Tom Francis has released a new video for Gunpoint, his PC spy-puzzler. It’s eight minutes long and explains how to use a “crosslink” to rewire buildings, obfuscate guards and exit high windows. It looks brilliant, to be blunt. There’s no release date: it’s just been pushed past its expected Christmas launch. Watch it below.

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