Monthly Archives: November 2011

Hastening the day when all games will be delivered to you from the cloud and every Internet outage fills you with rage, Google is adding native control pad support to its browser, Chrome.

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The Vita version of Omega Force’s long-running hack-and-slash series will feature a collection of slightly silly mini-games as well as co-operative multiplayer.

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The Jedi Consular is one of Star Wars: The Old Republic’s more interesting classes, offering both support and stealth roles.

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Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has let slip some utterly nebulous comments on the nature of the mysterious Project Ogre.

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Siliconera spotted a pair of mysterious new trademark filings from Square Enix Japan, both for logos with no descriptive text. No, we have no idea what they’re for; presumably the publisher doesn’t want us to, or there’d be some words on it. Enjoy in full-sized, low-res glory through the break.

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Naughty Dog has addressed fan complaint by patching in new aiming options for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – but only for single-player.

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Kennedy Miller Mitchell Interactive will develop Brendan McNamara’s next game, Whore of the Orient.

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GameStop has put a price tag on the Vita’s proprietary memory cards, starting at $29.99 for 4GB.

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Hugely popular Nexon MMORPG Maple Story suffered a security breach last week, risking the personal information of three-quarters of its Korean player base.

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The official Batman: Arkham City Twitter brings word of three DLC packs to go on sale on December 20. Two feature challenge maps previously exclusive to certain retail offerings – the Iceberg Lounge and Joker’s Carnival – while the third is brand new content, the Batcave. No word yet on platforms or pricing.

Thanks, Kotaku.

Indie darling Terrarria – sometimes called a “2D Minecraft” – updates to version 1.1 on December 1 with a free patch, adding masses of new content.

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Mad Catz has launched three new Xbox 360 Rock Band 3 bundles promoting its officially licensed peripherals. Each comes with the game and a voucher for five Red Hot Chilli Pepper DLC tracks, along with a Fender Mustang Pro-Guitar for $150, Stratocaster guitar for $70, or Precision Bass for $80; this last one comes in three colours.

Thanks, Joystiq.

“We had a number of open positions on BioShock Infinite. When we found out our former sister studio 2K Australia was becoming available, we thought they would perfectly fill those roles. If every decision was this easy…”

– Irrational Games boss Ken Levine, speaking to Joystiq about the freshly renamed 2K Australia’s involvement with BioShock: Infinite. The multiplatform title is expected in 2012.

Team Ninja is chasing the holy grail of accessibility and serious depth with Dead or Alive 5.

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Gabe Newell feels Steam no longer has to compete with pirates thanks to the quality of its service.

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According to Heraldo, Zarzuela Palace has been in touch with Koch Media, Spanish distributor of Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, to warn of a possible copyright infringement with Magneto’s alternate costume. The outfit, which bears strong similarities to King Juan Carlos’s Captain General of the Armies uniform, was first seen in The Pulse: House of M Special, causing a legal tussle and subsequent apology from Marvel. Looks like nobody told Capcom, unfortunately.

Thanks, Kotaku.

Kotaku reports leaked screenshots turned up over the weekend of the first batch of DLC for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The now-deleted screens were accompanied by rumours that the five maps contained therein would be called Morning Wood, Concrete, Park, Italy and Overwatch. Interestingly, Overwatch is the title of a map included in Modern Warfare 2.

Activision has indicated Modern Warfare 3 will receive 20 DLC packs; Call of Duty Elite premium members receive all DLC ahead of its general release.

Whispers have fledgling developer Superbot working on a PlayStation 3-exclusive fighter starring characters from Sony’s first-party line up.

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Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” persson is in receipt of a totally unique Team Fortress 2 hat called the Top Notch. The multiclass item, which isn’t available to anyone else, shows Notch’s avatar in Minecraft style. Notch is a skilled player and fan of the series and seems pretty pleased by the gift. Check out the TF2 Wiki for pictures and a full description.

Thanks, Joystiq.

Best Buy UK is teasing a massive closing down sale beginning Monday, with 10-30% off in store and online. No details yet of what will be included in the sale, but as the beleaguered retailer will close all 11 UK stores by mid-January, “pretty much everything” is a fair bet.

Thanks, Engadget.