Monthly Archives: December 2011

One analyst believes Shigeru Miyamoto’s departure from Nintendo wouldn’t damage the company, and has dismissed the fears of fleeing investors.

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BBC Worldwide uploaded a teaser trailer for a new Doctor Who game called The Eternity Clock earlier today, before swiftly removing it.

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EA has announced the EA Sports Challenge Series, a sports game tournament series with $1 million in cash and prizes going to the most skilled Madden NFL 12, NHL 12 and FIFA 12 gamers on PS3.

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CCP has released another update on the PS Blog pertaining to DUST 514, and it focuses on the game’s infantry weapons where as previous entries provided information on the shooter’s Rapid Deployment Vehicles.

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Last week, Gearbox announced it was looking for real, live women to audition for Borderlands 2, specifically those with a “plausible resemblance” to the character Lilith. Today, a CBS news station in Dallas-Fort Worth has posted a video segment showing some of the women who have auditioned so far, and a couple resembles Lilith quite well. The job pays $1,000 a day, and Gearbox has said that zero acting or modeling experience is required. The only thing required, is that the lady be able to show a range of emotions through facial expressions – something women are naturally good at anyway. Check out the video below. Borderlands 2 is out next year on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

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Nintendo has updated its eShop, WiiWare, and DSiWare offerings for the week, adding puzzle-like climbing game Pushmo, where you push and pull blocks in order to jump over obstacles. Get the full update below.

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If all goes well with the release of Tekken x Street Fighter, as well as Street Fighter x Tekken, another collaboration is a no-brainer for Capcom producer Yoshinori Ono, telling VG247 he’d be “keen” for it.

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Ubisoft’s 25th anniversary sale may have ended this week on PSN, but it’s just getting started on XBL. From now until December 13, the publisher has discounted 20 titles on the XBLM, where you can get Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and Beyond Good & Evil HD for a mere $5.Those are just two examples, as there are quite a few goodies for cheap available. Head on through the links for more information.

A report over on Andriasang states that the Circle Pad Pro for 3DS will last for 480 hours of gameplay using just one AAA battery. Nice to know, since the battery is protected by a cover-plate that requires a screw driver to remove it. Still, that is a bit inconsequential, since the battery will last for 20 days, and that’s if you used the peripheral for 24-hours a day the entire time. The Circle Pad Pro and its nifty, extra thumbstick will release alongside Resident Evil: Revelations in Europe on January 27.

Digital Reality has announced that Sine Mora, the shoot’em up based on time manipulation co-developed with Grasshopper Manufacture, is to be an Xbox Live Arcade exclusive with Microsoft as its publisher.
Sine Mora is a diesel-punk shmup with scaling difficulty, containing both a Story and Arcade Mode with over 60 combinations of planes, characters and time manipulation devices and scaling difficulty.

A release date and price will be announced at a later date.

Square Enix has filed a trademark in Japan for a title called Gunslinger Stratus. A search through the USPTO found no trace of it, but that doesn’t mean anything just yet. The trademark, dug up by Andriasang, doesn’t really state much, but we’re betting it’s one of the “two to three” new IPs the firm said it’s working on. Last week, the firm listed recruitment ads for a new action RPG for PS3 and Vita, as well as another action-RPG in development, which featured teaser artwork. We’ll send a mail, but we don’t expect Square to give up any secrets just yet.

In the latest video for Soul Calibur V, director Daishi Odashima demonstrates the Critical Edge system in the game, using Patroklos. It’s in Japanese, but you get the idea easy enough. It’s posted below courtesy of Andriasang. Also, check out Kotaku’s look at Assassin’s Creed hero Ezio in the game. It demonstrates his various moves and weapons. Game’s out on PS3 and 360 early next year.

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SEGA has announced via Famitsu that it’s developing an action-simulation hybrid title called Samurai & Dragons for Vita.

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OnLive UK boss Bruce Grove has said the firm would “love” to talk to Microsoft and Sony about bring its tech to the next iteration of consoles, as it feels its services would work “nicely” on the systems.

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Last week, IGN had an exclusive video posted for Devil May Cry, showing Dante battling enemies and the city itself while trying to take out a camera watching his every move. Today, that trailer is no longer exclusive to the site, but since you’ve seen it already, how about one showing our demon hunter trying to escape a city collapsing around him? Watch it below. DMC will release on PS3 and 360 next year.

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SCEA has announced its PlayStation Plus services has delivered over $1,200 in subscriber savings in 2011, and over the course of the service, has handed out 17 free games PS3, provided 132 PS3 game discounts, released 43 full game trials, and launched six early access demos along with access to four betas.

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A couple videos for Saints Row: The Third have surfaced, and show off DLC for the game. Posted below, courtesy of Ve3tro, the first one is of the Explosive Combat Pack which includes the Future Soldier outfit and the M2 Grenade Launcher. It will run you $2/£1.19/€1.49/160 MSP on PC, PSN, and XBL. The second one, is for the Z Style DLC Pack which includes the Z Style Suit and Bling Shotgun. It will run you the same price. Watch the videos below.

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Wargaming.net has announced that World of Tanks has broken its previously achieved Guinness World Record for Most Players Online Simultaneously on One MMO Server. In November, 250,000 players played on the game’s Russian server simultaneously, which broke the previous record of 91,311. CEO Victor Kislyi said the firm is planning on adding new multicluster technology to the game which will enable the firm to “move steadily towards new milestones and records.” Thanks, Massively.

Turbine has announced that Update 5: The Prince of Rohan for The Lord of the Rings Online will launch on December 12.

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Dear Esther, the ghostly indie game with a story based on exploration in a first-person perspective, will be released on February 14.

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